The PV of Hirai Ken’s upcoming single “Kokuhaku” has been released. The single, which will hit stores on May 30th, is currently a theme song for TV Asahi’s drama, “W no Higeki“, which stars actress Takei Emi.
With the theme of “Neo Japonesque Butou(dance)”, old Japanese traditions such as Kabuki, Awaodori and Shishimai have been grafted into a modern …
In celebration of the release of their second album “Dirty Bass“, Far*East Movement held a world premiere release party at Shibuya’s Club Camelot on May 16th.
The venue was fiercely enthusiastic even before the party started, with approximately 800 fans, media people, and others packed into Club Camelot. Once Far*East Movement appeared on stage, the excitement of the crowd shot up …
Korean boy band BIGBANG has revealed that they will be performing at Tokyo Dome for the very first time on December 5th!
The performance will be the final stop of their Japanese tour, which begins on the 17th at Nagoya’s Nihon Gaishi Hall. The tour had originally been planned for thirteen stops in five different cities across Japan for a total …
Rock band Sakanaction has revealed the PV for their upcoming single, “Boku to Hana“!
In the PV, Yamaguchi Ichiro (Vo, G) plays the protagonist and the “flower spirit” is played by dance performer Honaga Yoko. It’s directed by Yamaguchi Yasuyuki, who was also in charge of “Document“.
Sakanaction will release “Boku to Hana” on May 30th. The day after, they …
AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko, who recently announced that she will be graduating from the group following their concert at Tokyo Dome, has just unveiled the covers and track lists for her upcoming second single “Kimi wa Boku da“!
As tokyohive previously reported, the single will be released on June 20th and has been picked up as the theme …
Hello! Project has just updated their official discography page with a page for Morning Musume’s 50th single!
According to the website, the double A-side single is titled “One Two Three / The Matenrou Show” and will be released on July 4th in a whopping seven editions: Limited Edition A (CD+DVD), Limited Edition B (CD-only), Limited Edition C (CD+DVD), Limited Edition D …
On the May 18th broadcast of Music Station, a variety of artists such as NYC, Kimura Kaela, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Saito Kazuyoshi, AKB48’s Sashihara Rino, and Shounan no Kaze took to the stage to put on exciting performances.
Check out their respective performances below!
“Soredemo Sukidayo” – AKB48’s Sashihara Rino
“Haina!” – NYC
“CANDY CANDY” – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
“Mamireru” – Kimura Kaela
“Enten Natsu” – …
Female visual kei band exist†trace sat down with Kawaii Girl Japan to talk about their very first full album ‘VIRGIN‘, complete with English subtitles for their international fans!
In their interview, the ladies of exist†trace talk about writing the 8 new songs in the ‘VIRGIN’ album, describe their favorite parts of the album, point out a special someone to …
Morning Musume’s Michishige Sayumi will be the new 8th leader of the group. The announcement was made by producer Tsunku during their final concert of ‘Morning Musume Concert Tour 2012 Spring 〜Ultra Smart〜‘ at Nippon Budokan on May 18th.
Niigaki Risa and Mitsui Aika graduated from Morning Musume that day. Michishige, who took over the baton as …
Arukara has just revealed that they will be releasing a brand new album (currently untitled) on July 25th, in addition to launching a nationwide tour.
The album will be their first new release since their last single “Owakari Kudasai“. Although the title and contents of the album have yet to be unveiled, fans of Arukara can expect to hear more about …
UNISON SQUARE GARDEN has announced that they will be releasing a new single titled “Ryuusei no Squall” on July 25th.
This will be the band’s sixth single so far, and their first release since their third album “Populus Populus” came out a year ago in July of 2011. “Ryuusei no Squall” will contain a title track as well as two songs …
Last month, Arashi revealed the jacket covers and details of their upcoming live DVD ‘ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World‘, and now a CM for the DVD has been released by J-storm. The DVD will be released on May 23rd.
This live DVD covers their 2-day concert at National Olympic stadium on September 3-4. Although the live concert started in …
Young actress Kawashima Umika recently created a frenzy at a boys’ high school in Tokyo when she paid it a surprise visit as part of the Pretz present campaign called “PARTY PRETZ BOX ATARU!”
Kawashima disguised herself as a member of the “Human Pretz Corps” and jumped out of a huge gift box in front of all the clueless boys who …
girugamesh has unveiled the details to their upcoming single, “Zecchou BANG!!”
2012 has been a busy one for girugamesh as they began their 13 consecutive day performance “Tokyo Sadistic ~Buttooshi 13days~” at Shibuya WWW, a multi-band tour, and their first one-man tour in nearly a year. To add to that, the band will be releasing their long-awaited new single “Zecchou BANG!!” …
Ohashi Trio’s new song “Flower” has been chosen as the CM song for Look JTB’s 2012 Hawaii CM.
“Flower” describes the feelings a parent has for their child, and is a pleasantly mid-tempo summer tune. Young actress and model Takei Emi appears in both the “siesta” and “beach” versions of the commercial, both of which are set in the …
