On February 3, MACO will release her new single “Koigokoro.” The song serves as the theme for the TV Tokyo drama “Tokyo Sentimental.” She recently released the music video for the song. The covers and the promo picture for “Koigokoro” feature flowers, and that carries over to the PV. Various types of flowers are used in the clip, with 1000 flowers being used in total. Check out the video after the jump, along with more information on the single!

On February 17, Seiko Oomori returns to the music scene after giving birth last year, with the single “Aishiteru.com / Gekiteki JOY! Before After.” “Aishiteru.com” is featured in the movie “Wonderful World End”, which opened in theaters on January 17. The song was produced by Kameda Seiji. “Gekiteki JOY! Before After” serves as the theme song for the movie “Heavy Shabby Girl”, which opened last year.

“Aishiteru.com / Gekiteki JOY! Before After” comes in 2 editions, a CD+T-shirt+Goods Limited Edition, and a CD only Regular Edition. The Limited Edition comes in a special box which is signed and numbered by Seiko. The Regular Edition’s cover is a photo of LADYBABY’s 2 female members, Kaneko Rie and Kuromiya Rei.

Today, Seiko released the music video for “Aishiteru.com.” It opens with her holding the hand of her newborn, and then focus on a series of young women repeatedly saying “aishiteru.” Check it out after the jump, along with more information on the single!

This year marks Mika Nakashima’s 15th anniversary in the music industry. She has 3 new releases on the way to kick off the celebration. The first release will be on January 27, a CD+T-shirt set titled “OFFICIAL BOOTLEG LIVE at SHINJUKU LOFT.” This release will be released under the name “MIKA RANMARU”, since it is a collaboration between Mika and Tsuchiya Kohey. It is a recording of a show that they held back in November at Shinjuku Loft, titled “MIKA RANMARU ~MIKA NAKASHIMA 15th ANNIVERSARY~ ROCK’N’ ROLL LIVE.” Ten of Mika’s songs from throughout her career will appear on the album.

The second release is a tribute album, “MIKA NAKASHIMA TRIBUTE.” This album, out February 24, will see various acts such as HYDE, JUJU, Aimer, Onitsuka Chihiro, and Miyuki Nakajima covering Mika’s songs. The album will come in a Limited Edition which is housed inside of a box along with a rubber coaster, and a CD only Regular Edition.

The third release is “MTV Unplugged”, the recording of Mika’s MTV Unplugged episode that took place on January 10 at Tokyo’s Shinagawa Intercity Hall. This album is set for release on March 30. Mika sang various songs she’s released throughout her career at the show. The album will come in 3 editions, a CD+DVD Limited Edition, a CD+Blu-ray Limited Edition, and a CD only Regular Edition. The video disc that comes with the Limited Editions will include video footage from the show.

Check out more information on all 3 of these albums after the jump!

Today, NHK made several announcements about its programming for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in April. One of those announcements was that Utada Hikaru would be singing the theme song for the new asadora, “Toto Nee-chan.”

Another announcement was that “Music Japan” would be ending in March. The show debuted in 2007, replacing “Pop Jam”, which had been on the air since 1993. There will be no replacement for “Music Japan.” Instead, the more youth-oriented acts that would normally appear on the show will now appear on a new show, “Uta Con”, which debuts in April.

The PlayStation Japan YouTube channel has uploaded a new video advertising the games that will be released for PlayStation 4 in the first quarter of 2016. The commercial features clips of the new games accompanied by a rap by tofubeats. He also produced the song. In the clip, he raps about new games such as “Dragon Quest Builders”, “Street Fighter V”, “Gundam Breaker 3”, “Attack on Titan”, and “Dark Souls III.” Check it out after the jump!

One song from 2015 was certified Double Platinum this month for selling 500,000 copies: Nishino Kana’s “Torisetsu.”

Three songs from 2015 were certified Platinum for selling 250,000 copies: Sandaime J Soul Brothers’ “Summer Madness”, THE Sharehappi from Sandaime J Soul Brothers’ “Share The Love”, and back number’s “Christmas Song.”

Six songs from 2015 were certified Gold for selling 100,000 copies: EXILE’s “Ki・mi・ni・mu・chu”, AKB48’s “Halloween Night”, JUJU’s “What You Want”, AAA’s “Aishiteru no ni, Aisenai”, Nishiuchi Mariya’s “Save me”, and Maroon 5’s “Sugar.”

This week, Inaba Koshi topped the Oricon single chart with his new single “Hane”, selling 88,658 copies in its first week.

Gesu no Kiwami Otome. topped the Oricon album chart with their new album “Ryoseibai“, selling 71,583 copies in its first week.

Two older songs top the digital charts this week.

SMAP’s 2003 hit “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana” topped Recochoku this week, due to the group’s rumored disbandment and also due to a buying campaign among fans which had the goal of preventing the disbandment. SMAP had several other songs in the Recochoku top 50 this week for the same reasons: 2000’s “Orange” at #4, 1998’s “Yozora no Mukou” at #11, 2000’s “Lion Heart” at #13, 1994’s “Original Smile” at #21, 1992’s “BEST FRIEND” at #37, 1996’s “SHAKE” at #41, and 2005’s “Triangle” at #45.

ONE OK ROCK’s “Wherever You Are”, from their 2010 album “Niche Syndrome”, topped iTunes this week, due to its usage in a docomo / Apple commercial.

SMAP’s music isn’t available on iTunes, hence why there isn’t a surge in SMAP songs there.