Hewlett-Packard reveals new CMs featuring AKB48!

Hewlett-Packard Japan has revealed their latest CMs, starring the girls of AKB48 and their new song, “Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai“!

As previously reported, the commercial features members Oshima Yuko, Shinoda Mariko, and SKE48 member Matsui Rena as “support angels” for their latest product, followed by the brief appearances of Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna, and Miyazawa Sae for a total of …


AKB48 become support angels for HP

Master Oshima Yuko and her team of support angels!

Master Oshima Yuko and her team of support angels!

Hewlett-Packard Japan has begun their new summer campaign of 2011 to promote their new laptops and once again appointed the girls of idol group AKB48 as their image characters.

Their new campaign is called “HP SUPPORT ANGELS starring AKB48” and will begin airing on TV on July 9th. It will feature a …


S/mileage announces mini-live + handshake event for upcoming single

In order to promote their upcoming single, “Koi ni Booing Boo!”, S/mileage has just announced a special mini-live and handshake event!

The event will take place on March 5th and will be held on the first floor of the Aeon Ayagawa shopping center. A limited number of copies for each version of “Koi ni Booing Boo!” as well …


Hello! Project group SI☆NA to disband in April

Kansai-based Hello! Project group SI☆NA have announced that they will disband after a final performance on April 17th.

The unit was formed back in April of 2008, and consisted of winners from theHello! Project Kansai Audition 2005. Despite debuting nearly three years ago, the group hasn’t released any physical material, instead mostly concentrating on radio appearances, television shows, and small …


AKB48’s outfits to go on display in Shinjuku + HP CM

AKB48’s Kojima Haruna and Miyazawa Sae were out in Shinjuku recently to display their outfits from a recent Hewlett-Packard Japan commercial.

From January 25th, HP will take over 80 meters of the Shinjuku Station’s Shinjuku Metro Promenade for their newest campaign, “HP Spring: Street featuring AKB48“.  In addition to trial displays of the latest products produced by Hewlett-Packard, there …


Hello! Project members to release in-house “Hello Cover” albums!

The official Hello! Project website has announced that select H!P members will each be releasing a “Hello Cover” album!

These H!P artists will cover at least 9 songs of their own choosing from their fellow H!P labelmates, with the first project scheduled to drop on December 8th via Recochoku and iTunes.

The public will be able to sample their first …