A few days ago, rock band D’espairsRay announced their official disbandment. The news was a huge shock to the Visual Kei world and mainly their fans.
But the worry of not hearing the members play anymore is a distant memory, as three of the members are continuing with a new band, “LUV PARADE“. Although HIZUMI isn’t their vocalist anymore, …
Girl group SKE48 will release a new live DVD called “SKE48 ni, Ima, Dekiru koto ~ 2011.05.02@AKASAKA BLITZ~” on July 8th.
The DVD will come with three discs: the first disc holds footage from their solo concert at the Akasaka BLITZ on May 2nd. It will also include MCs and short skits. Meanwhile, Disc 2 will have the group’s live from …
Fukada Hiroshi’s manga, “Jyoujyuu Senjin!!! Mushibugyo“, will be turned into an animated series!
Fans of the manga can catch a glimpse of the series on June 18th through the “Weekly Shonen Sunday” commercial, “Sunday CM Theater“. The series is under the direction of Kawasaki Toshiaki, who also worked on “BASARA“, and is the work of TOHO and Production I.G. studios.
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The Visual Kei world says goodbye to another great band today, as D’espairsRay has announced on their official website that they are officially disbanding.
Last Christmas, the band went on an indefinite hiatus because vocalist HIZUMI had been infected with an illness that caused problems with his singing. At the time, the hiatus was to let HIZUMI fully recover and seek full medical …
Singer/songwriter Alice just released her 4th single, “moving on“, and on June 12th, she performed a mini live at Kawasaki Lazona.
Alice sang four songs, including her debut single, “Ichiban Boshi“, and her newest single, in front of 1,000 fans.
Right now on her official website, she has a “Ningen Soukanzu Maker“, which is a program that indicates the human relations between the …
Vision Factory recently held their fifth “United Dance Festival” on June 10th and 11th.
Artists w-inds., Lead, DA PUMP, Miura Daichi, and Nobuyama Toshihiro dazzled fans with their dancing and a mixture of their songs performed by the other artists.
Check out the digest from the dance festival below!
Pop group Choshinsei (Supernova) will release their 11th single, “Kuriunnare -Kimi ni Aitakute-“, on June 15th, and it’s also been revealed through online shopping sites that the group will release two new singles simultaneously on August 10th.
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The first is “Kimi dake wa Hanasanai“, and it’s said to be a pure medium ballad that leaves unwavering feelings for an important person.
“Kimi dake wa …
Actor and model Saito Takumi will finally make his debut in the music industry, as it was announced earlier that he will release his major debut single, “San San“, on August 24th.
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The single will come in three editions that include two limited editions.
The limited edition A will include three tracks, including a cover of “Kasukana Hikari“, originally by …
Earlier this month, powerhouse group Arashi revealed the track list to their new album, “Beautiful World“, which is set to release on July 6th.
On the list of songs was Ohno Satoshi’s solo song, “Hung up on“. The song is written by Iori, with rap lyrics written by fellow member Sakurai Sho.
Just recently, a radio rip was leaked online, so check …
Sakurai Sho (Arashi) and Miyazaki Aoi’s upcoming film, “Kamisama no Karute“, has sold out nationwide.
The movie is set to release on August 27th, but movie theaters sold pre-sale tickets on the 11th. Fans lined up in a long queue to get their hands on the pre-sale ticket, because with that pre-sale ticket came a “postcard” as a privilege.
The …
It was just announced that pop rock group SCANDAL will release their 11th single, “Love Survive“, on July 27th.
With that said, the single cover has just been released!
Check it out below!
They are also releasing their third album, “Baby Action“, on August 10th.
To commemorate the releases, the group has announced their Fall tour, “SCANDAL VIRGIN HALL TOUR 2011 …
Hamasaki Ayumi is the new CM character for “S CUP” energy drink, and the CM was just released today!
The new CM’s catch phrase is “Guitto. S Cup”, and Hamasaki said that when people (in Japan) watch the commercial and are drinking “S Cup”, they will think of the phrase “guitto.” and will feel invigorated.
There are two versions of the commercial, and …
Last month, rock star GACKT announced that he will be releasing his 39th single, “Episode.O“, which was a song that was originally made by mathru@KanimioP for a contest on the website, Nico Nico Douga.
Shortly after that, he released a preview of the song, and with the date drawing near for the release of the single …
Rock band DEAD END is hosting a charity event, “Shikiyakou -Shikui-”, at Shibuya O-EAST on August 10th.
All proceeds from the concert will go towards aiding those who were effected by the March earthquakes.
So far only three bands have been announced, Dead End, lynch., and Pay money To my Pain, but more artists may be announced at a later date.
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