Popular music duo Sukima Switch held a very special live event for 150 lucky fans to commemorate the release of their newest digital single, “Ishikoro Days“. The event was called ‘iTunes Live Sukima Switch‘ and it was hosted at the Apple Store in Shibuya.
It’s the first time in nearly seven years that Sukima Switch held an in-store live, the last …
Hello! Project group Berryz Koubou have announced that they will be holding a special event to commemorate the release of their newest single “Aa, Yo ga Akeru” which hit stores back on August 10th. The event will take place on September 11th at Tokyo Shibuya-AXI.
The girls will be holding three of these special events in one day. To obtain tickets …
Popular music site Recochoku surveyed its users to see which KPOP / Korean artist was their favorite and the results have been revealed!
KARA received the most amount of votes from Recochoku users. Many of the users seem to have been drawn by KARA’s easy to learn dance moves. From the “Hip Dance”, “Penguin dance” to the “Kara Para” their dance …
Korean idol group Choshinsei recently posted a video of their short visit to Shibuya to view their billboard in front of Shibuya Station. The billboard is for their upcoming double release, “Kimi dake wa Hanasanai” and “Meki☆Love“. It can be seen in front of the Hachiko exit until August 14th.
The members of Choshinsei took turns to go look …
Starting in September, some fans will have a chance to experience life alongside some of the central members of AKB48… sort of.
This is all possible thanks to the power of ‘AKB48 Voice Rooms‘ which are special rental apartments that will feature the voices of members such as Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko. They will be available across Japan and will …
Actor Mukai Osamu (29) attended a preview event in Osaka for his upcoming movie ‘Boku tachi wa Sekai wo Kaeru koto ga Dekinai‘.
The event also had a panel discussion with 150 college students who are soon to embark on their career and job hunts. During the discussion Mukai commented, “When I first started acting, I was scolded and told ‘Don’t …
On August 7th, popular idol group Hey! Say! JUMP made an appearance at the Tokyo Dome City Hall for their “SUMMARY 2011” show. Prior to their show, however, the nine members of the group held a press conference to apologize for Morimoto Ryutaro’s recent smoking scandal. Morimoto, whose entertainment activities have been temporarily suspended, was named as ‘Member …
Four member Korean idol group SECRET appeared at Theater G Rosso in Tokyo for a commemorative handshake event supporting their debut single “Madonna“.
Roughly 3,500 fans lined up for this event, which is also the first time the members of SECRET were able to meet their Japanese fans. Leader HyoSung commented, “We were waiting for this day for so …
On August 2nd, ViViD performed their first live in Hong Kong for ‘The 13th ACGHK2011 Heart Beat Seinen Music Festival‘.
‘ACGHK‘ stands for ‘Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong‘ , and it’s a trade show that introduces the Japanese culture to the people of Hong Kong. This fun event drew in approximately 650,000 people over a span of five days. ViViD served …
Filipino singer Charice, best known for debuting under the spell of renowned producer David Foster, will soon be promoting her new single “Far as the Sky” in Japan. This new single is currently being used as the theme song for the drama ‘Bull Doctor‘ starring Esumi Makiko.
Plans for Charice to make appearances on NihonTV’s ‘Sukkiri‘ on August 9th and FujiTV’s …
On August 3rd, actress Nakama Yukie attended a press event for a new model of Panasonic’s steamer product ‘Nano Care‘. At the event she was named general manager for the “Beauty Department’ where she remarked, “I’ve been using the product line for some time. It’s because I’m general manager“.
Panasonic announced four new products for this upcoming fall season at this …
It has been revealed that Oscar Promotion, agency for actresses such as Yonekura Ryoko and Ueto Aya, will be working with AEON to hold auditions with the purpose of finding girls to play the character role of Takei Emi‘ younger & older sister. The audition event will be called, ‘Girls Audition 2011 ~Takei Emi’s Big Sister and Little Sister Wanted~‘.
Both …
Earlier, tokyohive reported that Shirota Yu had unveiled his music video for his upcoming second single, “Setsuna ~a sandglass of fate~“. To make things more exciting, the tracklists and cover jackets for the new release have also been revealed!
The second single will be released in three different editions. The ‘Type A’ release will come with a …
Four member band knotlamp announced that they will be releasing a new mini album on September 13th titled, ‘Bridges We’ve Dreamed‘. Along with the release they also announced that they will embark on a national tour that will be called, ‘Bridges We’ve Dreamed TOUR 2011‘.
This new mini album will be knotlamp’s first release in three years since their last mini …
AKB48’s new campaign for ‘Apaman Shop‘ has kicked off with an adorable CM.
The girls from AKB48 are at your service to help you find a good home! They sport sparkly blue uniforms and perform their newest single, “Flying Get“, while displaying an unusually acrobatic stunt.
Check out the commercial below!
Source: Apaman Shop website
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