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In anticipation for the 2020 Olympic Games, Kitagawa Johnny, founder and president of Johnny Jimusho has announced the formation of a 40-member performance arts unit that will be known as Twenty Twenty. The groups so far consists of Team A, B, C-Z will perform music Read More …
As we are a few weeks away for the music debut of global pop group, IZ*ONE (pronounced as “Eyes One”, IZ=12 and 12 members make One), we have been spotlighting each member. IZ*ONE is comprised of 12 trainees who competed among 96 trainees from South Read More …
IZ*ONE made their first public performance as a group at Jamsil Baseball Stadium for the Doosan Bears vs. LG Twins baseball game. And while the group were watching the baseball game and grabbing a bite to eat, fans focused their cameras on IZ*ONE when TWICE’s Read More …
Hamasaki Ayumi just celebrated her 40th birthday on October 2nd. But with a post on October 4th and the 5th on Instagram, her fans noticed her showing off a ring on her ring finger and wonder if she’s in a new relationship. The conversation has Read More …
Urasawa Naoki (“YAWARA!”, “MASTER KEATON”, “20th Century Boys”) returns with a new series manga series for”Shukan Big Comic Spirits” titled “Asadora!”. The series will be his first for the manga magazine in eleven years since the completion of “20th Century Boys”. The series began with Read More …
SKE48’s tenth CD single “Kiss Datte Hidarikikki” is the group’s most successful single yet and with the Type-A version, not only do you get three solid music tracks but a DVD with two music videos plus a 46-minute “Gachi! Taidan” special feature showcasing a few Read More …
A wonderful and fun followup to “DA.YO.NE”, “MAICCA” is definitely a single worth picking up if you are a fan of EAST END x YURI! GROUP: East End x Yuri CD SINGLE: MAICCA LABEL: Epic/Sony Records CATALOG #: ESDB-3537 DURATION: 14:58 RELEASE DATE: February 13, Read More …
I admire Arimura’s acting and her modeling career and I just feel she needs a certain type of song and also maybe some coaching to help build her as a vocalist. A little more passion, emotion, something that just doesn’t seem to plain in the Read More …
AKB48’s Takeuchi Miyu, Miyazaki Miho, Iwate Saho and fromis_9’s Jang Gyuri will be remembered for their performance of BTS’ “The Truth Untold” on “Produce48”. Episode 8 would be remembered for this performance as it returned Jang Gyuri’s confidence after a bad vocal performance in the Read More …