It was announced that former Sakura Gakuin member Muto Ayami (17), who graduated from the group last spring, will start her activities as a solo idol. Muto will be the first full-scale solo idol from Amuse, a large entertainment company where artists like Southern All Stars and Fukuyama Masaharu call home.
Though Muto has not been active since she graduated from Sakura Gakuin, …
Visual-kei “air” band, Golden Bomber’s album “The Past Masters vol.1” (released on April 24th) sold 114,000 copies in the first week, and topped Oricon weekly album ranking. This marked their first-ever chart topping album since their debut back in May 2008. It seems like Golden Bomber continues to advance as they also topped weekly single ranking with “
Popular group Kanjani8’s first single for 2013, “Hesomagari/Koko ni shika nai Keshiki” (released on April 24th) sold 295,000 copies in the first week, and topped Oricon weekly single ranking. The first week sales for this single far exceeded the previous one “Aoppana“s (released in September 2012), which was 208,000 copies.
This also marked the 10th consecutive single (including “ER” which was …
Popular idol group AKB48 recently revealed the music video and the new visual for their 31st single “Sayonara Crawl” (to be released on May 22).
The title track has already been performed at the live concert on the 28th, and Watanabe Mayu, Shimazaki Haruka, Oshima Yuko, and Itano Tomomi serve as center positions.
Both music video and cover jackets were taken by …
Kahala Tomomi will be releasing a ’self cover’ best-of album (currently untitled) on June 26th.
The album will feature 10 of Kahala’s hit songs from her debut number, “keep yourself alive“, to her latest, “Yume Yaburete -I DREAMED A DREAM-“. Each song will be rearranged into either an orchestra or acoustic sound. She commented, “I feel joy in …
9mm Parabellum Bullet has revealed the short PV for their new song, “Answer And Answer“, through their official YouTube channel.
“Answer And Answer” is the title track to the band’s new single that will be released on May 29th. The PV features the 4 members performing with various visual effects weaved into it.
Check it out below!
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Up-and-coming Japanese punk metal group CANTOY released their new music video for “RANKA,” from their second mini-album “KILL” (released on July 25, 2012).
Shot entirely on location in Pittsburgh during the band’s debut performance in America, the video features behind-the-scenes clips, mosh pits, and onstage beer-chugging from their appearances at anime convention Tekkoshocon and Pittsburgh’s Hard Rock Cafe.
Check it out below!
On April 27, the opening day for“Toshokan Sensou,” V6’s Okada Junichi (32), who stars in the film, appeared at a stage greeting for the film at the TOHO Cinemas Scala-Za in Tokyo.
The film is based on Arikawa Hiro’s (40) novel of the same name and the series has sold a total of 4,000,000 copies. The novel is …
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra will be releasing a new album titled “Diamond in your heart” on July 3rd. the HIATUS vocalist Hosomi Takeshi will be participating in this album.
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra appeared at America’s rock festival, ‘Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival‘, which was held from April 12th to the 19th. They took this opportunity to …
April 28th was the final day of “AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai ~Shiro Kuro Tsukeyoujanaika!~“, the 4-day concert held at the Nippon Budokan, at which AKB48 and their sister groups appeared.
When the concert was coming to an end, the general manager of AKB48 Theater, Togasaki Tomonobu, announced “the personnel changes for spring.”
The announcement included the promotions of some Kenkyuusei, cancellations of a concurrent …
It’s been announced that Nogizaka46’s Ando Mikumo will be graduating from the group.
Ando decided to graduate in order to concentrate on her studies. She will part ways with the group after participating in the handshake event for Nogizaka46’s 5th single, “Kimi no Na wa Kibou” on April 29th at Yokohama Pacifico, and the special event, “Anata Dake …
BONNIE PINK will be holding her nationwide tour, ‘BONNIE PINK Coin Toss Tour‘, this fall.
This tour will mark BONNIE PINK’s first since her album release tour for ‘Chasing Hope‘ last year. It will be slightly different from her previous tour as she will be choosing both old and new songs from more than 170 songs she has …
Fans of the widely popular medical drama series ‘Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji‘ will be delighted to hear that Fuji TV has just announced that there is going to be a new season this summer.
‘Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji’ is set at an emergency ward and follows a team of doctors as they try to save as many lives as possible. This …
SMAP will be releasing their 50th single, ‘Joy!!‘, on June 5th.
As reporter earlier, the title track is currently being used as the theme song for Kansai TV/Fuji TV’s tv drama series, ‘Kasuka na Kanojo‘, starring member Katori Shingo. It’s a positive number that was written and composed by Akai Kouen’s Tsuno Maisa.
The video shoot for “Joy!!” …
Dragon Ash’s new song, “Trigger“, has been chosen as the image song for the game software, ‘BIOHAZARD REVELATIONS UNVEILED EDITION‘.
“Trigger” is the coupling track to Dragon Ash’s new single, “Here I Am“, that’s scheduled for release on May 29th. The song was written just for the game and it’s described as a number with a hard sound and sense of …
