Utada Hikaru will start her radio program on InterFM, “KUMA POWER HOUR with Utada Hikaru“, starting in April.
It’s a regular radio show, which will air on the third Tuesday of every month for an hour, and the first episode is scheduled to be aired on April 16th starting at 10:00 pm.
In the morning on March 22nd, Utada tweeted, “This is …
It was reported that actor Sakai Masato (39) and actress Kanno Miho (35) will get married next month. The couple co-starred with each other in movie “Ooku~Eien~ [Emonnosuke・Tsunayoshi Hen]” which was released in December of last year. Apparently, they started dating after the movie was released from Sakai’s approach.
After the news was reported, Kanno’s agency admitted it saying, …
Amuro Namie’s new song “Can You Feel This Love” has been chosen as the yearly theme song for Fuji TV’s morning program “Mezamashi TV” which will reach its 20th year since it began broadcasting on April 1st, 1994.
The theme song for the program is known to be provided by a big name artist every year, and Mr.Children’s “Happy Song“ is currently being …
On March 21, NMB48 member Shinohara Kanna announced her graduation from the group during the theater performance held at NMB48 theater.
Shinohara also wrote on NMB48’s official blog,
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“I, Shinohara Kanna, will be graduating from NMB48. I’ve been in NMB48 as a first generation member since I was a first year student in junior high, but I was never one of the …
It was announced that actor Nakao Akiyoshi (24) and actress Naka Riisa (23) are getting married. It was also revealed that Naka is currently three months pregnant, and they are expecting their first baby this fall.
The couple wrote via a FAX, which was released through Nakao’s agency, “We’ve been very good friends ever since we first met 4 years ago, …
AKB48’s sister group HKT48 that is based in Hakata, Fukuoka, made their CD debut on March 20th, and held a handshake event at Yomiuri Land Open Theater EAST, which 5,000 fans attended.
It’s been a year and 4 months since HKT48 made their theater performance debut on November 26, 2011. The members, who have finally met their goal to make a …
Oricon has released their weekly charts for March 11th to the 17th.
Check the results after the cut!
Five-member group Sexy Zone will be releasing their first single for 2013, titled “Real Sexy!/BAD BOYS” on May 1st.
One of the title tracks “Real Sexy!” will be the theme song for Fuji TV’s variety show “Cho Sennyu! Real Scope Hyper“, while the other track will be used as the theme song for member Nakajima Kento’s starring drama “BAD BOYS J“, …
HKT48’s song “Kataomoi no Karaage (Amakuchi Hime)” has been chosen as the ending theme song for the upcoming TV anime “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic“. The song is one of the coupling tracks that will be included in Type-A for their debut single “Suki! Suki! Skip!” (to be released on March 20th).
The group appeared at the anime’s …
Takahashi Minami’s solo debut single “Jane Doe” which was used as the opening theme song for Nakama Yukie’s starring drama “Saki”, is set for release on April 3. Before the release, the short MV for the title track was revealed on Universal Music Japan’s official YouTube channel.
In the MV, Takahashi plays as a a phantom thief, and a diva.
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It was announced that upcoming movie “SPEC ~Close~“, which is the concluding episode of the “SPEC” series, will be a 2 part movie titled “Gekijouban SPEC ~Close~ Zen no Hen” and “Gekijouban SPEC ~Close~ Kou no Hen.” Both parts will be released successively this fall.
“SPEC” series started as a serial drama (on TBS) that aired back in October …
°C-ute’s new single “Crazy Kanzen na Otona” is set for release on April 3.
Though they have released the MV for the title track earlier this month, they now revealed the dance shot version of the song on their official YouTube channel. The dance shot version will be included in the DVD which will come with limited edition B.
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It was announced that AKB48 member Itano Tomomi would make an appearance on NTV’ upcoming late-night drama, “BAD BOYS J“, which will star Sexy Zone’s Nakajima Kento.
As reported previously, the drama is based on Tanaka Hiroshi’s manga “BADBOYS”, which had also been adapted into a live-action movie previously in 2011. The story is set in Hiroshima where powerful delinquent groups are …
On March 16th, m.o.v.e who’s known for singing many theme songs for popular anime “Initial D”, held their disbandment live concert ‘m.o.v.e The Last Show 〜Champagne Fight〜’ at Akasaka BLITZ, and ended their 15 year history.
In front of the audience of 1,500, who were unwilling to encourage the disbandment, they performed 27 songs. The set …
Singer-songwriter Ieiri Leo’s new song “Message” has been chosen as the theme song for TBS’ upcoming detective drama ‘Kakusho~Keishicho Sousa 3 Ka‘ which will start airing on April 15th.
As reported earlier, this drama is based on the police novel ‘Kakusho‘ written by Konno Bin. Takahashi Katsumi and Eikura Nana will team up for the drama adaptation. Regarding the theme song, …
