Rainbow reveals jacket covers + track list for Japanese single, “A”

Girl group Rainbow are preparing to debut into the J-Pop industry with their hit track, “A“. On August 16th, they revealed the tracklist info and covers for their debut single through their official Japanese website.

“A” will come in three editions: Version ‘A’, Version ‘B’, and Version ‘C’. Version ‘A’ will come with a CD and DVD, while version ‘B’ will include a special photobook. Meanwhile, version ‘C’ will feature a bonus track not found in either ‘A’ or ‘B’.

Rainbow will release their Japanese single on September 14th. In the meantime, check out the track lists and covers below!

+ Version A + [Purchase here]

Track list:

CD
01．A
02．Gossip Girl (“ゴシップガール “)
03．A (Instrumental）

DVD
01. A (Music Clip）
02. Belly Dance Lesson
03. A (Dance Shot Ver.）
04. A (Making-of Music Clip）


+ Version B + [Purchase here]

CD
01．A
02．Gossip Girl (“ゴシップガール “)
03．A (Instrumental）

**Plus a 32-page photobook



+ Version C + [Purchase here]

CD
01．A
02．Gossip Girl (“ゴシップガール “)
03．A (Instrumental）
04. A (Original Version) **Bonus Track**

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2PM reveals dance version of “I’m Your Man” MV

2PM are causing a sensation in Japan thanks to their sexy ‘tie dance’ for their new song, “I’m Your Man“.

While fans got a good glimpse of it in 2PM’s original MV for the song, this newly-released dance version will definitely allow fans to grab a better look at this hot choreography.

Check out 2PM’s alternate music video below!



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LUNA SEA’s charity concert sells out in five minutes!

Rock band LUNA SEA will be holding a charity concert titled, “A Promise to The Brave“, on October 22nd at Saitama Super Arena. On August 14th, general admission tickets went on sale and it’s been revealed that the concert sold out in just five minutes!

Last year, LUNA SEA reunited and attracted 200,000 people to their first world tour. The tickets for the charity concert is expected to be a premium, as this is only activity the band has planned at the moment.

All proceeds from the concert and their latest song, “PROMISE“, will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross.

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X JAPAN puts on a spirited show at ‘SUMMER SONIC’

On August 14th, legendary rock band X JAPAN made an appearance at the ‘SUMMER SONIC 2011‘ rock festival, where they played a 70-minute live on the MARINE STAGE at QVC Marine Field in Chiba.

X JAPAN held a press conference prior to the concert and expressed their thoughts on the live. Although the band performed at ‘SUMMER SONIC 2011′ in Osaka the day before, the members showed no signs of weariness.

YOSHIKI (drums, piano) kicked off the press conference bysaying, “It’s been over 20 years since the band formed, and I never thought we would be appearing at an international event like this today. I am deeply moved.” Then ToshI (vocal) expressed his thoughts on the Osaka performance with, “It’s been awhile since we performed as X JAPAN in Kansai, so it was very good.” Additionally, YOSHIKI presented a silent prayer for deceased members HIDE (guitar) and TAIJI (bass), as well as for the lives lost in the Great Tohoku Earthquake.



When asked, “Hasn’t it been awhile since you held a live in Chiba?“, YOSHIKI replied, “This is Chiba!“, with a surprised look. The conference proceeded with a peaceful atmosphere as PATA (guitar) and ToshI shared nostalgic stories of the past.

YOSHIKI voiced his thoughts on the live with, “I want to revive yesterday’s reflections,” and “When we perform overseas, we’re away so we feel at ease, but in Japan, we get nervous. However, I want to face the battle.”

At the end of the conference, the band announced that they would be holding an Asia tour this fall. They also explained that their new album is making good progress, saying, “99.5% of it is done. We are planning to release it by the end of the year.”


Immediately after the press conference, X JAPAN went to their stage, and sang a total of seven songs, including their newest, “JADE“, along with their classic hits, “ENDLESS RAIN“ and “Rusty Nail“.

ToshI kicked off the live by yelling, “I wanted to see you, Summer Sonic! Everyone, fire yourselves up til the very end!“; a big display of flames and fireworks boosted everyone’s spirits as they burst above the stage. Before the band sang “Kurenai“, SUGIZO (guitar, violin) and YOSHIKI performed a splendid duet on violin and piano, fascinating their fans.

