On May 19th, idol group S/mileage made an appearance at a special event for ‘GALAXY Note Studio‘ at Shinjuku Station, where they cheerfully performed their new song, “Dot Bikini“.
Wearing a red dress with white polka dots, the girls called out, “We will sing 4 songs!“, and held a mini live for the crowd. For the last song, the girls took …
On May 18th, AKB48’s Itano Tomomi and popular sub-unit French Kiss attended the release party for Seven and I Group’s “Rain Style Collection“.
When asked questions by the press about her close friend Maeda Atsuko’s upcoming graduation, the date for which was just recently confirmed, Itano remained tight-lipped from beginning to end about the topic. Since the AKB48 member was …
In order to promote his first full album ‘Just Crazy‘, Jang Geun Suk will be broadcasting a special 24-hour program live over Nico Nico Douga from 9:00 PM on May 29th until the same time on May 30th.
The full title of the program is “Special 24-Hour Program ‘Just Crazy’ World in Nico Nico Live Broadcast in Commemoration of the Release …
In celebration of the release of their second album “Dirty Bass“, Far*East Movement held a world premiere release party at Shibuya’s Club Camelot on May 16th.
The venue was fiercely enthusiastic even before the party started, with approximately 800 fans, media people, and others packed into Club Camelot. Once Far*East Movement appeared on stage, the excitement of the crowd shot up …
Korean boy band BIGBANG has revealed that they will be performing at Tokyo Dome for the very first time on December 5th!
The performance will be the final stop of their Japanese tour, which begins on the 17th at Nagoya’s Nihon Gaishi Hall. The tour had originally been planned for thirteen stops in five different cities across Japan for a total …
Young actress Kawashima Umika recently created a frenzy at a boys’ high school in Tokyo when she paid it a surprise visit as part of the Pretz present campaign called “PARTY PRETZ BOX ATARU!”
Kawashima disguised herself as a member of the “Human Pretz Corps” and jumped out of a huge gift box in front of all the clueless boys who …
On May 17th, Fuji TV held a press conference for the upcoming two-hour drama ‘Touma Kyouju no Tensai Suiri (1) Okinoshima no Ogon Densetsu Satsujin Jiken‘ starring Sasaki Kuranosuke.
Sasaki, who is starring in his first two-hour drama, is playing a Japanese professor researching ukiyo-e (color prints from the Edo period) who helps to solve cases with his sharp perception. At …
Singer-songwriter Angela Aki has announced that she will be releasing a new album this summer! She will also be holding a nationwide tour starting in October.
After her year-end Nippon Budokan live, Angela took maternity leave, and gave birth to a healthy baby in February. Her upcoming tour will kick off on October 13th and wrap up on March …
On May 17th, actress Takei Emi attended a CM presentation event for ‘JTB 100th Anniversary Hawaii Promotion‘ as JTB Group’s newest CM character.
Takei, who visited Hawaii for the CM shoot, smiled as she said, “I was able to fully enjoy myself.” She continued, “Going to Hawaii heals your mind. I didn’t want to go home.”
The actress also commented on her …
On May 16th, EXILE’s 6-member sister group Happiness (who has an average age of 15.7 years old) appeared at a commemorative event at the Gusto restaurant in Takadanobaba, Tokyo for their new song “We Can Fly,” which was released on the same day.
The song is currently used as Gusto’s campaign song and each of the members took on the challenge …
On May 16th, actress Ueto Aya attended Tiffany & Co.’s 175th anniversary party, LEGENDARY FOR 175 YEARS.
The actress wore a necklace and ring totaling over one hundred million yen as well as a beautiful blue dress to the event. “It’s such an honor. My heart is pounding. I’d love to be a woman who can put [jewelry like this] on …
On May 16th, singer Ieiri Leo held a free live, ‘FREE LIVE TOUR 2012‘, at Lazona Kawasaki to commemorate the release of her 2nd single, “Shine“.
In front of 2,500 people, Ieiri sang a total of 4 songs including “Shine” and her debut number “Sabrina“. She expressed, “I’m very happy that so many people came out.” After the live, she held …
On May 16th, actress Inoue Waka attended an opening ceremony for fashion shopping site ‘MUSE & Co.‘.
This marked Inoue’s first public appearance after getting married to film director Iizuka Ken on the 13th. She shared, “It’s only been 3 days since we got married, so it doesn’t seem real to me yet. We’ve been living together for a …
On May 15th, actors Okada Masaki and Oguri Shun attended the final stage greeting for their hit film, ‘Uchuu Kyodai‘.
During the event, Okada was moved to tears by Oguri’s surprise letter. As a matter of fact, Okada had first planned to give Oguri a surprise letter on this day. However, upon hearing about the surprise, Oguri also wrote …
On May 16th, child actress Ashida Mana held a release event for her 2nd single, “Zutto Zutto Tomodachi“, at Ario Kameari in Tokyo.
Despite it being a weekday, over 2,000 people gathered at the event. Ashida called out, “In 3 days I did my best to memorize the song!” and performed her new song for the very first time.
Together …
