Hello! Project girls Berryz Koubou and ℃-ute have come together for a new digital song, “Cho HAPPY SONG“. This release is a combination of Berryz Koubou “Because happiness” and ℃-ute’s “Shiawase no Tochuu” and will release on April 28th.
The song is available on iTunes, mora, other PC website, UpFront, RecoChoku, music.jp and other cellphone sites. Smartphone users can …
On May 4th, music program Music Station will be airing a 2-hour special. The special will feature five guests that includes aiko, Arashi, Perfume, Mr. Children, and Yuzu.
According to the official website the broadcast time will be 1 hour and 48 minutes. The artists will be performing their new songs, and conduct interviews with the hosts.
As a special, the …
GRAPEVINE’s nationwide tour ‘Club Circuit 2012‘ is coming to an end on May 2nd. The band will play at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO and stream it live on Ustream.
GRAPEVINE has been touring for 2 months in celebration of their latest EP album ‘MISOGI EP‘, which was released back in February. For this last show, GRAPEVINE is having Analogfish a special …
Trio band back number is gearing up to release their 5th single “Nichiyobi” which is set for release on May 30th. The single is the theme song to drama “Soup Curry“, part of Hokkaido Broadcasting 60th anniversary commemoration.
The band jrecently released their fourth single “Koi” on March 7th, making this upcoming release a fast turnaround for the band.
Although the cd …
For the past month ex-KAT-TUN member Akanishi Jin has been undergoing a lot of unfortunate heat for his recent marriage to actress Kuroki Meisa.
When the news of their marriage was made public Jin was forced to cancel his Japan tour as a penalty for going against his agency, after that Jin was made to drop his …
Luna Sea guitarist INORAN announced that he will be releasing a new album this summer titled ‘Dive youth, Sonik dive’. This will be INORAN’s 10th solo album and will drop on June 27th.
The album will contain ten songs including his single “Hide and Seek“, “One Big Blue” and “LEMONTUNE” from his side project FAKE?. The first press …
Rock band baroque has announced they will be doing a nation-wide tour this summer as well as releasing two consecutive singles.
The first single to be released on June 20th is titled “ZAZA Furi Ame” and the second, “MEROUHOROU“, will be released on July 18th. The tour will start in June in Fukushima and end in July in Tokyo.
More info after …
Last month it was announced that R&B artist Miura Daichi would be providing the theme song to upcoming drama “Answer ~Keishichou Kenshou Sousakan” starring Mizuki Alisa. The drama started on April 18th, but the single will not be released until May 2nd.
He then later released a teaser of “Two Hearts” as well as revealing the full music …
Celebrating 25 years of being on the air, popular music program “MUSIC STATION” will have their own internet music program beginning on May 4th.
The program will be free and streamed online via video streaming site, YouTube. Furthermore, the show will experiment with upcoming artists through studio lives and interviews. Titled, “MUSIC STATION Young Guns on the Web” will be on …
Korean pop group AFTERSCHOOL have announced their 4th Japanese single!
The single will be a double A-side (two title tracks) titled “Lady Luck / Dilly Dally” and is scheduled for release on June 13th.
“Lady Luck” is a ‘kira kira girly’ song and is the theme song to the “Samantha Thavasa ALL STARS” commercial, while “Dilly Dally” is more of …
Earlier this month rock band Sakanaction announced they will be providing the new theme song, “Boku to Hana” to drama series ‘37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku ~Kenshui Junjou Monogatari~‘. Now the cover and some additional information has been released.
“Boku to Hana” will contain three songs including a remix of their previous single “Rookie“. The additional song will …
It’s been reported that actress Shibasaki Kou was in Omotesando attending a Kiyokawa Asami and Häagen-Dazs collaboration event called “Bimi Saishu Häagen-Dazs x ASAMI KIYOKAWA“. Kiyokawa is the well-known art director of the photo book “Bijo Saishu” in which famous actresses transformed into plants and animals. At the event stood a model of Shibasaki as the global ice cream brand’s “ICE QUEEN”. The …
Model/singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu recently attended the ‘Adobe Creative Cloud’ event where it was announced that she will be working with photographer Ninagawa Mika on a new digital photo book.
Kyary will be the model for the e-book application ‘Ninagawa < TOKYO > MAP’ (tentative title). The model has expressed that she is delighted to work with Ninagawa. Ninagawa also mentioned …
Rock band BUCK-TICK announced this month that they would be releasing a new single “MISS TAKE ~Boku wa Miss Take~” on July 4th. They previously announced they would be releasing another single before this one titled, “Elise no Tame ni” on May 23rd. Both singles will be released through their own label Lingua Sounda.
Now to celebrate their 25th anniversary, …
A couple of days ago a mysterious countdown clock was set up on Johnny’s Entertainment website. As the counter hit the number 4, songs and color appeared on the screen. Then on April 17th at 12:00PM, when the counter hit zero, NEWS members appeared on Koyama Keiichiro’s radio ‘K-chan NEWS’ and announced their comeback.
The four-member group will be …
