Yamaguchi Ichirou gets his own ‘Station ID’ on Space Shower TV

Yamaguchi Ichirou of rock band, Sakanaction will have his own “Station ID” on Space Shower TV.  The video is viewable on Victor Entertainment’s official YouTube channel.

The concept behind the station ID is “Music’s realistic existence” using the symbols of “sound” and “people”.

The song in the video is a remix of Sakanaction’s song for Mode Gakuen new TV CM.

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Berryz Koubou x ℃-ute new digital release “Cho HAPPY SONG”

Hello! Project girls Berryz Koubou and ℃-ute have come together for a new digital song, “Cho HAPPY SONG“. This release is a combination of Berryz Koubou “Because happiness” and ℃-ute’s “Shiawase no Tochuu” and will release on April 28th.

The song is available on iTunes, mora, other PC website, UpFront, RecoChoku, music.jp and other cellphone sites. Smartphone users can …


GRAPEVINE to stream live via Ustream

GRAPEVINE’s nationwide tour ‘Club Circuit 2012‘ is coming to an end on May 2nd. The band will play at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO and stream it live on Ustream.

GRAPEVINE has been touring for 2 months in celebration of their latest EP album ‘MISOGI EP‘, which was released back in February. For this last show, GRAPEVINE is having Analogfish a special …


Music Station creates internet web show “Young Guns on the Web”

Celebrating 25 years of being on the air, popular music program “MUSIC STATION” will have their own internet music program beginning on May 4th.

The program will be free and streamed online via video streaming site, YouTube. Furthermore, the show will experiment with upcoming artists through studio lives and interviews. Titled, “MUSIC STATION Young Guns on the Web” will be on …


Kyary Pamyu Pamyu collaborates with Ninagawa Mika

Model/singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu recently attended the ‘Adobe Creative Cloud’ event where it was announced that she will be working with photographer Ninagawa Mika on a new digital photo book.

Kyary will be the model for the e-book application ‘Ninagawa < TOKYO > MAP’ (tentative title). The model has expressed that she is delighted to work with Ninagawa. Ninagawa also mentioned …


Recochoku’s weekly download charts for 04/18~04/24

Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of April 18th to April 14th.

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


Tominaga Ai to discontinue her Twitter account

Model Tominaga Ai has announced that she will be discontinuing her official Twitter account. On April 23rd, she tweeted, “Everyone, it’s a private matter, but I’ve decided to take a break from Twitter for a little while. I promise I’ll be back… so please wait for me to return. I’m sorry.”

Tominaga’s friend, photographer Leslie Kee responded, “We going to miss …


Which female celebrity has the most beautiful skin?

On April 22nd, Oricon revealed the results of their recent survey (The time period for the survey was March 23rd to 28th), in which they asked 500 women to pick the female celebrity with the most beautiful skin.

Like last year, it was actress Ayase Haruka (27) who came out on top of the ranking again, which isn’t much of …


RIAJ reveals digital certifications for March 2012

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 March.

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. After compiling the data from all the major download portals, the RIAJ then releases the new certifications on the 20th of every month.

You can check out the certifications after the cut!


Eikura Nana has been down with a cold for almost two weeks

On April 16th, actress Eikura Nana finally updated her blog with an apology for not being able to update since the 5th.

In the new blog entry, she revealed that she’s been in poor physical condition for almost two weeks. She also stated that she has yet to recover.

Fans were relieved to see the update on her blog, but they immediately …


Recochoku’s weekly download charts for 04/11~04/17

Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of April 11th to April 17th.

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


Uemura Kana sets out on a journey to the U.S.

On April 14th, singer-songwriter Uemura Kana revealed on her official blog that she has set out on a journey to the United States.

In a blog entry titled, “I’m going on a solitary journey to America!!!“, Uemura wrote, “It’s sudden, but starting now, I will be going to America by myself for training!!!”

Last year, Uemura visited Nashville, Tenessee, where she had …


Takaoka Sosuke speaks his mind about Miyazaki Aoi and her alleged affair

After the news of his divorce from actress Miyazaki Aoi, actor Takaoka Sosuke continuously let his true feelings be known through his Twitter account, which caused some controversy.

According to the tabloids, he didn’t just talk about their divorce and the problems between them, he also openly criticized her agency, and for the first time, confirmed to his curious followers …


Johnny’s Entertainment starts mysterious count down on their website

‘Johnny’s Entertainment‘ has started a mysterious countdown on their official website.

A countdown was recently added to the side menu of Johnny Entertainment’s website, and if you click the clock, a popup of the huge clock appears. The time ticks off every second, and it seems the countdown will be finished on April 15th at 12:00AM (JST). Every time …


Matsuura Aya announces the closing of her twitter account

On April 10th, singer Matsuura Aya (25) posted her last tweet and announced that she will close her Twitter account from this day onward.

For her last tweet, Matsuura posted, “I started Twitter back on my 10th anniversary and although this account was created on a whim, it was a lot fun.” With her recent picture as an …


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