This week’s performers were Mika Nakashima, Sayaka Sakamoto, and Choutokkyuu. This week’s talk guest was Koizumi Kotaro.

Mika Nakashima – Forget Me Not

Sayaka Sakamoto – Yuki Koi

Choutokkyuu – Beautiful Chaser

Back in October alternative singer/songwriter illion, more commonly known as the vocalist for rock band RADWIMPS, released his second solo album “P.Y.L“.  Now, as the promotional cycle for this particular record wraps up, he has uploaded the full version of the PV for its opening track “Miracle” to his Youtube channel.

This stunning animated music video is based on the images contained within the art book included with the album’s Limited Edition, which were drawn by South Korean artist Jaehoon Choi.  The PV itself was directed by Shunji Iwai, who is known for his previous works “Swallowtail Butterfly”, “All About Lily Chou-Chou”, and “Hana & Alice”.

You’ll find the rather unique music video for “Miracle” just beneath the cut.

Hey, Arama! Japan! It’s Friday, so it’s Open Post time! Feel free to chat with your fellow readers about whatever you like! Enjoy!

This week’s guests were Nogizaka46, [Alexandros], Sandaime J Soul Brothers, Suiyoubi no Campanella, KinKi Kids, and Piko-Taro.

Nogizaka46 – Sayonara no Imi

[Alexandros] – Feel like

Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Welcome to TOKYO

Suiyoubi no Campanella – Aladdin

KinKi Kids – Michi wa Tezukara Yume no Hana

Piko-Taro – PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) (Long Version)

From October 28 – 30, this year’s edition of Skate Canada took place in Mississauga, Ontario. This was the second event in the International Skating Union’s 2016 – 2017 Grand Prix Series. Yuzuru Hanyu took second place in the men’s portion of the event, while Satoko Miyahara placed third in the women’s portion.

Yuzuru Hanyu placed second with a total score of 263.06, 3.89 points behind the first place finisher, Canadian Patrick Chan. Yuzuru’s short program received a score of 79.65, putting him in fourth place, 0.92 points behind Canadian Kevin Reynolds. His opening quad was downgraded after dropping to one knee on his landing and he nearly touched the ice on his triple salchow. The only jump he nailed was a triple axel. “I’m really disappointed,” Yuzuru said afterwards. “I think I paid too much attention to various aspects of my skate. I became too cautious. But that’s the way it goes, I will turn things around.” Yuzuru’s free skate was the highest scored of the night with 183.41 points, 7.02 points ahead of Patrick. Yuzuru again failed to land his quadruple loop that he introduced this season, but nailed two of the other three quad jumps. “My body held on,” he said. “I put the mistake (with the quad loop) behind me quickly. Managing to achieve what I’ve been targeting is huge.” He later added, “I felt nervous and I didn’t have the focus for the quad loop so I could not land it. But I think I challenged the quad loop in both programs and I can get a very good experience for the (next) Grand Prix event. I feel regrets about the result and my performance, but I am a little satisfied with the second (quad) toe.”

On November 23, Daichi Miura will release his new single, “(RE)PLAY.” The song serves as the theme song for “Red Bull BC One World Final 2016”, the 1 on 1 world breakdancing tournament. This event will take place on December 3 at Nagoya’s Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. The old school hip hop vibe of breakdancing carries over into the visuals for the single and its music video. Daichi’s clothing on the single cover is reminiscent of hip hop clothing from the late 80s / early 90s. The song itself includes throwback sounds from that era, while keeping a contemporary flavor. The music video’s dancing acknowledges that time period as well. Check it out below, along with more information on the single!

This week, Hoshino Gen topped both Recochoku and iTunes for the third week in a row with “Koi.”

It also topped the Recochoku monthly chart for October.

This week, Hey! Say! JUMP topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Fantastic Time”, selling 266,406 copies in its first week.

Arashi topped the Oricon album chart with their new album “Are You Happy?”, selling 636,619 copies in its first week.