Left: Yoshimura Yumi
Left: Yoshimura Yumi
PUFFY’s Yoshimura Yumi has announced that she is pregnant with her first baby!
Through their official website, Yoshimura reported, “It’s sudden, but I will become a mother this summer.” She also expressed her joy saying, “It’s my first time so I’m a bit uneasy, but I live everyday to the fullest with lots to look forward to.”
Yoshimura married …
On April 1st, former Morning Musume member Nakazawa Yuko (38) officially tied the knot with an IT-related company president (39).
After submitting the marriage papers at the ward office in Tokyo, Nakazawa announced the marriage through her agency.
Below is a translated message from Nakazawa:
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“To everyone that has cared for me and supported me.
I, Nakazawa Yuko, would like …
On March 29th, Hulu Japan announced a new content partnership with TV Tokyo. The online TV service will start distributing TV Tokyo’s dramas and animes starting April 1st.
Hulu launched its service in Japan back in September of last year. For 1,480 yen (approximately $17.80 USD) a month, subscribers can watch an unlimited amount of movies and foreign dramas. With …
On April 1st, AKB48’s Takahashi Minami attended a talk show as the new image character for cosmetics brand, ‘Lancome‘. She will be featured in the May issue of beauty magazine, ‘MAQUIA‘.
During the event, Takahashi revealed that she had heard about Maeda Atsuko’s graduation almost a year ago. She exposed a behind-the-scene episode from the group’s recent Saitama Super Arena concert …
Pop group mihimaru GT has revealed that they will be releasing their new best-of album, “THE BEST of mihimaru GT 2“, on May 30th.
This will be mihimaru GT’s first best-of album in about 5 years, with their last being “THE BEST of mihimaru GT” back in May of 2007. Their new album will feature 14 of the group’s …
On April 1st, Perfume will perform a live concert in their hometown of Hiroshima, at Hiroshima Green Arena as a part of their first arena tour, “Perfume 3rd Tour JPN”. On this same day, the trio also revealed that this particular live concert will be broadcast through WOWOW, a premium broadcasting TV channel, on May 27th on 8:00 …
An audio rip for Itano Tomomi’s B-side track for third solo single (to be released on April 25th) has now been revealed! It’s titled “Clone” and this song is a CM song for EMOBILE, a mobile phone company. The main track title is yet undecided.
This 3-minute audio of “Clone” features a hip-hop beat and modern sounds to deliver …
On March 31st, radio station Tokyo FM broadcasted Sexy Zone’s second single “Lady Diamond” in its full audio glory. It has also been announced that this song will be the theme song for their regular variety show “Real Scope Z”.
This 5-minute audio broadcast unveiled a lively pop song featuring five distinct voices of this group.
Listen to this radio rip …
On March 31st, a short audio preview of AKB48’s upcoming single, “Manatsu no Sounds good!” (to be released on May 23rd) was revealed.
This 26th single provides a perfect sound for this summer with its energetic beat and vibrant sounds.
Listen to it below!
Electro-pop trio Perfume has now unveiled a full PV for their upcoming single “Spring of Life” (to be released on April 11th).
In this PV, the trio shows the viewers a series of futuristic dance as ‘android Perfume’, who desires to become humans one day and experience love.
Check it out below!
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Singer-songwriter Ayaka will be providing the new theme song for NTV’s news program, ‘NEWS ZERO‘.
The song, titled “Tsuyoku Omou“, is the first song Ayaka’s has written since resuming her activities. It will be used on the program starting April 2nd.
Ayaka commented, “I hope from the bottom of my heart that this song will become the ’strength’ for the program and those …
On March 31st, AKB48 sister group SDN48 held their graduation concert, “NEXT ENCORE“, at NHK Hall in Tokyo.
As this marked the group’s first and final concert, SDN48 performed a total of 37 songs in tears. While being encouraged by the crowd, all 39 members graduated together, putting an end to the group’s 2 year and 7 month career.
During the encore, the …
On March 31st, actress Shida Mirai held a release event for her new photo book, “Mirai ~Chiisai Desu Kedo, Nani ka?~“, at Bunkyodo Book Store in Shibuya.
This is Shida’s 2nd photo book, and fans will be able to experience all four seasons with the actress. Shida shared that her favorite shot is the one where she cuts her long …
On March 30th, Fairies “No More Distance” from their upcoming double A-side single, “Beat Generation/No More Distance” was played over the radio waves. They already released a PV of “Beat Generation“, and this was the first chance that fans had an opportunity to hear the other title single.
The song aired through their regular radio show “Fairies no …
Singer-songwriter Ayaka’s song, “Kimi e“, has been chosen as the image song for ‘WOWOW Tennis‘ and will be used beginning on April 1st!
“Kimi e” is a track off of Ayaka’s comeback album, ‘The beginning’. She wrote this song after receiving encouragement from fans through letters and Twitter. This time around, “Kimi e” was chosen because the players’ image harmonizes with …