During the MC portions, ToshI stated, “Everyone, thank you. It’s been awhile since we returned to Japan, but as I thought, it’s great.” YOSHIKI also commented, “Japan is hot. Really hot… I am very honored to be a part of this wonderful event. Thank you to all those who came. I really appreciate it.” He continued, “I know that HIDE and TAIJI are here with us today.”

Additionally, YOSHIKI asked the audience to have a moment of silence for the lives lost in the Great Tohoku Earthquake. He stated, “There are many problems left behind for both us and the country, but we have to overcome it with spirit,” and shouted, “Show your spirit!”


The second half of their performance started with the peaceful hit, “ENDLESS RAIN“. Then ToshI yelled, “Show us your seriousness!” and heated up the crowd with “Born to be free“, which was accompanied by an enthusiastic display of laser beams and flames.

The last song was “X“. The intro started as ToshI shouted, “Show us your Japanese spirit!“, and the crowd broke out into loud cheers. HEATH (bass), PATA, and SUGIZO gathered to the middle of the stage, and gave fans a wild burst of their profound playing.

During the song, ToshI called out, “We are…?”, and the fans screamed in unison, “X!” At the end, X JAPAN shook the stage with a grand ‘X Jump’, concluding their first appearance in ‘SUMMER SONIC’ with a grand flourish.

Take a look at the full setlist and the Asia tour dates below!




01. JADE
02. Rusty Nail
03. Kurenai
04. ENDLESS RAIN
05. Born to be free
06. I.V.
07. X

X JAPAN Asia Tour

October 28th – Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in Seoul, Korea
October 30th – Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China
November 2nd – Beijing Workers’ Stadium in Beijing, China
November 4th – Asia World-Expo in Hong Kong, China
November 6th – TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, Taiwan
November 8th – Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand


Also, check out photos from the press conference and ‘SUMMER SONIC 2011′!




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Mizukawa Asami wears a wedding dress for Katsura Yumi’s fashion show

On August 14th, Mizukawa Asami participated in her first runway show for “Katsura Yumi’s Talk & Fashion Show“!

Famed bridal fashion designer Katsura Yumi saw Mizukawa’s performance on NHK’s taiga drama, “Gou“, and immediately wanted her to wear her dresses.

The actress wore a total of three different dresses and couldn’t stop smiling. She commented, “It’s my dream (to get married someday). Since I’m a woman, it makes me happy to wear such dresses. I couldn’t hold back my imagination during the show.”


Mizukawa is rumored to be in a relationship with actor Koide Keisuke, which prompted reporters to ask her about who would stand next to her as her future groom. To their disappointment, Mizukawa didn’t end up telling them anything useful.

Meanwhile, Katsura was asked whether she would design the wedding dress for Mizukawa’s wedding, to which she replied, “I already prepared five different designs.” Mizukawa was delighted and said, “I’m looking forward to wearing them.”







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SCANDAL’s mini concert under the blazing sun

On Sunday, popular pop rock band SCANDAL celebrated the release of their third album ‘BABY ACTION‘ with another free mini concert.

This time they had approximately 3,000 fans grooving to their music right outside the Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens shopping center in Yokohama.

A heat wave is currently making its way across the nation and leader HARUNA worried about their fans, “Is everyone doing okay?” she asked at one point. Luckily, sufficient fans and bottles of water had been prepared, to ensure that noone suffered from heatstroke.

The four girls performed two songs, including, the very fitting, “Taiyo to Kimi ga Egaku Story“, which roughly translates to ‘The Story Drawn by You and the Sun’.

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ZONE releasing members’ new singles at their comeback live

Girl band ZONE has announced that they will be releasing MAIKO and MIYU’s new singles at their August 15th comeback live at Akasaka BLITZ.

MIYU will be releasing her first single in three years under her solo name Nagase Miyu. Titled “Lips“, the song presents her approach to R&B and dance music. The single will also include the coupling song, “Crazy“, and the songs’ instrumentals.

Meanwhile, MAIKO will be releasing her debut single, “Love Game“, with the band, Jack & Queen. The rock band is made up of MAIKO as the vocalist, Ginji on bass, and Teppei on guitar. The single includes three songs, “Love Game”, “YesorNo“, and “GOOD SHOW“. This single is expected to show MAIKO’s new charms.

Both singles will also be available at events sponsored by RunTime Agency and on their official website. Additionally, the singles will be released through iTunes Store, Amazon MP3, and OTOTOY starting August 17th.

