Earlier tonight, this year’s edition of the MTV Europe Music Awards took place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. One of the awards given out was the Best Japanese Artist Award. ONE OK ROCK took the award home, defeating Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Perfume, RADWIMPS, and Shiina Ringo. Congratulations to the band!
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Arama isn’t just one person, it takes a whole team to run a site! We’re currently looking to expand and find great people interested in joining our crew. The current positions available are writer and writer/translator.
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Rock band flumpool released this week their newest single “FREE YOUR MIND” and also recently shared the MV Short Ver. of its title track, though now they have uploaded the full version of said music video! In the clip, the band performs in a world created by the imagination of a little girl, who later makes an appearance on it and fights for making it a better place. Watch the full MV just after the jump!
This week’s guests were KinKi Kids and flumpool.
KinKi Kids – Michi wa Tezukara Yume no Hana
flumpool – FREE YOUR MIND
This week’s guests were Yumi Matsutoya and JUJU.
Yumi Matsutoya x JUJU – Rouge no Dengon / Machibuse / Sotsugyou Shashin
Yumi Matsutoya – Smile for me
JUJU – Love Is Over
Yumi Matsutoya – Anata ni Au Tabi
Every year, Nikkei Entertainment magazine releases a series of rankings which arrange celebrities in various fields according to familiarity and interest. Later in the year, the magazine also releases a ranking based on concert attendance in Japan, ranking acts based on the overall amount of people whom attended their performances over the course of the year. This ranking is based on seating capacity for venues, not necessarily tickets sold.
Nikkei Entertainment made the decision to include fanmeet events in the totals this year, breaking with tradition.
That being said, Big Bang topped the ranking this year with 1,859,000 attendees at 60 concerts. They were followed by Arashi with 939,000 attendees at 32 concerts. Third place went to Kanjani8 with 875,000 attendees at 35 concerts.
Check out the rest of the ranking below!
This week’s guests were AI, JUJU, SPYAIR, and flumpool.
AI – Happy Christmas
JUJU – Love Is Over
SPYAIR – RAGE OF DUST
flumpool – FREE YOUR MIND
Playing Manager of idol group Country Girls Momoko Tsugunaga has announced she will graduate from Hello! Project and Country Girls On June 30, 2017 and leave the entertainment industry.
“I love idols,” Momoko writes. “If I have to say it accurately, I love being an idol, I love spending everyday with all the fans, and I really enjoyed my activities until now from the bottom of my heart.“