On April 11th, Morning Musume held a release event to commemorate their new single, “Renai Hunter“.
As we reported earlier, leader Niigaki Risa will be graduating on May 18th at Nippon Budokan. During the event, Niigaki strongly stated, “A month will go by in a blink of an eye, so I want to treasure everyday.” Regarding her plans after …
On April 9th, AKB48’s Minegishi Minami (19), Yokoyama Yui (19), and Umeda Ayaka (23) made a guest appearance at Hikari TV’s announcement event. At this event, the members announced the second installment of AKB48’s short comedy program, “Bimyou~” which aired its last episode back in March.
The program contents and broadcast times has yet to be revealed, and the 3 …
AKB48’s Itano Tomomi was recently absent from the group’s handshake events, held at Tokyo Big Sight on April 7th and 8th, due to poor health. The following day, the idol updated her official blog to explain her condition and apologize to fans.
In a blog entry titled “To Everyone“, Itano reported, “I had a fever from the 6th, …
On April 7th, Sexy Zone’s Sato Shori participated in the “15th Annual Ford Island Bridge Run 10K” in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sato’s participation in the marathon was decided by Johnny’s Entertainment president Johnny Kitagawa. Out of 2,688 runners, Sato placed 51st with a time of 42 minutes and 42 seconds. He also placed 5th in the 15 to 19-year-old …
Previously, we reported that rock band ONE OK ROCK will be releasing a new live DVD and Blu-ray on May 30th. To commemorate this release, the band has revealed that they will be holding a live tour called “ONE OK ROCK 2012 ‘Start Walking The World Tour’“!
The DVD & Blu-ray, titled “ONE OK ROCK 2011-2012 ‘Zankyo Reference’ TOUR~YOKOHAMA ARENA SPECIAL …
On April 9th, actress Horikita Maki attended the official departure ceremony of a train wrapped with advertisements for her NHK morning drama ‘Umechan Sensei‘ at the Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.
She commented on the train, “There are so many posters that it makes me both embarrassed and happy.” Showing off a bright smile she added, “I hope it will travel to …
On April 8th, model Marie made a surprise guest appearance at the presentation event for the creative award, “DIGITAL FRONTIER GRAND PRIX 2012“.
This marked Marie’s first public appearance after entering Parsons The New School for Design in New York this past fall. She commented, “I’m a student. I make clothes with my own hands. I can’t do graphics; it’s such …
It’s been revealed that popular horror film figure Sadako, will be throwing the first ball for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters vs. Chiba Lotte Marines match on April 25th at Tokyo Dome.
Sadako’s appearance will coincide with the upcoming horror film, ‘Sadako 3D‘, and will be the first in Japanese professional baseball history. The crowd can look forward …
On April 8th, Hamasaki Ayumi (33) performed for the second day at Saitama Super Arena for her nationwide tour. On that very day in 1998, Hamasaki debuted with her single “poker face”.
14 years later, she celebrated her anniversary with 17,000 fans, “It sure is surprising, isn’t it? It went by so fast.” Hamasaki took a commemorative photograph …
On April 7th, actress Kawaguchi Haruna and actor Hayami Mokomichi attended a press conference for their drama, ‘Houkago wa Mystery to tomo ni.’
As his first time co-starring with Kawaguchi, Hayami commented on his first impressions on the actress saying, “When she first came to greet me, her first words were ,’Your skin is dark.’ I thought …
On April 7th, singer-songwriter Moriyama Naotaro made a guest appearance at a live broadcasting of J-WAVE’s “SATURDAY SONIC” at the Tokyo National Museum Garden in Ueno Park.
Surrounded by cherry blossoms in full bloom, Moriyama sang his hit song, “Sakura“. He shyly commented, “It’s embarrassing. It’s embarrassing to sing ‘Sakura’ with cherry blossoms right in front of me.”
Since this year …
Kiyoharu, who will be releasing his new single “Ryusei / the sun“, has announced that he will be holding a release event in Tokyo and Osaka.
These events will be held on May 22nd at Akasaka BLITZ, and on June 8th at Shinsaibashi BIG CAT. Prior to general ticket sales, pre-orders will be available starting May 12th.
It was also …
5-member female band Princess Princess will be holding a 2-day concert at the Tokyo Dome!
As we previously reported, Princess Princess reunited after 16 years in January, to assist with the recovery from the Tohoku Earthquake.
The 2-day concert will be a part of Princess Princess’ comeback tour, “PRINCESS PRINCESS TOUR 2012 ~Saikai~“. For this tour, the band …
On April 8th, former SDN48 member Serina held a release event for her first swimsuit photo book, ‘Serina Shirushi‘, at Fukuya Bookstore in Shinjuku.
During the event, reporters asked Serina if the ban on relationships has been lifted after graduating. “That’s right. I can’t get into details…” she replied, and continued, “If you’re going to make it …
On April 7th, former SDN48 member Ohori Megumi held a release event for her new image DVD, ‘Ohori Megumi / Mitakatta no wa Korekashira?’
This marked Ohori’s first event after SDN48’s graduation concert. She reflected on the past concert saying, “I feel relieved that we were able to have perfect combustion [together]. Since the futures of 39 people depended on it, …
