Shota Matsuda is featured in the new issue of L’Uomo Vogue, the male counterpart to the Italian edition of Vogue. The magazine gave an introduction of the actor to its readers, saying “Among the most promising Japanese movie actors at the international level, Shota Matsuda has acting running in the family: his mother Miyuki is a talented actress and his father, Yusaku Matsuda, was one of the first Japanese actors to step into Hollywood, becoming famous for his role as a cold-blooded Yakuza member in 1989’s “Black Rain”, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia. He has two older siblings, who, just like him, inherited their parents’ talent: Ryuhei, actor, and Yuki, main vocalist of electropop group Young Juvenile Youth.”
On March 30, Sandaime J Soul Brothers will release their new album, “THE JSB LEGACY.” The album will include the singles “starting over”, “STORM RIDERS”, “Summer Madness”, and “Unfair World.” It will also include the B-side “J.S.B. DREAM”, the sub-unit digital single “Share The Love”, as well as “Born in the EXILE”, the theme song of their new documentary, “Born in the EXILE ~Sandaime J Soul Brothers no Kiseki~.”
The album will come in 5 editions: CD+2DVD, CD+2Blu-ray, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, and CD only. The video disc that comes the first 4 editions will contain various music videos that Sandaime J Soul Brothers has release this era, plus some new ones. The second video disc that comes with the first 2 editions will include footage from the group’s a-nation performance from last year in Osaka.
The copies of the album bought through the fan club store include life size posters of Sandaime J Soul Brothers. Copies bought at CD shops will come with calendar posters.
Check out the cover and provisional tracklist after the jump!
Takashi Murakami, Japan’s most famous contemporary artist and one of the most prolific living artists of today, recently opened a show of his collection of art and objects at the Yokohama Museum of Art. It is a collection of things that he has purchased during his career as an artist, a career that has seen him exhibit worldwide and work with everyone from AKB48 to Louis Vuitton.
The Japan Times recently sat down with Murakami ahead of the exhibition’s opening. During this interview, Murakami revealed his feelings on Cool Japan, joining a number of Japanese pop culture figures who are against the project.
On March 9, EXILE ATSUSHI and AI will release their new collaboration single, “No more.” The song serves as the theme song for the Fuji TV drama “Naomi to Kanako.” The duo has now released the short music video for the song. The video appears to had been shot in the same location as the covers and promo picture for the single. Check it out after the jump!
NEWS will be releasing their new album QUARTETTO on March 9. The album will accompany their previously announced NEWS LIVE TOUR 2016 QUARTETTO. The album emphasizes the music and harmony of four people. Its underlying theme” is “four people playing an instrument.”
NEWS plays body percussion and tap dance for the music video of the “Theme of Quartetto”, and the sound of the four members playing together becomes one song. The PV also features the hobbies and interest of the individual members of NEWS, such as soccer for Tegoshi Yuya, fashion for Masuda Takahisa, writing for Shigeaki Kato, and gym for Koyama Keiichiro.
The regular edition includes the members’ four solo songs. Check out the released album details, PV preview and QUARTETTO radio rip below.
Check out the latest ratings for the winter dramas below!
This week, KAT-TUN topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “TRAGEDY”, selling 129,008 copies in its first week.
BUMP OF CHICKEN topped the Oricon album chart with their new album “Butterflies”, selling 197,160 copies in its first week.
This week on Recochoku, Teshima Aoi topped the chart with the drama version of her new single “Ashita e no Tegami.”
On iTunes, Kiritani Kenta as Urashima Taro topped the chart with “Umi no Koe.”