SKE48, V6, BTS, Ayase, back number, ReoNA, and Official HIGE DANdism Top the Billboard Japan Charts for the Week of 8/30 – 9/5

This week, SKE48 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their new single “Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa”, with 8,649 points.

V6 topped the Hot Albums chart with their new album “STEP.”

BTS topped the Artist 100 chart for the second consecutive week.

Ayase topped the Hot 100 Lyricists chart for the third consecutive week.

Ayase also topped the Hot 100 Composers chart for the third consecutive week.

back number topped the Streaming Songs with their digital single “Suiheisen.”

ReoNA topped the Download Songs chart with her new digital single “Seimeisen.”

Official HIGE DANdism topped the Download Albums chart for the third consecutive week with their album “Editorial.”

ZARD’s 380+ song catalog added to streaming services worldwide

Legendary singer ZARD‘s music catalog has finally been added to streaming services! Her 380+ song catalog is now available for streaming on multiple streaming platforms globally. This includes 45 singles, 11 studio albums, along with various compilation releases.

Kanjani8 to provide theme for Toma Ikuta’s “Mogura no Uta Final”

It has been announced that Johnny’s group Kanjani8 will be releasing a new song titled “Lighting Blues”, and it has been selected as the upcoming theme song for the highly anticipated film “Mogura no Uta Final”

18-year-old guitarist Yamato Mori makes his debut with “Sunday”

18-year-old guitarist Yamato Mori has been making a lot of waves in the Japanese music scene, with many touting that he has great potential to be the next big thing. When Yamato was in the 6th grade of elementary school he started playing the guitar, this was largely due to the influence from one of his cousin.

SKE48, V6, ReoNa, Official HIGE DANdism, and BTS Top the Oricon Charts for the Week of 8/30 – 9/5

This week, SKE48 topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa”, with 188,429 points in its first week.

V6 topped the Combined Album chart with their new album “STEP”, with 131,878 points in its first week.

SKE48 also topped the Single chart with “Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa”, selling 187,267 copies in its first week.

V6 also topped the Album chart with “STEP”, selling 131,878 copies in its first week.

ReoNA topped the Digital Single chart with her new digital single “Seimeisen”, selling 23,030 copies its first week.

Official HIGE DANdism topped the Digital Album chart for the third consecutive week with their album “Editorial”, selling 3,432 copies in its third week.

BTS topped the Streaming chart for the seventh non-consecutive week with their digital single “Permission to Dance”, with 8,010,652 streams in its ninth week.

Kis-My-Ft2, Creepy Nuts, Hirai Dai, and More Perform on “CDTV Live! Live!” for September 13

This week’s guests were Creepy Nuts, Hirai Dai, Naoto Inti Raymi, Ryokuoushoku Shakai, Ozaki Hiroya, BREAKERZ, Harumi, and Kis-My-Ft2.

Creepy Nuts – Nobishiro

Hirai Dai – MIRROR MIRROR

Naoto Inti Raymi – Ima wo Kimi wo Wasurenai

Ryokuoushoku Shakai – LITMUS

Ozaki Hiroya – Lighter

BREAKERZ – WITH YOU

Harumi – Koe

Kis-My-Ft2 – SO BLUE

BLUE ENCOUNT, THE BAWDIES, and MOSHIMO Perform on “Love music” for September 12

This week’s guests were THE BAWDIES, MOSHIMO, and BLUE ENCOUNT.

THE BAWDIES – T.Y.I.A.

MOSHIMO – Bakashiai no Uta

BLUE ENCOUNT – Bakemono

MAN WITH A MISSION, BE:FIRST, and More Perform on “Shibuya Note” for September 11

This week’s guests were BE:FIRST, FranChouChou, MAN WITH A MISSION, and Sato Moka.

BE:FIRST – Shining One

FranChouChou – Adabana Necromancy

MAN WITH A MISSION – Merry-Go-Round

Sato Moka – melt bitter