Oricon has revealed their comic charts for the week of April 16th!
This week was dominated by various shounen manga titles so check out which comic took the top five spots below!
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1. “HUNTER X HUNTER”, Volume 30 – Togashi Yoshihiro: (638,907)
2. “Ao no Exocist”, Volume 8 – Kato Kazue: (520,341)
3. “D. Gray-man”, …
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS‘ DJ Chemical has announced his marriage through his official blog!
According to the announcement, DJ Chemical got married to a non-celebrity woman on April 8th. The couple had been dating for 5 years before officially tying the knot.
He commented, “There is only one life in this body, and I feel I’ve met the woman whom …
On April 11th, Kora Kengo and Mizukawa Asami attended the press conference for the upcoming WOWOW drama ‘Tsumi to Batsu A Falsified Romance‘.
The drama is a live-action adaptation of a manga by Ochiai Naoyuki, which successfully managed to transfer Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” (1866) into modern-day Japan. It’s a great fusion of a historic masterpiece with modern society …
On April 11th, Morning Musume held a release event to commemorate their new single, “Renai Hunter“.
As we reported earlier, leader Niigaki Risa will be graduating on May 18th at Nippon Budokan. During the event, Niigaki strongly stated, “A month will go by in a blink of an eye, so I want to treasure everyday.” Regarding her plans after …
Itano Tomomi’s PV for her upcoming single ““10nen go no Kimi e (To you, after 10 years)”” has been released. This is her 3rd solo single, and the PV for the coupling track “Clone” was previously released earlier this month.
This is middle tempo ballad song about heartbreak with beautiful string arrangements. The song has chosen …
AKB48’s new program, ‘AKB Jidousha-bu‘, will begin airing on Fuji TV from April 28th at 1:35 am.
During this year’s coming-of-age ceremony, member Maeda Atsuko commented, “I want to try driving a car. There is no AKB member with a driver’s license, so I want to be the first to obtain it.” Upon hearing this, producer Akimoto Yasushi started the ‘AKB …
Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of April 4th to April 10th.
Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week after the cut!
S/mileage has revealed the full PV for their upcoming single, “Dot Bikini“, through their official YouTube channel!
“Dot Bikini” is S/mileage’s 10th single, and their 2nd since becoming a 6-member group. In the PV, the girls are dancing to the uptempo tune in a red bikini with white polka dots.
Check out the PV below!
Thanks to everyone who sent in …
Oricon has revealed its monthly charts for March 2012!
Check out the top 10 singles and albums below:
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<Single Monthly Ranking>
1. “Wild at Heart” – Arashi : 3/7 (629,397)
2. “SHE!HER!HER!″ – Kis-My-Ft2 : 3/21 (222,776)
3. “STILL” – Tohoshinki : 3/14 (156,150)
4. “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku” – B’z : 4/4 (143,402)
5. “Ikiteru Ikiteku” – …
On April 10th, actor Kamakari Kenta (28) and comedic duo Smile attended a preview party for NHK Osaka’s new program ‘Ee Toko‘ (Kansai Local, Fridays at 8PM), which begins airing on April 13.
‘Ee Toko’ is a unique travel program that centers on famous tourist attractions; it presents Kamakari’s and Smile’s different opinions, which range from “I would …
Rock band Chatmonchy has revealed the details of their upcoming single!
Chatmonchy’s 3rd single of 2012 will be a double A-side single titled “Hatena / Yume Mitai da“. “Yume Mitai da” is originally a song by American indie pop duo MATES OF STATE, called “Proofs“, with Japanese lyrics by member Hashimoto Eriko. This song will be …
Rock band Sakanaction will be providing the new CM song for ‘Mode Gakuen‘!
The band collaborated with dancer JONTE’, who’s been in charge of choreography for top artists such as Beyonce and Janet Jackson. In the CM, JONTE’ will show off his dancing to Sakanaction’s new song. The release date for the song has not been determined at this …
The 50th single of popular rock band B’z, “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-” (released on April 4th), has sold 143,000 copies in its first week and has topped Oricon Weekly Ranking for April 16th.
Along with this recent feat, B’z has now topped Oricon Single Weekly Ranking 46 consecutive times since their June 1990 single …
Oricon has just revealed the results of their weekly charts for the week of April 16th!
Check them out below!
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1. “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku” – B’z : 4/4 (143,402)
2. “Oppa, Oppa” – SUPER JUNIOR DONGHAE & EUNHYUK : 4/4 (68,475)
3. “Ikiteru Ikiteku” – Fukuyama Masaharu : 3/28 (23,032)
4. “Hitori Nagaragawa” – Mizumori Kaori …
Pop duo Yuzu has revealed the jacket cover for their upcoming single, “With You“!
As reported earlier, the title track is currently the theme song for ‘Nippon Life Insurance‘. It was both written and composed by member Kitagawa Yujin.
For its coupling tracks, the single will include a song by member Iwasawa Koji called “Yes“, and an orchestra …
