Takahashi Ai has opened up an official Ameba blog make fans happy to know her recent updated~~ So far her blog seems to have quite a bit of English such as in the title of her blog I am Ai as well as the title of her first post HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ...

On September 14th, one of the premier music programs in Japan, The Music Hour (formally known as ‘Utaban‘) ended its 14-year history.  The final episode was three hours long, and it showed the summary of its 14 year-run, including battles between one of the MC, Nakai Masahiro, and featured guests (particularly the famous battle with ...

At yesterday’s promotional event for the new Final Fantasy game it was announced Toma Ikuta (25) would be starring in the game’s commercial, reports Mainichi Shinbum Digital.With more than 970 million copies sold worldwide, the TV ad for the latest Final Fantasy series installment, Final Fantasy 14, depicts Ikuta in an armour costume as he...

Bandai Namco Games announced on Tuesday that it is publishing a video game based on popular idol group AKB48. Titled “AKB 1/48 Idol to Koi Shitara…,” this is the first official game to revolve around the group. The game is described as the “ultimate dating fantasy game,” featuring 48 members of AKB48. All of them...

Pop idol group SDN48, sister unit to AKB48, has finally announced their first major label single, due for release on November 24th. The group switched over to the major label of Universal Records last month, and this will be their major debut single. As of now there is no title, but the in house producer,...

Koda Kumi is releasing her first cover album on October 13, titled “ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~.” The album will include several famous songs with new arrangements, ranging from R&B to electro to acoustic. Koda, who is celebrating her 10th anniversary this December, came up with the idea for the album 3 years ago. In February...

Details of Kanjani8′s next album have been revealed. Titled “8UPPERS” (“Pacchi Uppers”), the album will be released on October 20 and will include a special 77-minute “music film” with the DVD editions. The main CD consists of 13 tracks, written and arranged by artists such as Ulful Keisuke (Ulfuls), DJ KOHNO (Ketsumeishi), and Ken Yokoyama....

There is a rumor brewing that Tanaka Reina  is dating singer, Maekawa Hiroki, who Reina co-stars with in music show “Uta no Rakuen“.  The reason why this rumor came up is because of Reina and Hiroki’s blogs.  According to Tantei File, sometimes they make very similar blog entries at almost the same time.? The most...

More than 100 calls a day from fans wanting a copy of Arashi textbooks have been overwhelming office staff at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, it was revealed yesterday, reports Daily Sports. “?????? (Nippon no Arashi)” is an A4 sized, 200 colour page textbook that has been distributed over all of Japan’s...

Yuna Ito will provide the theme song for the NTV drama “Ogon no Buta.” It will be her first TV show theme song in four years. The program will air on Wednesdays from 10 p.m. Previously, Ito provided the theme song, “Faith,” for 2006’s “On Fire” series. The new drama is a good versus evil...

Idol group 9nine is ready for a restart. The group will be changing labels to SME Records and pushing itself as a “performance girls unit.” 9nine’s lineup also changed at the end of last month. 9nine was originally formed in 2005 with nine members. A few members later left, reducing the unit’s size to five...

On Saturday, singer Ai Otsuka (28) held a live performance in Yokohama, her first concert since announcing her marriage to RIP SLYMErapper SU (36) in June. During the concert’s encore, right before her final song, she revealed to her fans that she is currently pregnant and is expected to give birth in spring of next...

Superpowered idol group AKB48 has finally launched their own official Youtube channel. The official channel has posted video clips from “Oo Goe Diamond” to “Pony Tail to Shushu.” This is great news for fans, as AKB48 videos were always being removed from Youtube, but now they will always have a place to go to watch...

CNBLUE, who made a debut in Japan last year, will be making a comeback in the Japan with the single “Don’t Know Why”. The single, to be released on the 16th, will have 2 songs – “Lie” has been determined as the title song. CNBLUE will also be having a live tour all over Japan,...

Comedian Masatoshi Hamada (47), better known as “Hama-chan” of the duo Downtown, is going to star in his first drama series 2001. He will play a public prosecutor in “Kenji Onijima Heihachiro,” set to start this October on TV Asahi. In the drama, Hamada plays the titular Heihachiro Onijima, a 44-year-old man who becomes a...