After News had long break from “Sakura Girl”.They will releasing new album “LIVE” at 15th Sept 2010. and tracklist already been revealed!.read more for info ~=) Tracklist “Live” -CD 1. Koi no ABO 2. LIVE 3. Umareshi Kimi he 4. Supernatural 5. Aki no Sora 6. 2ri/130000000 no Kiseki 7. Dancin in the Secret 8....

Remember our post before about Oshima Yuko win election for AKB48. Recently she said that she has yet to feel confident she has fitted into the role as Atsuko Maeda’s successor. ‘‘Well, I haven’t got used to it yet,’’ Oshima said, after being asked how she feels about finding herself in the group’s center position...

KARA’s debut Japanese single “Mister” got a weekly rank of #5 and sold 29k. The last time an oversea female group achieved a top 10 rank with heir debut single was 29 years ago. For an asian girl group they are the first ones to achieve this. Meanwhile, Arashi’s album remained at the number 1...

Hello Kitty, the well-known character, will attend the popular talk show corner “Telephone Shocking” as guest in the TV program “Waratte iitomo” on August 17th. Four-girl band “SCANDAL” introduced her as a “special” friend, but Emcee Tamori was a lot bit confused, “What whould I talk with Kitty-chan?” Other two characters, Gachapin and Mukku, have...

Upcoming movie, “Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe)“, will be released in Feburary of 2011.  Ashita no Joe is a legendary boxing manga, and both Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS) and Iseya Yusuke will play a boxer. It will be a while before the movie is released, but the photos of Yamashita Tomohisa and Iseya Yusuke in boxing...

Kasai Tomomi,member of AKB48 will be casting voice for Digimon Xros as Bastemon.With the return of Digimon to TV screens after a second three year absence, it seems like Toei is trying to do whatever they can to grab attention for it. Though it’s more or less a slightly above average kiddy anime that no...

Yuriko Yoshitaka’s (22) next lead movie role will be in director Koji Maeda’s “Konzen Tokkyuu,” scheduled for release next spring. The film is a comedy about a young woman with multiple boyfriends, trying to find the right one to marry. Yoshitaka last starred on the big screen in Yukio Ninagawa’s “Snakes and Earrings” two years...

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...