The Recording Industry Association of Japan (or ‘RIAJ’ for short), has just released the digital recording sales certifications that artists achieved during the month of January.
To announce the certifications, the RIAJ works together with almost all of the digital and mobile download portals in Japan, including recochoku, dwango, music.jp, mu-mo (Avex), oricon ME, and many more. …
It recently was announced that actor Oikawa Mitsuhiro would graduate from being the partner of Mizutani Yutaka in the popular crime series ‘Aibou’ (TV Asahi).
Oikawa has been playing the role of Sugishita Ukyo’s (Mizutani) partner since season 8, which began in October 2009, and will graduate from that position after the end of the currently airing season 10. Of course this doesn’t mean the end of the series and therefore everyone is curious about who is going become the next partner.
You can find out the result of goo’s online and mobile poll after the cut!
The online and mobile portal goo (NTT DoCoMo) recently used their polling platform to ask their users about the sudden marriage of Akanishi Jin and Kuroki Meisa.
Of course the pregnancy has yet to be fully confirmed by either side, but nobody expects anything else after such a sudden and surprising announcement of their marriage.
How did the users of goo react towards the news? You can check out the results of the poll after the cut!
On February 16th, Takahashi Minami posted an update on No Sleeves‘ official blog expressing her current thoughts.
Earlier this month, it was reported that a mother of an AKB48 member was arrested due to indecent activity with a 15-year-old boy. Some reports indicated that it was the mother of member Takahashi Minami.
Below is a message by Takahashi:
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“I’m …
Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of February 8th to February 14th.
Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week after the cut!
The much-praised 17-year-old singer and songwriter Ieiri Leo, who is still going to senior high school, is finally going to make her official debut with her single “Sabrina” on February 15th. Online and mobile music portal Recochoku exclusively started distributing the full song for download prior to her debut and it already made it into the top five of the …
Singer-songwriter YUI has just ended her 5th nationwide tour “YUI 5th Tour 2011-2012 Cruising -HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE-” in Okinawa on January 25th. She toured 20 cities with 22 shows and drew a total audience of 50,000.
On January 18th and 19th, YUI also performed 2 days at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan. 20,000 fans gathered, captivated by her performance of songs selected mainly from her new …
TOTALFAT’s new song “Good Bye, Good Luck” has been featured as the opening theme song to the smash-hit animation series, “NARUTO Shonen-hen“. It’s just been announced that the single will be digitally released in the U.S. on February 14th through iTunes and Amazon.
TOTALFAT had previously worked with the “NARUTO” series by providing an ending theme song called “Place to Try”. …
Every month, BIGLOBE releases a list of the top Twitter trends in Japan. Now that January has come to an end, they’ve compiled their data and have revealed their rankings for that month.
Check out the month’s top trending terms and hashtags after the jump!
Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of February 1st to February 7th.
Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week after the cut!
On February 4th, SKE48 member Matsui Jurina updated the group’s official blog with news that she’s passed the high school entrance exam.
Matsui wrote: “….
Korean singer/actor Jang Geun Suk has become the latest celebrity fan of child actress Ashida Mana!
On February 6th, Jang Geun Suk uploaded a video onto his official YouTube channel. In the video, he’s presented with a clip of Ashida and Suzuki Fuku’s famous “Maru-Maru-Mori-Mori” dance and is asked if he would be able to do it.
Jang Geun Suk …
On February 1st, actress Eikura Nana shared a photo of her 14-year-old self through her official blog.
Eikura introduced her photo by saying, “Look at what I found when I was cleaning my room.” She added, “It doesn’t seem like I changed… but I did.”
Fans complimented the actress with comments like “Very cute!,” and “Cuter than any teen idol today.”
Eikura stepped …
Recochoku recently released the monthly download charts for the month of January.
Check out the top ranking for digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos over the past month after the jump!
Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of January 25th to January 31st.
Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week below!
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< Chaku-Uta Full (Digital Single) Weekly Ranking >
01/(00) “sign” – JUJU
02/(00) “Hajimari no Toki” – ayaka
03/(01) “Sekai de Ichiban Suteki na Kimi e.” – Sonar Pocket
04/(00) “Mitsubachi” …
