The tracklist for Morning Musume’s 11th album titled Fantasy! Juuichi has been released.The release date is set for 12/1. Tracklist : 1.Seishun Collection 2.Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game 3.Bravo! 4.Sungoi My Birthday 5.Otome Gokoro to Nanto Yara 6.Ichi Kara Juu Made Aishite Hoshii 7.Denwa de ne 8.Fantasy ga Hajimaru I’m Lucky girl 9.Itoshiku Kurushii...

Actress Kie Kitano (19) is starring in and singing the theme song for a mobile phone drama called “Niji no Mukou e” (subtitled “Seven colors of youth”). The series will begin on November 1 on BeeTV, though a “drama version” of the music video for Kitano’s song “Todokanai” already began distribution on Wednesday. In “Niji...

FedEx Japan, is running a very interesting sales campaign between the 18th of October and the end of December to promote shipping via FedEx between Japan and Europe. Check it out here (Japanese). Customers who ship a package to Europe from Japan can sign up to enter sweepstakes which is giving away the following prizes:...

On Wednesday, AKB48′s new single “Beginner” hit store shelves, shattering previous records with a total of more than 568,000 copies sold in the first day. The next day, the song’s music video was released on Recochoku, and it had similarly impressive sales. According to Recochoku, its first-day downloads were roughly triple the amount of their...

Music producer Tsunku has announced on his official site that his wife is now five months pregnant. Tsunku married an ex-model in 2006, and the pair had twins (boy and girl) in 2008, so the baby will be the third child for the couple. Tsunku wrote, “We don’t know if it will be a boy...

This week’s FRIDAY reports that actress Rena Tanaka (30) and actor Yuki Sato (26) have been dating for some time now. The magazine published photos of the couple taken earlier this month, showing them riding together on Sato’s motorcycle and holding hands as they left Sato’s apartment. It is also said that Tanaka was seen...

The woman underwear brand “Amo’s Style” introduced their new Christmas camisole at a PR-Event today and their image character, actress Sasaki Nozomi (22) attended the event as well. Sasaki was wearing her personally designed red camisole, along with a black fur vest and black thigh-high boots. She described the combination as “mature and cute.” About...

Popular female duo PUFFY will be appearing in the commercial for the Disney / PIXAR movie “Toy Story 3″, which will be released on Blu-ray Disc. “This winter you can watch ‘Toy Story 3′ at home with everyone!!” This is the concept of the CM and the two girls from PUFFY are appearing with a...

The PV preview for Perfume’s upcoming single “Nee“, which will be released on November 10th.Preview inside~ Posted by Comtrya Sugoi!...

Yui Aragaki (22) has announced that she will hold a special 2-day overnight fan club event called “Aragaki Yui to Mahiru no Hoshi wo Miyou” (“Let’s Stargaze at Daytime with Yui Aragaki”). The unique tour-like event will take place on November 27-28 at Lake Shirakaba in the Nagano prefecture. As the name suggests, the event...

Shoujo Jidai previously made history by ranking 2nd on Oricon’s weekly chart. Apparently, the girls have made history once again by finally reaching 1st on the Oricon Daily, today with their “hit” single “Gee“. They will be the first non-Japanese Asian girl group to reach number 1 on the daily chart. As of now, Shoujo...

Another relationship rumor involving actress Kyoko Fukada (27) has surfaced, this time in the latest issue of Josei Jishin. The magazine reports that her new boyfriend may be actor Maasa Igarashi (25). According to the magazine, Igarashi has been seen entering and leaving Fukada’s apartment building multiple times. The two have also been separately seen...

Sports Hochi reports that AKB48′s 18th single, “Beginner,” will have an initial shipment of 1.03 million copies for its release on October 27. Although not likely, this gives it the opportunity to sell one million copies in its first week, which has not happened since Hikaru Utada’s 1999 hit “Addicted To You.” This is a...

The PV for Berryz Koubou’s 24th single titled Shining Power has been released.Preview inside The release date is set for 11/10....

Japanese idol group SDN48 will have their major debut next month on the 24th with their song “GAGAGA”. The song will be released simultaneously in Japan as well as Korea. Their producer Akimoto Yasushi announced it on the 23rd at a hotel in Seoul where the “Asia Music Industry Leaders Forum” was being held. SDN48...

The first location shoot for NHK’s 2011 asadora ‘Ohisama’ began on the 24th in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture. Adapted from a novel, the asadora stars actress Inoue Mao (23). The setting for the drama will take place in both Azumino and Matsumoto. The story follows the lead character played by Inoue, who lives her life happily...