Ikuta Toma has been chosen as the new CM character for Volvic, a natural mineral water. His new CM titled “Shizen, Amaku” was recently revealed on television along with the official Volvic site. The new CM begins with Toma slowly closing his eyes while drinking a bottle of Volvic, enjoying the natural sweetness of the water with the image …
Fuji TV’s popular music variety program “HEY!HEY!HEY! Music Champ” hosted by comedian duo Downtown has announced that they’re holding a live two-hour special!
The special will air on Monday, July 18th and is titled, “Minna Genki ni Naru Namahousou Special.”
Along with this announcement, the initial artist line-up was also revealed on their official blog site.
Check out the artist line-up …
AKB48’s super idol, Maeda Atsuko also known as “Acchan” made an appearance on the latest episode of Fuji TV’s late night variety show, “Narisumashi Devil“.
On the show, two sets of clothing outfits were introduced and the guests of the show were asked to correctly choose which outfit (A or B) actually belonged to Maeda Atsuko. …
Korean idol group KARA made an appearance on the most recent episode of Fuji TV’s “Sakigake Ongaku Banzuke EIGHT“ to promote their latest single “GO GO Summer!”
The members of KARA once participated as MC’s of this same show back in November and December of 2010.
In the interview portion, the show prepared a special gift for the …
On select dates from July 16th through August 31st, “Odaiba Gashuukoku” will be set up shop once again during the summer break in the Odaiba section of Tokyo, right around the Fuji TV headquarters.
As per last year, an outdoor live event titled “Mezamashi Live 2011” will be held inside the “Odaiba Gashuukoku 2011″ and for each of the …
Earlier today on June 14th, popular Korean group B2ST / BEAST held a surprise live event at Tokyo, Shinjuku Station Square. At the surprise event, they performed their new song, “BAD GIRL” and their Japanese debut song, “SHOCK” in front of the fans.
This event was held to promote their new single “BAD GIRL” which will be released on …
Popular duo, Kinki Kids made an appearance on the June 13th episode of SMAP x SMAP (Fuji TV). After a short conversation session they performed a special medley with SMAP.
In the special medley, Kinki Kids and SMAP performed three songs starting with Kinki Kids’ debut song “Garasu no Shonen”, SMAP’s hit song from 1993 “$10″, and then finished it …
The new CM for Clear Asahi (Asahi beer) titled “Ofuro Agari” (Just out of the Bath) starring Ueto Aya, Mukai Osamu and Tortoise Matsumoto was recently revealed on the official website for Asahi Beer.
In the 15 second commercial, Ueto Aya, Mukai Osamu and Tortoise Matsumoto all enjoy nicely chilled Clear Asahi beer right out of the bath. …
Avex Network has recently announced that pop duo Tohoshinki (TVXQ) will be releasing a new single on Wednesday, July 20, 2011!
This will be Tohoshinki’s second official single this year following, “Why? (Keep Your Head Down)” which was released on January 26th and sold over 300,000 copies. Details pertaining to the the title and the tracks have not …
KAT-TUN will be releasing another version of their popular CM for Suzuki’s compact car “SOLIO.” Their a song titled, ‘Run for You’ will once again be used as the back drop / theme for the CM.
This new version of the commercial is titled ‘Run for Tsunagu’ and will begin airing on television sets this Saturday, May 28th. …
Earlier today, L’Arc-en-Ciel announced that the broadcast for their 20th anniversary concert on May 28th and 29th held at Ajinomoto Stadium will be viewable live in theaters across the world.
The concert will be broadcasted real-time live in 40 domestic theaters across Japan as well as 6 International theaters in Paris, London, New York, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Seoul. …
Onlystar Oricon (Orista / オリ★スタ) had recently surveyed 500 of their female readers on their favorability rankings for female celebrities on their magazine that was released earlier today in Japan.
The results are separated in 4 different categories including female artists, female talents, female comedians, and female actresses. Check out the results from the ranking below!
Favorability ranking ・Female …
The May 6th edition of MUSIC STATION had a lot of talented artists performing.
SMAP performed “not alone ~ Shiawase ni Narouyo,” which was released as a Chaku-uta (full) on May 4th.
Kanjani 8 performed “My Home,” which is scheduled to be released on May 11th.
Nishino Kana performed, “Esperanza,” which will be released on May 18th.
Hirai Ken performed “Itoshiki Hibi Yo,” …
Earlier today in Tokyo, a special surprise guerrilla event was held in front of Shibuya 109 to promote BIGBANG’s upcoming May 11th album, “BIGBANG2.”
On the stage, there was a banner saying “BIGBANG is Hijacking Shibuya” and the word spread quickly as many excited VIP fans gathered around the stage with anticipation that they would see their favorite group. …
Korean actor Jang Keun Suk who recently debuted in Japan with his hit single titled, “Let me cry,” made an appearance on the May 4th episode of Fuji TV’s Sakigake! Ongakku Banzuke Eight.
The show started off with Jang Keun Suk’s introduction with the show stating that he’s the actor whom the Japanese people is paying the most attention to right …
