Topping a packed singles charts this week is the combined EXILE TRIBE (EXILE Generations vs. J Soul Brothers) with single “BURNING UP” selling over 263,000 copies. In the #2 spot is Linked Horizon (REVO) with the new project’s second single “...

Topping this week’s singles charts is popular AKB48 idol Mayu Watanabe (Mayuyu) and her 3rd solo single “Hikaru mono tachi / Sayonara no Hashi” selling over 91,000 copies. The single’s coupling track “Sayonara no Hashi” is featured as the...

Mayu Watanabe (AKB48) has added the cover jackets for her 3rd solo single “Hikaru mono tachi / Sayonara no Hashi”. Her new single’s coupling song “Sayonara no Hashi” is featured as the theme song for anime movie Nerawareta Gakuen in which Mayu...

Mayu Watanabe (AKB48) has updated release details for her 3rd solo single “Hikaru mono tachi / Sayonara no Hashi” - complete CD track list and photo bonuses revealed. The coupling song “Sayonara no Hashi” has tie-in as theme song for anime movie Nerawareta Gakuen...

AKB48 idol Mayu Watanabe has a double A-side single “Hikarumonotachi” announced for release. The coupling song “Sayonara no Hashi” has tie-in as theme song for anime movie Nerawareta Gakuen in which Mayu also voices one of the lead characters...

Topping the Oricon charts this week is KANJANI8 credited as Eight Ranger with single “ER” that is featured as theme song for movie “Eight Ranger” which stars all the members of Kanjani8. The single sold over 330,000 copies to easily...

Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 has revealed the jacket covers and full track list details for their new single “Shonen yo Uso wo Tsuke!”. The group is a sub-group of mega idol group AKB48 and this is their 10th overall which is set for release on...

Yamashita Tomohisa’s (Yamapi) new release “I, TEXAS” edges into the top spot on the singles charts with over 126,000 sold but very close in the second spot is AKB48 member Mayu Watanabe and her debut solo release “Synchro Tokimeki...

Yamashita Tomohisa's new release “I, TEXAS” appears to have the top spot on the singles charts with over 122,000 sold but it will be close with AKB48 member Mayu Watanabe and her debut solo release “Synchro Tokimeki” with over 115,000 sold...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” performers for the Friday March 2nd show has been released - Ikimonogakari, Tohoshinki, TOKIO, Fukuyama Masaharu, and Mayu Watanabe. More details on the performances follow,Ikimonogakari will make their second appearance in a row on...

AKB0048 anime has announced 3 voice actors who will play “Shuumei members” who comprise the main singing group in the anime. Yui Horie will play Yuki Rin (Kashiwagi Yuki), Kanda Akemi has the role of Mayu Yu (Mayu Watanabe), Tamura Yukari will play Yuko (Oshima Yuko). More information follows,The Shuumei members or legacy...

The AKB48 TV anime “AKB0048” has announced the casting of the 9 main characters. The “AKB0048” story revolves around 9 young idols aiming to be “legendary idols” and is set to air this Spring 2012. The 9 selected members have gone through the final casting...

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...

AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai’s Watanabe Mayu (17) took some time before her first photobook (“Mayuyu”) release commemoration event to answer questions from the press. Watanabe’s rear, already said to be her pride, will be featured in the photobook in a two-page spread along with an earnest expression. Looking at her own behind objectively, she noted,...

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...