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It’s been two years since Mogami Mogi left Dempagumi.inc. When Mogami left, it was said she left due to mental and physical problems. A fan favorite and also was the eldest member of the group, Mogami has done well focusing on her activities as a Read More …
Back in 1981, a rock band known as BOØWY bursted into the music scene with vocalist Himuro Kyosuke, guitarist Hotei Tomoyasu, bassist Matsui Tsunematsu and drummer Takahashi Makoto. The band has no doubt became one of Japan’s most well known and successful rock bands of Read More …
Maximum the Hormone has been inactive since vocalist Daisuke-han suffered from a severe cervical disc hernia back in September 2018. But it was announced that rehabilitation for Daisuke is completed and the band announced they were making their return back to activity today. The tour Read More …
Back in March, there was uproar from a photo tweeted with former AKB48 manager Togasaki Tomonobu, Hosoi Takahiro and Imamura Etsurou of the three together to drink. This led many people to be angry that how dare the three post a photo on social media Read More …
For fans of Japanese baseball, the podcast to listen to is the Japanese Baseball Weekly Podcast hosted by John E. Gibson and Jim Allen. This podcast is in English! Vol. 9.11, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Dennis Sarfate of the Read More …
Yamaguchi Maho (23) participated in an AKB48 Group handshake event at Pacifico Yokohama on May 5th. While it was a handshake event, AKS said that Yamaguchi would not participate in the handshake but will speak to fans only. And the event is the first time Read More …