BUMP OF CHICKEN has updated the release details for their new single “firefly” which is featured as the theme for Fuji TV drama series “Iki mo Dekinai Natsu” (Breathless Summer") that stars Emi Takei. The full track list and cover...

The singles top spot easily went to Kis-My-Ft2 and their second single “We never give up!” with more than 245,000 sold. Even though Kis-My-Ft2 has been around since 2005 their major label debut was just this past August and their popularity can’t be questioned as the group...

  TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for their show for Friday December 9th has just been released - Emi Takei, AKB48, Kis-My-Ft2, SMAP, frumpool and BoA - are all set to perform. More details on the...

Actress and now singer Emi Takei (Rurouni Kenshin) will release her debut single, “Koi Suru Kimochi” on December 14th. An early peek at the song as been released via Universal Music Japan’s official YouTube channel. The video and release details follow,The song is written...

Shooting for the live-action “Rurouni Kenshin” wrapped up on November 21st and the studio has released a few photos from production sets in Kyoto taken back on August 27th.  Actor Takeru Sato as Himura Kenshin looks quite convincing - check out more photos that follow,Producers of the new “...

Three new cast-members for the 2012 live-action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin samurai manga were announced on Tuesday. Previously announced 22-year-old actor Takeru Sato (Kamen Rider Den-O, Rookies, Beck) pictured above is cast as main character, Kenshin. New cast-members: Teruyuki Kagawa (From Up on Poppy Hill,...

Takei Emi has been given her first starring role in a television drama series, with a show tentatively titled “Asukou March!” The drama is a live-action adaptation of Kaori Akiyama’s manga “Asukou March! ~Kenritsu Asuka Kougyou Koukou Koushinkyoku~,” which currently runs in Shueisha’s magazine YOU. Takei plays Nao Yoshino, a girl who fails the entrance...

Fashion magazine SEVENTEEN held a special summer event for its readers on Wednesday at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. During the event, SEVENTEEN unveiled the five young winners of its Miss Seventeen 2010 audition: Nanami Abe (14), Shiori Kitayama (15), Mami Nishino (13), Ayaka Miyoshi (14), and Aoi Morikawa (15)....