dwango (mobile content provider) has announced the results of its yearly download ranking!
Check out the results below!
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<dwango.jp (Uta)> Chaku-uta 2011 Yearly Ranking
01. “Lotus” – Arashi
02. “Everybody Go” – Kis-My-Ft2
03. “Meikyu Love Song” – Arashi
04. “Aoi Bench” – Tegomass
05. “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” – Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook.
06. “Distance” – Nishino Kana
07. “Promise” – A.N.JELL
08. “Miss You” …
Below are the results of Oricon’s monthly charts for November.
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1. “Meikyu Love Song” – Arashi : 11/2 (602,482)
2. “Okie Dokie” – SKE48 : 11/9 (421,366)
3. “Sexy Zone” – Sexy Zone : 11/16 (196,979)
4. “Pera Pera Perao” – Not yet : 11/16 (187,417)
5. “Saisho no Mail” – French Kiss : 11/22 (133,662)
6. “Anata e/Ooo Baby” – EXILE/EXILE ATSUSHI : 11/23 …
Japan’s biggest Internet search portal, Yahoo! Japan, just released the final rankings of their annual ‘Search Word Ranking‘ list.
They accumulated all search words from January 1st until October 31st and ranked the results according to various categories.
The overall ranking contains some familiar search words, such as YouTube, which has been the number one search word on Yahoo! Japan for four …
Fans have been waiting a long time to hear which artists will appear on NHK’s 62nd ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’, and the list has finally been revealed!
Just a few minutes ago, the names were announced through a live stream on Kohaku’s official website. Check out the list after the jump to see if your favorite artists will be at the most highly-anticipated event of the year!
"Suteki na Kanashibari" / "Kaibutsu-kun" / "Kaiji 2"
"Suteki na Kanashibari" / "Kaibutsu-kun" / "Kaiji 2"
There are only two new entries in the top ten this weekend, “Kaibutsu-kun” and “Happy Feet Two“.
The movie adaption of the drama “Kaibutsu-kun“, starring Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi, took the box office chart by storm. 431,093 people went to see the movie over the weekend, resulting in an amazing first-weekend revenue of 581,038,150 …
On November 26th, Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi attended the opening day greeting event for his new movie, “Kaibutsu-kun”.
As it turns out, Ohno’s 31st birthday was on the same day as the premiere, and so he said, “I have never had this kind of birthday before; it is a birthday I will never forget.”
He continued, “This year, ‘Kaibutsu-kun JET’ took …
Recently, Arashi revealed their exclusive song, “Energy song ~Zekkochou, Chou!!!!~“, which will be a part of 7-net’s original release of their latest album, “Beautiful World“.
This exclusive edition will have 14 songs in total including some songs from the original track list (excluding “Love Rainbow”, “Dear Snow”, “Lotus“,”To Be Free“, and “Hatenai Sora“).
Listen to their self-composed upbeat song below!
It’s been announced that idol groups AKB48 and SPEED will collaborate for this year’s ‘FNS Music Festival’. Both groups will come together for SPEED’s debut song “Body & Soul“, which was made popular in 1996.
Chief producer Kikuchi Shin commented that he wanted to go back in time and have popular songs from the past done in teams, and hopes that …
It’s been reported that NHK received a record of over 1.26 million applications for tickets to “The 62nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen“. The previous record was set back in 2004, with a total of 759,722 applications.
The applications were collected from October 7th to the 27th. Out of the 1,264,923 applications, 1,234 were selected to view the show from the audience.
The timing …
On November 17th, Arashi broadcasted their new CMs for Nintendo’s “Mario Kart 7”! This popular racing game will be available on December 1st in Japan and 4th in the U.S. for the Nintendo 3DS.
In these endorsement videos, the members of Arashi talks about various aspects of the game while playing it themselves. Arashi fans will definitely want to check out …
On November 14th, it was announced that Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi (30) would be starring in Fuji TV’s new spring drama special, “Mou Yuukai nante Shinai“, which will air in January 2012.
Ohno will play the main character — a freeter named “Tarui Shotaro” who can’t forget his childhood dream of being a hero. He finds himself planning a fake …
On November 12th, Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari and Ohno Satoshi revealed their hilarious CM for “Hitachi“!
This 30-second commercial follows the story of Ohno and Ninomiya, who wander through a field in the dark. Suddenly, a UFO appears out of nowhere and abducts Ninomiya, who frantically calls out, “Save me, save me!” As Ohno looks on in amazement, a LED …
Below are MUSIC STATION performances that aired on November 11th. The show featured fantastic stages from YUI, Nishino Kana, Arashi, and Shiina Ringo. In addition, for the first time on MUSIC STATION, the latest Johnny’s group, Sexy Zone performed.
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“HELLO” – YUI
“Tatoe Donna ni…” – Nishino Kana
“Sexy Zone” – Sexy Zone
“Carnation” – Shiina Ringo
“Meikyu Love Song” – Arashi
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Thanks to Gutyyy for the tip!
Oricon has just revealed its latest weekly charts for the week of November 14th. Check it out after the jump!
Popular group Arashi’s 36th single, “Meikyu Love Song” has sold a total of 530,000 copies in its first week of release and thus achieved the top spot on this week’s Oricon weekly chart.
This will be Arashi’s 25th consecutive number one single since the release of “PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE” back in 2004. In terms of overall number one appearances on the …
