On January 24th, AKB48 member Sashihara Rino held a handshake event to commemorate the release of her 1st photobook, “Sashiko” (released on January 19th).
Sashihara has enjoyed a strong year so far, as she’s landed a lead role in the drama ‘Muse no Kagami‘ for the first time, made a solo debut, and released her own photobook. …
On January 26th, Akanishi Jin and Kuroki Meisa’s agencies released official statements regarding the recent rumor about a possible relationship.
News outlet Sponichi (or ‘Sports Nippon’) broke the news about an alleged date at Tokyo DisneySea and possible romantic relationship between Akanishi and Kuroki on January 25th. Naturally, all of the outlets now tried to get an official statement from …
Rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has announced that they have released their very first greatest hits album “BEST HIT AKG” in the states.
The album is available now on iTunes and Amazon and contains songs from six of their albums and mini albums, including their new song “Marching Band“.
The band has garnished international popularity through their work associated with popular anime …
Celebrating their 11th year anniversary, vocal & dance unit w-inds. informed their fans last month that they would be releasing their 31st single this year.
As previously mentioned the single will come in four versions and is scheduled for release on February 22nd. Earlier today, the covers along with the tracklist for this upcoming single were revealed.
Check out the covers …
Today, Nissin Food Products released a new commercial for their ‘Chicken Ramen‘, starring popular child actress Ashida Mana as ‘Hiyoko-chan’ (a young chicken).
Ashida was appointed as the new image character for ‘Chicken Ramen’ back in August of 2011. For this new CM, she’s sporting the same cute costume as in the first commercial.
In the CM, Hiyoko-chan is pushing a …
On January 24th, NMB48 announced that suspended member Yoshida Akari would be allowed to return to the group.
As we reported earlier, Yoshida personally requested to return to the group, and the agency decided to hold a fan vote to help determine her comeback. Results showed that the majority was in favor of Yoshida’s return and she will officially …
Idol group Morning Musume. has announced their 49th single!
The single’s title hasn’t been revealed but it is known that the single will be released in six different versions. Since this will be Niigaki Risa’s last single, the last version will be a special version with a solo song sung and chosen by Risa.
Limited Editions A, B, and C will all …
Girl group Sakura Gakuin has released the official music video to their upcoming single, “Tabidachi no Hi no“.
The single will be released on February 15th through two versions. The limited edition and regular edition will both hold six tracks, with the limited edition containing a DVD with the music video and a “J-Mix” version of the title track. ”
“Tabidachi no …
On January 25th, news outlet Sponichi (or ‘Sports Nippon’) broke the news about a possible romantic relationship between singer Akanishi Jin and actress Kuroki Meisa.
Reportedly, the two were seen “dating openly” at Tokyo DisneySea theme park in Urayasu, Chiba on the 22nd. Neither Akanishi nor Kuroki cared about being seen by the people around them.
According to Sponichi, the …
Last week, pop group AAA released the tracklist for their upcoming single, ‘SAILING‘.
‘SAILING’ will be their first single of 2012, and their 31st overall. It’s scheduled to be released on Februrary 22nd. The main song has been described as a graduation song with lyrics about running towards a new point in life with our bonds.
Check out the covers …
Actor Mukai Osamu has announced that he’ll be releasing a French recipe book titled “Mukai Osamu, Bistro Shugyou ~Hungry! na Kantan Recipe 53~” on January 31st.
This will be Mukai’s first recipe book, and it was inspired by his role as a sadistic French chef in the ongoing drama, ‘Hungry!‘. The book introduces 53 French recipes that are not only legitimate, …
Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of January 18th to January 24th.
Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week after the cut!
After revealing the ‘making-of’ clip for his new PV, “Sun Burns Down“, Jin Akanishi has just released the full video!
As promised, the PV draws inspiration from ‘Entanglement‘ and ‘Mission Impossible‘, as Jin plays a jewel thief who discovers that he isn’t alone in his heist. He bumps into a female thief with the same agenda, resulting …
Oricon has revealed the latest results of its weekly charts for the week of January 30th. Check them out after the jump!
