Johnny Kitagawa to direct new musical starring Hey! Say! JUMP

It was announced that new musical “JOHNNY’S World” which will be produced, and directed by the president of Johnny & Associates Inc., Johnny Kitagawa, will be played at Imperial Garden Theater during the months of November and December.  Hey! Say! JUMP will be starring in it, and 100 others including Kis-My-Ft2, Sexy Zone, A.B.C – Z, and Johnny’s Jr. will also …


Aoki Sayaka divorces her husband

It’s been reported that talento Aoki Sayaka (38) is divorcing her husband on March 23rd.

Aoki sent a FAX to the media, and according to Aoki, “We were living separately since the end of 2010 while making considerations on fixing our relationship, however, we have come to the this decision on divorce.  I think that we collided too much when being …


Princess Princess appears at a charity live after 16 years

On March 20th, 5-member female band from the ’80s and ’90s, Princess Princess appeared at a charity event for the Tohoku earthquake “ALL THAT LOVE-give&give-“, held at  Makuhari Messe in Chiba.  Like we reported, it was their first comeback live after 16 years since they held their disband live concert at Nippon Budokan on May 31st 1996.

They appeared at …


Check out the full PV for DiVA’s latest single “Lost the way”!

DiVA has just released their third single “Lost the way” on March 21st, and the full PV to the new song has been unveiled!

As reported previously, the song has been chosen as the theme song for upcoming movie “Ultraman Saga“ (to be released on March 24th) in which seven AKB48 members (four from DiVA: Akimoto Sayaka, Umeda …


More cast members revealed for new drama ‘Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri’

As previously reported, Arashi member Aiba Masaki will be starring in NTV’s new drama ‘Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri‘ as a detective named Katayama Yoshitaro.

This drama tells the story of Katayama who becomes a detective in order to comply with the dying wish of his father who was a famous detective himself. Katayama is currently with MPD’s First Investigation Division, …


Child actor Suzuki Fuku to star in a drama as a middle-aged detective

On March 17th, it was announced that popular child actor Suzuki Fuku (7) will star in TBS‘ new drama series ‘Kodomo Keisatsu‘

In the drama, Suzuki will play a middle-aged veteran detective at the special investigation division of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department whose body transformed into that of a child by breathing in a special gas when he chased after …


Happiness announces their 4th single “We Can Fly”

Dance unit Happiness will be releasing their fourth single titled “We Can Fly” on May 16th!

The single will include two tracks including the title track, and the follow up song “I’m for you” which was used as the theme song for “03GIRL Heartpul mist”.

Check out the details for “We Can Fly” below!

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<Limited Edition>

[CD]
1. We Can Fly
2. I’m for you
[DVD]
We Can …


Sexy Zone chosen as the new regulars for Fuji TV’s variety show

On March 16th, it was announced that five-member group Sexy Zone has been chosen as the new regulars for Fuji TV’s variety show “Real Scope Z” which is the renewal version of ongoing program “Sennyuu! Real Scope“. This will mark the first variety show for the group to appear as regulars. In addition, the group’s upcoming second single, “Lady …


Emoto Tasuku & Ando Sakura announce their marriage

On March 16th, it was announced that actor Emoto Tasuku and actress Ando Sakura have gotten married.  According to the announcement, they officially registered their marriage on the 14th.

Emoto’s father is actor Emoto Akira, and his mother is actress Tsunogae Kazue. Ando is the daughter of actor Okuda Eiji, and essayist Ando Kazu, thus this is a marriage between two …


Kis-My-Ft2 to make regular appearance on TV Asahi’s new variety show

Seven-member group from Johnny & Associates, Inc., Kis-My-Ft2 will make their regular appearance on TV Asahi’s new program “Hama Kis“, which will be the first regular program for the group.

The program will be a “variety school” show, in which Kis-My-Ft2 members will receive instructions about the fundamentals of variety shows, by another regular cast member Hamaguchi Masaru (of comedian duo Yoiko) …


Kis-My-Ft2 reveals the PV preview for their 3rd single

Kis-My-Ft2 is scheduled to release their third single titled “SHE! HER! HER!” on March 21st, and they have now revealed the PV preview to the new song.

Reportedly, the theme of the PV is “Kiss”, and there will be 23 kiss scenes in the PV (including blown kisses).  It was also said, the member who participates in the kiss scene …


Amuro Namie releases the full PV for “YEAH-OH”

Amuro Namie recently revealed the full PV for “Go Round” which is one of the title tracks of her upcoming double A-side single “Go Round/YEAH-OH“, and now she has released the full PV to the other title track “YEAH-OH“!  As reported earlier, the PV has the theme of “black & white”, and features Amuro showing …


Chiba Yudai cast for Amami Yuki’s upcoming drama

Actor Chiba Yudai will make an appearance on Fuji TV’s upcoming drama, “Kaeru no Oujo-sama” which Amami Yuki will star in.

As reported previously, this upcoming drama tells a story about a legendary musical star (played by Amami) who just returned to Japan after several setbacks on Broadway in New York. Back home, she’s going to use all of …


Tokyo Tower to be lit up in Arashi’s colors!

On March 13th, Arashi appeared at the press conference for Fuji TV’s “Hana Arashi” campaign.

This campaign is to promote Fuji TV’s spring programs, in which Arashi members appear during March 16th to April 16th. During the campaign, many CM spots starring Arashi will be aired intensively. They will also promote the programs through 5 minute late-night specials titled, “Haru Ichiban! …


Itaya Yuka announces her second pregnancy

On March 13th, actress Itaya Yuka (36) sent a FAX to the media, and announced that she is pregnant with her second baby. According to the announcement, she will give birth in the middle of August.

Itaya married a stylist back in 2007, and the couple had their first child a year later.

Itaya wrote,

“We are welcoming a new member to our family this summer. Since I’m now in the stable period, please allow me to announce this. I can already imagine my life to be hectic, but I would like to continue spending day to day cheerfully as a human being, as a mother, and as an actress.”

Congratulations to Itaya and her family!


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