In preparation for Exile Tribe‘s HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE, a new feature will be released every week starting from March 5th up until the national release date of July 16th. Special features will include various footage, music, fight scenes, and costume designs from the movie.
Watch the trailer and find out more about the movie after the jump!
This past Wednesday (March 2nd), singer Kana Nishino announced that she will be doing an arena tour across Japan later this year.
More info after the jump!
This week’s guests were GENERATIONS, Silent Siren, BTOB, and SCANDAL.
GENERATIONS – AGEHA
Silent Siren – Cherry Bomb
BTOB – Dear Bride
SCANDAL – LOVE ME DO
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Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari won best actor at the 39th Japan Academy Awards for his performance in “Haha to Kuraseba” (Living with My Mother). The film depicts a son, Koji (Ninomiya Kazunari) who suddenly appears in front of his mother Nobuko (Yoshinaga Sayuri) 3 years after his death from an atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki, Japan.
Check out the trailer, comments, and more below!
The awards ceremony for the 39th Japan Academy Prize was held last night, March 4. It confers the Grand Prize from among the “Awards of Excellence” of each category, winners of which were announced last January. Nishida Toshiyuki and Miyazawa Rie, winner of last year’s Best Actress, served as moderators for the event.
“Umimachi Diary” won 4 awards, the most for a movie this year. Check out the list of winners, nominees and gallery below.
Veteran band Do As Infinity is currently celebrating their 16th year as a band. To commemorate their anniversary they began a project entitled “2 of Us” where they rearranged and re-recorded all of their 28 singles. The release was split into the two albums “2 of Us [RED] -14 Re:SINGLES-” and “2 of Us [BLUE] -14 Re:SINGLES-” which both contain 14 songs each. The band has decided to combine backstage studio footage with concert footage in the new acoustic version of “Fukai Mori”. “Fukai Mori” served as the second Inuyasha theme song in 2001. The full version is only available for a limited time (until May 1st) while a short version has permanently been uploaded to Avex’s YouTube channel.
Be sure to catch the full version and bask in nostalgia before it’s gone!
Japan recently held their annual Mister Japan contest where Shonan native, Yamagishi Masaya (23), took the title. This marks the fourth year of the competition since its inception in 2013. Yamagishi has been swimming since the age of 2 and has ranked 3rd in youth surfing competitions. He currently works as a gym and swimming coach. He feels that with his win, his future is just starting from here on out. He idolizes actor Ken Watanabe and screenwriter Sho Aikawa. When asked about female actors, he noted that he liked woman with fuller faces and named Manami Higa as someone he would love to costar with in the future.
Check out the runner ups and netizen comments below!