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GQ JAPAN Reveals Its “GQ MEN OF THE YEAR 2022”FEATUREDMusic/Award show
Travis Japan, Maki Goto, Ami Suzuki, and More Perform on “TV Tokyo Music Festival 2022 Winter”FEATUREDMusic/Award show
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Arama! Japan Podcast: Special Report: Johnny & Associates Drama 2022FEATUREDMusic/Award show
Performers Announced for “73rd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen”FEATUREDMusic/Award show
Snow Man, Ayumi Hamasaki, JO1, and More to Perform on “2022 FNS Kayousai”FEATUREDMusic/Award show
Nominees and Winners Announced for “64th Japan Record Awards”FEATUREDARAMA! Exclusive
Arama! Japan Podcast: October 2022 ReviewFEATUREDMusic/Award show
Naniwa Danshi, BE:FIRST, JO1, and More Perform on “Best Hits Kayousai 2022”FEATUREDNews
Sho Hirano, Yuta Kishi, and Yuta Jinguji to Leave King & Prince and Johnny & Associates
Yesterday, FAKY revealed the teaser video for their original member, Mikako. Today, they released another teaser video, this time for original member Anna. In her teaser, which can be seen after the jump, Anna dances while displaying her sultry image. Another group member teaser video will be released tomorrow.
This week’s guest was Kis-My-Ft2. There were talk segments with CROSS GENE and Gesu no Kiwami Otome. There was also coverage of the festival Kishidan Banpaku 2015.
Kis-My-Ft2 – AAO
This week’s guests were Happiness, AAA, C&K, the dresscodes, DAOKO, Charlie Puth, and 2PM.
Happiness – Holiday
AAA – Koi Oto to Amazora / Aishiteru no ni, Aisenai
C&K – Kimi no Kotoba de
the dresscodes – Slogan
DAOKO – ShibuyaK
Charlie Puth – See You Again
2PM – HIGHER
This week’s guests were Saito Kazuyoshi and Ohara Sakurako.
Saito Kazuyoshi x Kanjani8 – Zutto Suki Datta
Ohara Sakurako x Kanjani8 – Hitomi
Saito Kazuyoshi – Kizuguchi
One of the big topics of among international Japanese music fans is how to push the music more globally. Cool Japan is trying to help things, but they’re not the best organization. Since the top down approach isn’t working, it’s up to the fans. We as fans have power, to an extent. Social media is a big way to express this power. Another way to express power is through voting, which leads us to the crux of this essay.
Dempagumi.inc recently won Best Japan Act for the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards. To get the the final round, they had to first win the wildcard spot. They did, defeating AK-69, [Alexandros], Crossfaith, and Gesu no Kiwami Otome. in the process. They then beat much bigger acts like BABYMETAL, ONE OK ROCK, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, and SEKAI NO OWARI to take the Best Japan Act title. There has been a lot of debate over how they won over such big names. But this really is no different than how Daichi Miura won last year. He won the wildcard spot against BABYMETAL, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, MAN WITH A MISSION, and SEKAI NO OWARI. After winning that round, he advanced to the final round where he faced off against Namie Amuro, E-girls, ONE OK ROCK, and Perfume, and won. So Dempagumi.inc’s win isn’t all that shocking. It all comes down to fans voting.
Now that we have Dempagumi.inc as the Japanese representative, what do we do? Do we vote for them, or not?
I recently reviewed Wagakki Band’s new album “Yasouemaki” for The Japan Times. I’ve heard of them in passing before, but I never really listened to them. One of my roles at the newspaper is to review the best-selling album of the month. AAA’s best album, “AAA 10th ANNIVERSARY BEST”, was the best selling album of September, but it was a best album. Therefore, I went with the Wagakki Band album since it was a studio album. I can’t say that my experience listening to it was a pleasant one.
You can check out the new TV ratings chart for fall dramas below! Several dramas are yet to premiere this week, but some numbers are already updated!
See the rest below.
Half of the movies in the latest box office chart are new movie entries. Library Wars: THE LAST MISSION starring Okada Junichi topped the charts. Fantastic Four did poorly at the box office and opened at no. 6
Check out the latest ranking below.