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Ohashi Nozomi reveals dance video for “Panda no Yume”

Child talento Ohashi Nozomi has uploaded a dance video for her latest song, “Panda no Yume“, onto Pony Canyon’s official YouTube account!

Released on July 27th, the song is Ohashi’s second single and is the first official song for Ueno Zoo.

On August 14th, Ohashi will perform “Panda no Yume” on NHK’s “MUSIC JAPAN Natsuyasumi Kodomo Special“. She will also sing “Maru-Maru-Mori-Mori” and “Sanbyaku Rokuju Goho no March” with Ashida Mana, Suzuki Fuku, and SMAP’s Katori Shingo.

Check out the video below!



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Check out Fairies’ “Road to Debut” Episode 1!

They’re hardly two weeks old, and yet this new girl group has garnered a substantial amount of buzz thanks to the members’ cute looks and charming appeal. The girls of new dance vocal group Fairies wants you to experience their road to stardom with them through a special series of videos!

Fairies appeared as cover girls for mobile app “HARAJUKU Girls vol.4“, and now they’re releasing a series of videos for people to watch.

In this first episode, the girls are seen walking around before entering the studio where they will take photos for their CD jackets for the first time.

Check out the short video below!



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Dream Morning Musume’s Kusumi Koharu to make her runway debut in September

Dream Morning Musume member Kusumi Koharu is set to make her runway debut this September!

Kusumi will be a guest model at KOBE COLLECTION 2011 AUTUMN/WINTER, which will take place on September 4th in Kobe and September 17th in Tokyo. Unfortunately, Kusumi will only be showing her charms at the event in Kobe.

The ‘KOBE COLLECTION 2011 AUTUMN/WINTER’ event is one of the biggest fashion shows in Japan, and will feature a variety of domestic and international brands.

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SID reveals title of new single + track list

In July, tokyhive reported that Visual Kei band SID would be releasing a new single this year. At the time, the single was untitled… until now!

Their new single is called “Itsuka“, and it’ll be released on September 28th. “Itsuka” will also be the opening theme song to TBS’s “CDTV” music show starting in September.

“Itsuka” is the band’s first single in 10 months. It was written by the band’s guitarist, Shinji, while the coupling song “Shuufuu” was written by bassist, Aki. Meanwhile, the third track will be a live version of “NO LDK“. The song is available on their album “dead stock“, which was released in February of this year.

There are three versions of the single, in which two will include a DVD.

Check out the full track list below!

Limited Edition A
< CD >
1. Itsuka
2. Shuufuu
3. NO LDK (Live from ‘dead stock TOUR 2011′)

< DVD >
~dead stock TOUR 2011~ Special documentary Version A.


Limited Edition B
< CD >
1. Itsuka
2. Shuufuu
3. NO LDK (Live from ‘dead stock TOUR 2011′)

< DVD >
~dead stock TOUR 2011~ Special documentary Version B.


Regular Edition
< CD >
1. Itsuka
2. Shuufuu
3. NO LDK (Live from ‘dead stock TOUR 2011′)

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Arashi takes over the September issue of “with”

Popular group Arashi appeared in the September issue of “with” magazine, providing wonderful eye candy as their way of celebrating the magazine’s 30th anniversary.

In their 12-page pictorial, the members of Arashi showed off their personalities in a series of solo shots and group pictures tied together by the red string of fate. The magazine also includes brief appearances by talento Becky and actress Takei Emi.




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Check out August 8th’s performances from ‘Coming Soon!!’

This week’s episode of “Coming Soon!!” hosted the ladies of Korean pop group SECRET, who were also the topic of the show’s “Coming Review” corner.

Other guest performances included Kis-My-Ft2, SOPHIA, DiVA, NAOTO INTI RAYMI, and Ryosan (Katori Shingo).

Check out the performances below:

< Secret – “Madonna” >
**Performance starts at 0:49 mark**











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Voice actors revealed for new ‘HUNTER X HUNTER’ anime

Togashi Yoshihiro’s popular manga series, ‘HUNTER X HUNTER‘, has made its comeback on August 8th’s issue of the weekly ‘Shonen Jump‘! In this issue, the list of voice actors for the upcoming anime series was revealed.

