Your name. (Japanese: Kimi no Na wa), the upcoming work of renowned anime film director Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters per Second, The Garden of Words) released its second batch of trailers; a short one was released on its official website Thursday, after Yahoo!Movies streamed a longer one the previous day. Playing on the background of both trailers is “Zen Zen Zense” by alternative rock outfit RADWIMPS.

Last month, Aira Mitsuki announced two new singles, “Days” and “Detective A.” The singer has just put out a preview of her track “Detective A,” slated for digital release on April 13th. The song is the danceable, poppy counterpart to the more laidback “Days.” Check it out after the jump!

On April 20, [Alexandros] will release their new single, “NEW WALL / I want u to love me.” “NEW WALL” serves as the theme song for the new mobile game “Tales of the Rays”, while “I want u to love me” serves as the theme song for the MBS late night drama “Onna Kudokimeshi Season 2.”

The single will come in 3 editions: CD+DVD Limited Edition, CD only Regular Edition, and CD only Game Limited Edition. The last edition comes with an animated cover and booklet.

[Alexandros] recently released the music video for “NEW WALL.” In it, the band faces a stone wall while singing about overcoming obstacles in one’s life. Check it out after the jump, along with more information on the single.

On April 27, Nishino Kana will release her new single, “Anata no Suki na Tokoro.” She recently released the music video for the song. In the clip, Kana plays with a deck of playing cards with different phrases written on them. These phrases explain to her boyfriend why she is in love with him. Check it out after the jump, along with more information on the single!

From March 28 – April 3, this year’s World Figure Skating Championships took place in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Yuzuru Hanyu took second place. He was Japan’s only medalist this year. This is the first time since 2005 that a Japanese female skater hasn’t medaled at Worlds.

Yuzuru came in second place, with a total score of 295.17, 19.76 points behind Spain’s Javier Fernandez. Yuzuru won the men’s short program with a score of 110.56, 12.04 points ahead of second place finisher Fernandez. “My standard has been rising — I do feel the pressure,” he said. “But it doesn’t really affect my performance. I want to really enjoy my skating, and I think I was able to show that today.”

Two days later, Yuzuru’s messy free skate was given a score of 184.61, the second best of the night. A hand touched down on his opening quad salchow, and the mistakes kept coming. Yuzuru fell on his second quad salchow, costing him the points of a combination. He stepped out of his landing on his second triple axel, resulting in just a double salchow instead of a triple in the combination. Then a hand touched down again on his final jump, a triple lutz. “It’s regrettable. I was nervous,” he later said. “I wanted to jump all my jumps, but in the end it turned out to be a mistake. There are a lot of things I need to reconsider.”

During the Tokyo stop in the Sakura Cloud9 tour, it was announced that Umika Kawashima of the idol group 9nine, will be graduating from the group in July. The reason being her wanting to pursue acting. It’s been on her mind for the past two years and now after making her decision, she is ready to for the next phase in her career.

Read more on what she has to say after the jump!

16-year old Mei Nagano has been chosen as the main actress for this season’s Calpis Water commercials. She is the 13th “Calpis Girl” to date, following the steps of such celebrities as Yuki Uchida, Masami Nagasawa or Yuina Kuroshima last year. If you’re not familiar yet with this new star, read more after the jump!

Last Friday, Kodansha announced the nominations for the 40th iteration of their annual Kodansha Manga Award. 14 titles was honored in three categories this year: Best Shonen (young males) Manga, Best Shojo (young female) Manga, and Best General Manga—there used to be a Best Children Manga category introduced in 2003, but it has been integrated to the current three since last year.  As per usual, the winner for each category will be announced on May 12. Before that, read on to see the list of nominees!