The Recording Industry Association of Japan (or ‘RIAJ’) has just released their hard copy sales certifications for the month of December 2011.
This certification is based off the total numbers of CDs and DVDs sold to retailers.
RIAJ hands out these awards based on the following standards:
Gold – 100,000 units sold
Platinum – 250,000 units sold; Double Platinum – 500,000 units sold; Triple …
Recently, tokyohive revealed a preview for Watanabe Mayu’s upcoming drama, ‘Saba-dol‘.
Following up, the opening and ending theme songs for the drama have finally been released as well. The opening theme, “Synchro Tokimeki“, is Mayu’s solo debut single. It’s described as an up-tempo ’80s song that perfectly bridges Mayu’s youthful voice with …
Drama Prime Time Report – January 9th~12th
Ten new dramas are featured in this week’s first Drama Prime Time Report. From ending planners, hungry rock bands to dirty mamas, there was a great variety of new stories, but they all were overshadowed by a strawberry night. Which of them can stay near or even above the 15.0% mark this season? It will be interesting season again, with many more anticipated dramas that have to air their first episodes.
You can check out the rating and more details below the cut!
Singer Kuroki Meisa has just released a digest of previews for her upcoming album, ‘UNLOCKED‘!
On January 14th, Kuroki Meisa’s official Facebook page shared a compilation of previews for ‘UNLOCKED’, which include the first seven tracks of the album. Fans got to hear snippets of “Hit the Road“, “Shake it Off“, “Wired Life“, “One More Drama“, “Take Me Away“, …
On January 13th, singer Nishino Kana (22) attended an opening event for the ‘Mie Prefecture Restaurant Fair’ as a tourism ambassador for her hometown in that prefecture.
The singer came to promote hijiki (dark strips of edible seaweed), a regional specialty of Mie Prefecture. Since food plays an important part in our memories, Nishino felt inspired to describe a …
It’s been revealed that Sakamoto Maaya will be voice acting in the new anime, “Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito“.
Sakamoto will portray the character of ‘Reira Marukaru’, the heroine of the story. ”Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito” is the latest project from the popular anime series, “Code Geass”. It will be directed by Akane Kazuki, and the character designs will be done …
Rock band L’Arc~en~Ciel has announced that they will be holding a special free live, “One Night Only L’Arc~en~Ciel Premium Night“, on April 20th at the LIQUIDROOM ebisu.
L’Arc~en~Ciel will invite 777 lucky fans who purchase their new album, “BUTTERFLY“. Since L’Arc~en~Ciel has been holding large-scale concerts in recent years, it’s an exciting opportunity for fans to experience the band’s music in …
Visual kei band MUCC has announced that they will be releasing their new single, “Nirvana“, on March 7th.
As previously reported, the title track is currently the opening theme song for the anime series, “Inu×Boku SS“. It was written and composed by member Miya, and is described as an electro tune with a sense of speed.
The single will come in …
Idol group Fudanjuku is the star of Kawaii Girl Japan’s latest interview, giving fans a deeper look at their upcoming single “Kaze Ikki“!
In the interview, the members introduce the latest additions to the group, Aiba Kensui (Hasegawa Ai) and Yukimura Ryouma (Fukumi Maki), as well as talk about their upcoming single, their goals for 2012, and more.
Check out …
Music unit moumoon has just unveiled yet another PV from their upcoming album,”No Night Land”!
“Tomodachi/Koibito” is a sweet and gentle song, a theme that gets echoed in the PV through the beautiful forest scenery surrounding the duo’s vocalist, YUKA. The song will be available on February 8th, along with the rest of moumoon’s album.
On January 12th, stars of the new Fuji TV getsuku or primetime drama, “Lucky Seven” including (Mondays, 9PM) – Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun (28), Eita (29), Ōizumi Yō (38), Matsushima Nanako (38), and Naka Riisa (22) – appeared at a press conference for the drama held in Tokyo. The drama is set to begin airing on January 16th.
With the theme …
On January 13th, the radio recording of popular idol group AKB48’s first single of the year, “GIVE ME FIVE!” was revealed. Their 25th single, scheduled for release on February 15th, has also been used as a promotional song for Apamanshop CM as well.
Unlike their previous spring-based singles, this song is upbeat and energetic as you can hear in …
Oricon has just revealed their monthly chart for December 2011. Check it out below!
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1. “Ue Kara Mariko” – AKB48 : 12/07 (1,273,748)
2. “We never give up!” – Kis-My-Ft2 : 12/14 (277,989)
3. “BIRTH” – KAT-TUN : 11/30 (223,095)
4. “Winter ~ Winter Rose / Duet – winter ver. – ~” – Tohoshinki : 11/30 (148,465)
5. “Boku no Hanbun” – …
AKB48 has revealed the track list and senbatsu members for their upcoming single, “GIVE ME FIVE!”
The senbatsu members for the title song, “GIVE ME FIVE!”, are Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, and Maeda Atsuko from Team A, Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae, Yokoyama Yui from Team K, Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi …
Samurai guitarist MIYAVI’s latest track “STRONG (MYV “Exclusive” ver.)” has been chosen as the new CM song for Nissan’s “X-TRAIL“.
Previous CM songs for “X-TRAIL” include THE CLASH’s “I Fought The Law“, THE OFFSPRING’s “(Can’t Get My) Head Around You“, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS’s “Setting Sun“, BOOM BOOM SATELLITES’s “KICK IT OUT“, and 80kidz’s “GMX“.
“STRONG (MYV “Exclusive” ver.)” was included in the …