The voice cast is different compared to the anime series that aired before. Ise Mariya, voice actress for Cure Lemonade in ‘Yes! Pretty Cure 5‘, will be voicing the role of ‘Killua‘. ‘Kurapika‘ will be played by Sawashiro Miyuki, who was the voice for Lag in ‘Tegami Bachi‘. They have also revealed that ‘Leorio‘ will be voiced by Fujiwara Keiji, and that Namikawa Daisuke will play the role of ‘Hisoka‘. Fujiwara Keiji is best known for playing the character of Nohara Hiroshi in ‘Crayon Shinchan‘ and Namikawa Daisuke voiced the prince in ‘Level E‘. Finally, the main character of ‘Gon‘ will be voiced by newcomer Han Megumi.

The anime series for ‘HUNTER X HUNTER’ will begin airing on October 2nd, and thereafter, every Sunday at 10:55am. The animation will be taken on by Mad House and directed by Koujina Hiroshi. Composition will be done by Maekawa Jun and the character design will be taken on by Yoshimatsu Takahiro. The anime series will kick off from the very first volume.

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Hey! Say! JUMP apologizes for their member’s smoking scandal

On August 7th, popular idol group Hey! Say! JUMP made an appearance at the Tokyo Dome City Hall for their “SUMMARY 2011” show. Prior to their show, however, the nine members of the group held a press conference to apologize for Morimoto Ryutaro’s recent smoking scandal. Morimoto, whose entertainment activities have been temporarily suspended, was named as ‘Member A‘ in Japanese media reports due to his status as a minor – he is 16 years old.

The remaining Hey! Say! JUMP members apologized by saying, “We want to apologize for breaking our fans’ dreams. We are reflecting on what happened deeply“.

This is the first time that the remaining nine members of Hey! Say! JUMP made a group appearance in front of the press after the scandal was revealed back in June. An incriminating photo was published in a weekly magazine, and after confirming that it did indeed show a member of Hey! Say! JUMP, their agency Johnny’s Entertainment put a hold on his activities.

Eldest member Yabu Kota quietly said, “Although it is sudden, we’d like to take the time to apologize. Recently, one of our members was caught smoking while still being a minor and has caused trouble to many people. We’d like to apologize for causing trouble for everyone, and for worrying our fans.” With these heavy words, the members all bowed deeply.

Yabu continued, “Right now, I am sure that he is reflecting deeply on the importance of meeting the fans and being able to work“. Remarking that he also talked to Morimoto on the phone recently, Yabu revealed, “He told me that he’ll ‘concentrate on [his] studies’ so I told him that I wanted him to work hard on whatever he can do right now.”

Throughout the press conference, Hey! Say! JUMP bowed in apology four times. Yabu once again expressed, “We’re supported by so many fans, and we’ve been active with the goal of giving everyone a dream. We would like to apologize for breaking that dream.”

Johnny Kitagawa also remarked, “He has to atone for his mistake by accepting this punishment“, and did not comment on Morimoto’s further activities or plans.

Right now, Hey! Say! JUMP is working hard with the nine remaining members they have. With their new show, ‘SUMMARY’ they showed a much more powerful and exciting stage than they did last year, flying freely around the audience and showing a variety of acrobatic stunts, one for which they had to endure two months of tough training.

Hey! Say! JUMP has added performances in Osaka Kyocera Dome and another in Tokyo Dome for September. The nine members commented, “We want to work hard to regain everyone’s trust and grow one step at a time“.

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Which song has lyrics that are too sexy?

Mobile site JOYSOUND recently conducted a poll asking its users what song they thought contained lyrics that are too sexy.

Coming in first place is Acid Black Cherry’s “Black Cherry“, thanks to its provocative lyrics expressing a woman’s desires. Voters commented, “When I heard sexy, this was the only song I could think of. Or rather… it’s completely erotic!” and “From a woman’s point of view, I can really sympathize with the lyrics. It’s a very painful song.”

Check out the full ranking below!

1. Black Cherry – Acid Black Cherry

2. Eh? Ah Sou – papiyon (Choucho-P)

3. Ima Sugu Hoshii – Sugar Soul / Koda Kumi

4. Quville – flumpool

5. Kuchibiru Kara Romantica – AAA

6. Cutie Honey – Koda Kumi

7. Natsu Koi Natsu Game – An Cafe

8. Mitsuyubi – SID

9. Ikenai Taiyou – ORANGE RANGE

10. Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate – AKB48 / French Kiss




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Check out the full audio for C-ute’s “Sekai Ichi HAPPY na Onna no Ko”

Earlier today, we reported on the jacket covers for C-ute’s new single, “Sekai Ichi HAPPY na Onna no Ko“. Now, we’ve got a radio rip of their latest track!

