This week’s guests were Hinatazaka46, A.B.C-Z, THE RAMPAGE, and lol.

Hintazaka46 – Tsuko to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight

A.B.C-Z – #IMA

THE RAMPAGE – Tsunage Kizuna

lol – Magic of A Laugh

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!

Earlier today, Travis Japan debuted worldwide with their digital singles “JUST DANCE!” The group how now released the song’s music video.

The video was shot in Venice Beach and is full of fun! From the boys’ dancing, to the crowd’s reaction, to the song itself, the video is on big burst of energy! Check it out below!

Ahead of their international debut, Travis Japan appeared on NHK World’s “Newsroom Tokyo” on October 27. The segment covered the group’s journey in the United States, including “America’s Got Talent.”

During the segment, there were also interviews with their longtime trainer Travis Payne, superfan Christy Lou, and me, music journalist Ronald Taylor.

It was also announced that along with the release of their debut single “JUST DANCE!”, there will be two remixes of the song, provided by tofubeats and Yaffle.

Travis Japan’s debut is a something new for Johnny & Associates, but they do have a number of digital events planned for their October 28 debut. Check out the schedule, along with their “Newsroom Tokyo” segment below!

We’re back with another episode of the Arama! Japan Podcast! This episode covers September 2022! This month we covered a variety of topics, including our trip to South Korea, the lack of energy in Japan’s current female acts, Travis Japan‘s semi-final appearance on “America’s Got Talent”, and the success of Snow Man‘s second album.

I am joined this episode by my co-host Hannah. Check it out below!

Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV’s year end music show “Best Hits Kayousai 2022” will air on November 10 at 7 PM JST. This year’s show will be held at Osaka Festival Hall, with an audience for the first time since 2019 (the show was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). It will be hosted by Miyane Seiji and Wentz Eiji.

Twenty three acts were announced as performers on “Best Hits Kayousai 2022.” The lineup included the likes of Naniwa Danshi, BE:FIRST, BiSH, JO1, Nogizaka46, Daichi Miura, NMB48, and Yuzu. See the full lineup below!

Starting December 7, Billboard Japan will no longer include CD lookup and Twitter in its metrics for its charts.

Regarding CD lookup, due to circumstances with the company that provides this data, it will be impossible to continue using this metric since there is no other company providing similar data.

Regarding Twitter, it began to be used by Billboard Japan as a means of measuring media exposure besides radio. However, there are now other metrics that do the same thing.

This week, Yonezu Kenshi topped the Hot 100 single chart with his new digital single “KICK BACK”, with 15,526 points in its first week.

Yumi Matsutoya topped the Hot Albums chart for the second consecutive week with her best album “Yuming Banzai! ~Yumi Matsutoya 50 Shunen Kinen Best Album~.”

Ado topped the Artist 100 chart for the third consecutive week.