NMB48 tops the singles chart with 14th single Amagami Hime (甘噛み姫) selling over 230,000 copies. ANGERME (former S/mileage) lands at #2 with Tsugitsugi Zokuzoku / Itoshima Distance / Koinara Tokkuni Hajimatteru their 21st single overall. 2PM tops the...

Boy idols of Johnny’s WEST top the charts with single Zundoko Paradise selling over 97,000 copies. Landing in #2 is ANGERME with their first single A Later Bloomer (Taiki Bansei)/A Girl’s Counterattack (Otome no Gyakushu). ANGERME is the re-formed S/Mileage...

EXILE TRIBE tops the singles charts with THE REVOLUTION selling over 321,000 copies. Its the 3rd single from the combined EXILE x J Soul Brothers x EXILE GENERATIONS. In #2 is performance band Golden Bomber with Rola no Kizudarake...

Arashi (嵐) tops the singles chart with their 43rd single GUTS! selling over 501,000 copies. The single has tie-up as the theme song for NTV drama Yowakute mo Katemasu ~ Seiji Sensei to Heppoko Koko Kyuji no Yabo ~ starring member Ninomiya Kazunari. ...

Topping the singles charts is SMAP with their 51st single Shareotsu / Hello selling over 207,000 copies. The double a-side single includes main theme song for TV series Dokushin Kizoku that stars member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi. The second title song Hello is the official song of Hello ...

The single charts are topped this week by idol group Nogizaka46 and their 6th single “Girls Rule” selling over 337,000 copies. The group’s success continues with their 5th #1 single and best opening week sales by nearly 100,000 over their 5th single. EXILE jumps into the 2nd...

Topping the singles charts this week is the debut single from HKT48 - “Suki! Suki! Skip!” - selling over 250,000 copies. The Fukuoka based sister group of AKB48 formed in 2011 and follows other sister groups SKE48 and NMB48 which previously have released...

Jin Akanishi tops the singles charts with his latest single “Seasons” just edging out AKB48 subgroup No Sleeves (no3b) and sister group SDN48 who were 2nd and 3rd respectively. On the album charts the combo album of EXILE...

S/mileage’s Maeda Yuuka (16) has announced she will retire from the entertainment industry to focus on school and prepare for college entrance exams. Maeda is a founding member of S/mileage and joined when she was 14 back in April 2009. She commented on her announcement, “Since becoming a high school student, I have been unable...

S/mileage 5th single titled Koi ni Booing Buu! had been announced by a tweet from their staff. It’s really surprising to see that S/mileage will be releasing a new single so soon since they just release Short Cut on 2/9, but it’s still amazing news to hear since we can start wondering about the theme...

On December 3rd, the Asahi network will air a special program that brings together girl idol groups, and it will be called, “Bishoujo Idol Daishuugou! ~kawaiisa amatte OTOME 100bai~.” The show is hosted by ex-Morning Musume member Yaguchi Mari, and will feature S/mileage, Juliet, Tokyo Girls Style, and SUPER?GiRLS as guests. All together, the show...