TOKIO member Kokubun Taichi (36) finished the 42.195km Tokyo Marathon yesterday with a time of 4 hours, 30 minutes, and 41 seconds. Before the race, he had confidently stated that he would shave his head if he didn’t finish the marathon, and by finishing the race in style, he avoided having to become bald.
This marks the first time that Kokubun …
Music Station has announced its lineup of artists for its upcoming episode on March 4th.
Porno Graffitti will be singing their new song, “Exit”, which is being used as the theme song for the “Getsu 9″ drama, “Taisetsuna koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshietekureta“. Also, Avril Lavigne will be making another appearance, singing her song “What the Hell” from her new …
Young actor Takasugi Mahiro (14) has landed the leading role in an upcoming movie titled “Quartet,” directed by Mitsumura Junichi. This will be Takasugi’s first leading role after debuting only a year and a half ago. He was chosen out of three hundred other young actors that auditioned for the role. Although at first feeling the pressure, Takasugi later commented, “I’ve …
Music Japan has just revealed the new lineup of artists for March 6th!
A special appearance will be made by Avril Lavigne singing “What The Hell” from her upcoming album, which is scheduled to be released on March 2nd in Japan.
Here is the rest of the lineup for the March 6th edition of Music Japan:
Avril Lavigne: “What The Hell”
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Nine member band TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA (aka SKAPARA) will be releasing a new single on March 16th, titled “Break into the Light ~Yakusoku no Boshi~/ The Sharing Song ~Toriko Theme~“.
The CD cover jackets have been released, and they feature the characters from the popular manga ONE PIECE and TORIKO. This special collaboration is due to the fact that …
A contest called the “BeppinBuchaiku Ranking 2011” was held within Yoshimoto Kogyo’s comedians this year, and the contest ranks the good looking comedians and the not so good looking comedians of Yoshimoto Kogyo. This year, comedy duo Asian topped both the Beppin (good looking) and the Buchaiku (not so good looking) rankings for the women.
First place winner of the “good …
Popular child actor Kato Seishiro (9) will be making his first appearance in a new SoftBank Mobile commercial. He will be taking on the role of a teacher in the popular “Shiratoke” commercial series. Following Gattsu Ishimatsu’s appearance as another teacher, seeing Kato Seishiro’s role will be interesting.
The commercial will feature a class being taught outdoors, where viewers …
Toy maker Bandai recently held a research survey amongst 1500 boys and girls ages 3 to 12 with the help of their guardians. In this survey, they asked the question: Who is your child’s favorite entertainer?
Taking 23.8% of the votes, Arashi took number one. Many kids stated to their parents that they like Arashi because “They’re cool, they can …
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (33) and wife Kobayashi Mao (28) are expecting their first child this summer. Mao is currently five months pregnant and will be expecting to give birth sometime in July 2011.
Ebizo and Mao submitted their marriage registration on March 3, 2010. The news of their first child came to them before they celebrated their first …
