Dragon Ash have announced the release of their new single "Hikari no Machi" on November 9.This comes approximately three years since the release of "Lily" back in November of 2013. The title track has already been performed at the group's lives, and it's a number that sings about hope for the future. As the coupling track, the single will include "Headbang," which has also been performed at their lives. For both songs, KenKen participates as the

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To commemorate their 5th anniversary, Sexy Zone will release their first best-of album (currently untitled) on November 16. Two discs will make up this album. The first will contain all title tracks of their singles from their debut "Sexy Zone" to their 11th "Shori no Hi Made." In addition, the five members wrote songs with the theme: "thoughts on five years since debut and the future." As for the second disc, it will include 10 songs select

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The details on Kimura Kaela's new album "PUNKY," to drop in stores on October 19, has been unveiled. "PUNKY" marks the singer's first album in nearly two years. It will include songs provided by H ZETT M (H ZETTRIO), Aida Shigekatsu, AxSxE, Tsutaya Koichi, Kishida Shigeru (Quruli), and Siamese Cats. Moreover, Kashikura Takashi (the HIATUS, toe), Sato Masashi (Quruli), H ZETTRIO, and Siamese Cats participated in the recording. 

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Dream Ami is getting ready to release her single "Lovefool -Sukidatte Itte-" on October 19. For her third single, Ami covered The Cardigans' hit song "Lovefool," and it's currently being used in the CM for Bourbon's "Oishii Coconut Milk" and Right-on's "Mokomoko Iroiro."Ami commented on the song, "It has a good sense of individuality, and I think I was able to keep the mood of the original song. I've never really had the opportunity to sing

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Chatmonchy will release a double A-side single, titled "majority blues / Kienai Hoshi," on November 30. Out of the two tracks, "majority blues" was picked up as the CM song for healthcare-related vocational schools Shuto Iko, Osaka Isen, and Nagoya Isen. Meanwhile, "Kienai Hoshi" is a number that was written for the movie 'Azumi Haruko wa Yukue Fumei.'In addition, this single will include "Tomaran," which was used as the official theme

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Keyakizaka46's third single (currently untitled) will be released on November 30.  Like the past two singles, the upcoming work will be released in Limited Editions Types A-C and a Regular Edition. The limited editions will enclose a ticket for their handshake event on December 17, an entry ticket for a special present, and a photo of the members. The title and other details will be revealed at a later date, so stay tuned! Source

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Utada Hikaru's new album "Fantome" is finally out! With this, she has revealed a 360-degree making footage of her song "Hanataba wo Kimi ni.""Hanataba wo Kimi ni" serves as the theme song for NHK's morning drama 'Toto Neechan.' The newly revealed video allows you to view the PV shoot in 360 degrees. Source: Oricon

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HKT48's new song "Hug tte Iijan" has been picked up as the theme song for anime 'Kamiwaza Wanda.'"Hug tte Iijan" is an uptempo tune with a positive message saying, "If you make mistakes in life, you can try again." The members who will be singing this song are Aramaki Misaki, Inoue Yuriya, Imamura Maria, Oda Ayaka, Kodama Haruka, Komada Hiroka, Sashihara Rino, Shimono Yuki, Takeda Tomoka, Tanaka Yuka, Jitoe Nene, Tsukiashi Amane, Tomiyoshi A

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GLAY's TAKURO has launched his solo project. His solo album "Journey without a map" will drop in stores on December 14. This instrumental work was produced by B'z Matsumoto Tak and was recorded with musicians from Los Angeles, California. It's said to be an album in which you can feel the charm of TAKURO as a guitarist.  The album will be available for purchase in three different types: CD+DVD Edition, CD-Only Edition, and Analog

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E-girls will release their new single "Go! Go! Let's Go!" on November 30. So far, this year the ladies released their first best-of album "E.G. SMILE -E-girls BEST-" in February, which was a big hit, and they successfully held their biggest tour "E-girls LIVE TOUR 2016 ～E.G. SMILE～." For their 18th single, the ladies want to show their "strong conviction of earnestly moving forward in order to advance onto the next stage." It will be release

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