SDN48 will release their next single on December 28th. This will be the AKB48 sister group’s 4th single and one of their last perhaps as it was previously announced the group will graduate all members in March 2012.  The new single will come in two editions, type A and B covers, both with...

AKB48 took their turn blasting the charts with their single “Kaze wa Fuiteiru” selling over 1.3 million copies. Landing in second for the week was MBLAQ and their single “Baby U!” This single is also featured as the opening theme for anime Beelzebub....

TV Asahi's long running music show "Music Station" has announced the performers for their upcoming Friday the 28nd of October show: Perfume, AKB48, KinKi Kids, JAY’ED X JUJU, and Sonar Pocket. Long time duo of Domoto Tsuyoshi...

Dominant idol group, AKB48 released their newest single today, “Kaze wa Fuiteiru” and its already a 1+ million seller. Oricon is reporting 1,045,937 in first day sales for the group’s 23rd single. The new single includes fifteen members from AKB48, two from SKE48, and one from NMB48. For the...

Television special School Live Show for Teens "Keion" will air this Friday the 28th (6:55-7:25pm) on the E-Tele, educational channel of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Inspired by the K-ON! anime, the reality show will profile seven real-life high school bands in Osaka and put them in a judged battle of...

One of our favorites, singer song-writer YUI topped the singles charts with her newest release "Green a. live" with nearly 56,000 copies sold. She edged out idol group SUPER☆GIRLS who sold close to 49,000 copies of their 3rd single "Joshiryoku←Paradise".  On the album charts fictional band A.N.JELL from the...

A close battle with the singles but EXILE and their release Rising Sun/Itsuka Kitto… edged out Fukuyama Masaharu’s Kazoku ni Naoru yo/fighting pose. Rounding out the top 10 is Pistol from Acid Black Cherry. Singles for September 2011 1. “Rising Sun/Itsuka...

Juggernaut of idol groups, AKB48 has unveiled the jacket covers to their 23rd single, “Kaze wa Fuiteiru”. *Above is the DVD cover. The costume design and color palate are a bit of a departure for AKB48 – muted green and a medieval nymph or fairy look with...

The weekly music show Music Station* has released guests and set list for the September 16th airing. Wow! This episode is packed with the top jpop performers who in the recent Oricon charts released #1 singles, #1 albums, and set all time sales records. A who’s who of the current and all-time jpop...

Fukuyama Masaharu’s 27th single “Kazoku ni Narou yo / fighting pose” ousted AKB48’s “Flying Get” from its record-breaking #1 spot on the charts during the previous week. On the album charts Hamasaki Ayumi reached #1 for the 18th time with her mini-album “FIVE.” Fukuyama’s single sold more than 155,000 copies which not only gave Fukuyama...

AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai’s Watanabe Mayu (17) took some time before her first photobook (“Mayuyu”) release commemoration event to answer questions from the press. Watanabe’s rear, already said to be her pride, will be featured in the photobook in a two-page spread along with an earnest expression. Looking at her own behind objectively, she noted,...

As announced in AKB Theater, it’s confirmed that AKB48 will start regular “Theater Style” live concerts in Singapore. This is the first time ever for AKB48 expanding to regular events outside of Japan. Planned to be held twice a month, the first concert is scheduled to take place on Sunday May 15th, 2011. For the...

Members of idol group AKB48 are going to star in a short television miniseries titled “Sakura Kara no Tegami ~AKB48 Sorezore no Sotsugyou Monogatari~.” The show will consist of 17 episodes aired on 9 consecutive nights, from February 26 to March 6. AKB48 will be playing themselves as 3rd-year high school students getting ready to...

This year’s top-selling book, “Moshi Koukou Yakyuu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no ‘Management’ wo Yondara,” is being adapted as a live-action film, starring AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda (19). Although Maeda has starred in recent dramas such as “Q10″ and “Majisuka Gakuen,” this will be her first lead role in a movie. Her last appearance...

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AKB48 and SKE48 recently came together to form a mixed team for the “KYORAKU presents AKB48 SKE48 LIVE! in ASIA” event at the Sands Theater in Macau on November 16th. The mixed team consisted of 12 members of AKB48 and 12 members of SKE48, and this was the first performance overseas as a mixed team....