Visual kei band D=OUT has announced that they will be releasing their new single, “Aisuru Hito“, on May 2nd!
The band’s first love song will be produced by Okano Hajime, and written and composed by vocalist Kouki.
“Aisuru Hito” will come in 3 different versions: Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B, and Regular Edition. The DVD for Limited Edition …
Korean singer IU debuted in Japan on March 21st with her single “Good Day”, and to celebrate she paid a surprise visit to Tower Records in Shibuya.
IU has already earned herself the title of “Nation’s Little Sister” in Korea with her amazing skills as a singer and cute looks. So, when IU suddenly showed up …
AKB48 member Maeda Atsuko’s latest photobook “Bukiyou” has sold 38,000 copies in its first week. The photobook came in at #2 on the March 26th Oricon Book Ranking. Maeda’s previous photobook “Acchan” came in at #9, making this her top selling photobook to date.
Maeda’s photobook also ranked higher than photobooks from fellow group members Watanabe Mayu …
It’s been announced that singer-songwriter BONNIE PINK will finally have a sit-down style, full live band tour after two years. The tour will start on September 14th in Nagoya and end in Osaka on October 19th.
Last year BONNIE released a self-remake album “Back Room-BONNIE PINK Remakes-” and performed an acoustic tour “Acoustic Live Tour 2011 “@the back room”. For this …
On the March 22nd episode of Hanamaru Market, Fairies held a studio performance of their 3rd single “Beat Generation”. The girls show exceptional energy, singing, and dance skills as they perform live on the show. Check out the performance below and don’t forget to pick up Fairies Double A-side single “Beat Generation/No More Distance” on April 4th.
Also check out a PV …
On March 21st, Korean actor and singer, Lee Seung Gi (25), held a special event at the Tokyo Dome City Hall for fans who purchased his Japanese debut single “Renai Jidai”.
At 5am on the same day, after Lee finished up filming for his current drama in Korea “The King 2 Hearts”, he still managed to make it to Japan and …
Rock band VAMPS has just announced their comeback with a 49 stage tour in 10 different cities. “VAMPS LIVE 2012” will start in June all the way through October.
This will be their first tour since 2010. The tour will hit off at Zepp Sendai then four more cities in June. Then in the month of July they will only play …
With the new release of her new album “Party Queen“, Hamasaki Ayumi will participate in her first live talk in two years. The live talk will be on Yahoo! Japan’s “GyaO!” and will be streamed live.
The live talk is to commemorate her 13th album. She will also talk about her 2012 arena tour, “ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL …
On March 22nd, Talent, Hirako Risa (41) was in attendance at the “BlackBerry” new product presentation in Roppongi. She showed her model senses while holding the tough business smartphone and said, “Just about any outfit could go with this.”
The presentation was for the “BlackBerry Bold 9900”. Up until the 9900, the BlackBerry only featured QWERTY keyboards and this series is …
On March 21st, Uehara Takako blogged that she received a wedding present from SPEED member Imai Eriko.
According to Uehara it is common for the former members to exchange birthday presents and such to one another and Imai Eriko is known for giving out strange gifts. She previously gave Shimabukuro Hiroko and Uehara giant flamingo ornament. However, it should be known …
AKB48 members Watanabe Mayu and Minegishi Minami will appear in the May issue of fashion magazine, “VOGUE JAPAN“.
Watanabe and Minegishi will show off their mature looks on an advertisement for Dior’s new lipstick line. Out of 12 colors, the girls were able to try out the color that most sparked their interest. Watanabe commented, “I want to go …
It’s been two years since singer Matsushita Yuya has appeared in a musical theater. But today his staff posted some exciting news for his fans.
They revealed on Yuya’s official blog that he will appear in the musical “Dream High“, set to start on July 3rd to July 20th. It will be playing at the New National Theater in Tokyo. The …
Oricon has just revealed their comic chart for the week of March 26th!
This week are all new chart toppers. Check out the results below, and let us know if your favorite made it into the top 5!
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1. “Chihayafuru”, Volume 16 – Suetsugu Yuki : (212,169)
2. “Tonari no Kaibutsukun”, Volume 9 – Robico (112,082)
3. “Kuragehime”, Volume 9 – Higashimura …
On April 12th, a mysterious trio called Sayonara Ponytail will take over the ending theme song to anime “Tsuritama“. The song will be a cover a Spitz’s song “Sora mo Toberuhazu“.
Since all members of the group love anime and are excited to be covering the song, the anime staff decided to make it happen. Right now the opening …
Actress/singer Shibasaki Kou’s new song, “ANOTHER: WORLD“, has been chosen as the theme song for Okada Masaki’s upcoming drama, “Mirai Nikki -Another: World-“!
“Mirai Nikki -Another: World-” is based on a popular manga series of the same name that has sold a total of over 4 million copies. It’s a suspense story that portrays a group of …
