On April 21st, it was revealed that popular singer Kato Miliyah (23) will be singing Coca-Cola’s campaign song, “HEART BEAT”, for the 2012 London Olympics!
This original Japanese campaign song has also been unveiled to be inspired by producer Mark Ronson’s “Anywhere in the World”, the global campaign song for this year’s summer Olympics. Kato described this campaign song with, “It’s …
On the June cover of ‘ViVi’, which hit store shelves on April 23rd, AKB48 member Itano Tomomi and model Triendl Reina graced the cover of this popular fashion magazine in their girly casual attire.
This month’s feature pages will reveal ‘Tomochin (Itano) & Torichan (Triendl)’s Secret Date”. Itano and Triendl also revealed that they are “close friends” and hang out with …
On April 20th, AKB48’s official rival group Nogizaka46 attended HTC’s product launch event for their new smart phone, HTC J. It was also revealed that their second single, “Oide Shampoo” (to be released on May 2nd), will be the theme song for HTC’s upcoming CM.
At this event, sixteen members of Nogizaka46 made their appearance on stage and danced to “Oide …
On April 19th, talento Kinoshita Yukina attended an opening event for her very own fashion brand, Avan Lily. At this event she revealed her aspirations for Avan Lily, “I hope a lot of girls and women can enjoy being stylish.”
This opening event took place in Diver City Tokyo Plaza in Odaiba and there, Kinoshita and nine other models wore signature …
On April 19th, it was announced that film “Ai to Makoto” (to hit theaters on June 16th) was exclusively invited to be shown at France’s very own Cannes Film Festival from May 16th to the 27th, and will be a part of their midnight showing.
For Miike Takashi (51) director, this will be the second …
Johnny & Associates‘ record label, J Storm, has revealed the jacket covers for Arashi’s upcoming single “Face Down” (to be released on May 9th) on their website April 18th.
Check out the jacket covers along with an updated track list below!
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<”Face Down” Limited Edition>
[CD]
1. Face Down (Theme song for drama “Kagi no Kakatta Heya”)
<Written by: eltvo, Rap …
It’s been revealed that talent Yuka (31) has been chosen as department store PARCO’s summer campaign model, and will be featured in their new CM that is set for broadcast on April 27th. This ad campaign will mark the first time in 12 years that Yuka will be seen in a bikini.
This is also the first time Yuka will be …
Popular music program Music Japan has revealed their artist lineup for their broadcast on April 22nd!
This all-male broadcast will feature SMAP, Orange Range, and Sonar Pocket as they will make their appearance on this episode to perform their latest singles.
Check out the full details of this episode below!
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“Sakasama no Sora” – SMAP
“Hello Sunshine Hello Future” …
On the April 15th broadcast of the popular music program Music Japan, five artists dominated the stage to perform their respective songs on this day.
Check out their performances below!
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<“Koi wo Kataru Shijin ni Narenakute” – SKE48>
<“Motto Ai wo” – Haruna Ai>
<“Kimi ga Matsu Sekai no Hate” – Yoshiki*lisa>
<“One Two Three” – E-Girls>
<“1,000,000☆Smile” – SUPER☆GiRLS>
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On April 10th, singer Matsuura Aya (25) posted her last tweet and announced that she will close her Twitter account from this day onward.
For her last tweet, Matsuura posted, “I started Twitter back on my 10th anniversary and although this account was created on a whim, it was a lot fun.” With her recent picture as an …
Oricon has revealed their comic charts for the week of April 16th!
This week was dominated by various shounen manga titles so check out which comic took the top five spots below!
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1. “HUNTER X HUNTER”, Volume 30 – Togashi Yoshihiro: (638,907)
2. “Ao no Exocist”, Volume 8 – Kato Kazue: (520,341)
3. “D. Gray-man”, …
The 50th single of popular rock band B’z, “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-” (released on April 4th), has sold 143,000 copies in its first week and has topped Oricon Weekly Ranking for April 16th.
Along with this recent feat, B’z has now topped Oricon Single Weekly Ranking 46 consecutive times since their June 1990 single …
On April 9th, AKB48’s Minegishi Minami (19), Yokoyama Yui (19), and Umeda Ayaka (23) made a guest appearance at Hikari TV’s announcement event. At this event, the members announced the second installment of AKB48’s short comedy program, “Bimyou~” which aired its last episode back in March.
The program contents and broadcast times has yet to be revealed, and the 3 …
Popular music program Music Japan has revealed their artist lineup for their broadcast on April 15th!
In this episode, artists such as SKE48, Haruna Ai, Yoshiki*lisa, E-Girls, and SUPER☆GiRLS will perform their respective songs.
Check out the full details of this episode below!
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“Koi wo Kataru Shijin ni Narenakute” – SKE48
“Motto Ai wo” – Haruna Ai
“Kimi ga Matsu Sekai no …
Performances from April 8th’s episode of Music Japan have been revealed!
This broadcast featured a great mix of today’s popular artists including: Perfume, Morning Musume, Fairies, IU, and Sexy Zone on to this stage.
Check out their performances below!
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<Spring of Life” – Perfume>
<“Renai Hunter” – Morning Musume>
<“Beat Generation” – Fairies>
<“Good Day (Japanese Version)” – IU>
<“Lady Diamond” – Sexy Zone>
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