IMALU visits Europe for the first time

On July 5th, talent IMALU updated her official blog from London, sharing pictures of her first visit to Europe with her fans.

“I’m in London for work right now,” she wrote, along with pictures of herself posing in various places around the city. “It’s my first time in Europe. People were telling me, ‘IMALU’s definitely going to love England!’, but it’s …


Kyary Pamyu Pamyu takes a picture with Momoiro Clover Z in Paris

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu recently updated her Twitter with a picture of herself and idol group Momoiro Clover Z, cutely dressed up in Sailor Moon cosplay at the French convention “Japan Expo” in Paris.

“Even in France I run into Momoclo! It’s too bad the leader (Momota Kanako) isn’t here!” she tweeted, along with her group shot. “Thanks for working …


goo users pick their most memorable spring drama

On July 5th, NTT’s popular Internet portal and search engine released the results from their recent mobile poll that asked their users to pick their most memorable drama from the past spring season.

If we were only to look at the ratings, then Fuji TV was the winner with their Monday drama ‘Kagi no Kakatta Heya’, closely followed by ‘ATARU’ (TBS) and – falling a bit behind – ‘37-sai de Ishani Natta Boku’ (Fuji TV). The best first rating was recorded by ‘ATARU’ with 19.9%, which also remained the highest drama rating throughout the season, while ‘Kagi no Kakatta Heya’ was able to achieve the best final rating with 17.5%.

However, which drama did the goo users like the best? Check out the results after the cut!


Recochoku’s weekly download charts for 06/27~07/03

Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of June 26th to July 3rd.

Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, music videos, and theme songs for this week after the cut!


Japan Twitter Trends for first half of 2012!

With June coming to an end, this marks the end of the first half of 2012, and with that, the first half of 2012 Japan’s Twitter Trend Ranking via Twipple!

Below will be the ranking of various words, hashtags, and celebrities over the past six months! Click on our tag at the very bottom to see the previous month rankings. …


Shinoda Mariko is afraid she might go broke because of all the birthdays in July

On July 2nd, when AKB48’s Itano Tomomi was getting ready to celebrate her 21st birthday on the following day, the group’s oldest member Shinoda Mariko suddenly became afraid of going broke this month.

This whole incident happened on Twitter, after she noticed one of Itano’s tweets saying “I soon won’t be 20 anymore“.

Shinoda was surprised and confessed, “Oh no… I can …


Recochoku reveals Charts for First Half of 2012

Recochoku, one of the biggest online and mobile music download portals in Japan, recently released the 2012 half-year download charts for the period from January 1st until June 30th.

Check out the top ranking for digital singles, chaku-uta, music videos, theme songs and more over the past six months after the cut!


Former AKB48 member Yonezawa Rumi announces her new agency via Twitter

Former AKB48 member Yonezawa Rumi has announced her new agency through her official Twitter account.

She wrote, “I’m ready to report something I’ve been wanting to tell everyone☆ First, I would like to announce my agency. I now belong to M’s enterprise☆.”

Yonezawa left AKB48 back in January when her private photos were leaked on the internet. As her contract …


Kuriyama Chiaki to read from 3 dark novels

Earlier this week, it was announced that actress Kuriyama Chiaki had been appointed as the new reader for Seikaisha’s ‘Rodokukan Series‘, which features prominent personalities reading from novels in front of an online audience.

Kuriyama’s three-night reading session is called ‘Kuriyama Chiaki no Shingetsu Rodokukan‘ and will have her reading three new dark and scary works from Seikaisha’s popular online novel …


Recochoku’s monthly download charts for June

Recochoku recently released the monthly download charts for the month of June.

Check out the top ranking for digital singles, chaku-uta, music videos, and theme songs over the past month after the cut!


Goo users ranks their favorite music programs

As of now, music programs are abundant in various Japanese television channels and offers different styles to accommodate various viewers.

In the most recent user ranking held by goo ranking, users voted for their favorite music programs hosted by various television stations.

Check out the top ten below!

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Music Station
HEY! HEY! HEY!
Music Lovers
EXILE Damashii
CDTV
Bokura no Ongaku
Ichiban Song SHOW
Kayoukyoku!
SONGS
MUSIC FAIR

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In addition, out of all …


Hamasaki Ayumi to release summer best album “A SUMMER BEST”

Urata Naoya of pop group AAA recently tweeted that pop diva Hamasaki Ayumi will be releasing a new best album this summer titled “A SUMMER BEST“. It seems the reason why he tweeted this information was because the song that he did with Ayumi, “ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA” will be included in the disc.

Since summer is here …


Recochoku’s weekly download charts for 06/20~06/26

Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of June 20th to June 26th.

Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, music videos, and theme songs for this week after the cut!


ICONIQ refers to dating rumors on Twitter

On June 23rd, singer ICONIQ commented on dating rumors through her official Twitter account.

A few days ago, weekly tabloid magazine ‘FRIDAY‘ reported that ICONIQ has been dating GACKT. The two were seen dining at a high-class French restaurant, and the picture provided by the magazine shows the couple holding hands while gazing into each other’s eyes.

Without mentioning the rumored …


Satoda Mai and Tanaka Masahiro are now fans of Momoiro Clover Z

Satoda Mai and Momoiro Clover Z with Rakuten Eagles jerseys

Satoda Mai and Momoiro Clover Z with Rakuten Eagles jerseys

On June 24th, talento Satoda Mai revealed on her blog that she and her husband, professional baseball player Tanaka Masahiro (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles), are now strong supporters (‘mononofu’) of idol group Momoiro Clover Z.

This statement quickly became a hot topic on the web, because Tanaka is actually known for …


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