Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya  is confirmed to be starring in a new drama series this fall. Titled “Freeter, Ie wo Kau,” the show will feature Ninomiya as a part-time worker trying to get his life back together for the sake of his family. Karina  will play the female lead. The show is Ninomiya’s first starring role...

Sankei Sports reports today that G-DRAGON , the leader of Korean group BIG BANG, is in a relationship with ViVi fashion model Kiko Mizuhara . According to several sources, the two met in Japan after BIG BANG’s major label debut last year. BIG BANG debuted in Korea in 2006, but they just released their first...

Performing TROUBLEMAKER and 1 new song from Arashi at Music Station. Why TROUBLEMAKER? They had appeared again in Music Station, performing their new song called Movin’ On. This song is from their new album called ‘Boku no Miteiru Fuukei’. 20 songs in the new album including previous single, My Girl(My Girl), Everything, Troublemaker(Tokujyo Kabachi), Sora...

UVERworld have announced the release of their sixteenth single, titled Ultimate, for September 15th. The single will be used as the ending theme to the movie “Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer”, which will appear in Japanese movie theaters on September 18th. It will also be used as the theme song for...

Aragaki Yui and Ikuta Toma went to Tokyo Daijingu to attend a special Hanamizuki event to wish for good luck in love. Both in yukata wear, they tossed in their coin and pray. Aragaki Yui said that she wish that everyone can live in happiness whereas Ikuta Toma wish that he will have a schedule...

Pop queen Hitomi, has finally released a new PV, this time for her new song “Smile World.” The song is being used as the 50th anniversary theme for the Sanrio company and will be used for “GREEN TOKYO HELLO KITTY & FRIENDS.” The video itself is appropriately adorable for a Hello Kitty theme song. It...

The well-know manga “Yamikin Ushijima-kun”, which describes the reality of social disparity and has sold out more than 250 million copies, will be adapted into a TV drama, casting Yamada Takayuki. Having been absent from TV drama for 4 years, Yamada is going to play the role of Ushijima Kaoru, a hard-boiled loan shark, with...

Suzuki Airi will host a HaroPro Yanen radio special titled Suzuki Airi no Nice Shot. I’m glad to see that Airi will be getting her own radio special since it gives her a chance to interact with fans, and while the radio show will air a bit late it is still a great chance for...

NHK has revealed the details of its 84th Asadora (morning drama) series, titled “Ohisama.” The show, set to air during spring and summer of 2011, will star young actress Mao Inoue (23) and will be written by Yoshikazu Okada (“Churasan”). Inoue’s last appearance in an NHK drama was in 1999. This time, however, will be...

Masayuki Sakamoto (39) of V6 will take on the starring role in a production of the “Zorro” musical next year. Sakamoto has appeared in stage productions every year since 1992, but this is said to be the first time that he has earned the part through an audition. The “Zorro” musical was first performed in...

On August 8th, PS Company band ViViD held their third one-man show at a SOLD OUT show at SHIBUYA-AX in Tokyo and had important announcements to make. As the band came out for a second encore, Shin opened with the words: “We have two important announcements to make!” He pause dramatically before revealing the news:...

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...

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...