Mysterious visual-kei band ‘VSK’ to cover AKB48’s songs for their debut album

“Masked Visual-kei band” VSK will be releasing their debut album “GOD SONGS” on December 9th.

There’s a high level of interest surrounding this mysterious band, as details about their background have yet to be  revealed. What is known for sure, however, is that VSK will be releasing a debut album whose 10 tracks cover AKB48’s top hits.

This album will be a …


UVERworld reveals PV for “BABY BORN & GO”

UVERworld has released their PV as well as tracklist info for their 20th single, ‘BABY BORN & GO/KINJITO“.

Scheduled to hit stores on December 14th, “BABY BORN & GO/KINJITO” will be a double A-side single, available in two different versions. The “Limited Edition” will include a DVD that contains “MONDO PIECE” and “CORE PRIDE” (recorded from a live concert …


Mano Erina announces new double A-side single

Mano Erina made an announcement at Hello! Project☆Festival 2011 that she will be releasing a new double A-side single titled “Tasogare Kousaten/Doki Doki Baby” on February 22nd 2012.

One of the title tracks “Tasogare Kousaten” will be used as the theme song for anime adaptation of “Kimi no Iru Machi” which is a popular manga currently being serialized on Weekly Shonen Magazine …


Becky attends a fund-raising event for the Tohoku earthquake

Talento Becky attended a charity event “The 2nd Tohoku earthquake Charity Event ~Kokoro ni Taiyo wo~“, held at Sunshine city in Ikebukuro, and helped raised funds.

This event is co-sponsored by Becky’s agency Sun Music Group along with Sunshine City, and this was the 2nd time for this event to be held after the previous one held back in May.

Not only …


Yoshikawa Hinano gets married in Tokyo

On November 23rd, model Yoshikawa Hinano (31) tied the knot in Tokyo in a beautiful wedding ceremony. Beaming with joy, the bride said, “It was really fun, and it became a wonderful day. Happy!!!”

She is currently 6 months pregnant, and she will continue working while keeping an eye on her condition.

As tokyohive reported previously, Yoshikawa announced her re-marriage …


Check out Oricon’s comic chart for November 28th

Check out the results from Oricon’s comic chart for the week of November 28th!


Koda Kumi to perform at MAMA

It’s been announced that singer Koda Kumi will make an appearance at the “2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)” which will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on November 29th.  MAMA is the biggest music award show in Asia which is broadcasted live in 45 countries, and this upcoming show will be the 13th time for the event to …


Shibasaki Kou’s new unit “galaxias!” holds a secret live one day before their debut

galaxias!, the new unit formed by actress/singer, Shibasaki Kou, held a secret live at a club in Shibuya one day before their official debut.  Shibasaki showed up happily in front of an audience of 300 people and screamed “Yay! We are galaxias!” They performed two songs “CONNECTION” and “Boys & Girls” from their self-titled debut album “galaxias!“.

galaxias! consists …


Oricon reveals weekly charts for November 28th

Below are Oricon’s weekly charts for the week of November 28th. Check them out!


NYC/Nakayama Yuma announces a new double A-side single

NYC/Nakayama Yuma will be releasing a new single titled, “Wonderful Cupid/Glass no • Mahou •” on January 4th 2012.  It will be a double A-side single consists of  ”Wonderful Cupid”, sang by NYC, and “Glass no • Mahou •”, Nakayama Yuma’s solo song which was re-arranged for this single.

It will come with limited edition and regular edition.

Check out the details on …


NEWS member Kato Shigeaki to debut as a novelist

It’s been announced that NEWS member Kato Shigeaki (24) will make his debut as a novelist, and will release a youth novel titled “Pink to Gray” (Kadokawa Shoten) on January 28th.  He also announced that his name would be changed to “Kato Shigeaki” (加藤成亮 to 加藤シゲアキ will be converted from Kanji to Katakana).

This will be the first time for any …


More artists added to the “2011 FNS Kayousai” line-up

Previously, tokyohive reported the first artist line-up for Fuji TV’s annual music program “2011 FNS Kayousai (FNS Music Festival)” which will air live on December 7th, and recently, 22 more artists have been added to the line-up. With the newest addition, 77 groups of artists will make an appearance on the show, and about 80 songs will be performed over …


Aqua Timez to release live DVD & Blu-Ray of ‘Carpe Diem’ tour

On December 21st, Aqua Timez will be releasing their live DVD and Blu-Ray, “Aqua Timez ‘Carpe diem Tour 2011′ Nippon Budokan“.

This live DVD and Blu-Ray recorded the final day of their tour “Carpe diem tour 2011″, which was also their first live concert at the Nippon Budokan. The discs will include performances of 21 songs, including  songs from …


S/mileage reveals dance lesson video for their upcoming single

S/mileage is scheduled to release their 8th single, “Please Minisuka Postwoman! (Please Miniskirt Postwoman!)” on December 28th, and to build the anticipation, the group revealed a dance lesson video for their new song through their official YouTube channel.

S/mileage will show their first performance to the song at “Hello! Project☆Festival 2011″, which will be held at Yomiuri Land on November 23rd. With …


Morning Musume’s Michishige Sayumi & Tanaka Reina to star in a new drama

It’s been revealed that Morning Musume’s Michishige Sayumi and Tanaka Reina will take lead roles for upcoming late night drama “Suugaku Joshi Gakuen” which will start airing on January 11th (NTV).

This drama will be a school drama about Math battles, and it will center Michishige and Tanaka who are the classmates and rivals, with a only male student of the …


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