“Sekai Ichi HAPPY na Onna no Ko” delivers that bright feel C-ute is known for, but with smoother, more harmonized sound from the girls. Guess they’re growing up fast!

Check out the full audio for “Sekai Ichi HAPPY na Onna no Ko” below:



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Check out the audio + PV preview for Matsushita Yuya’s “SUPER DRIVE”!

The full audio and PV preview for Matsushita Yuya’s 9th single, “SUPER DRIVE”, has been revealed!

This track has an amazing beat that will really want to make you bust out some moves while listening to it. In fact, that’s just what Yuya delivers in his PV, which sees some hot choreography and graphics!

Don’t forget to purchase the single on August 24th and check out its coupling tracks: “ROCK WITH YOU (Michael Jackson Cover)”, “Hot Girl!!”, and “Lonely Rain”.





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Matsushita Yuya reveals full PV for “Super Drive”

After two quick releases today for his latest single, “Super Drive“, Matsushita Yuya is back with his full PV!

As promised in the teaser, “Super Drive” is a bass-thumping track with an aggressive choreography to match. Yuya plays up the part of a heartthrob perfectly, dressed in a sharp suit while being surrounded by the ladies.

Check out his super hot PV below!



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GIRL NEXT DOOR releases short version of “Dada Para!!”!

It was only a day ago that avex trax released the dance version of “Dada Para!!” by GIRL NEXT DOOR.

This short version of the music video is exactly how the group members described the song as “a song that will liven things up.” The music video shows the members partying with friends and having a good time.


The song is the group’s next single due out September 7th.

Check out the short version of “Dada Para!!” below!



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PUFFY to voice act for anime series, “Usagi Drop”

Pop duo PUFFY will be taking up the challenge of voice acting for the first time in five years for the 9th episode of the Fuji TV anime, “Usagi Drop“. This was decided upon after having their song, “SWEET DROPS“, chosen as the theme song for the anime.

“Usagi Drop” is a story about an ‘ikumen‘ who raises his grandfather’s illegitimate child. PUFFY will voice after school supervisors who were created in their image by the novelist Unita Yumi.

After the recording, PUFFY member Yoshimura Yumi commented, “I was surprised at how everyone’s voice carried through; even the kids do it really well. I was like a borrowed cat (quiet and meek).” Oonuki Ami stated, “Pros are amazing. I was nervous from the pressure.” Ami has three lines and Yumi has six lines, but the duo took about two hours to record their lines.


“The highlight is PUFFY’s parts. It was a great change,” said Yumi, promoting themselves. Ami also added, “If possible, I want them to skip my part… but I did my best, so please watch it.”

PUFFY’s “SWEET DROPS” is also the theme song to the movie “Usagi Drop”, which will hit theatres on August 20th. Yumi showed confidence as she said, “It is a girly pop song. I want people to look at us in a new aspect.”

The 9th episode of “Usagi Drop” will air on September 1st.




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ViViD holds their first Hong Kong live

On August 2nd, ViViD performed their first live in Hong Kong for ‘The 13th ACGHK2011 Heart Beat Seinen Music Festival‘.

‘ACGHK‘ stands for ‘Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong‘ , and it’s a trade show that introduces the Japanese culture to the people of Hong Kong. This fun event drew in approximately 650,000 people over a span of five days. ViViD served as the closing act for the festival and rocked out to an audience of 10,000 fans.

During the live, vocalist Shin shouted out “We love you Hong Kong!” in Cantonese. They performed songs like “Yume ~Mugen no Kanata~” and “Blue“, and ended their performance by taking commemorative photos with the audience in the background.

ViViD will embark on a Asia tour, stopping in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Stay tuned for more updates on their exciting live performances!

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Horikita Maki travels to Jakarta to help children in need

Actress Horikita Maki recently visited Jakarta, Indonesia to film a special report for NTV’s upcoming “24 Hour Television 34 ~Ai wa Chikyu wo Sukuu~” special.

Last month, Horikita was announced as one of the charity personalities for the program, where she would join other Japanese volunteers to help children in need.

One of their projects included a “mobile library”, in which they visited children in various locations and let them enjoy Japanese picture books that have been specially translated into Indonesian.

Being the bookworm that she is, Horikita enjoyed helping the mobile library a lot and even tried to read the books outloud in Indonesian for the children on her final day. She also helped out during a puppet show, played some basketball with the children, and taught them origami as well.

