Topping the singles chart is unit song from THE IDOLMASTER Cinderella Girls Starlight Master 03. The fictional units from the popular game and anime franchise have strong sales but this may be their first #1. Singer/songwriter miwa lands at #5 with double a-side single Princess /...

AKB48 unveiled jacket covers and preview music video for new single Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー). Their 43rd single celebrates the idol group's 10th anniversary returning key founding members for the song and music videos. Single Kimi wa Melody comes on 5-pairs of editions releasing March 9th 2016. Their new...

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...

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...

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...

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 “...

Rumors of a solo debut by AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko are now confirmed. Her first single is titled “Flower” and will be used in her movie “Moshi Koukou Yakyuu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no Management wo Yondara” (“Moshidora”), which opens in theaters on June 4, 2011. Maeda personally announced the news on Saturday during AKB48’s...

AKB48 will be releasing a calendar for 2011 titled “PRESENT ~Kamisama karano Okurimono” on December 14th. 14 out of the 48 members have been selected for the calendar: Oshima Yuko, Maeda Atsuko, Shinoda Mariko, Itano Tomomi, Watanabe Mayu, Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna, Kashiwagi Yuki, Miyazawa Sae, Matsui Jurina, Kasai Tomomi, Takajo Aki, Minegishi Minami, and...