Oricon Weekly Charts for 3/11~3/17
Oricon has released their weekly charts for March 11th to the 17th.
Check the results after the cut!
Japan Box Office Report & Trailer Park – March 16th/17th
(02) 'Platina Data' / (01) 'Doraemon' / (03) 'Precure All Stars New Stage 2'
(02) 'Platina Data' / (01) 'Doraemon' / (03) 'Precure All Stars New Stage 2'
After the recent influx of somewhat intriguing Western movies that dominated the Japanese box office charts, it’s finally the first time this year that the top 3 of the box office chart is made up of Japanese movies only.
The top 3 is led by ‘Doraemon‘ which …
mihimaru GT announces indefinite hiatus
mihimaru GT have announced that they will be going on an indefinite hiatus on December 31st of this year.
The reason for their hiatus is “to step up their individual artist activities even further.” As such, hiroko (Vo) and mitsuyuki miyake (Composer) plan to each continue their activities on their own. Their final activity as an unit will be their 10th …
Sexy Zone to release a new double A-side single in May
Five-member group Sexy Zone will be releasing their first single for 2013, titled “Real Sexy!/BAD BOYS” on May 1st.
One of the title tracks “Real Sexy!” will be the theme song for Fuji TV’s variety show “Cho Sennyu! Real Scope Hyper“, while the other track will be used as the theme song for member Nakajima Kento’s starring drama “BAD BOYS J“, …
HKT48 to sing the ending theme for anime “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic”
HKT48’s song “Kataomoi no Karaage (Amakuchi Hime)” has been chosen as the ending theme song for the upcoming TV anime “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic“. The song is one of the coupling tracks that will be included in Type-A for their debut single “Suki! Suki! Skip!” (to be released on March 20th).
The group appeared at the anime’s …
Sakanaction to hold their first overseas one-man live
Sakanaction will be holding their very first overseas one-man live on June 15th at THE WALL Taipei in Taiwan.
The band will be kicking off their nationwide tour, ‘SAKANAQUARIUM 2013‘, on March 27th to coincide with the release of their latest album, “sakanaction” (released March 13th). While they have performed at the live event, ‘HighApps‘, in Taiwan last year, this will …
Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai to become an exclusive model for fashion magazine “Ray”
Idol group Nogizaka46 member Shiraishi Mai (20) will be an exclusive model for fashion magazine “Ray”. This is the first exclusive model contract for any Nogizaka46 member. Shiraishi will appear in the May issue of the magazine which will be available for purchase on March 23.
Shiraishi, who is a fashion lover and avid reader of “Ray”, guest-modeled for the magazine …
Kawabata Kaname announces first solo album + summer tour
CHEMISTRY’s Kawabata Kaname, who started his solo activities last fall, has announced that he will be releasing his first solo album, “0“, in June. He will also be holding a solo live tour called ‘KANAME KAWABATA LIVE TOUR 2013: 0‘ this summer.
Kawabata made an appearance at ‘TSUTAYA presents 2012 WINTER CAMPAIGN T-GROOOVE Original Live in TOKYO‘ on March 17th at …
Sasaki Nozomi graduates from fashion magazine ‘non-no’
On the May issue of women’s fashion magazine ‘non-no‘, it was announced that model/actress Sasaki Nozomi has graduated from being the magazine’s regular model.
Sasaki had been active as the magazine’s regular model since January of 2010. Since then, she has appeared on the cover of the magazine many times, becoming the face of ‘non-no’.
While she has graduated, Sasaki is scheduled …
Takahashi Minami releases the short MV for her solo debut single
Takahashi Minami’s solo debut single “Jane Doe” which was used as the opening theme song for Nakama Yukie’s starring drama “Saki”, is set for release on April 3. Before the release, the short MV for the title track was revealed on Universal Music Japan’s official YouTube channel.
In the MV, Takahashi plays as a a phantom thief, and a diva.
Check …
Nogizaka46 tops Oricon weekly single chart
Nogizaka46’s 5th single “Kimi no Na wa Kibou,” which went on sale on March 13, has sold 242,000 copies and grabbed first place on the March 25 Oricon Weekly Single Ranking.
This is their fourth consecutive first place ranking which first began with their 2nd single “Oide Shampoo” (went on sale last May.) This is the first time since their …
Momoiro Clover Z to provide theme song for ‘Mezamashi Doyoubi’
It’s been revealed that Momoiro Clover Z’s new song “Kasou Dystopia” has been chosen as the theme song for Fuji TV’s news program, ‘Mezamashi Doyoubi‘, for the month of April.
‘Mezamashi Doyoubi’ is the weekend version of the morning news program, ‘Mezamashi TV‘ (Monday ~ Friday), and it will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this October. Since October last year, One …
Sakanaction tops Oricon weekly album chart for the first time since their debut
Rock band Sakanaction’s 6th album, “sakanaction” (released March 13th), has sold 83,000 copies in its first week and topped Oricon’s weekly album chart for March 25th. This is the first time since their debut in May of 2007 to top the charts.
With this, the band has broke their own record for most copies sold in the first week of release. …
More details on upcoming “SPEC” movie revealed
It was announced that upcoming movie “SPEC ~Close~“, which is the concluding episode of the “SPEC” series, will be a 2 part movie titled “Gekijouban SPEC ~Close~ Zen no Hen” and “Gekijouban SPEC ~Close~ Kou no Hen.” Both parts will be released successively this fall.
“SPEC” series started as a serial drama (on TBS) that aired back in October …
Drama Prime Time Report – 03/15~03/17
'Nobunaga no Chef' (TV Asahi)
'Nobunaga no Chef' (TV Asahi)
This weekend, the Sunday drama ‘Tonbi‘ (TBS) solidified itself as the most popular drama of the spring season after the long-running detective drama ‘Aibou‘, at least in terms of ratings. The family drama aired its grand finale this week and managed to record a great episode-rating of 20.3%, which is the highest single-episode rating of …
