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Actress Ihara Rikka will be making her debut with the song “Wingbeats” (the single will be released on January 30th) which will be used as the CM theme song for “Century 21”. The song is produced by Osawa Shinichi and numerous videos for the CM Read More …
A teaser was released by OFF THE RECORD featuring IZ*ONE’s Japan debut single “Suki to Iwasetai” and the four other coupling songs, including a short look at the music videos for “Nekko ni Naritai” and “Gokigen Sayonara”. The single will be released in Japan on Read More …
Yahoo! News made an apology and correction on January 28th in regards to Osaka Naomi’s comment in regards to the Nissin commercial being pulled (many people were upset that Osaka’s depiction with a light skin, many upset accused Nissin of “whitewashing” which led Nissin to Read More …
Avntis is one of the popular YouTubers from Japan which consisted of members: Sora Chi, Eiji, Tsurime and Rikuwo and have over a million subscribers. Member Eiji was killed by high waves during a vacation trip on the coast of Saipan on New Years Day Read More …
1997 Episode 4 of “Koi no Vacance” starring Akashiya Sanma and Suzuku Anju aired. 1999 Episode 4 of the mystery drama “KEIZOKU” aired starring Nakatani Miki, Watabe Atsuro, Suzuki Sarina, Noguchi Goro and more. Music Station featured Amuro Namie, TOKIO, DEEPS, The brilliant green, Every Read More …
On February 11th, K-pop artist SoRi (of CoCoSoRi) will be having a single fan meeting event titled “SoRiNation in JAPAN” at Club Citta featuring SoRi and it was announced that AKB48 member, Miyazaki Miho will be the MC of the event. Miyazaki is known for Read More …
au’s “Ishiki takasugi! Takasugi-kun” (High awareness! Takasugi-kun) commercial features actor Kamiki Ryunosuke, who plays a high school student named Takasugi-kun. Meanwhile, actress Matsumoto Honoka plays a female student (Matsumoto-san) who tends to misreads Takasugi-kun’s affection as that he likes her, but in reality, he is Read More …
A gritty, dark and violent film adaptation of Tow Ubukata’s light novels. “Mardock Scramble: The First Compression” is the first film of the trilogy and will no doubt entertain those who have been craving anime with an edge. DVD TITLE: Mardock Scramble MOVIE RELEASE DATE: Read More …
The Warner Bros. film “Juni-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi” (Twelve Children Who Want to Die) earned over 339 million in the box office in three days and is expected to make 2 billion yen ($18.3 million US). The film which is based on Ubukata Tow’s novel Read More …
When it comes to baseball manga and anime series, a name that people are very aware of is mangaka, Adachi Mitsuru. Best known for sports manga series such as “Touch” (one of the best-selling manga series of all time), “Nine” “H2”, “Katsu!” and “Cross Game” Read More …
Mitsuru Adachi’s highly-praised manga has finally come out in the US. Enjoyable, fun and touching, this first volume will make you shed a tear. Definitely recommended! © 2005 Mitsuru Adachi. Shogakukan. All Rights Reserved. MANGA TITLE: Cross Game Graphic Novel 1 (クロスゲーム) BY: AdachiMitsuru (あだち充) Read More …
Uchida Yuki (43) will be hosting a TV program for the first time in 23 years. It was announced that Uchida will host TBS’ “Uta no Golden Hit ~Showa Heisei no Rekidai Utahime Best 100″ (Golden Hit Best Songs ~The Best songs of Showa and Read More …
With ARASHI announcing that they will be going on an indefinite hiatus on December 31, 2020, SHIBUYA TSUTAYA created a special ARASHI CD and DVD corner. A spokesperson said, there was inquiry about ARASHI items and they wanted to make a sales corner for ARASHI Read More …
Former Nogizaka46 member turned NTV announcer Ichiki Rena put on a high school uniform and did a “high school morning gymnastics” dance with other NTV announcers in promotion of the drama series “3-Nen A-gumi – Ima kara minasan wa” which was posted on YouTube. Alongside Read More …
IZ*ONE released a new ENOZI CAM Episode 13 featuring backstage at the Soul Music Awards: “MUSIC FAIR” in Japan announced that IZ*ONE will be performing on the show on February 2nd: [📹] IZ*ONE Performance Preview at Music Fair The show will be broadcast on February Read More …