Okuda Tamio performs “Sasurai” and “Iijyuu★Rider” on Sapporo “Otona Elevator” CMs

Okuda Tamio, who will celebrate his 30th anniversary as a solo artist in 2024, will appear for the first time in 11 years in the 43rd installment of the “Otona Elevator” TV commercial for “Sapporo Draft Beer Black Label”. In the special episode that will Read More …

Housing brand “BAUS” 3rd TV commercial starring Hashimoto Ai

Chuo Nihon Tochi Tatemono Group Co., Ltd. (Kasumigaseki 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku) has chosen actress Hashimoto Ai  to appear in a TV commercial for the housing brand “BAUS” provided by its subsidiary Chuo Nihon Tochi Tatemono Co., Ltd. The third installment of the continuing series, “Let’s Live Read More …

Tanaka Minami continues to go viral for her appearances in the “au” commercials

On December 4th, au Financial Services, KDDI and Okinawa Cellular released a commercial for “au PAY Card” on YouTube featuring actress Tanaka Minami. In the CM, Tanaka’s character is reading a document of how au PAY Gold Card gives 1% back when you use it Read More …

Hirose Suzu and Yokohama Ryusei appear in new INSTAX holiday “Checki” CM

Fujifilm Corporation will release a new TV commercial for the INSTAX “Cheki” *1 series “Christmas Present ni Cheki” (Cheki as a Christmas present!) version on Saturday, December 2nd. It will be broadcasted nationwide. In this TV commercial, actors Suzu Hirose and Ryusei Yokohama appear wearing Read More …

Married celebrity couple – Sorimachi Takashi and Matsushima Nanako star in new SHISEIDO CMs

Actor Sorimachi Takashi and his wife actress Matsushima Nanako co-star in a new commercial. SHISEIDO’s prestige men’s series “SHISEIDO MEN” will be available nationwide from November 20th for the “Learning Husband” and “MY FIRST SHISEIDO” editions, and from the 22nd for the “Men’s Beauty Shows Read More …

Rakuten Travel releases new CM featuring Momoiro Clover Z

Rakuten Travel, a travel reservation service operated by Rakuten Group, Inc., released a new commercial featuring Momoiro Clover Z, “Rakuten Travel Winter Hot Spring Travel Edition,” as well as a behind-the-scenes video, an extra behind-the-scenes video, and an interview video. In the extra making-of video, Read More …

=LOVE’s Sasaki Maika and ≠ME’s Suzuki Hitomi are featured in Softbank CM

Softbank will release a new web commercial “Seka-san tote” version on October 6th in conjunction with the release of the new smartphone model “OPPO Reno10 Pro 5G”. In the commercial, Sasaki Maika of the idol group “=LOVE” (first appearance in a SoftBank commercial) and Suzuki Read More …

P&G Japan has terminated all contracts with Johnny’s

On the 3rd, major manufacturer P&G Japan, which had commercial contracts with actor Ikuta Toma (38), Sexy Zone’s Kikuchi Fuma (28), and Naniwa Danshi’s Nishihata Daigo (26) and Michieda Shunsuke  (21), announced that announced that they had terminated all contracts with Johnny’s Jimusho and signed Read More …

KOSE will postpone its contract with Johnny’s Jimusho

Kose and Johnny’s Jimusho have collaborated for decades and now, the company has released the following statement: The Kose Group has established the Kose Group Human Rights Policy in order to fulfill its responsibility to respect the human rights of all people involved with all Read More …

McDonald’s Japan will not renew advertising campaigns with Kimura Takuya and other Johnny’s talents

The domino effect is occurring after it was announced last week at a Johnny’s Jimusho that the late president Kitagawa Johnny had sexually abused numerous people who were part of the agency. As Johnny’s now has new leadership and will focus on compensating victims, with Read More …

JCB announced that ARASHI’s Ninomiya Kazunari will not be featured in any of their CM until Johnny’s Jimusho provides relief to sexual assault victims

JCB announced on the 13th that it will not hire new talent from Johnny’s Jimusho in the future due to the sexual assault scandal caused by the late Kitagawa Johnny , the former president of Johnny & Associates. The company told Sports Hochi about Arashi’s Read More …

McDonald’s Japan brings back the Heisei Burger, Ikeda Eliza featured in CM with classic Hamasaki Ayumi’s “Boys & Girls” song

McDonald’s Japan announced on the 24th that it will revive three burgers that were popular in the Heisei era: “Tamago Double”, “Roasted Sesame Shrimp Filet-O” and “Juicy Chicken Black Pepper”. It will be sold for a limited time from the 31st of this month at Read More …