After last year’s withdrawal of Yamashita Tomohisa (27) and Nishikido Ryo (27), newly formed group NEWS restarted their activities with the single “Chankapana“.
Sales of “Chankapana” started on July 18th and sold 245,000 copies in its first week, ranking first in Oricon’s 7/30 singles ranking. “Chankapana” sold 95,000 more copies in its first week than their previous single “Fighting Man“, which was released before …
Popular Johnny’s group NEWS released their 1st best of album ‘NEWS BEST‘ on June 13th, and it topped Oricon’s Weekly Album Ranking for the week of June 25th. The album sold 109,000 copies for its first week of sales. With this achievement, all five of their studio albums dating back to 2005 have topped the weekly ranking. They …
As previously reported, NEWS will be releasing their new single “Chankapana” on July 18th, and they have just revealed jacket covers and further details on this upcoming release.
This will be their first single in a year and eight months. The single comes in 6 versions; a limited edition special box; limited editions cleverly named N, E, W, S; …
On May 14th, the cast of ‘Hotaru no Hikari‘ attended an event to announce the completion of filming for their upcoming movie.
Actress Ayase Haruka claimed that she’s a ‘himono onna’ herself as she said, “I’m a himono onna. I tend to find things very bothersome. When I go home, I take off my pants and socks together.” Announcer …
Back in April, NEWS announced their comeback through the release of a new single and album, now the group has finally announced the details of their upcoming album which will hit stores on June 13th!
The upcoming album is titled ’NEWS BEST‘ and it will include their hit singles. The tracks range from their debut single “NEWS Nippon” to …
As we reported, Johnny’s Entertainment had had a countdown on their official website, and the mysterious count down officially stopped on April 15th at 12:00AM. When the timer hit 00:00, the huge clock turned into a silhouette of 4 people with some background music. Many people could not see this as the website servers were swamped by people trying to access …
As we previous reported, popular drama series “Hotaru no Hikari” will get a movie adaptation starring Ayase Haruka and Fujiki Naohito. Today, it was announced that Matsuyuki Yasuko (38) and NEWS member Tegoshi Yuya (23) have been added to the cast.
This movie adaptation of “Hotaru no Hikari” will revolve around the honeymoon of Hotaru (Ayase) and her husband Takano …
On October 7th, Johnny & Associates Inc. announced that two NEWS members, Yamashita Tomohisa and Nishikido Ryo, withdrew from the group on the same day. Yamashita will pursue his solo activities, and Nishikido will focus on his activities in Kanjani∞. Consequently, NEWS will continue their activities with four members: Koyama Keiichiro, Kato Shigeaki, Masuda Takahisa, and Tegoshi Yuya.
Yamashita commented, “It will be …
NEWS member Tegoshi Yuya’s new CM for Otsuka Food’s soft drink, “MATCH“, has been revealed!
As tokyohive reported earlier, the singer portrays the character Melos from the animated film, “Hashire Melos!”
When Melos sleeps in by mistake, he has to run after the bus, with the help of MATCH, so that he can get to school on time.
Was Melos/Tegoshi …
NEWS member Tegoshi Yuya has become the new image character for Otsuka Food’s latest “MATCH” CM!
For this endorsement, Tegoshi dressed as the character ‘Melos’ from “Hashire Melos!“. In the script, he accidentally sleeps in and is forced to run after the bus.
Was running after a bus an exhausting task for Tegoshi? Apparently not, since the star conducted an interview about …
With all the rankings being done, what’s one more, right?
It was just recently asked, “What is the best Johnny’s Entertainment TV program?“, and this time fans were asked to name the Johnny’s Entertainment talent that sings the best.
The poll was based on not just image alone, but on the talent’s singing ability, MC chops, and performances during a …
Drama series “Deka Wanko” which ended its series in the end of March, will broadcast a special extra episode “Deka Wanko Bangai-hen Special (Temporary titled)” on April 30th at 9:00 pm.
The drama was a comical detective story in which a rookie detective who wears Gothic Lolita outfits, solves cases with her phenomenal sense of smell. Tabe Mikako played the main …
Previously, we reported that Tegomass (a male duo consisting of NEWS members Tegoshi Yuya and Masuda Takahisa) would be releasing a new single, “Aoi Bench“, on February 16th, and recently, they released the short version PV for the upcoming track!
“Aoi Bench” is originally a song by the male duo Sasuke (disbanded) from 2004.
Check it out below!
Previously, we reported that Tegomass (two NEWS members, Tegoshi Yuya and Masuda Takahisa) would be releasing a new single, “Aoi Bench“, which is a Sasuke cover song, on February 16th, and the radio rip of the upcoming single has been posted on YouTube.
For the details of the single, check our previous post here.
Nihon TV’s upcoming drama, ”Deka Wanko” held a press conference recently to introduce the cast and characters before its official airing on January 15th.
To give a brief run down, actress Tabe Mikako plays the leading role of ‘Ichiko Hanamori’, a detective who wears frilly lolita outfits and solves cases with her phenomenal sense of smell. ‘Ichiko’ works alongside two detectives, ‘Ryuta Kirishima’ …
