Japanese café’s are selling more than just coffee. Shoujo Jidai’s Japanese debut single, “GENIE“, released today (9/8 JST), and just about everything, including life size cut outs of the girls, are invading Japan.
The girls appeared on DON! (Morning News), PON! (Evening Bews), and Zoom In! SUPER. They also took the #1 spot on Japan’s iTunes music video category …
It has been announced that TV Asahi’s popular variety show “Onegai! Ranking” will be bumped to a prime time slot. This show currently airs Monday to Thursday at 12:20am and Fridays at 12:50am. The interesting episodes have garnered high viewer ratings, however, so the show will get another one-hour time slot for Saturdays at 7:00pm titled “Onegai! …
J-rock band lynch. will release their new single, “JUDGEMENT”, on 9/22. The single will have two songs, “JUDGEMENT” and “DAZZLE”. There are two versions, including one with a DVD that will have the PVs for “JUDGEMENT” and “A GLEAM IN EYE”.
lynch. will finish off their last indie tour, THE JUDGEMENT DAYS, with three shows this month and the last …
Exist Trace, the only (actual) female visual kei band, will release a new album on November 3 called “TWIN GATE”.
The album will contain 10 tracks, with four new tracks and six previously released ones like: KNIFE, unforgive you, RESONANCE, Owari no nai sekai (Never-ending World), VANGUARD, and Orleans no shoujo (Orleans’ little girl).
The band will also start their one-man …
It was revealed last March that Konno Oyuki’s “Maria-sama ga Miteru” will have a live-action movie adaptation and is expected to open in fall 2010. The trailer’s finally been released, and it stars models Honoka Miki and Haru!
The story follows the daily lives of the students attending Lillian Girl’s Academy. This school has a tradition known as …
Model/actress Kiritani Mirei (20) attended an event that featured her CM for Bourbon’s “Almondrush” chocolate. This is her first time to appear in a CM by herself.
Whilst promoting “Almondrush”, Kiritani adopted a habit of attaching “-sh” in every word she said in the CM, in an effort to create a new buzzword – like “Otsukaresama desh”. She’s hoping that high …
It was mentioned in a previous post that V6 will be releasing a new single titled “only dreaming/Catch“, which will be used as the theme song for Yoshihiko Inohara’s new drama “警視庁捜査一課９係 (Keishicho Sousa Ikka 9-gakari)”. This is the 16th consecutive year that V6 released a single debuting at the No. 1 spot on Oricon, thus placing …
Gossip magazine “Shukan Josei“s reported on September 7th that ex-KAT-TUN member, Akanishi Jin, will debut in a Hollywood movie – “Pirates of the Caribbean 4“, to be exact, scheduled for release sometime in 2011.
‘Shukan Josei’ contacted Walt Disney Japan for confirmation on the rumor, and they answered that they have not yet been informed about it at the moment.
If this …
Exciting news! The making-of video for the movie “BECK” has just been revealed on Oricon style! Viewers can see actors Sato Takeru and Nakamura Aoi practicing hard on the drums and guitar and drum, even during their break. Both Sato and Nakamura had no previous experience on those instruments until they started shooting the movie.
“BECK” is a live-action adaption of …
New unit from AKB 48, French Kiss, showed up at Jingu Stadium to throw the opening pitch on the 7th. One of the members, Kuramochi Asuka, whose father used to be a professional baseball player, went up to the mound. Acording to Asuka, she practiced for this day with her father, and her father was also at the stadium to …
Seminal rock group X JAPAN held a special live showcase in Los Angeles back in January this year, and it’s been decided that the showcase will be released on DVD for those who couldn’t make it to the limited event. This special concert DVD “X JAPAN Showcase in L.A.” is scheduled to come out on October 1st.
The production …
Retro group Kishidan is kicking off their comeback with the release of their new single “Aishite Night!“ The single came out on September 1st, but Avex has only just released the promotional video for the title track, and a teaser for the upcoming album.
The video follows the retro group’s usual Bosouzoku gangster style and features them singing …
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Well it certainly seems like we’ve been waiting forever, but Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) has finally granted our wish! Their Japanese promotion photos reveal that the girls are as charming as ever.
Actress Eikura Nana will once again star in a CM for Lotte products. The CM shows Eikura, relaxing in a kotatsu while eating Lotte’s “Yukimi Daifuku”, an ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of mochi (rice cake).
Even though the shooting for the CM took place during the early summer, Eikura was very impressed with the set …
