Oricon reveals their comic charts for the week of September 5th!

It’s that time of the week again and Oricon has revealed it weekly comic chart ranking for September 5th!

The top three comics from last week managed to stay in this week’s top five ranking once again!

Check out who managed to come out on top below!

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1. Aoharaido, Volume 2 – Sakisaka Io: 126,025

2. GANTZ, Volume 32 – …


“Ikemen Desu Ne” to be made into a stage play!

On September 1st, it was revealed that TBS’s remake drama, “Ikemen Desu Ne (You’re Beautiful)” will be made into a Japanese theatrical stage play!

This play will focus on the adolescent story of four-member band, A.N. JELL. The four main cast members will be replaced by three Johnny’s Entertainment members and one actress for this play. Also, this upcoming play …


Tano Shingo enjoys 4D!?

On August 31st, comedian Tano Shingo made his appearance at the press conference for his TV CM narration for movie, “Spy Kids 4D: All the Time in the World”.

In addition to 3D graphics, it is said that the viewers of this movie can further enjoy the film with a card that will be handed to them at their …


Kuroki Meisa and Terry Ito announce their new CM for “SEIKO”!

On August 31st, talento Terry Ito (61) and Kuroki Meisa (23) attended a commemoration event for the 130th anniversary for watch company “SEIKO”. At the event, they also announced their new CM for SEIKO in Tokyo.

The CM theme has been announced to be “Doki Doki Kara, Watashi wa Kagayaku (Starting with heart throbs, I will Shine)” and Kuroki will play …


Hamasaki Ayumi attends the premiere of her 3D live concert movie

On August 31st, singer Hamasaki Ayumi (32) attended a pre-screening and greeting event for the 3D movie, “A 3D II ayumi hamasaki Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus Tour FINAL ~7days Special~”. This film involved footage from her final performances of last year’s nationwide tour.

Hamasaki looked stunning as she appeared on the venue stage, but all eyes were on the wedding ring …


Aoi Yu films a CM without a script for Calbee’s “Potato Chips”!

Starting on September 5th, actress Aoi Yu’s new CM for Calbee’s “Potato Chips” will air on TVs across the nation.

Titled “Aketara, Hajimaru. Tabi e Hen (Usushio)” (“Open it, it Begins. Vacation Edition (Lightly Salted)”), the CM features the actress taking a train with her friends as they vacation in the countryside. The CM shows off her natural charms, as she …


Actor Tanaka Kei & actress Sakura get married!

On August 31st, actor Tanaka Kei (27) and actress Sakura (28) announced that they officially got married!

August 31st was also Sakura’s 28th birthday, and so the couple decided it was an ideal day to submit their marriage registration forms to their local council office. The actress is five-months pregnant, and the couple were reported to be delighted over this new …


Kobayashi Sachiko to marry boyfriend 8 years younger

On August 31st, it was revealed that singer Kobayashi Sachiko (57) will submit her marriage registration forms with Hayashi Akio (49), a holding president for medical company TES. They met through their mutual friend five years ago, and have been dating steadily ever since.

On this day, Kobayashi announced through her agency, “Honestly, I am so thankful to …


Sowelu gives a sexy photo shoot for “anan”!

On the August 31st release of fashion magazine “anan” (by Magazine House), singer Sowelu participated in a sexy photo shoot while wearing lingerie for the sexy feature of the magazine.

This photo shoot was decided after the editorial department of Magazine House was impressed at her sexy performance for her album “Love & I ~Renai Henreki~”.

In the pictorial, she challenges herself …


AKB48 ends their nationwide tour and announces new events for 2012!

On August 31st, popular idol group AKB48 ended their nationwide tour which involved 13 cities and 26 venues . Four teams of AKB48 individually went around the country for performances and this last performance featured Team B with Kashiwagi Yuki (20) and Watanabe Mayu (17). Kashiwagi said, “Let’s create wonderful summer memories,” and called out to the crowd and was …


Members of AAA featured in the new CM of “Ito Yokado”!

On August 31st, members of group AAA appeared at the press conference for their new CM for “Ito Yokado” titled, “good day”.

This CM featured all the members of this popular group along with their new song, “14U”. Uno Misako (25), Urata Naoya (28), and Hidaka Mitsuhiro (24) attended this event and Uno stated, “We filmed this back in the middle …


Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke and Chinen Yuri attends the preview screeing for “The Smurfs”

On August 30th, Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke (18) and Chinen Yuri (17) attended a preview screening event for movie “The Smurfs”, which the two participated in with voice acting.

At this event held at TOHO Cinemas, the two walked on a ‘blue carpet’ to match the theme of the blue smurfs from the movie and Yamada gave a high-five to …


50,000+ people attend massive anime song festival at Saitama Super Arena

From August 27th to the 28th, Saitama Super Arena hosted a massive anime song live festival called ‘Animelo Summer Live 2011 –rainbow’, which attracted approximately 53,500 people in two days! Artists like Mizuki Nana, Momoiro Clover Z, and BREAKERZ participated in this festival, and secret guests Mizuki Ichirou and T.M Revolution also took the stage as well.

This 7th anniversary event …


Okada Masaki & Eikura Nana receives the Innovation Award at the Montreal World Film Festival

L to R: Director Zeze Takahisa, Okada Masaki, and Eikura Nana

L to R: Director Zeze Takahisa, Okada Masaki, and Eikura Nana

On August 29th, director Zeze Takahisa received the ‘Innovation Award’ for his film “Anotoki no Inochi” at the 35th Montreal World Film Festival in Canada, and attended a press conference for this honor in Tokyo on the 30th.

The film’s two main stars, Okada Masaki (22) and Eikura Nana …


Kiritani Mirei graduates from “Seventeen” magazine

On August 30th, model/actress Kiritani Mirei (21) appeared at the ‘Seventeen Natsu no Gakuensai 2011’ event at Pacifico Yokohama, where she formally graduated from fashion magazine “Seventeen”.

Kiritani will be seen for last time on “Seventeen” magazine’s December issue, which will be released on November 1st. She plans to expand her activities as an actress from now on.

During this …