On May 17th, Arashi unveiled the jacket covers for their upcoming single, “Your Eyes” (to be released on June 6th)!
This song, also the theme song for Aiba Masaki’s drama “Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri“, will be released in two editions: the limited edition and a regular edition.
Check out the jacket covers for both versions of this single below!
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In addition to releasing both their fourth original album and their first ever remix album on June 13th, popular duo MAY’S will be lending their new song “Smiling” to the well-known women’s fashion magazine ‘sweet’!
“Smiling” will appear in commercials for both the May issue and June “dresser” issue of ’sweet’, and also on the duo’s upcoming album “Smiling”. It marks …
It has just been revealed that singer-songwriter Kominami Yasuha will be providing the theme song to the upcoming animation movie ‘Asura‘!
Kominami has yet to make her official major debut, as her first release “Usotsukizumu” will not be released until May 23rd. The ‘Asura’ theme song is not a song from her major debut album, so her “next new song” will …
On May 16th, actress Ueto Aya attended Tiffany & Co.’s 175th anniversary party, LEGENDARY FOR 175 YEARS.
The actress wore a necklace and ring totaling over one hundred million yen as well as a beautiful blue dress to the event. “It’s such an honor. My heart is pounding. I’d love to be a woman who can put [jewelry like this] on …
It has been announced that singer-songwriter aiko will appear on Space Shower TV’s special program “V.I.P.” as their guest for June.
aiko, who will be releasing her tenth original album on June 20th, has not been on the show since August 2006, making it nearly six years since she last appeared on “V.I.P.” The last time she was on the show, …
Hello! Project soloist Mano Erina has just updated her official website with information about a new single titled “Song for the DATE“!
Although no jacket covers have been revealed yet, “Song for the DATE” is listed for a release on June 27th, and will come in three different editions: a Limited Edition A CD+DVD version, a Limited Edition B with an …
On May 16th, singer Ieiri Leo held a free live, ‘FREE LIVE TOUR 2012‘, at Lazona Kawasaki to commemorate the release of her 2nd single, “Shine“.
In front of 2,500 people, Ieiri sang a total of 4 songs including “Shine” and her debut number “Sabrina“. She expressed, “I’m very happy that so many people came out.” After the live, she held …
On May 16th, actress Inoue Waka attended an opening ceremony for fashion shopping site ‘MUSE & Co.‘.
This marked Inoue’s first public appearance after getting married to film director Iizuka Ken on the 13th. She shared, “It’s only been 3 days since we got married, so it doesn’t seem real to me yet. We’ve been living together for a …
An open recording for the ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ film based on the Grimm fairy tale of the same name was held in the studio on May 16th, where actors Koyuki and Shiina Kippei (who provide the voices for the main characters of the film) had a talk about the film.
The action-adventure movie is said to have a new …
NERDHEAD has just revealed the jacket covers for their upcoming mini-album “CRUISE WITH YOU” on their official website.
The cover for “CRUISE WITH YOU” features fashion model Akimoto Kozue, who gives the album art impact with her multiple hats layered on top of one another. NERDHEAD’s latest release also features collaborations with Nakamura Maiko, mihimaru GT’s hiroko, So’Fly’s TOKO, and NERDHEAD’s …
It has been revealed that ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI will be providing the theme song for the upcoming movie “Nobou no Shiro“, which will be released later this year on November 2nd.
“Nobou no Shiro” is based on the best-selling history novel of the same name, and features a variety of amazing actors, such as Nomura Mansai, Eikura Nana, Sato Koichi, Narimiya Hiroki, …
Oricon has revealed their comic charts for the week of May 21st!
Check out the results below to see if any of your favorites made it into the top 5!
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1. “Kimi ni Todoke”, Volume 16 – Shiina Karuho : (473,164)
2. “ONE PIECE”, Volume 66 – Oda Eiichiro : (414,099)
3. “WORST”, Volume 29 – Takahashi Hiroshi : …
On May 17th, it was announced that Tamamori Yuta from Kis-My-Ft2 will be participating in the “Living on 10,000 yen for 1 month” project on TV Asahi’s variety program ‘Ikinari! Ougon Densetsu‘. He is the first talent from Johnny’s Jimusho to participate in this project.
“Living on 10,000 yen for 1 month” project is one that features participants surviving on 10,000 yen for …
On June 27th, Luna Sea guitarist INORAN will be releasing his new album, “Dive youth, Sonik dive“, to commemorate his 15th year anniversary. It’s been revealed that Tsuchiya Anna will be participating in the album with the song “no options“.
INORAN, who wanted to do a rock duet for “no options”, approached Tsuchiya for her powerful voice. Tsuchiya accepted …
On May 14th, Fuji TV announced that they will be adapting 11 of Higashino Keigo’s best short stories into one omnibus drama called ‘Mokuyo Gekijo – Higashino Keigo Mysteries‘.
The drama will be comprised of 11 episodes, featuring 11 different stories and starring 11 different actors. Of course the name Higashino stands for amazing mystery novels, but it’s his varied use …
