On February 19th, it was revealed that Kanjani8 will release a dome tour DVD titled, “KANJANI 8: Godai Dome TOUR EIGHTXEIGHTER” on the 21st of March.
This upcoming DVD will feature their five dome tour performances from last year including concert segments from Kyocera Dome. This DVD will also mark their first big project for their 8th anniversary as Kanjani8 as …
After hosting some fantastic performances this week, popular music program Music Japan has now unveiled their stellar lineup for next week’s episode!
The show has announced that for their February 26th episode, fans can expect performances from AKB48’s Watanabe Mayu, Ikimonogakari, Porno Graffitti, TOKIO, and Yamashita Tomohisa.
Check out full details below!
On February 18th, five-member idol group Momoiro Clover Z performed a surprise live in Osaka for the first time and although member Ariyasu Momoka (16) was absent from this event due to her health conditions, around 3,000 fans gathered around the stage to listen to their live.
Before their live, group leader Momota Kanako (17) explained the absence …
On February 19th, the premiere of “Bokutachi Kyuko A-Ressha de Ikou” was held at Shinagawa Prince Cinema in Tokyo both starring actors Matsuyama Kenichi (26) and Eita (29) attended this event.
This film was directed by Morita Yoshimitsu, who passed away last December. Regarding this fact, Matsuyama stated, “This movie contains the director’s important message,” explaining the importance …
On February 19th, actress Shida Mirai (18) and Kawaguchi Haruna (17) attended the first day premiere for their starring movie “POV ~Norowareta Film~”.
This horror film tells the story of two girls dragged into a series of supernatural phenomenon during their filming for a program. To demonstrate the level of horror of this movie, Shida introduced herself with, “We don’t …
On February 19th, actor Koike Teppei (26) held a commemorative release handshaking event at Fukuya Shoten Shinjuku Subnade for the memorial photo album “I will…” to celebrate his 10th year since debut. He was welcomed by approximately 1,800 of his fans at this bookstore.
This photo album includes exclusive photos of Koike and his dog (which he recently took into his …
On February 18th, actresses Kikukawa Rei (33) and Gouriki Ayame (19) made their appearance ‘Kimono Queen Contest 2012’ in gorgeous kimonos at this event.
At this contest, Kikukawa wore a simple, white kimono while Gouriki wore an elegant, black kimono to this event. Regarding this annual contest, Gouriki stated, “I love kimonos. It was a lot of fun.” She …
On February 18th, AKB48’s Akimoto Sayaka and actress Kokusho Sayuri held an interview at NHK Broadcast Center to discuss about their starring drama, “Asadora Satsujin Jiken” (March 28th at 12:15 – 12:44 A.M., 29th at 1:05 to 1:34 A.M. on NHK).
As Kokusho is a former Onyanko Club member, Akimoto admitted, “I have always admired her,” and revealed …
On February 18th, reports revealed that Hey! Say! JUMP member Okamoto Keito (18) has been accepted into the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Sophia University, one of the top-rated international universities in Japan. Okamoto took the TOEFL exam, which evaluates the level of an individual’s English, and wrote an English essay.
According to officials, the exam results were posted at the …
Momoiro Clover Z has now revealed their PV for “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou ‘Mugen no Ai’” (to be released on March 7th) – a 5-minute video for this rock number.
Momoiro Clover Z previously announced that they will be holding a live tour to commemorate the release of their, “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou …
On February 13th, popular model Rola (21) attended a female-only private showing of “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1”, which is scheduled to be released on February 25th.
As there is a wedding ceremony scene in this particular movie, Rola showed up in a wedding dress at this event.
Although she denied having a boyfriend, Rola admitted that there is …
On February 13th, 4-member unit GReeeeN has announced the completion for their music video for their latest single, “Misenai Namida wa, Kitto Itsuka”. This will mark their first animated PV with an original story written by producer Kikuchi Hisashi and animated by the director of Walt Disney Animation Studio Japan, Hashimoto Saburo, who previously supervised the animation of …
On February 13th, AKB48 gave away free “AKB48 ‘Baby Blossom’ Original Picks” at JR Shinjuku Station (North) as a commemoration event for the release of their latest single, “GIVE ME FIVE!” The guitar picks could be taken by peeling them off the large poster at the station.
The marketing stunt was targeted for JR commuters, and were …
On February 8th, NMB48 released their third single, “Junjou U-19”, and it’s already sold 329,000 copies in its first week! Not only that, but the single has also topped the Oricon Single Ranking for the week of February 20th.
This marks NMB48’s third single topping the Oricon charts in its first week — their previous singles, “Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo” and …
Rock star GACKT has unleashed the music video for his latest single, “UNTIL THE LAST DAY“!
As the theme song for the CG anime film, “Dragon Age -Blood Mage no Seisen-“, this four-minute video provides various footage from the animated film. GACKT also dressed up as a knight while he sings passionately on …
