Kis-My-Ft2 tops the singles charts with 10th single Hikari no Signal selling over 202,000 copies. The boy idol group is 10 for 10 charting #1 and this single has tie-up as the theme song for anime movie Doraemon shin Nobita no dai Makyou. Idol group C-ute...

Climbing back on top of the singles charts is EXILE with single “EXILE PRIDE ~ Konna Sekai wo Aisuru Tame ~” selling another 112,000 copies. The single released back on April, 3rd 2013 and featured as the theme song for their ongoing 2013 major venue tour. The single’s been...

The Oricon weekly single charts are topped by EXILE and their new single “All Night Long” selling over 206,000 copies. The second spot is graduating AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda with her second solo single “Kimi wa Bokuda” selling over 136,000 copies....

AKB48 held their general “senbatsu” election at Nippon Budokan to select the leader and members for their 27th single. The winner is Oshima Yuko - its the 4th senbatsu election and her second time winning - she was voted on top in 2010 for single “...

How do AKB48 members keep up their energy? Nissin Cup Noodle ad campaign “REAL” has the answer. Just posted are five CM videos featuring AKB48 members - Atsuko Maeda, Shimazaki Haruka, Iwata Karen, Takahashi Minami, and Sashihara Rino....

The popular idol group AKB48 held a concert at the Seibu Dome in Saitama this past summer and will release the concert footage on DVD December 28.  The concert, “Yossha ~Ikuzo~! in Seibu Dome” (“All Right ~ Lets Go~!”) was held over 3 days back on July 22nd-24th 2011....

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...

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...

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...

AKB48 members Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Tomomi Itano, and Sayaka Akimoto are appearing in “VOGUE girl,” a supplement included with the November issue of women’s magazine VOGUE NIPPON. The issue, which goes on sale on September 28, features the four members each promoting different brands. Oshima is wearing Cartier, Maeda is wearing Tiffany, Itano is...

Atsuko Maeda, 19, of the pop band AKB48 was the special guest this week at the opening of Cafe Studio in Harajuku, a new cafe based on the successful “Twilight” books and movies. Holding a copy of one of the vampire novels, which center around the relationships between vampires and human women, Maeda said: “They...