Japanese Entertainment News & Pop Culture since 1993
LIVE DEBUT CONCERTS IN NEW YORK (FEB. 4) AND L.A. (FEB. 10) SOLD OUT – NEW SHOW JUST ADDED FOR NEW YORK ON FEB. 3! NEWLY-ANNOUNCED SUPER GROUP’S SURPRISE FIRST SINGLE DOMINATES JAPANESE MUSIC CHARTS, CLAIMS TOP SPOTS IN EIGHT TERRITORIES WORLDWIDE New Japanese Read More …
There was a lot of buzz during the New Year’s Eve PPV of “THE LAST ROCKERS” on Nico Nico Channel. YOSHIKI said another celebrity name that raised a lot of eyebrows. In fact, even Jousei Prime had an article about it. Many viewers watched the Read More …
LOS ANGELES, CA (December 20, 2022) –THE LAST ROCKSTARS, a newly formed outfit comprised of four of Japan’s biggest rock stars – YOSHIKI, HYDE, SUGIZO, and MIYAVI announce the release of their highly anticipated first single on Melodee Music, aptly titled “The Last Rockstars (Paris Read More …
X JAPAN’s YOSHIKI, L’Arc-en-Ciel’s HYDE, LUNA SEA/X JAPAN’s SUGIZO, and guitarist MIYAVI’s band “THE LAST ROCKSTARS” will perform at the “73rd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” on New Year’s Eve (after 7: 20-11:45). YOSHIKI said, “It’s a great honor to be able to perform at Kouhaku Read More …
YOSHIKI, HYDE, SUGIZO and MIYAVI, four major forces from Japan’s rock scene, announce their new star-studded band THE LAST ROCKSTARS. 2 song teaser videos have been released today, one for “THE LAST ROCKSTARS (Lyrics by YOSHIKI, Composed by YOSHIKI)” and the other for “PSYCHO LOVE Read More …
YOSHIKI of the rock band “X JAPAN”, HYDE of “L’Arc~en~Ciel”, guitarist MIYAVI, and SUGIZO of “LUNA SEA” and “X JAPAN” updated their SNS on November 8th. Declaring that he will make a “important announcement” at noon on the 11th? What are they planning? Or just Read More …
As ONE OK ROCK’s Taka is getting a lot of heat for trying to get the audience pumped and scream for his introduction of Megan Thee Stallion and declared that he was probably going to get banned from every festival and said he would apologize Read More …
For those who have been asking for our back issues for our popular J!-ENT Annual Books, our J!-ENT ANNUAL 2013 (20th Anniversary) is now available for download for free. Please note that information seen on this annual issue pertains to that time. In June 1993, Read More …
LIVESTREAM EVENT WILL BE BROADCASTED WORLDWIDE FROM HEIAN SHRINE IN KYOTO Lead vocalist of L’Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS will perform two back-to-back concerts July 31 and August 1. Tickets are now on sale for HYDE’s 20th anniversary live event “20th Orchestra Concert 2021 HYDE HEIANJINGU”. Read More …
Lead vocalist of L’Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS will perform two back-to-back concerts July 31 and August 1. International tickets for the special event will be announced soon. Internationally acclaimed rock vocalist HYDE has announced a special two-day event celebrating his two decades as a solo artist. Read More …
Last year, HYDE performed an Asia tour, two US towards and a Japan tour, including a birthday live and more. But he also saw his tour scheduled for June this year being canceled and in an interview with ORICON, HYDE talked about the current situation Read More …
With Tegoshi Yuya leaving NEWS (which in effect, ended side unit TEGOMASS) and Johnny’s Jimusho, NEWS fans took to SNS to show their anger. Comments were as follows: I can never forgive Tegoshi for the rest of my life! I will never allow you to Read More …
HYDE posted on Twitter of his thoughts of seeing crowds of people at izakayas. HYDE tweeted, “I was stunned to see a crowd of people at Izakayas and they are thinking they are fine. I think that restaurants should also take measures to prevent infection Read More …
HYDE announced that he will be holding a “HYDE LIVE 2019” in seven cities nationwide (26 performances in total) from June to September. Performances dates are as follows: HYDE LIVE 2019 06/22（土）東京・Zepp Tokyo 06/23（日）東京・Zepp Tokyo 06/25（火）東京・Zepp Tokyo 06/26（水）東京・Zepp Tokyo 06/28（金）東京・Zepp Tokyo 06/29（土）東京・Zepp Tokyo ※BEAUTY & THE Read More …
YOSHIKI, Daigo (of BREAKERZ), Inoran (of LUNA SEA), Shinya (of Dir en Grey) and others celebrate HYDE’s 50th birthday. View this post on Instagram Happy birthday HYDE! I got there a little late but I made it! #お誕生日おめでとう🎂 3amに到着！前のスケジュールが押してて遅くなったけど、なんとか間に合って良かった！ @hydeofficial @yoshikiofficial @daigo_breakerz_ @inoran_official Read More …