To members of her fanclub, Koda Kumi has released the jackets to her newest single, “Sukide, Sukide, Sukide.”
The single will release 9/22, and includes a rearranged/rerecording version of her song, “walk.” There will be two versions available for this single. A CD+DVD version will include a DVD with music videos for “Sukide, Sukide, Sukide.“, “walk (arranged version), and …
One of the Arashi members, Ninomiya Kazunari, will star in new drama “Freeter, buys a house (フリーター、家を買う。)”, which will start in October on Fuji Television. It has been 2 years for him to star in a drama series, since his last one, “Ryusei no Kizuna.”
Nino will play a “freeter”, a freeter is a Japanese expression for people who lack …
Classic Japanese speed metal band, Sex Machineguns, have announced that they will be doing a nationwide tour called “Tenkaichi Budou Kari.”
The concert tour will be a one man act, with just the Sex Machineguns headlining. They will kick off the tour in Saitama on October 17th and will end in Tokyo on December 5th. Overall, the tour will take …
Tomorrow on August 15th, folk singer Cocco will be performing a live concert event titled, “FOREVER BLUE Vol. 2 ~kakegae no nai Mirai no tame ni,” at the Okinawa Concert Center and has just announced that she will be streaming it live for all her fans on Ustream.
Back on August 10th, the singer did another event on her “Cocco STREAM” …
Anime television network ANIMAX, will be hosting a live event this November called “ANIMAX MUSIC FALL 2010“, that will host many popular singers from the anime industry.
The ANIMAX events started back in May of 2009 with the concept “the charm of the anime world.” This is the fourth such concert of this type and will be displaying the …
Rock band QUATTRO has announced on their official website that two of the members have left the band. Bassist Keizo Nakajima and keyboardist Masahiko Sato left the group earlier this month.
Frontman, Iwamoto (vocal/key/guitar), said that the band will continue on with supporting members. He commented:
“The five of us, QUATTRO, have had a great time till now, we thank …
For the first time in years, maybe even ever, the queen of hip-pop cut it all off.
For years, Amuro Namie has had long locks of healthy, shiny hair for years. This time, it’s no more, it’s all off for the cover of GINZA magazine.
When it comes to style and fashion, Amuro is always on top.
She certainly still looks hot and …
Rock band, SID, has announced they will release a new single on 9/29 called “cosmetic.” This will be the band’s third single this year after “sleep” and “rain.”
During the encore of their 7/31 live [SID Summer Festa 2010 ~Saitama Super Live~] they also announced they will play at Tokyo Dome for the first time. 32,000 fans were excited …
Actress Arakawa Chika may only be 11-years-old, but she has been chosen as a lead actress for the Russian movie, ‘Yakuza Girl‘, which will be directed by Sergei Bodrov. This is the first movie that Chika will star in, and it’s surprising because it’s a foreign film.
Obviously, almost the whole movie is in Russian, so Chika learned Russian for a …
Upcoming movie, ‘Hanamizuki‘, in which Aragaki Yui and Ikuta Toma star, is collaborating with “Juroku-cha (tea beverage from Asahi)” in a CM starting on August 14th. The release of the movie with occur a week later on the 21st.
Yui had been a image model of ‘Juroku-cha’ previous to this, and the schedules just so happened to work out. The shoot …
The artists to perform on MUSIC STATION on August 20th has recently been revealed.
Below is the list of artists:
AKB 48 – Heavy Rotation
HY – Toki wo Koe
Kanjani 8 – LIFE ~Me no mae no mukou he~
Kitano Kii – Hanataba
Kobukuro – Mikazuki
Source: TV Asahi
The six member idol group, Momoiro Clover, has their first horror movie, “Shirome“, being released on the 13th, and the members gave a greeting to the audience on the stage.
“Shirome” is a documentary style horror movie, and the members were not even informed that the shoot was for the movie. One of the members, Takagi Reni, said, “This is a …
On November 20th and 21st, Yokohama Arena will feature a special music festival with the theme of Japanese urban music called, “BEAT CONNECTION 2010.”
“BEAT CONNECTION” will be the start of a brand new music festival dedicated to the urban sound. The festival will host everything from funk veterans, such as Kubota Toshinobu and …
It has been reported that G-DRAGON of BIG BANG is in a relationship with a ViVi (fashion magazine) model, Mizuhara Kiko.
According to Sanspo.com, they started dating after BIG BANG debuted in Japan, and they have been in a long distance relationship since.
Mizuhara Kiko is half American and half Korean (Korean Japanese), born in Texas, and raised in Kobe, …
This week’s episode of Music Station was broadcasted with a lot of gorgeous guests on August 13th! Make sure to watch it fast!
