On October 9th, AKB48′s sister unit, NMB48 which is based in Namba, Osaka held their 1 year anniversary live at NHK Osaka Hall. The group announced that they would be holding their first overseas live concert in Singapore on December 4th.
The surprise announcement was made on the 1 year anniversary since the first generation members were introduced back on October 9th 2010. …
Singer, Akanishi Jin (27) will distribute his new song “TEST DRIVE Featuring JASON DERULO” in the U.S. on November 8th, officially making his U.S. debut. The new song will be a duet song with Jason Derulo. The track is described as an up-tempo R&B song.
Akanishi commented, “I’m happy to be able to receive this opportunity. I’m looking forward to sharing my …
On October 7th, Johnny & Associates Inc. announced that two NEWS members, Yamashita Tomohisa and Nishikido Ryo, withdrew from the group on the same day. Yamashita will pursue his solo activities, and Nishikido will focus on his activities in Kanjani∞. Consequently, NEWS will continue their activities with four members: Koyama Keiichiro, Kato Shigeaki, Masuda Takahisa, and Tegoshi Yuya.
Yamashita commented, “It will be …
As many of you already know, SKE48’s 7th single “Okie Dokie” will be released on November 9th. Recently, the short PV preview of “Okie Dokie” was revealed through their official YouTube channel, along with two other tracks “Bazooka-hou Hassha!” (in Type-A), and “Hohoemi no Positive Thinking” (in Type-B).
Check out the previews of some tracks from SKE48’s upcoming single after the jump!
Johnny & Associates Inc. has announced that SMAP will be holding a fan event at the Tokyo Dome on November 12th and the 13th. The title of the event is “Shuku 20 Shuunen! SMAP FaN×FuN PARTY 2011“, and this will be the first time for SMAP to hold a fan event at the vaunted Tokyo Dome.
The event is planned to …
Check out the Oricon monthly chart rankings for September below.
—–
<Single>
1. “Rising Sun/Itsuka Kitto…” – EXILE/EXILE ATSUSHI : 9/14 (234,846)
2. “Kazoku ni Naoru yo/fighting pose” – Fukuyama Masaharu : 8/31 (220,809)
3. “Magic Power” – Hey! Say! JUMP : 9/21 (217,661)
4. “Flying Get” – AKB48 : 8/24 (186,205)
5. “FIGHTERS” – 3daime J Soul Brothers : 9/7 (91,129)
6. “Niji no Uta” – …
Popular idol group AKB48 along with Terry Ito have been chosen as “Kohaku supporters” for NHK’s annual music show on New Year’s Eve “NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen.” To commemorate this, they made an appearance at a special press conference held on October 6th. Though AKB48 has performed on Kohaku three times in the past, this will be their first time …
As tokyohive reported earlier, Alice Nine will be releasing a new single called “Niji No Yuki” on December 21st. The band recently revealed new details on their upcoming song, which was said to be a ballad composed by vocalist Shou.
It was also revealed that the song will be released in three different versions: limited edition A, limited edition …
On October 3rd, Tackey & Tsubasa’s Takizawa Hideaki held a press conference for his upcoming stage performance “Shinshun Takizawa Kakumei” which will open at the Imperial Garden Theater on the new year’s day in 2012 (Runs from 1/1 ~ 1/29).
With this, it will be the fourth consecutive year for Takizawa to hold this stage performance, and he commented with a smile, …
As reported earlier, Tegomass will be releasing their new album, “Tegomass no Mahou” on October 19th. Recently, the full PV for “Mahou no Melody” which is one of the tracks on the upcoming album was revealed.
Check out the PV below! (You can also check the track list for the album on our previous post here.)
Thanks ヂナチャン for the tip!
Previously, tokyohive reported about some of the cast members for live-action movie ”Rurouni Kenshin“, and today, it was revealed that Eguchi Yosuke, Kikkawa Koji, and Kagawa Teruyuki have also been added to the cast members.
Eguchi’s role will be “Saito Hajime” who is a rival of Kenshin. This character is based on the real-life personage who was the captain …
Previously, SKE48 announced that they would be releasing their 7th single “Okie Dokie” on November 9th.
Recently, they revealed the track lists for their upcoming single. The single will be released in four different versions; three regular editions and a theater edition. Check out the track lists for all versions below!
—–
<Type-A>
-CD
1. Okie Dokie
2. Bazooka-hou Hassha! (Shiro-gumi)
3. Hatsukoi …
It was reported that Tsuchiya Anna’s husband and stylist, Kikuchi Yamato has been arrested for acting violently at a Karaoke establishment.
According to Nikkansports, on September 29th at 11:30 pm, he visited a Karaoke place in Roppongi while being blind drunk, and he kicked and broke the counter at the Karaoke. He also behaved violently towards a worker who was trying …
KAT-TUN will be releasing a new single “BIRTH” on November 30th! As reported earlier, “BIRTH” has been chosen as the theme song for a member Kamenashi Kazuya’s upcoming drama “Yokai Ningen Bem” (will start on Ocotber 22nd).
“BIRTH” will be released in three editions. Check out the new details for the single below!
<Limited Edition 1>
-CD
1. BIRTH
-DVD
1. BIRTH …
As we reported previously, Arashi’s next single “Meikyu Love Song” will be the main theme song for upcoming drama “Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de” which will star member, Sakurai Sho. Recently, some more information for the upcoming single was released and it was also revealed that the upcoming single will be released on November 2nd.
There …
