Oricon has just revealed the result of their weekly charts for the week of March 19th.
Check it out below!
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<Single Weekly Ranking>
1. “Wild at Heart” – Arashi : 3/7 (550,014)
2. “Makeoshimi Congratulation” – SDN48 : 3/7 (74,459)
3. “Go my way” – 3daime J Soul Brothers : 3/7 (68,291)
4. “Baby Baby” – Yusuke : 3/7 (43,462)
5. “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou …
AKB48 member, Shinoda Mariko will be voice acting for upcoming anime film “Kami Usagi Rope“, which is scheduled to be released on May 12th.
“Kami Usagi Rope” is a short film that is being played at TOHO Cinemas nationwide before the actual movie starts screening. It features a surreal dialogue between a rabbit, “Kami Usagi Rope”, and a squirrel, “Akira Senpai”. …
Five-member idol group KAT-TUN’s Kamenashi Kazuya has been chosen as the new CM character for KIRIN’s “Gogo no Kocha Espresso Tea“, and he appeared at the press conference held on March 12th.
The CM tells the story that when a regular old business man takes a sip of the espresso tea, he transforms into Kamenashi. Regarding the content of the CM, …
Five-member group Sexy Zone will be releasing their second single (currently untitled) on April 11th. According to their official site, the single will come in three different editions.
Check out the unveiled information below!
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<Limited Edition A>
[CD]
01. Unknown Title 1
02. Kaze wo Kitte (NHK E-tele anime “Nintama Rantaro” ending theme song)
03. Unknown Title 2
[DVD]
- Unknown Title 1 (Music Clip)
<Limited Edition B>
[CD]
01. Unknown …
YU-A has announced that she will be releasing her new album titled “DREAM” on May 23rd.
Though not much information about this upcoming album has been revealed as of yet, it was revealed that the album will be released in two different editions; a limited edition which will include a CD and a DVD, and a regular edition which only includes …
On March 12th, actor Oguri Shun and actress/model Yamada Yu announced that they are getting married! They are planning to register their marriage officially on the 14th.
The couple sent a fax to the media in their joint names,
“We, Oguri Shun and Yamada Yu are registering our marriage on March 14th. We have received support by so many people until now, and we …
On March 10th, Dream Morning Musume held their ‘First chapter final’ live concert titled “Dream Morning Musume Special LIVE 2012 Nippon Budokan~Dai 1 Shou Shuumaku ‘Yuusha tachi, Shuugou seyo’~” at Nippon Budokan. Current Morning Musume members, and OG members, Ishiguro Aya and Tsuji Nozomi made their guest appearance. Moreover, Goto Maki who has been on indefinite hiatus since the end …
A new CM, featuring Arashi, for Japan Airlines titled “JAL ARASHI LABO Gakuya + Sora Tobu Juutan” has began airing on March 10th.
The CM starts with the members’ in their dressing trailer discussing their desire to go on a vacation. Then Ohno Satoshi brings a flying carpet for the members, and they go on an imaginary trip riding on the carpet.
Check out the …
Oguri Shun will voice act for upcoming anime film, “Gusuko Budori no Denki“. Oguri will play the voice of the protagonist, “Gusuko Budori” and actress Kutsuna Shiori has been chosen to play the voice of “Neri”, the younger sister of Budori.
“Gusuko Budori no Denki” is based on Miyazawa Kenji’s fairy tale, and it tells the story of “Budori”, a son …
TV Asahi’s music program, MUSIC STATION will broadcast a 3-hour special episode “MUSIC STATION 3-hour Special (temporary titled)” on April 6th starting at 7:00 pm, and the guest line-up for the special episode has been revealed.
On the special episode, Mr. Children will make their appearance which will be the first time in 3 years and 3 months since they last appeared …
As reported back in February, Berryz Koubou is scheduled to release their new single “Be Genki (Naseba Naru!)” on March 21st, and the full PV to the upcoming song has been released on Berryz Koubou’s official YouTube channel.
“Be Genki (Naseba Naru!)” will be released in four different editions; Limited Edition A, B, C, and regular edition. …
TV Asahi’s music program MUSIC STATION broadcasted their episode for March 9th with gorgeous artist line-up.
Check out the performances below! (Yusuke’s performance cannot be found.)
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“Wild at Heart” – Arashi
“Gajumaru Beat” – HY
“Strength” – Shibasaki Kou
“SAKURA, I love you?” – Nishino Kana
“Ai, Texas” – Yamashita Tomohisa
(According to MUSIC STATION’ site, there will be no episode next week on …
As announced earlier, Fairies will be releasing their 3rd single titled “Beat Generation/No More Distance“, which will be another double A-side single on April 4th. Now, details on the upcoming single including the track lists and cover jackets have been revealed.
The single will be released in two different editions. Check out the details on both editions below!
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<CD+DVD>
[CD]
・Beat Generation
・No More …
Seven-member group Kis-My-Ft2 has been chosen as the CM characters for “Watering KISSMINT Gum“, and they appeared at the press conference held on March 8th.
Reportedly, there will be two versions of new CM; “male version”, and “female version” where all members disguise themselves as women. About their cross-dressing experience, Fujigaya Taisuke made a self-praise comment, “I think we look extremely …
It was reported that SPEED member Uehara Takako (29) will be getting married to TENN (33), a member of the 7-member hip hop group, ET-KING, in July. According to Daily Sports online, they met each other through a live event held in last spring, and they started dating after that. Reportedly, Uehara is not pregnant.
There has not been any official announcement about …
