BRIGHT announces weekly Ustream show

Female vocal group BRIGHT has announced that they will be starting up a weekly Ustream show to interact with their fans.

BRIGHT will be on Ustream each Wednesday from 8 PM to 9 PM.  The concept of the show is a sort of ‘girls day’, where the female group can answer questions from women, although they welcome questions from their male …


the GazettE’s Aoi stirs up debate about Vocaloid artists through controversial tweets

One of the things that most people seem to forget about Twitter is that, once you tweet, it’s not only your followers who read your thoughts – it’s the whole world. In less than .01 seconds, millions of people around the world are able to see them.

Unfortunately for visual kei rocker Aoi of the GazettE, …


Which celebrities have an “Asian face”?

Murayama Nagomi for the Miss International Beauty Pageant (r.)

Murayama Nagomi for the Miss International Beauty Pageant (r.)

The twenty-two years old college student Murayama Nagomi will represent Japan at the ‘Miss International Beauty Pageant‘ in 2011. A week ago, she won the Japanese finals and was praised by the judges for having the perfect “asian face”.

The term “asian face” has become a hot new buzzword since then, and …


Eikura Nana snaps pictures of her new haircut

Yesterday, actress Eikura Nana posted new pictures on her blog, showing herself in the midst of getting a new haircut and the final result.

For the past few months, the actress has been letting her hair grow out a bit, but apparently she’s decided to get it cut again.

She was kind of surprised when she saw the unfinished …


Airi Taira starts her own official ‘Ameblog’ page

Actress Airi Taira (25) booted up her blog today called, “Love Pear“. She originally had a blog on Vision Factory’s “Vision Blog“, through which she posted photos of her daily life, sometimes even vlogs instead of written posts.

Her new blog can be found on the famous Ameblo website, where many other Japanese celebrities host their blogs.

Airi debuted back in …


Former C-ute member Umeda Erika joins Twitter!

Former C-ute member Umeda Erika has officially joined the Twitter network!

The ex-idol and current model joined Twitter just two days ago and happily blogged about the networking site on her official ameblo account:

“Umeda Erika has started to twitter!”

“Everyone!  Follow me okay?

Account

umeda_erika”

The account is definitely official as she linked to it through her blog.  She has only been on Twitter …


Yoshiki shares his birthday with his fans via Twitter

When you’re Yoshiki, anything’s possible. After all, he’s dominated Japan since 1989 with his legendary band, X Japan, and produced great tracks for other bands like Luna Sea, Glay, and The TRAX.

So what do you get someone that could have anything he wanted for his birthday? Why, throw him a surprise birthday party with as many of his …


SUPER☆GiRLS members Saori and Rika show off their friendship

Avex’s new idol group, SUPER☆GiRLS, has been busy promoting for their upcoming debut album, “Chouzetsu Shoujo,” but all the members have been taking the time to update their personal blogs to stay in touch with their fans.  The leader, Saori, has been making many posts about her friendship with fellow member, Rika.

Saori tries to update her blog at least once a day, …


KAT-TUN’s 13th single “CHANGE UR WORLD” tops on Oricon weekly chart!

KAT-TUN released their 13th single “CHANGE UR WORLD” on November 17th, and it’s already topped on the Oricon weekly single chart for November 29th!

The group has reportedly racked up an astounding sales figure of 231,000 copies sold.  As we mentioned earlier, every single that KAT-TUN has released since their debut has locked down the No.1 spot on the Oricon weekly chart. …


Yamada Yu reveals her face without makeup

Popular model/actress Yamada Yu recently revealed her face without makeup on her blog with an entry titled “Excuse me for my unpainted face.”

In the photo she was seen holding a postcard for the Disney movie titled “TRON: LEGACY” and commented, “The movie was truly amazing! I felt like I was actually taken into the movie world. The …


Media Blasters will re-start its yaoi manga division

Yaoi (gay) and Shounen-ai (boys-love) fans, rejoice!

American comic publisher, Media Blasters, has confirmed that they will restart its yaoi and shounen-ai manga distribution starting sometime in 2011.

Last June, they removed the title “Gay’s Anatomy: Episode Zero” by You Higashino indefinitely, but now that they will re-launch, the title has returned once more to the list.

Jennifer from “The Yaoi …


AKB48’s “Beginner” plagiarized in Mexico?

AKB48 is one of the most popular idol groups out of Japan, and they’ve performed twice in America and have fans worldwide.  I’m sure this theater troupe turned idol group never thought they would have die-hard fans, much less people who want to be like them, but it seems like both are true.

A group of girls from Mexico who call …


How many AKB48 members do you actually remember?

When you first heard about the Japanese idol group AKB48, you might have been thinking, “How can the fans remember all 48 members’ names?!”

Well, Goo Ranking held a survey through “NTT Docomo Minna no Touhyou & Ranking” (through mobile internet), and 40,365 people gave their answer.

It seems like many people only recognize a few members (possibly members who are also on …


Aya Matsuura to hold a live via UStream!

Singer/actress Aya Matsuura will be releasing her new album, “Click you Link Me” on November 24th, and to celebrate, she’s announced a live performance for her fans all around the world.

How? She plans to…


SUGIZO sends a message to his U.S. ‘Slaves’

Sugizo of rock band Luna Sea and recently, X Japan, has posted a video message for all of Luna Sea’s American Slaves. For those of you who are raising an eyebrow and wondering if Sugizo has somehow crossed the threshold of ethics, ‘Slave’ is the official fan club name for Luna Sea fans.

In any case, his video message …