Soon-to-be-wed couple actor Eita, 27, and singer Kaela Kimura, 25, have been signed up as the new faces of Meiji’s XYLISH brand chewing gum. Three different commercials are currently on air, with “dance,” “clean breath,” and “intro” versions of the advertisement being shown nationally. In the commercials, Kaela struts up a black-and-white staircase and hits...

On August 7th it has been announced that Ayabie will be forming a new band to “conduct smooth band activities”. The four members are Yumehito (G), Takehito (G), Intetsu (B) and Kenzo (Dr). Yet they will not perform a last live with the original line up. Each of the members has also left a comment...

Utada Hikaru has announced that she will release a new singles collection this fall, before taking an indefinite break from music at the start of next year. The singer, who started her career more than 15 years ago, explained that she has neglected part of her personal growth, so she felt that it was necessary...

fter her near-death experience, Kozue had been acting weirdly. Maya and Ami show her various occult things, but she doesn't respond at all. As a last resort, they make Fumiaki show his spoon bending trick, but it does nothing. They decide to go to t...

With the Tower of Heaven destroyed, the curse of Erza's past has been lifted, and Sho and the others decide to try going off on their own. When Natsu and the others get back to Magnolia, they find waiting for them a Fairy Tail reborn! It's awesome, wi...

Ayumi Hamasaki  recently announced that she will release her 49th and 50th singles on consecutive weeks next month. On Sunday, it was learned that the first of those two songs, titled “crossroad,” will be a collaboration with producer Tetsuya Komuro . Hamasaki approached Komuro with the idea back in April. Komuro agreed, and he composed...

Actor Takeru Sato (21) has landed his first starring role in a drama series. He will play a high school student in the NTV drama “Q10″ this fall, using an original script by Izumi Kizara (“Nobuta wo Produce”). Sato plays Heita, an ordinary high school boy with a kind heart but no real interest in...

Its too sudden for us too knew Kamei,JunJun,and LinLin graduate from Morning Musume.According to a recent blog entry by Tsunku there will be 9th generation auditions as a result of Kamei, Jun Jun and Lin Lin’s graduation. An official site has been opened shortly after the announcement with more details. The site features rules and...

Takashiro reveals to Yuki everything that happened on the setting of Taurus. Takashiro plans to put everything on the line to make this his last battle with Reiga. Yuki resolves to support Takashiro and his friends in their fight against Reiga. Worried...

According to a recent entry on Tsunku’s blog Kamei Eri, Jun Jun, and Lin Lin will graduate from Morning Musume and Hello! Project. Kamei Eri will graduate due to a skin condition problem which she has had for some time and after talking with doctors she has decided to graduate from Morning Musume and Hello!...

Nighttime during summer break. The girls head to school for a test of courage. They end up doing it together, all 5 of them.

Team Ichigo and Team Koshiro are invited to a ball on Mont Saint-Michel, but it's not all a party for these two semi-final opponents in the World Cake Grand Prix. Hard working Ichigo wishes she could be like the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and make o...

Directed by Sato Shinsuke and starring Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari and actor Matsuyama Kenichi , the cast of the movie GANTZ attended a press conference on the 5th to announce the post-production progress of the film. The press conference was held at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo’s Uchisaiwaichou. Fellow cast members including Yoshitaka Yuriko and Yamada...

Miki Nakatani will once again be playing an unfortunate woman in her next major movie role. She has been cast as the star of “Hankyu Densha,” a movie adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hiro Arikawa (“Toshokan Sensou”). Erika Toda has also been cast. “Hankyu Densha” tells the story of various people...