PLASTIC GIRL IN CLOSET – a popular band known for their male and female lead vocalists and pleasant melodies – has released their lead track “Pearl” from their new album, “cocoro”, for a limited-time free download through DIESEL’s music project website, “DIESEL:U:MUSIC.”
“Pearl” expresses their true melodic strengths freely and gives the pleasant sensation of listening to music while …
Fashion and music unit HANGRY & ANGRY-f took some time out of their busy schedule during the French convention “Japan Expo 2011” to greet fans through Kawaii Girl Japan!
The video shows the duo standing at the Kawaii Girl Japan booth, where they sign their autograph at the booth, get their photos taken, and leave a message for all their international …
To promote her latest single “NAKED / Fight Together / Tempest”, Amuro Namie has unveiled a special application for Twitter users!
By going onto an exclusive site, fans can imprint the N logo from “NAKED” onto their Twitter user icon. There are four patterns to choose from, which can be re-sized and moved around as you like. Once you’ve finished customizing …
Yahoo! Japan recently revealed their general search word ranking for the first half of 2011, but Google decided to release a more specified ranking that only focuses on search terms that include the members of AKB48.
AKB48 is constantly topping the celebrity search rankings in Japan due to various big events and stories, such as their “3rd General Election” earlier …
On July 24th, the Hello! Project Eggs officially opened their own Twitter account!
The first tweet on the account reads, “Today, the Hello! Pro Eggs had a photo shoot! The photo is of new member Taguchi (Natsumi). She appears in the Pizza-La CM that’s on air right now.” The tweet also includes a picture of Taguchi, suggesting that there …
Amuro Namie is currently grabbing a lot of attention for her new song “Tempest”, the theme song to NHK’s historical drama of the same name.
It’s inspired goo to host three surveys, asking its readers which songs they felt were Amuro’s best from 1995-1999, 2000-2004, and 2005 and beyond.
Take a look at the list below and find out if your …
Recochoku held a survey from July 5th to the 19th, asking its users “Which song’s PV do you think is sexy?“. After a total of 1,528 votes, the results are in!
Check out the ranking after the cut!
melody. has just opened her own official Twitter account!
The singer took a break from the music industry in 2009 to settle down with her husband Miyavi and raise their daughters, Lovelie and Jewelie. melody.’s first tweet was on July 18th, but it wasn’t until she tweeted about recording with her sister Christine (KURIS) that fans were …
In her latest blog entry, Dream Morning Musume member Fujimoto Miki posted a hilarious photo with popular singer, Yusuke!
“Today at the recording for Real Scope, I was with Yusuke-san!” Fujimoto wrote excitedly on July 21st. “He gave me his CD which just came out, ‘Zenbu Suki.‘~ I was so happy to receive this new single from the guy himself, so …
On July 20th, AKB48 member Akimoto Sayaka posted a before and after photo of her transformation into Lady Gaga on her official blog.
This transformation happened during Akimoto’s appearance on the variety show, “Waratte Iitomo!“. Before the show, she blogged, “I will transform into Abe Chiyo-san and Lady Gaga-sama. Everyone, please watch ‘Iitomo!’” Akimoto was in great delight after putting on …
It’s quite popular for dates and parties to be held at a karaoke room. It’s a place where people of the opposite sex can try to impress a lady or a guy that they’re interested in. goo Rankings recently polled a question on this for the ladies asking women: Which song by Mr. Children sang by a man would make …
On July 20th, Shinoda Mariko of AKB48 attended a press conference for her upcoming program, “Mariko Hime wa App ga Osuki ♪ for LISMO channel” (“Princess Mariko loves apps ♪ for LISMO channel”). Shinoda, who will be starring for the first time in a new au mobile drama titled “Kurumi Apparel and Accessory Store”, was asked what kind of …
goo is back with yet another interesting poll, this time asking its users to vote for the actresses they found to be the “most spoiled”.
AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko turned 20 on July 10th and she declared that as a new adult, she had graduated from being “spoiled” and will now tackle responsibilities like a grown-up.
Although it’s been a little over a …
With the world advancing more and more into a digital age, it’s no wonder that the Japanese think the true judge of popularity is through digital downloads/Chaku-Uta (ringtone) downloads. Recochoku has just revealed the top downloaded songs and ringtones for the first half of 2011, with a staggering 100 artists in each category!
Check out the list below and find out …
Pop singer and former Morning Musume member Goto Maki has just released her newest digital single, “What is LOVE/SCANDALOUS“!
The release features a welcome return to her popular dance-pop style, with two hard-hitting tracks sure to please fans. To commemorate the single’s release, avex entertainment has released a preview video, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of Goto recording the two songs in …
