WTF: AKB48 members become immortalized as Gundam figures
AKB48 Gundam figures… Seriously WTF Japan?!
Amuro Namie News & Make It Happen Featuring Kpop Group After School
There’s an avalanche of Amuro Namie news recently! I went through the trouble of finding ad-free videos, so enjoy watching them. First her site announced that she’s releasing a collaboration album featuring 12 collabs with a total of 23 artists on March 23rd titled Checkmate. Here’s the song list below: CD version (13 tracks) ・Wonder Woman / Amuro Namie feat. AI & Tsuchiya Anna (Tie-in: Coca Cola Zero TV commercial [...]
T.M. Revolution and Natsuna in Okusama wa 18 sai Drama Remake
Singer/actor Nishikawa Takanori (40) also known as T.M. Revolution and actress Natsuna (21) will be starring in a remake of the popular 1970s drama “Okusama wa 18 sai” (My wife is 18 years old). The drama is slated to air 3/27 on Fuji. The original drama was an overwhelming masterpiece which starred the late Ishidate Tetsuo and Okazaki Yuki. The story depicts a high school teacher who is secretly married [...]
Funky Monkey Babys Song Becomes Theme for Propose Kyodai Drama
Popular hip hop unit, Funky Monkey Babys’ hit single from 2008, “Kokuhaku” will become a drama theme song for the Fuji TV drama “Propose Kyodai: Umare Junbetsu Otoko ga Kekkon Suru Houhou.” The drama is slated to air from the 21st to the 24th of this month at 11PM. The romantic comedy drama is about three brothers and a cousin and centers around how the order in which they were [...]
JPOP Group SPEED’s Uehara Takako First Movie Lead
Actress Uehara Takako (28) of the Jpop group SPEED will be the lead in the movie “Koitanibashi La Vallee de l’amour.” The movie is set for a summer release and is directed by Godo Koichi. The movie takes place at a hot spring in Misasa, Tottori and is centered around a soon-to-be proprietress (Uehara) who restores her family’s Japanese-style inn that’s located in her hometown. Uehara did star in another [...]
[Update] Hamasaki Ayumi Married to Austrian Model After 5 Months of Dating
It was announced on the 31st that popular singer Hamasaki Ayumi (32) will marry Austrian-born Los Angeles native actor-model Manuel Schwarz (30). It was announced late at night on the 31st on Hamasaki’s member’s only website. She will enter the marriage into the family register in mid-January. The two met when Manuel co-starred in Ayumi’s music video for the single “Virgin Road” which was shot last year in August. They’re [...]
61st NHK Kouhaku Utagassen 2010 Confirmed Artist and Song Listing
The other day the official 61st Kouhaku Utagassen 2010 artist and song listings were confirmed. Various lists have already been translated already, so I’m posting it for news sake. I went through the trouble of finding the artist and respective songs on Youtube and linked them in the below tables so everyone can get a preview of the song. Most performances were live, but there’s some that are professional music [...]
Amuro Namie's Concert DVD Nabs 1st in Oricon Weekly Charts
Amuro Namie’s “Namie Amuro PAST<FUTURE Tour 2010″ (Avex Trax) nabbed the top spot in Oricon Music’s Weekly DVD ranking selling over 95,000 copies. The DVD is a compilation of 8 months worth of public performances starting from April in 26 cities all over Japan, totaling 80 concerts.
Kanjani 8 Sings Two Theme Songs for Crayon Shinchan Anime
Super popular idol group, Kanjani 8 announced during a world tour on the 19th at the Tokyo Dome that they’ll be singing two theme songs, one for the popular television anime “Crayon Shinchan” (TV Asahi, every Friday at 730PM) and another for the movie “Crayon Shinchan Arashi wo Yobu Ogon no Spy Taisakusen” (opening next year on 4/16 nationwide). A packed house of 55,000 spectators went wild after that. This [...]
Rockband Sambomaster of Densha Otoko Fame Sings Theme
Rockband Sambomaster will be singing the theme song for the Eguchi Yosuke drama, “School!!” which will air next year January on Fuji TV, every Sunday at 9PM. It’s been roughly 5 years since Sambomaster sang the theme song for the hugely successful drama series, “Densha Otoko.” “School!!” is a drama about a civilian principal (Eguchi) who takes over a school that’s in shambles. Sambomaster will be singing a “graduation song” [...]
