Nana Mizuki’s upcoming album “MUSEUM II” which is her second best-of album and will drop November 23rd. The jacket covers for the Regular and Limited edition have been set - and are very much in the theme of the her first best-of album, MUSEUM I released back in 2007....

AKB48 sister group out of Namba, Osaka, NMB48 again blasted the charts at #1 with over 265,000 sold of their 2nd single “Oh My God!” With their 1st single also selling at +200K makes it two in a row for NMB48 and is a first for any female group....

AKB48 sub-unit French Kiss will release their 4th single, “Saisho no Mail” in about a month on November 22nd.  There will be four editions for the single, three Limited CD+DVD and one Regular CD only edition. Limited First Press editions will come with a bonus poster, 1...

S/mileage’s Maeda Yuuka (16) has announced she will retire from the entertainment industry to focus on school and prepare for college entrance exams. Maeda is a founding member of S/mileage and joined when she was 14 back in April 2009. She commented on her announcement, “Since becoming a high school student, I have been unable...

A sneak peak at the red passion jacket cover version for KARA’s upcoming new album “Super Girl.” The girls will show-off a cool blue version and another with a yellow theme in more individual poses. The new album is set for a November 23rd...

Television special School Live Show for Teens "Keion" will air this Friday the 28th (6:55-7:25pm) on the E-Tele, educational channel of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Inspired by the K-ON! anime, the reality show will profile seven real-life high school bands in Osaka and put them in a judged battle of...

Featured as opening theme for anime Ika Musume 2 (Squid Girl 2), “High Powered” is the newest single from seiyuu group Sphere. Just updated over at Sphere’s official website is a TV size clip of the music video (lower-left corner). “High Powered” will drop Wednesday October 26th. The Sphere girls, Aki Toyosaki,...

Girugamesh will hold 13 straight live events in 2012 at Shibuya Tokyo WWW under the event title “Tokyo Sadistic - bu~tsu tōshi 13 days.” The events will be February 27th through March 10th and each performance will have a new concept. The Saturday March 4th is tentatively planned for...

Maaya Sakamoto’s newest single “Buddy” dropped on October 19th and her next single, “Okaerinasai” (Welcome Back) is set for October 26th. “Buddy” is featured as the opening theme for the new adaption for anime series Last Exile: Silver Wing and is...

What’s Mizuki-san doing? Singer/voice actress Nana Mizuki will release her second best-of album, “The MUSEUM II” on November 23rd. She has also announced that she will be releasing her 26th single (not yet titled) in January 2012. On December 3rd & 4th the “Nana Mizuki LIVE CASTLE ...

“CRISIS” will be Acid Black Cherry’s 14th single over all and the 4th single from his five-month consecutive release project. It’s described to be an intense, heart-wrenching rock tune. The b-side song is a cover or “recreation track” of Watanabe Misato’s 1986 hit song, “BELIEVE”....

Leading up to the November 9th release of faylan’s new single “Blood Teller” the Bandai Visual's Lantis label began streaming the music video for the song. The song is featured as the ending theme for the Future Diary anime series that begin airing on October 9th in...

VAMPS and Acid Black Cherry along with other groups will hold 4 concerts over the next two weeks under the name of “HALLOWEEN PARTY 2011”. Other groups participating are BREAKERZ, SID, SADS, Shokotan, and AKB48...

The newest single from Namie Amuro will be released on December 7th and will boast two A-side songs and will be titled “Sit!Stay!Wait!Down! /Love Story.” The songs are currently featured as the opening and ending theme for the Fuji TV (Mondays at 9pm) drama, Watashi ...

Long standing rock band, L’Arc~en~Ciel released their newest single “X X X” last week and it rode the charts up to #1. The band is celebrating their 20th year in strong style. Making a good showing in second place was the Japanese release of the hit single “...

nano.RIPE has released their first album “Hoshi no yoru no myaku no oto no” which contains 14 songs including “Omokage Warp” that was featured as the opening theme to popular anime Hanasaku Iroha. Also included will be new arrangements of...