On May 4th, Morning Musume’s member Mitsui Aika announced that she will graduate from Morning Musume on May 18th through her official blog.
Last May, Mitsui was diagnosed with a stress fracture on her left anklebone, which would take around 8 weeks to heal completely. After that, she had been doing rehabilitation, but she couldn’t join Morning Musume’s performance with full …
KENZO, who is member of DA PUMP and a choreographer for Fairies, attended a dance tournament called ‘EUROBATTLE 2012‘ in Portugal from April 27th to 29th. He took 2nd place in the ‘locking’ section. Funky Ricky from Portugal won 1st place.
EUROBATTLE is the biggest dance tournament in the world with over 10,000 audience members. There are five sections including locking, …
It has been announced Hip-Hop group Ketsumeishi will release a new single titled “LOVE LOVE Summer” on July 11th. The group had belonged to TOY’S FACTORY since their debut 2001, but transferred to avex this year.
The first single after the transfer is the upbeat number with a catchy melody and smooth rap. The group is famous for summer songs such …
On May 3rd, it was reported that the entertainment company Johnny’s Jimusho will produce a Chinese idol group. The president of the company, Johnny Kitagawa announced the news and his plans to debut the new group in November at Hey! Say! JUMP’s stage play, ‘JOHNNY’S World‘, at the Empire Theater in Tokyo.
Kitagawa commented “I want to produce a local Chinese …
On May 2nd, 17 artists, including Koizumi Kyoko (46), performed at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo for the “Imawano Kiyoshiro Rock’n’roll Show”. The show was held on the anniversary of rock’n’roll artist Imawano Kiyoshiro’s death. (Imawano passed away at the age of 58 in 2009.)
Koizumi entered the stage with Hamazaki Takashi (46), the original vocalist of rock band FLYING KIDS. …
The full PV for Ono Erena’s solo debut single, “Erepyon“, has been revealed!
“Erepyon” was written by Ono herself, and is currently being used as the opening theme for Fuji TV’s drama series, ‘Legal High‘. It’s slated for release on June 13th.
Check out the PV below!
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Jazz fusion duo Sukima Switch has revealed that they will be releasing their new single, “Last Scene“, on June 27th.
The title track is described as a ballad number that the duo wrote some time ago. Regarding the song’s theme, member Ohashi Takuya (Vo, G) explained, “The theme of this song is ‘way of life’. We wrote this song thinking of what it’s …
As previously we reported, former AKB48 member’s Ono Erena(18) will make her solo debut with the single “Erepyon” (release on June 13th), and ahead of its release, the jacket covers and PV preview have been revealed.
For the five jacket covers, she wore five different outfits such as swim wear, green hooded jacket, and more. She …
Rock band 175R (Inago Rider) vocalist SHOGO has announced that he will be launching his solo project. On May 18th, he will hold his first live in the event, ‘STUDIOUS NIGHT 5th anniversary‘, at Shibuya SECO BAR.
After 175R went on hiatus in December of 2010, SHOGO studied abroad in London for about a year. He commented, “I haven’t …
Kis-My-Ft2 will be releasing the Tokyo Dome performance of their nationwide tour, ‘Kis-My-MiNT Tour‘, in DVD form on June 20th.
‘Kis-My-MiNT Tour’ was held earlier this spring and attracted over 260,000 fans. The boys performed tracks off of their 1st album, ‘Kis-My-1st‘, as well as songs from their Johnny’s Jr. era.
The DVD will be available in both limited and …
Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of April 25th to May 1st.
Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week after the cut!
May 2nd marked the showdown between Nogizaka46 and AKB48’s Sashihara Rino, as they both released their new singles. Fans were eager to see how the “official rivals” would do, and now the results are out!
This showdown was planned out by the girls’ producer Akimoto Yasushi, who also celebrated his birthday on May 2nd. For the first day sales, the girls of …
Singer-songwriter aiko has announced that she will be releasing her 10th album (currently untitled) on June 20th!
This will be aiko’s first album since “BABY“, which was released 2 years and 3 months ago. It will contain “Mukai Awase“, the theme song for movie ‘Darling wa Gaikokujin‘, “Koi no Super Ball“, last year’s CM song for ‘Calpis Water‘, “Home“, the theme …
2PM has released the track list for their 4th Japanese single “Beautiful“, which will be released this June 6th along with a B-side track composed by member Junho called “If You Are Here“.
A “Hi-5 event” for fans who buy the single will be held at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall on June 16th.
Check out 2PM’s track list for “Beautiful” below:
1. Beautiful
2. …
On May 1st, Nishino Kana performed “Watashitachi,” the title song of the movie ‘GIRL‘ in front of an audience of 600 female fans, who were chosen from a pool of 7,300, at ZEPP Nagoya for the “GIRL’S PARTY in NAGOYA” event. The event was a female-only pre-screening for the film.
The screening was a glorious homecoming for the movie’s …
