It has been confirmed that the “Kaibutsu-kun” drama series, starring Arashi’s Satoshi Ohno (30), has a movie version in the works. The film will be shot in 3D and is said to be a huge project, with some sources reporting that NTV is investing approximately 2 billion yen for the film’s production budget. Yoshihiro Nakamura...

Pop artist Kana Nishino, who seemed to dominate just about every entertainment front from fashion to music in 2010, will be releasing a new single – “Distance” – on February 9th. Nishino’s first 2011 single is described as an upbeat number, with the chorus line “in love, the most fun/looked forward to aspect is a...

Just on Friday four new members of MORNING MUSUME. had been announced, when already on Sunday, January 9th, 2011, group leader Takahashi Ai announced her leaving. During the performance at the Nakano Sun Plaza, Takahashi announced herself, that she will be leaving the group this year in autumn. She had been enrolled for ten years...

Sankei Sports is reporting that talento and former Morning Musume member Mari Yaguchi (27) will be getting married next spring to actor Masaya Nakamura (24). Yaguchi first revealed this past May that they were dating. The two met at a friend’s party around the start of 2010 and started dating soon after that. Now after...

Hello! Project has unveiled the newest members of idol group Morning Musume. The 9th generation audition is now over, and three of the finalists have passed: Erina Ikuta (13), Riho Sayashi (12), and Kanon Suzuki (12). In addition, Hello! Pro Egg member Mizuki Fukumura (14) has also joined the group. Members Eri Kamei, Junjun, and...

With Hello Project,C-ute and Berryz Koubou have an official Youtube.Now it is time for Morning Musume to launched their official YouTube channel today.Check it out! Morning Musume Official Channel...

Scandal will releases their new single “Pride” on this February as a mark for their new single of 2011 “Pride” has been picked up to be an ending theme song for the anime, “STAR DRIVER Kagayaki no Tact“, and its coupling track, “CUTE!“, will be a “SCANDAL CINNAMON Collaborate Song”. The DVD that comes with...

The tracklist for Buono’s 11th single titled “Zassou no Uta” has been released. Tracklist 1. Zassou no Uta 2. Seishun 17 Kaiten Rock 3. JUICY HE@RT 4. Zassou no Uta (Instrumental) As you can see this single features 3 new songs and this is something that has never been done before in Buono’s history. In...

Yui Aragaki will have her own show on the mobile broadcasting service BeeTV. The show is called “Aragaki Yui no Joshitabi in Hawaii” and is described as a “therapeutic travel show” aimed towards women. Aragaki will serve as the “navigator,” presenting information about various aspects of Hawaii, ranging from food to fashion to beauty to...

Next year’s “Kamen Rider” movie, celebrating the franchise’s 40th anniversary, has now been revealed. Titled “OOO – Den-O – All Riders: Let’s Go Kamen Rider,” the film is scheduled to hit theaters on April 1, 2011. The film is also said to be the first one designated as commemorating the 60th anniversary of the movie...

Anime convention Sakura-Con 2011 has announced that Hello! Project group Berryz Koubou will be attending as Guests of Honor. This will be their first appearance in North America. Their schedule at the convention has not yet been announced. They are the second musical group to be added to the Guest of Honor list, as visual-kei...

During their concert at Tokyo Dome on Sunday, Kanjani8 announced that they will be doing two theme songs for the “Crayon Shin-chan” anime franchise – one for the television series, and one for the upcoming movie “Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Ougon no Spy Daisakusen” (April 16). This is the first time in “Crayon Shin-chan”...

An event for the upcoming movie “Ashita no Joe“, which is a live-action adaptation of the legendary boxing manga, was held on December 17th, and Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS), who plays the main character, Yabuki Joe, and the director of the movie, Sori Fumihiko, showed up at the event. Yamashita lost 8.5 kg for the role,...

Riisa Naka (21) will play the heroine in a new mobile drama series on BeeTV, titled “Party wa Owatta.” Her male co-stars will be Hiroki Narimiya (28), Kento Nagayama (21), Sousuke Takaoka (28), Kento Hayashi (20), and Keisuke Koide (26). Naka plays Toake, a successful manga artist who, despite her beauty, has no boyfriend due...

Ueto Aya is Japan’s TV commercial queen for the second straight year, according to media research company Nihon Monitor. Ueto, 25, topped the chart by advertising for 13 companies this year. Ueto has been involved in a number of campaigns that have run for more than a year, including those for Softbank’s famous Shirato family...