On April 13, HKT48 released their latest single, “74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e.” One of the single’s B-sides, “Einstein Yori Dianna Agron”, has ignited a controversy due to its sexist lyrics. The song says that it is fine for girls to be “empty-headed” and that being intelligent is “meaningless” if one is “not loved.”

In a blog post, Ohinata Masami, a psychologist who is president of the women-only Keisen University in Tokyo lashed out at the song. “I felt as if the clock had been turned back to 50 or 100 years ago.” The post came about after a student showed her the song’s lyrics.

This week’s guests were T.M.Revolution and Tomomi Kahara.

T.M.Revolution – Committed Red

Tomomi Kahara – Kimi ga Sobe de

This week’s show featured talk segments: Rekishi x Anthony, T.M.Revolution, and XOX.

By now, everyone knows about the drama that is the affair between Gesu no Kiwami Otome. / indigo la End’s Kawatani Enon and Becky. A new chapter has been added to the story with Enon announcing on his blog that he has divorced his wife of nearly a year. In the statement, he says that he hopes to grow as a person and a musician after the split.

Namie Amuro’s official youtube channel has uploaded the short version video of her latest single “Mint”. In the simple but stylish video Namie is accompanied by an impressive “clone” army of female dancers. Let’s hope she brings these girls on tour or for any live performances!

“Mint” is Namie’s 42nd single and will be released on May 18th, it will serve as the theme for the Kansai Fuji TV drama Boku no Yabai Tsuma starring Ito Hideaki and Kimura Yoshino. Check out the video below.

The results of the latest Nikkei Entertainment’s “Talent Power Ranking” and its several categories were already posted. The large scatter plots were reduced to Johnnys talents and their groups in the charts below, including the Top 15 Soaring Johnnys list.

For those curious, check out the charts below.

This week’s guest was Takamizawa Toshihiko.

Takamizawa Toshihiko x Kanjani8 – Mary Ann

Singer Takahashi Yu has just announced that he will release a new single titled, “Umareta Wake” (The reason I was born) on June 22nd. This will be Takahashi’s first wedding themed song and it was decided that the single should be released in June for June brides. Regarding the single’s lead track, Takahashi had many questions like; “why do people meet?” “what is happiness?” and “why is new life born?” in mind that he wanted to convey through his writing.

Check out the covers and more info below!