Singles week chart preview for January 9th - 15th 2012 The newest single from Kinki Kids, “Kawatta Katachi no Ishi” will easily top the singles charts based on the Oricon daily numbers with more than 117,000 sold. The single is number 32 from the duo of Domoto Koichi...

Starting January 13th Crunchyroll premium members can now select a full HD 1080p stream on over 20 of their current anime simulcast line-up. These anime shows stream immediately following their Japan TV broadcast and now in Full High-Definition 1080p streams. More details and 48 hour all access pass give-away to Crunchyroll follow,The...

On the rise rock band Galileo Galilei has announced a national solo tour in support of their new album “PORTAL”. This second album from Galileo Galilei is set for release on January 25th and the tour will hit 6 cities across Japan beginning up in Sapporo on...

Mami Kawada’s new single “Serment” is currently featured as the 2nd opening theme to anime “Shakugan no Shana III - FINAL” and previously reported is set for release on February 1st, 2012. “Serment” is Mami Kawada 11th...

Shoko Nakagawa (Shokotan) and Kalafina hit the stage along with many other anime related singers and groups at the ANIMAX MUSIX 2011 festival held back on November 23rd 2011 at the Yokohama Area. The Kalafina fan Youtube site just...

AKB48 announced the track list and participating members chosen (senbatsu) for their new single “GIVE ME FIVE!” which is set for release on February 15th 2012. As this single comes out at the end of Winter it will have a “Sakura” (cherry blossom) theme song,...

Shokotan (Shoko Nakagawa) held a release event for her new single “Horoscope” January 14th at Kanagawa Lazona mall in front of 7,000 enthusiastic fans. She performed the new song and spent much time greeting as many fans as time allowed. Shokotan...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for the Friday January 20th airing has just been released - Ikimonogakari, Sexy Zone, Tokyo Jihen, BIGBANG, JUN SKY WALKER(S) - are all set to perform. More details on the performances follow, Tokyo Jihen (Shiina Ringo...

Ikimonogakari’s new single “Itsudatte Bokura wa” appears set for a strong release next week January 18th as most stores show the First Press edition as no longer available. “Itsudatte Bokura wa” is the 22nd single from the popular trio that debuted back in 1999. Release...

Group Tokyo Jihen formed around singer Shiina Ringo will be releasing their final set of new songs in album “color bars” which features a song made by each member for a total of 5 tracks. Tokyo Jihen announced on January 11th that they would be...

KAT-TUN, mobile content developer MTI, and gaming site entag! have teamed up to release “Ai wa KAT-TUN” (Love is KAT-TUN) anime shorts to your mobile phone. “Ai wa KAT-TUN” will featured anime versions of members Kamenashi Kazuya, Taguchi Junnosuke, Tanaka Koki, Ueda Tatsuya, ...

Popular Korean boy group SUPER JUNIOR will hold an exclusive 2 day concert event at Tokyo Dome on May 12th and 13th. The event “SUPER JUNIOR WORLD TOUR ‘SUPER SHOW 4’ in TOKYO” is sure to be a strong follow-up to their “SUPER ...

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will celebrate their best hits album, “BEST HIT AKG” release with a special program on NicoNico Live. The best hits album, previously reported on here, is set to drop on January 18th and the NicoNico Live program begins...

The charts for December 2011 are dominated by another 1+ million selling single by AKB48 with their “Uekara Mariko” selling a huge 1,273,748 and putting it nearly 1 million ahead of the second place single. The rest of the top 5 singles is dominated by boy groups with ...

Rock trio The Sketchbook’s third single “Message” and b-side song “HERO” which is featured as the new ending theme to ongoing anime SKET DANCE has been announced for release on February 1st. The Sketchbook’s formation and each of there 3 releases...

Idol group 9nine has released the CD cover jackets for the 4 different editions of their new single “Shoujo Traveler” previously reported here. The title track is featured as the current ending theme to ongoing anime Beelzebub (Sundays 7:30am JST) and is set for release on January...