Team Amuse’s charity song “Let’s try again” will be released in CD format accompanied by a DVD of the song’s music video on May 25th. The song will be available for digital download via various mobile and PC sites starting tomorrow, April 20th.
“Let’s try again” is mainly an original song for which team leader, Kuwata Keisuke, wrote the lyrics and composed …
Legendary producer, Tetsuya Komuro is slated to release his first original album in 22 years. The album, titled, “Digitalian is eating breakfast 2″, is now available for preview on YouTube.
The album will also feature artists, Sakamoto Miu, KREVA, Zeebra, Hidaka Mitsuhiro (AAA), Uno Misako (AAA), VERBAL (m-flo), Nipsey Hussle among others.
You can listen to snippets of the album tracks here:
“Digitalian is eating breakfast 2″ will be …
As further display of K-pop’s phenomenal success in Japan, Matsumoto Jun entertained viewers everywhere with a short personal rendition of the dance in KARA’s infectious hit “Mister” on the April 16th episode of ARASHI’s popular variety show “Arashi Ni Shiyagare!”
Watch MatsuJun’s hilarious attempt to gyrate below and share your thoughts on the idol’s bootylicious dancing.
Tip: Sarah
Just two days ago, we reported that X JAPAN leader YOSHIKI’s beloved crystal piano had surpassed the 30 million yen ($360,000 USD) mark on Yahoo! Japan’s Charity Auctions. Now, bids for the coveted item has past the 6 billion yen ($73,000,000 USD) mark, a truly amazing feat! Because of the ridiculously high bids, we’re hoping that the bids are …
On April 18th, heartthrob actor Tamaki Hiroshi (31) attended the premiere of the commercial for the Nintendo DS game “Treasure Report Kikaijikake no Isan” in which Tamaki is the voice actor for the mystery-solving main character, John.
When asked about recent mysteries, Tamaki shook his head, saying, “I can’t think of any off the top of my head”, but when interrogated about the …
Popular idol group French Kiss, which includes Kashiwagi Yuki, Takajo Aki, and Kuramochi Asuka, will release the music video to their new track, “Kimi Nara Daijoubu”, starring Sydney Olympics marathon gold medalist Takahashi Naoko, professional boxer Kameda Daiki, and talent Megumi Toshiaki, among others.
French Kiss hope that “after listening to this song, people will feel more inclined to focus on …
Actress Aibu Saki showed off her transformation into a “fat” 78 kg version of herself for the new drama, “Rebound”, which will be shown on Wednesdays at 10:00 PM on NTV.
The makeup process to turn Aibu obese takes approximately two hours a day, and reflecting on her experience of being “bigger”, the actress expressed surprise that, “My voice becomes deep, perhaps …
As we had mentioned last month, X JAPAN leader YOSHIKI donated his favorite crystal piano to Yahoo! Japan’s Charity Auctions, which began on April 17th. By 5 PM of the same day, the bidding price had already exceeded 30 million yen (approximately 360,000 dollars).
Interested individuals and parties can put in bids until 10:00 PM on April 24th …
Season two of popular medical drama “JIN”, starring Osawa Takao, premiered April 17th to ratings of 23.7%, higher than the first season’s first episode, which drew in an audience of 16.5%. Ichimura Masachika, Fujimoto Takahiro, and others join Osawa Takao, Uchino Masaaki, Ayase Haruka, etc. in season two and they each brilliantly act out their memorable roles.
Season two begins two …
On April 17th, the four members of former Hello! Project idol group, Melon Kinenbi, reunited for the first time since breaking up in order to raise funds to donate to victims of the recent disasters.
Murata Megumi (30), who grew up in the Wakabayashi district of Sendai, mobilized other ex-members, Saito Hitomi (29), Otani Masae (29) …
Soulful crooner Hirai Ken (39) will be singing the theme song for TBS drama “JIN”, which premieres today, April 17th.
The theme song, “Itoshiki Hibi Yo”, will go on sale on May 4th and marks the first time in ten years Hirai has collaborated to write lyrics with music producer, Matsuo Kiyoshi (43), who is credited with two million-selling albums, including …
Alluring triple threat, Kuroki Meisa, performed her newest song “One More Drama” on April 16th’s episode of Count Down TV (CDTV).
In reference to the choice of a song title, Kuroki explained that “girls are always looking for some other sort of drama”.
Watch the singer’s sexy dance routine to the catchy number below:
Thanks Karen for the tip!
As we mentioned a few days ago, Team Amuse, a charity disaster relief collaboration project including over 50 other entertainment talents organized by rock legend Kuwata Keisuke of Southern All Stars, is scheduled to release “Let’s try again” on April 20th for the benefit of all victims of the the Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake.
Below is a sneak …
As we mentioned in December, AKB48 member Maeda Atsuko will be starring in the upcoming film “Moshidora”, scheduled to hit theaters in July of 2011.
For everyone who is interested, a longer version of the “Moshidora” trailer is now available for viewing via YouTube:
The beautiful ladies of KARA star in the newest commercial for DARIYA cosmetics’ popular hair dye product line, “Palty“!
Watch them sing and dance to the “Palty” theme song, “Girls be Ambitious”, below:
Will YOU dye your hair a fun, lighter color?
