Topping the singles charts this week is KAT-TUN with their 20th single “EXPOSE” selling over 154,000 copies. It’s the popular boy group’s 20th #1 single keeping their record perfect! In the second spot is AKB48 idol Yuki Kashiwagi with her solo debut single “...

On top of the single charts this week is SKE48 with their 11th single “Choco no dorei” selling big with over 539,000 units sold. It’s the AKB48 sister group’s best selling opening week single and 7th #1 in a row. Based out of Nagoya they continue to...

Topping this week’s singles charts is Girls Generation (SNSD) with their second single of the year “Oh!” selling over 66,000 copies. The single is a an updated version of their hit Korean song “Oh!” with Japanese lyrics. The coupling track “ALL MY LOVE ...

This week’s singles charts are topped by SKE48 with their single “Kiss Datte Hidarikiki” selling a very strong 511,000 copies. It’s the AKB48 sister group’s 6th #1 single in a row and their highest selling opening week selling single. The ‘48’s are just getting stronger...will Japan ever...

Topping the singles charts this past week is SKE48 and their 9th single “Aishite Love Ru!” selling over 472,000 copies. It’s the AKB48 sister group’s 5th #1 single and second highest selling opening week, only surpassed by their first single of 2012 “Kataomoi Finally...

The month of January sees another AKB48 family group in the top spot, this time its SKE48 and their single “Kataomoi Finally” that sold over one-half million for the month. The next 3 spots find singles from BUMP OF CHICKEN, KinKi Kids...

The top spot on the Oricon weekly singles charts is Korean group CNBLUE with their first single of 2012 “Where are you” with over 60,000 sold. Just making it into the #2 spot as predicted in our chart preview is ClariS...

  CNBLUE hits 2012 with their first single release “Where are you” and will top the singles charts with about 60,000 sold. On the album charts and perhaps marking that her come back is complete ayaka with her first album after a 2-year haitus, “The ...

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...

The top spot on the Oricon weekly singles charts is SKE48 and their 8th single “Kataomoi Finally” that nearly topped the one-half million sold mark for the week at 495,809. The second spot finds Korean singer Kim Hyun Joong and his well received...

SKE48 and their new single “Kataomoi Finally” will top the singles charts by a wide victory based on the Oricon daily numbers with more than 482,000 sold. The single is SKE48’s 8th and should eventually top the 1/2 million sold mark if it hasn’t already. On the album charts...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for the Friday January 27th airing has just been released - ayaka, SKE48, Kim Hyun Joong, and JUJU - are all set to perform. More details on the performances follow, Featured on...

SKE48 new single “Kataomoi Finally” will be their 8th overall and is set for a big release on January 25th. The single will come in three limited editions all with CD+DVD and each edition features different CD accompanying and DVD video tracks. Release details follow,SKE48 -...

The 9 girls to voice the roles in the upcoming anime AKB0048 as been announced. This is the culmination of a month long selection process that gave all 200 members from AKB48 and sister groups SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48...

After a week delay AKB48 has announced the names of the 30 members who passed the first round of judging to be one of the 9 voice actors (seiyuu) for their Spring 2012 anime “AKB0048.” It was previously stated the results would be released December 2nd but it wasn’t...

A strong month for powerhouses Arashi (#1 single, #7 album), AKB48 (#7 single) and its sister group SKE48 (#2 single) and subgroups Not Yet (#4 single), French Kiss (#5 single), and Johnny’s Entertainment groups Sexy Zone (#3 single) and Kanjani8 (#2...