Kinki Kids top the singles chart with 36th single Bara to Taiyo (薔薇と太陽) selling over 193,000 copies. Fictional unit Aqours lands at #4 with Aozora Jumping Heart featured as opening theme for anime Love Live! Sunshine!!. Eir ...

NEWS tops the singles chart with Koi wo Shiranai Kimi e (恋を知らない君へ) selling over 153,000 copies. The single has tie-up as opening theme for TV-drama series Toki wo Kakeru Shojo (The Girl who Leapt Through Time). Nana Mizuki lands at #3 with 34th...

Sandaime J Soul Brothers top the singles chart with their live tour theme song “starting over” selling over 439,000 copies. Idol group Morning Musume'15 climbs to #2 with triple a-side single Seishun Kozo ga naiteiru / Yugure wa ameagari / ...

On top of the singles charts this week is Kinki Kids member Tsuyoshi Domoto with solo single “Mabataki” selling over 95,000 copies. The song is featured as the main theme song for TV series “Tenma-San ga Yuku” in which he also has a...

Topping the singles charts is HKT48 with their second single “Melon Juice” selling over 268,000 copies. It’s the AKB sister group based out of Fukuoka second #1 single. In the #2 spot is the Korean duo of Tohoshinki (TVXQ) with their 3rd single...

Topping this week’s singles charts is Girls Generation (SNSD) with their second single of the year “Oh!” selling over 66,000 copies. The single is a an updated version of their hit Korean song “Oh!” with Japanese lyrics. The coupling track “ALL MY LOVE ...

The Oricon weekly singles charts is topped by NMB48 and their 3rd single “Jungou U-19” with nearly 330,000 copies sold. All 3 of NMB48’s singles have charted #1 which is a first for female artists on the Oricon charts. On the album charts L’Arc~en~Ciel...

The month of January sees another AKB48 family group in the top spot, this time its SKE48 and their single “Kataomoi Finally” that sold over one-half million for the month. The next 3 spots find singles from BUMP OF CHICKEN, KinKi Kids...

The top spot on the Oricon weekly singles charts is Korean group CNBLUE with their first single of 2012 “Where are you” with over 60,000 sold. Just making it into the #2 spot as predicted in our chart preview is ClariS...

  CNBLUE hits 2012 with their first single release “Where are you” and will top the singles charts with about 60,000 sold. On the album charts and perhaps marking that her come back is complete ayaka with her first album after a 2-year haitus, “The ...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for the Friday February 3rd airing has just been released - Avril Lavigne (!!), ayaka (second week in a row) , Chatmonchy, YUKI, and A.B.C-Z - are all...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for the Friday January 27th airing has just been released - ayaka, SKE48, Kim Hyun Joong, and JUJU - are all set to perform. More details on the performances follow, Featured on...

Singer ayaka is back now after over a 2-year hiatus due to illness with her 4th album “The beginning”. The album marks the beginning of a new chapter for ayaka as she returns to the music scene. She has made numerous appearances to start this new chapter...

TV Asahi’s long running weekly music show “MUSIC STATION” will be off next week December 16th while they prepare for their mega year-end show “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2011.” The 4-hour event will be broadcast live from Chiba Makuhari Messe on December 23rd starting at 7:00PM.  More...

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has titled their new single - "Marching Band" - and its set to be released on November 30th. The single’s title track will be used in CM for "High School Courses - Shinkenzemi" campaign being carried out in support of “Project Oath Attack” to encourage high...