Yesterday, 6th generation member Kamei Eri and 8th generation members Jun Jun and Lin Lin officially graduated from Hello! Project and Morning Musume after a performance at Yokohama Arena. Here is the tracklist for the event: Yume Miru 15 – S/mileage MC Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama – S/mileage Souda! We’re Alive...

Korean girl group Shoujo Jidai will have a guest appearance in the upcoming “Sazae-san” drama special, airing at the start of next year. This will be the group’s first time in a Japanese television drama. Details about the special were first announced last month. It is the third one to star Alisa Mizuki (34) as...

This year’s top-selling book, “Moshi Koukou Yakyuu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no ‘Management’ wo Yondara,” is being adapted as a live-action film, starring AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda (19). Although Maeda has starred in recent dramas such as “Q10″ and “Majisuka Gakuen,” this will be her first lead role in a movie. Her last appearance...

Akanishi Jin is active as a singer and actor and next year in spring he will be making his American debut under the official name of JIN AKANISHI. This had been announced at a press conference he had been holding after his triumphant return from his tour through five major North American cities. In July...

Singer/talent Ishikawa Rika (of Morning Musume fame) has announced on her official blog that she will be releasing her 10th photobook, “Lucky“, on January 19th, 2011. The date selected actually coordinates with Rika’s 26th birthday, and she’s lending additional personal appeal to the project by explaining that the photobook was named after her beloved dog....

Sudou Masa of popular idol group Berryz Koubou had been been starring in her first lead role in the movie “Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata” The premier airing of the movie had been on December 4th and Sudou is starring amongst other, next to Sato Hisanori, who had also been acting in the musical for...

Comedian Fujimoto Toshifumi (of FUJIWARA fame) and talent Kinoshita Yukina, held their wedding ceremony at Tokyo Disneyland on December 5th. According to a guest, their wedding was a very intimate affair with only 50 people in attendance, including the couple’s family and very close friends. Tokyo Disneyland held a lot of memories already for the...

Utada Hikaru fans around the world will be able to watch her December 8 concert at the Yokohama Arena, as her staff announced on Monday that the concert will be broadcast live on Ustream. Just last month, she also announced that the same concert is being shown live on 70 screens in 64 theaters across...

On December 10, Ikimonogakari’s best album “Ikimonobakari ~Members BEST Selection~” is going to be certified by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for reaching 1 million copies (shipped), it has been reported. It will be the second certified million album of this year, after Arashi’s “Boku no Miteiru Fuukei.” “Ikimonobakari” sold more than 457,000 copies...

To celebrate Avex idol group TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLE first anniversary as a group, they’ll release a new single on February 9th called “Love like candy floss.” The song is actually a cover of an old SweetS track. It was a song that TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLE used to practice before their debut as they always looked...

Mitsui Aika star movie call Real Kakurenbo Final and covers for Mitsui Aika’s movie have been released. Like most horror themed DVDs the covers feature a dark theme with some kind of scary image, and not surprisingly the covers above have similar themes, one featuring Aika looking down and another featuring a doll. For the...

It has been clear since the announcement of Horikita Maki’s new movie, “Byakuyako“, that the actress would be casting away her pure and innocent image with the role of an evil and scheming young woman. However, it has never been confirmed whether she would go as far as challenging her first authentic love scene. Now...

The “Kamen Rider” franchise is turning 40 years old next year, and one of the projects commemorating its anniversary is a new female idol group called Kamen Rider GIRLS. The five-member unit made their debut at a special music event on Monday. Each of the members represents a different Rider, with their outfits designed to...

Artists will depend on their own popularity for fee.  The more popular, the more they’ll get. Arashi is on top! 2010           –        2011 Arashi – 150 million yen ? 150 million yen Oguri Shun – 25 million yen ? 25 million yen ...

Hiro Mizushima was chosen as the winner of the 5th Poplar Publishing Grand Prize for Fiction for his debut work “KAGEROU,” and he later revealed that it will be published as a book on December 15. According to news reports today, there are already more than 400,000 pre-orders for the book, based on information from...

Koda Kumi set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her debut this December with the release of a new photobook. The book, titled “Brazil,” will be released in early December to coincide with Koda’s 10th anniversary concert at Tokyo Dome on Dec 5. The concert will mark 10 years since she emerged into the mainstream...