ChouCho revealed jacket cover and benefits for new single BLESS YoUr NAME. Her 11th single has tie-up as opening theme for anime High School DxD BorN. Coupling track Hello, Hello, Hello is written by ChouCho and featured as theme for new game from the ...

Dominating the singles charts this week is group EXILE with single “EXILE PRIDE ~Konna Sekai wo Aisurutame~” selling over 565,000 copies. In the second spot is solo debut from AKB48 “General Director” Minami Takahashi with single “Jane Doe” selling 85,000 copies....

Minami Takahashi is getting ready to release her solo debut single “Jane Doe” with the title song featured as opening theme for Fuji TV drama series “Saki”. Minami Takahashi is a founding member of the idol group AKB48 and...

no3b (No Sleeves) updated the release details for their new single titled “Kirigirisu-jin” (キリギリス人) - cover jackets and full track lists are revealed. The single comes on 4 editions and its scheduled to hit stores January 16th 2013. Read on for the update release details.Single...

no3b (No Sleeves) has announced a new single, their 9th single overall and first in over a year. The single isn’t yet title but will come on four editions with three Limited that include lottery application card for special event. The AKB48 sub-unit released their...

How do AKB48 members keep up their energy? Nissin Cup Noodle ad campaign “REAL” has the answer. Just posted are five CM videos featuring AKB48 members - Atsuko Maeda, Shimazaki Haruka, Iwata Karen, Takahashi Minami, and Sashihara Rino....

AKB0048 has announced a second round of main cast members of the “Shuumei” group - Noto Mamiko has the role of Koji Haru (Kojima Haruna) , Ueda Kana has the role of Tomo-chin (Tomomi Itano) and Shiraishi Ryoko will play Taka Mina (Minami Takahashi). Details follow,The Shuumei...

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 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...