Tokyo Jihen will unveil their double A-side single “Sora ga Natteiru/Onna no Ko wa Dre demo” on February 23rd, but they’ve just dropped the PV for “Sora ga Natteiru”!
As reported earlier, “Sora ga Natteiru” is being used as the new CM song for Glico’s ”Watering kiss mint gum“, which also stars Tokyo Jihen’s vocalist Shiina Ringo.
The other track, “Onna no …
It’s that time of the week again! Oricon has just announced their weekly chart-toppers for February 14th.
Check out the results below!
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<Single Weekly Ranking>
1. “ULTIMATE WHEELS” – KAT-TUN : 2/2 (181,494)
2. “Valentine Kiss” – Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 : 2/2 (95,321)
3. “Ano Ko to Nogiku to Watashibune” – Hikawa Kiyoshi : 2/2 (58,867)
4. “POP DIVA” – Koda Kumi : …
Coca Cola Zero plans to unveil a new CM on February 14th, and it’s causing a lot of buzz!
Appropriately titled “WILD RACE”, the CM will see Amuro Namie play a gorgeous motorcyclist racing across the desert wasteland against her android foes.
This new CM is the 4th in its series, and it’ll continue with the ‘wild’ theme, but ’speed’ has been …
"WAH! The ratings are out!!"
"WAH! The ratings are out!!"
Nakai Masahiro became the savior of “LADY” on Friday, at least for this week. Thanks to the amazing lead-in in form of a special of his variety show “Nakai Masahiro no KinSMA” that completely owned all the other channels from 8pm to 10pm, Kitagawa Keiko’s drama was able to recover from the alarming downfall of …
Female rock band Stereopony has just announced on their official website that they will be coming to the United States!
The group will be attending Anime Boston 2011 as a special guest, alongside Japanese band girugamesh. For those of you who would like to attend, the anime convention will take place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, from April …
It’s a tough world out there, but it’s even tougher when you’re a rabbit on the hunt for terrorists.
…Wait, what?
Back in 1998, manga-ka Motofumi Kobayashi published the first volume of his soon-to-be hit series, “Cat Shit One” (also known as “Apocalypse Meow“). The series was unique, in that it utilized animals to portray the different nationalities of soldiers. American GIs …
Since Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, music website Barks has published a list of the most popular love songs to sing at karaoke!
Barks collected data from karaoke machines and determined the most popular songs were the ones containing the words “ai,” “LOVE,” “koi”, and “suki,” all words related to love. According to this data, the most requested love song at karaoke was Sakamoto Fuyumi’s 2009 song, “Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru”.
Check out the full rankings of the songs below!
Odagiri Joe and Kashii Yu couple are now proud parents! According to Kashii’s agency, both the baby boy and Kashii are in good condition, and Kashii commented, “Healthy boy was born safely. I’m looking forward to spend a long time with this baby. Please watch over us with warm hearts.”
The couple announced their engagement in December 2007, and officially married …
We knew the Big Bang T-shirts for Japanese apparel company UNIQLO were popular when we reported that the T-shirts sold out within 15 minutes of going on sale on February 5th but now an Oricon.jp article states that it was also the best sales day and volume in the history of UNIQLO.
The Harajuku UNIQLO store was decorated with special Big …
On February 8th, there was a special event for BeeTV’s ongoing mobile drama, “Party wa Owatta” (directed by Yukisada Isao), which started distributing on February 1st, and cast members Naka Riisa, Koide Keisuke, Narimiya Hiroki, Takaoka Sosuke, and Hayashi Kento showed up. Nagayama Kento also stars in the drama, but unfortunately he was absent on the day due to his bad …
A private showing of upcoming movie “Ashita no Joe” was held at Korakuen Hall on February 7th, and cast members Yamashita Tomohisa, Iseya Yusuke, Karina, and Kagawa Teruyuki showed up. The event was titled, “Champion Carnival“, and 12 old and new boxing champions (Uchiyama Takashi, Guts Ishimatsu, Wajima Koichi, and so on) visited the event.
Yamashita, who plays the role …
Back in November, tokyohive reported that Fukada Kyoko would be voicing a character for the upcoming 3D anime film, “Tofu Kozo“, which is scheduled to be released on April 29th. Recently though, more cast members for the voice acting role have been revealed, and Koike Teppei was one of the cast members announced today.
This marks the first time that he will attempt …
Actress Takei Emi (17) will be a lead star for the first time in an upcoming drama, temporary titled “Asuko March!“, which will start in April.
This drama is based on a ongoing manga, “Asuko March!~Kenritsu Asuka Kougyou Koukou Koushinkyoku~” (written by Akiyama Kaori), in female comic magazine, “YOU“, and it’s a story about a girl who failed her examinations and ends …
Pop queen Hamasaki Ayumi has been regularly tweeting about her constantly changing locations, taking pictures of her surroundings, and challenging her Twitter followers to guess what city she is visiting with her new husband, Manny Schwarz.
Ayu was already planning to leave America from San Francisco International Airport, when a small group of eager fans had gathered …
