Azusa Aida makes her 13th appearance

So what do you do with 21 girls? Hold a Gravure Idol contest, that’s what.

At Toshimaen Pool, Sankei Sports and One Eight Promotions held their “Visual Queen Photography event in Toshimaen 2010” event. 1200 fans were entertained by the girls in their bikinis and other costumes.

Azusa Aida made her 13th appearance at the event, and she advertised her new DVD …


SCANDAL Surprise Live!

J-pop girl band, SCANDAL, had a surprise for all their fans. They performed in front of Tokyo Tower, across the street at Shiba Park today (18th in Japan). In promotion for their latest album, “Temptation Box,” they played three songs.

SCANDAL’s leader, Haruna, said, “I hope our next one will be at Tokyo Tree!”

source: sanspo


X Japan U.S. Tour Dates

X Japan has finally released their North American Tour dates which are as follows:

SEPTEMBER
25 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
28 Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA

OCTOBER
1 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
3 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC CANADA
6 Riviera, Chicago, IL
7 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON CANADA
10 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY

LOS ANGELES, CA (Monday, August 16, 2010) — They’ve sold 30-million records and …


Yuki Kashiwagi and Aki Takajo All Night Nippon Mobile in America!

“Now gaining popularity overseas! Nippon Broadcasting System is bringing you an English translation of the AKB48 program that has been downloaded over 150,000 times!

Application for iPhone/iPod touch “AKB48’s Yuki Kashiwagi and Aki Takajo All Night Nippon Mobile” is now available with English-subtitles!

Nippon Broadcasting System has been broadcasting “AKB48’s Yuki Kashiwagi and Aki Takajo All Night Nippon Mobile” on mobile phones …


‘You&Jin’ in Los Angeles

Note: I would like to apologize to all the fans for this late report. I hope you enjoy it.

If you’ve never been to a Johnny’s Entertainment (JE) concert, and have only seen the photos and read the fan reports, then you can kind of picture what Club Nokia was like when Jin Akanishi performed his solo debut. Imagine …


Tune in to NEON GRAVITY

J-Pop group, Sweet Vacation, had special guests NEON GRAVITY on their MySpace/USTREAM show, UST Vacation. The show features many different types of guests that include IT and culturists. You’ll be able to see NEON GRAVITY on Monday, 8/16.

The four member locking crew formed back in 2008 making all sorts of tracks. They wanted to create “Original Dance Music from …


Princess Toyotomi pulls in 5000

Next summer, the movie “Princess Toyotomi” will make its debut. In addition, the movie called for 5000 extras in Osaka. The movie shot between Saturday (14th) night to Sunday (15th) morning, and there were an array of people in every age group.

They closed off 250 meters of Osaka for 13 hours; from Osaka-jo Park to Osaka-fu. At the …


KARA in the making of…

K-pop group, KARA, is making ways in Japan as they released their Mister single. Now all you fans get to see the making of for the video.

The video is 12min long and starts off with the original music video, then at 3:17 starts the making of, followed by the dance version of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAX_HdTrMqM

tip: BEGISLOVE


the GazettE postpones tour

Last night during their TOUR10 NAMELESS LIBTERY SIX BULLETS 01 in Koshi, the GazettE had an unfortunate incident. During “Kanto Dogeza Kumimai,” Ruki rushed to the back of the stage, while the rest of the band continued the song without him; then took a long break. Ruki came back out and spoke to Kai, who then in turned announced to …


It’s a Beautiful:madnesS

For “Beautiful:madnesS vol.5 -strAnge SummeЯ-“, an awesome session band will perform. On 8/19, members from J-rock bands Dolly and An Café will join forces with ex-La’cryma Christi members.

The participants will be Dolly members Mitsu and Masa, An Café’s TAKUYA, with Intetsu on bass and LEVIN on drums. Special guest vocalist, TAKA from Libraian (ex-La’cryma Christi), will lead.

The live …


the GazettE is all RED

J-Rock band the GazettE is releasing a new single, “RED“. The single is scheduled to be released on September 22, 2010 in two versions.

Limited edition will contain the CD single with two songs, “RED” and “VERMIN,” and the second disc will be a bonus DVD, but there’s no further information announced as to what will be on the DVD. The …


Koda Kumi’s new single jackets

To members of her fanclub, Koda Kumi has released the jackets to her newest single, “Sukide, Sukide, Sukide.”

The single will release 9/22, and includes a rearranged/rerecording version of her song, “walk.” There will be two versions available for this single. A CD+DVD version will include a DVD with music videos for “Sukide, Sukide, Sukide.“, “walk (arranged version), and …


QUATTRO minus 2

Rock band QUATTRO has announced on their official website that two of the members have left the band. Bassist Keizo Nakajima and keyboardist Masahiko Sato left the group earlier this month.

Frontman, Iwamoto (vocal/key/guitar), said that the band will continue on with supporting members.  He commented:

“The five of us, QUATTRO, have had a great time till now, we thank …


Namie Amuro cuts it all off

For the first time in years, maybe even ever, the queen of hip-pop cut it all off.

For years, Amuro Namie has had long locks of healthy, shiny hair for years. This time, it’s no more, it’s all off for the cover of GINZA magazine.

When it comes to style and fashion, Amuro is always on top.

She certainly still looks hot and …


SID at Tokyo Dome

Rock band, SID, has announced they will release a new single on 9/29 called “cosmetic.” This will be the band’s third single this year after “sleep” and “rain.”

During the encore of their 7/31 live [SID Summer Festa 2010 ~Saitama Super Live~] they also announced they will play at Tokyo Dome for the first time. 32,000 fans were excited …


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