STYLE FIVE consisting of the five lead voice actors for upcoming anime Free! - Eternal Summer provide the ending theme FUTURE FISH. The unit previously provided the anime’s first season ending theme songs SPLASH FREE and EVER BLUE. Single FUTURE FISH...

OLDCODEX announced their 9th single Dried Up Youthful Fame with tie-up as the opening theme for upcoming anime Free! - Eternal Summer. Band vocalist and voice actor Suzuki Tatsuhisa continues in the roll of key character Tashibana Makoto. Single Dried Up Youthful Fame comes...

SKE48 tops the singles chart with their 14th single Mirai Towa selling over 397,000 copies. It’s the AKB48 sister group’s 10th #1 single in a row but the lowest opening week sales since their 7th single in 2011. Tackey & Tsubasa land in the #2...

On top of the singles charts is KANJANI8 with their 24th single Hibiki selling a strong 209,000 copies. Single Hibiki has tie-up as then theme song for TBS TV drama series Dr. DMAT staring member Tadayoshi Okura. In the #5 spot is ex-AKB48 idol...

The singles charts for the past week are topped by NMB48 with their 8th single Kamonegikkusu (カモネギックス) selling over 374,000 copies. It’s the AKB sister group’s 7th #1 single. In the #2 spot is idol group E-Girls with their 6th single Gomennasai no Kissing ...

Topping the singles charts this past week is AKB48 unit Not yet with their 5th single “Hiri Hiri no Hana” selling over 107,000 copies. Unit Not yet features AKB48 key members Oshima Yuko,Sashihara Rino, Yokoyama Yui...

OLDCODEX has titled their 8th single “Walk” that will be featured as the ending theme for the upcoming second season of anime Kuroko’s Basketball. Member Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Vo) also continues voicing the roll of  Kazunari Takao in the anime. New single “Walk”...

The Iwatobi Swim Club must win to advance to nationals. As the tournament draws near, the members get nervous. Meanwhile, Rin grows increasingly irritated. As it comes time for the medley relay, each member must find their own answer as they step up to the start line

After hearing about what happened in the past, Rei goes to Samezuka Academy to ask Rin what he wants. The night before Iwatobi and Samezuka leave for regionals, Rin calls Rei to explain how he feels about the relay. And then, Samezuka announces its lineup for the relay.

Coach Sasabe begins training the Iwatobi Swim Club for the upcoming tournament. Meanwhile, Rei is unhappy about the fact that he's the only one who doesn't know about what happened with Rin in the past. After Rin expresses his frustration, Haruka decides to tell him about what happened when they were in grade school.

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...

Prefecturals are over and the Iwatobi Swim Club members are pleased by the progress they have made. A local summer festival gives them an opportunity to relax. When Nagisa finds out that Rin is also at the festival, he orders Rei to follow Rin and make sure that Haruka and Rin do not meet.

Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei swim in their individual events. Rin becomes irritated as he remembers watching them swim back in grade school. Afterwards, the four Iwatobi Swim Club members must prepare for the medley relay.

Topping the singles chart is another 1+ million selling single by idol group AKB48 with their 32nd single “Koisuru Fortune Cookie”. The ‘70s disco era inspired song with a dance everyone seems to be doing sold over 1,330,000 copies giving AKB48 another record with their 14th single selling over...