Seiko Oomori Bullies and Beats Fellow ZOC Member Kannagi Maro in Shocking Audio Clip

A shocking audio clip has surfaced online! In the clip, one woman can be heard yelling at another, who replies to her in a frightened manner, in between cries. The angry woman then starts to physically attack the other. It appears that the two women in the audio clip are ZOC members Seiko Oomori and Kannagi Maro, respectively.

Seiko formed the idol group ZOC in 2018. She is both the group’s producer and a member. Maro, who joined ZOC in 2020, formerly went by her birth name, Fukuda Kanon, when she was part of Hello! Project, serving as a member of ANGERME most recently.

This whole incident seems to have arisen due to Seiko’s lack of self-esteem. Seiko recently sent a message to her fellow ZOC members, saying that she wanted to kill herself because people only focus on looks of the group’s members and compares them to each other.

After that, Maro tweeted a selfie telling her followers that she likes it when they tell her she looks cute, but she didn’t think this was related to Seiko’s issue. Seiko, however, thought otherwise.

Seiko and Maro later meet. Seiko confronts Maro about her tweet, saying that she made that tweet to embarass Seiko. Once again, Maro said that she didn’t think the two things were related. This sets Seiko off, resulting in her beating Maro.

It appears that Maro recorded the audio of her meeting with Seiko on her phone, in an effort to document it. Listen to the disturbing incident below (but don’t if audio of abuse bothers you!)!

Perfume Release Dance Practice Video for “Polygon Wave”

On September 22, Perfume will release “Polygon Wave EP.” As suggested, the EP will contain their digital single “Polygon Wave”, which was released last month. The song serves as the theme song for the Japanese version of “The Masked Singer”, which debuts on Amazon Prime Video on September 3, and for which the group serves as a judge.

In addition to the title track, “Polygon Wave EP” will include a remix and the instrumental for the song. It will also contain some new songs. At the moment, two titles have been revealed: “∞Loop” and “Android&.”

The EP will be released in CD+DVD and CD+Blu-ray limited editions and a CD only regular edition. Contents of the DVD and Blu-ray have yet to be released.

Ahead of the released on “Polygon Wave EP”, Perfume have released a dance practice video for “Polygon Wave.” This is the first time that the group has released such a video on YouTube. This video comes after a wave of TikTok videos replicating the choreography have been released. Check it out below, along with more information on their new release!

Furukawa Kotone Tops the Female Breakout Star Talent Power Ranking for the 1st Half of 2021

Talent Power Ranking recently revealed their top 10 ranking for female stars who had their breakthrough in the first half of 2021. This ranking is the result of a survey done by Architect Co., Ltd., which measures “awareness” (knowing artist’s face and name) and “attractiveness” (wanting to see / listen / know more about them). This survey combines the data that was collected in February and May of this year. Architect Co., Ltd. surveyed 4,400 people ages 10 to 69, evenly distributed by age and gender.

Actress Furukawa Kotone topped the ranking, followed by fellow actresses Matsumoto Mariko and Minami Sara. See the rest of the ranking below!

New York Tops the Male Breakout Star Talent Power Ranking for the 1st Half of 2021

Talent Power Ranking recently revealed their top 10 ranking for male stars who had their breakthrough in the first half of 2021. This ranking is the result of a survey done by Architect Co., Ltd., which measures “awareness” (knowing artist’s face and name) and “attractiveness” (wanting to see / listen / know more about them). This survey combines the data that was collected in February and May of this year. Architect Co., Ltd. surveyed 4,400 people ages 10 to 69, evenly distributed by age and gender.

The comedy duo New York topped the ranking, followed by actor Watanabe Keisuke and King & Prince‘s Takahashi Kaito. See the rest of the ranking below!

Fujii Kaze Named One of the “21 Most Exciting Young Musicians on Planet Earth”

Last year, Conde Nast, the global mass media company most famous for its magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and GQ, announced a new global content strategy, which would see its myriad of publications around the world working together more closely, going as far as even sharing content.

For GQ, this change starts with the September issue, which is out now. The Weeknd is on the cover of all 21 editions of the magazine worldwide. Continuing with this music theme, the editors of the 21 editions of GQ worldwide each picked a local artist “to show us who’s shaping the zeitgeist and defining the sounds of tomorrow.” GQ Japan’s pick is Fujii Kaze.

Girls2, ReN, and More Perform on “Premium MelodiX!” for August 9

This week’s guests were Girls2, ReN, IVVY, and Newspeak.

Girls2 – Good Days

ReN – One Last Try (feat. Maisie Peters)

IVVY – ALL ME

Newspeak – Blinding Lights

Oomori Seiko, Awesome City Club, Macaroni Enpitsu, and More Perform on “Love music” for August 8

This week’s episode was the third part of the “VIVA LA ROCK 2021” special, featuring ORANGE RANGE, the telephones, SHISHAMO, sumika, Macaroni Enpitsu, Awesome City Club, Yabai T-Shirts Yasan, Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai, BLUE ENCOUNT, THE ORAL CIGARETTES, 04 Limited Sazabys, ACIDMAN, BIGMAMA, XIIX, Rekishi, SUPER BEAVER, Oomori Seiko, Original Love, HEY-SMITH, Dragon Ash, and SiM.

ORANGE RANGE – Viva★Rock

the telephones – Do the DISCO

SHISHAMO – Kimi no Me mo Hana mo Kuchi mo Ago mo Mayu mo Netemosametemo Chou Suteki!!!

sumika – Shukusai

Macaroni Enpitsu – Young Adult

Awesome City Club – Wasurena

Yabai T-Shirts Yasan – Happy Wedding Mae Song

Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai – Shingata Coronavirus ga Nikui

BLUE ENCOUNT – Bad Paradox

THE ORAL CIGARETTES – Dream In Drive

04 Limited Sazabys – fiction

ACIDMAN – Sekitou

BIGMAMA – The Naked King ~Utsukushiki Waga Jinsei wo~

XIIX – LIFE IS MUSIC!!!!!

Rekishi – Kira Kira Bushi

SUPER BEAVER – I Love You

Oomori Seiko – draw (A) drow

Original Love – The Rover

HEY-SMITH – Fog And Clouds

Dragon Ash – Jump

SiM – Get Up, Get Up

Johnny’s WEST, TWICE, BTS, Ayase, millennium parade × Belle, and “Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime” Top the Billboard Japan Charts for the Week of 7/26 – 8/1

This week, Johnny’s WEST topped the Hot 100 single chart with their new single “Dekkai Ai”, with 16,689 points.

TWICE topped the Hot Albums chart with their new album “Perfect World.”

BTS retook the top spot on the Artist 100 chart.

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

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

BTS also topped the Streaming Songs chart for the third consecutive week with “Permission to Dance.”

millennium parade × Belle topped the Download Songs chart for the third consecutive week with their digital single “U.”

The “Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime” soundtrack topped the Download Albums chart.