Horikita commented, “I was able to see the reality of those children with my own eyes and, in my own way, found something that I, as an adult, could do for those children. It was very touching to see their smiles. I want everyone to see the people from our country who organized this ‘mobile library’, and the innocence of those children when they are gazing at the picture books.”

“24 Hour Television 34″ will air on NTV on August 20th and 21st.

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ZONE makes a comeback on ‘Coming Soon!!’

The ladies of ZONE finally kicked off their one month-comeback promotions with a special stage on “Coming Soon!!“.

As reported earlier, ZONE made a promise 10 years ago that they’d return to their fans during their final concert at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Although member MIZUHO retired from the entertainment industry during their hiatus, fans got to see MIYU, MAIKO, and TOMOKA pick up their instruments once more and deliver moving performances of “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~” and “Yakusoku ~August, 10 Years Later~“.

Check it out below:





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Performances from August 1st’s “Coming Soon!!”

This week’s episode of “Coming Soon!!” held an exciting line-up of guests, which included highly-anticipated performances from ZONE and A.N. JELL.

The program also saw performances from KAT-TUN, Mizuki Nana, moumoon, and Makihara Noriyuki.

Check out their stages below:


KAT-TUN – “Run For You”
**Performance starts at 3:20 mark**









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Morning Musume’s Ikuta Erina cuts her hair short!

On July 31st, Morning Musume’s Michishige Sayumi announced through her official blog that fellow member Ikuta Erina had cropped her hair.

There were two entries regarding the haircut – “Question” and “Answer“. In the “Question” post, Michishige uploaded a photo of someone’s head from the back, and asked her readers to guess their identity. Shortly after, she revealed through the “Answer” entry that, “It’s Ikuta Erina~“.

She added, “She cut her hair short! I can’t recognize her by seeing the back of her head anymore. It’s a strange feeling~ But it’s cute and suits her well!”

Michishige’s blog readers responded with, “Cute~ Looks good!“, “Is it an image change? It suits you well“, and “It’s somewhat adult-like and glamorous!”





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KAT-TUN reveals PV for “Run For You”

KAT-TUN have finally unveiled the PV for their 16th single, “Run For You“!

Set in a laboratory, the members seem to be the unhappy (yet sexy) test experiments for …well, we’re not quite sure.

Check out their PV below, and don’t forget to support the boys by purchasing their single here.


KAT-TUN - RUN FOR YOU by SaRaI_kAzSu_mAsSaShI


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AKB48 reveals their new campaign CM for ‘Apaman Shop’

AKB48’s new campaign for ‘Apaman Shop‘ has kicked off with an adorable CM.

The girls from AKB48 are at your service to help you find a good home! They sport sparkly blue uniforms and perform their newest single, “Flying Get“, while
displaying an unusually acrobatic stunt.

Check out the commercial below!



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Which second generation musicians are most talented?

Many second-generation singers carry this stereotype about how they’re riding their career off of their parent’s fame and fortune.

To break this prejudiced image, goo Ranking polled users on who they thought were the most talented second-generation artists.

Check out the results below!

1. Utada Hikaru

2. Moriyama Naotaro

3. Furuya Kenji

4. IMARU

5. Taka of ONE OK ROCK

6. RIZE

7. Cornelius

8. Sakamoto Miu

9. Wada Shou of TRICERATOPS

10. Okamoto Hama of OKAMOTO’S

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T-ara reveals that they cried after seeing their “Roly-Poly” outfits

T-ara’s unique outfits for “Roly-Poly” have been attracting a ton of attention lately for being fun and on-point with their retro theme. Interestingly enough, the girls confessed that they had cried when they first heard of their wardrobe concept for the song.

The members said, “We were so embarrassed of the outfits – even more so than the gloves we wore for ‘Bo Peep Bo Peep‘. They looked like they were picked by our moms right from a flea market. Shirts with wide collars, baggy disco pants, colorful button ups, and even a handkerchief to wrap around your neck.”

The wardrobe concept was introduced around the time when the girls saw other girl groups like SNSD and KARA get dressed up in pretty, ‘girl group-like’ clothes. When they refused to wear it, they were reprimanded by their CEO.

The members went on to reveal that they were surprised by the reaction they received once they actually wore it on stage. “Not only did people enjoy them, but we’d often receive questions from adults asking where we bought the clothes; they told us that it makes them feel reminiscent about their youths. We felt proud. Ever since then, we began wondering about other things we could show to help bring back the memories of everyone’s youths.”

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