On March 31st, a short audio preview of AKB48’s upcoming single, “Manatsu no Sounds good!” (to be released on May 23rd) was revealed.
This 26th single provides a perfect sound for this summer with its energetic beat and vibrant sounds.
Listen to it below!
Electro-pop trio Perfume has now unveiled a full PV for their upcoming single “Spring of Life” (to be released on April 11th).
In this PV, the trio shows the viewers a series of futuristic dance as ‘android Perfume’, who desires to become humans one day and experience love.
Check it out below!
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On the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking for the week of March 26th, SDN48’s first and last album, “NEXT ENCORE” (released on the 14th), sold 48,000 copies in its first week and thus, topping the charts. This album marks the first time since their debut to achieve first on the Oricon charts.
SDN48 formed back in …
After broadcasting their episode on March 18th, popular music program Music Japan has announced their gorgeous lineup for their March 25th episode!
Next week’s episode will feature groups from KARA to Kis-My-Ft2 to solo singers Nishino Kana to Che’nelle.
Check out the complete details of this episode below!
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“SPEED UP” – KARA
“SAKURA, I love you?” – Nishino Kana
“Story” – Che’nelle
“SHE! HER! HER!” – …
Popular unit Porno Graffitti announced that starting on March 21st, they will release four exclusive original novel videos titled, “PANORAMA”, on Google’s social networking site Google+. This video will only be available to users who connect to Porno Graffiti’s official Google+ account.
In every video, there will be a special keyword (four in total) that will allow those users to submit an application …
On the March 17th episode of CDTV, Nishino Kana and duo moumoon took the stage to perform their recent singles for this season.
Before her performance, Nishino Kana introduced her song, “SAKURA, I love you?”, which explains about a girl’s feelings towards her ex-boyfriend.
As for moumoon’s 11th single, vocalist Yuka described “Love is Everywhere” as a …
On the March 18th episode of Music Japan, artists like Momoiro Clover Z, Tohoshinki, AAA, and Sandaime J Soul Brothers took the stage to perform their respective songs for this exciting recording.
Check out their performances below!
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<”STILL” – Tohoshinki>
<”Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou ‘Mugen no Ai’” – Momoiro Clover Z>
<”Go my way” – Sandaime J Soul …
On March 18th, actor Sawamura Ikki attended a release event for his first picture book entitled, “Tane Pokkuru ~Papa to Mama ni wa Naisho no Ohanashi~” and even revealed his plans for his next book with “Next, I want to create an erotic book,” and pledged to create a book that fits his character at this event.
The …
On March 17th, child actress Ashida Mana (7) attended the ‘28th Asakusa Entertainment Award’ held in Asakusa Public Hall in Tokyo. She was given a rookie award during this event. Approximately 1,000 people attended to witness this ceremony.
Appearing on the stage in a darling white dress with a giant red bow, Ashida revealed her love for acting and school with, …
On March 16th, AKB48’s Shinoda Mariko (26) attended the opening ceremony of ‘King Tut Exhibit: Golden Treasures and the Young King’s Truth’ exhibit (to officially open on April 17th) in Tempozan Tokusetsu Gallery in Osaka.
As their special supporter, Shinoda wore a golden dress to this event and explained, “I wore this gold dress because in my mind, Egypt = …
Johnny’s Entertainment group Kis-My-Ft2 has now revealed the full glory for their third single “SHE! HER! HER!” (to be released on March 21st)! This particular single is also the CM song for Watering KISSMINT Gum as well.
This 6-minute video features the seven members of this group dancing in a prison while endorsing the Watering KISSMINT Gum as …
On March 16th, singer-songwriter Fukuyama Masaharu has revealed his full PV for “Ikiteru Ikiteku” (to be released on March 28th) which is also the theme song for the upcoming movie, ‘Doraemon Nobita to Kiseki no Shima ~Animal Adventure~‘.
Along with the lively beat of the song, Fukuyama hits the road and takes a trip around various …
GACKT (38), who established the ‘Public Cooperation SHOW YOUR HEART Foundation’ in March of last year to donate to the victims of the disaster areas, appeared at three memorial events in Iwate, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11th.
At exactly 2:46 P.M., the moment that the 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, GACKT participated in a moment of silence at Minami Sanriku Bayside …
On March 10th, X JAPAN’s leader YOSHIKI attended a Japan Consulate-General sponsored event, ‘Tohoku Disaster Support Gratitude Event’ in Los Angeles, as their special guest.
At this event, a shocking video of various homes being washed away by the tsunami was displayed on screen. While shedding his tears at this horrific scene, he thanked the world with, “I was touched by …
On March 11th, it was announced that actress Gouriki Ayame (19) will host her own radio show ‘Gouriki Ayame Smile s2 Smile‘ (every Friday at midnight) starting on April 6th.
This will be her first time as a radio personality and she commented, “As one year has passed since the disaster, I want to deliver smiles through my radio,” and told …
