On April 8th, Enka singer JERO received the 2nd Berkeley Japan New Vision Award from Berkeley University’s Institute of Japan Studies.
After the ceremony, JERO performed a special charity live to help support the victims of the Tohoku earthquake, in an event that the University and JERO collaborated with, as JERO wished to personally help in collecting donations.
The Berkeley …
Pop duo Sweet Vacation have revealed that they are going on hiatus.
The announcement was made today after a special UStream broadcast entitled, “UST Vacation Special: RE:Futurythm @ Daikanyama Unit.” The duo stated that “the best-of album will start a long-term vacation.” The hiatus has been mutually agreed upon by both Daichi and May.
Members Daichi and May have left individual …
Pop diva Koda Kumi recently gave an interview with ‘GET-core’, where she discussed her new album “Dejavu”, as well as her upcoming live shows in Kyushu.
Check it out below!
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GC: The title of your album released this month is “Dejavu”. Why did you choose that title?
KK: I decided upon the name because the album is full of original songs that have a …
Sasaki Nozomi has revealed her new single, “non×non!! ～2011 spring edition～”, which will be released on March 16th as a limited edition ringtone download. The single will be used as the CM song for fashion magazine non・no, which regularly features Sasaki.
Once the song begins playing, the song’s repeating “non-no non-no non-no non-no” phrase is the key hook for listeners. …
Former Melon Kinenbi member Murata Megumi has announced on her official blog that she is retiring from the entertainment industry on March 31st.
Since Melon Kinenbi disbanded in May 2010, Murata has been focused on her solo career. She changed the spelling of her name from kanji to katakana, and relaunched her career in July. However, it seems things didn’t work …
Rock band Heavenstamp, who were selected as an artist to watch in 2011 by J-WAVE, recently performed live at the McDonald’s Tokio Hot 100 Awards ceremony, where they formally announced their major debut.
As the performance started, the silhouettes of the four members appeared and they began performing songs from their first mini-album, “Hype“, released by Goldtone Records. Vocalist …
Rock musician world’s end girlfriend has announced that he has signed to new British label Erased Tapes Records, and will release his new album “Seven Idiots” around the world. The album will be released on April 22nd in Europe, April 25th in England, and April 26th in the United States.
“Seven Idiots” was released in Japan on world’s end girlfriend’s own …
Vivian Hsu, who resumed activities last year, will be releasing her new album “Natural Beauty” on March 16th.
In addition to her singles “Beautiful Day” and “NICE and NAUGHTY“, Vivian will also include several covers, including Kiroro’s “Nagai Aida” (“Long Interval”), Rebecca’s “Friends“, Kobayashi Akiko’s “Koi ni Ochite Fall in Love“, Teresa Teng’s “Toki no Nagare ni Mi wo Makase” (“Give …
Actor Takeda Tetsuya, who is well known in Japan for his titular role as Sakamoto Kinpachi in “Kinpachi Sensei”, will be ending his portrayal of the character this March.
Takeda has played the part of Sakamoto since the series began in 1979, and as a result, the drama has enjoyed immense popularity for 32 years. The finale of “Kinpachi …
Bump of Chicken’s new song, “Tomodachi no Uta” (Song of Friends), will begin on-air promotions beginning on February 17th, starting with a commercial.
“Tomodachi no Uta” is being used as the theme song for the movie “Doraemon New: Nobita and the Iron Warriors – Fly, Angels!-“, which will be released in March, and the single itself will be released …
Hip-hop group Ketsumeishi has revealed additional details plus cover art for their upcoming album “Ketsunopolis 7“, which is scheduled for release March 16th.
It’s been two years and nine months since their last album, and this new album will including 15 songs, including “Nakama” (‘Friends’), “O-Futari Summer” (‘Couple’s Summer’), “Tatakae! Salaryman” (‘Fight! Salaryman’), “Ballad”, and “Kimi to Tsukuru Mirai” …
Jazz singer Toki Asako has announced that she will be doing another edition of her limited run radio show, “Toki Chic Radio“.
The episode on March 4th will be called, “Toki Chic Radio Special: Toki Asako’s 1-Day-Late Doll Festival”, and will be broadcasted at 19:00 JST from Café Nescafé Harajuku.
The show will follow a mini-live and talk show …
Electro duo capsule has revealed additional details on their upcoming album, now confirmed to be called “Killer Wave”.
“Killer Wave” will be released on March 22nd, and will contain 10 tracks. In addition, a first press limited edition will be released with a bonus disk.
On February 9th, capsule will release the track “World of Fantasy” from the album onto the iTunes …
Singer YUKI will release her new single, “Himitsu” (Secret), on March 23rd. Additionally, YUKI will also release her concert, “YUKI concert tour 2010 Ureshikutte Dakiau yo: Tokyo International Forum Hall A”, on Blu-ray and DVD on the same day.
YUKI’s first single of 2011 is described as “a lovely medium-tempo ballad about love and sadness“. Members of The Urah and Kirameki …
Singer Nishino Kana, known as the “ringtone queen”, has achieved over 25 million downloads for her songs and ringtones as of February 4th.
Since she debuted on February 20th of 2008, this means she has been active for 1081 days, so on average, her music was downloaded 23,000 times a day!
Her primary offerings are ringtones, digital downloads, and video …
