On Friday, September 4, just after 10:30 pm, Ohno Satoshi was spotted coming out of a spa by Japanese tabloid FRIDAY.
His group Arashi has hosted the “NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen” for the last 5 years and sold over 30 million CDs.
For someone as busy as him, the leader of the group who is also active as an actor and artist, it might seem like his spa visit was but for stress relief.
On October 21, the dresscodes will release his new album, “Audition.” This album sees him collaborating with a number of different musicians: Pierre Nakano (drums / Ling Tosite Sigure), Nakamura Keisaku (keyboard), Aida Shigekazu (guitar), Kondo Kenji (guitar), Masuda Mizuki (guitar / Negoto), Maya (guitar / KING BROTHERS), Okamoto Koki (guitar / OKAMOTO’S), Ushio Kenta (guitar / Otogivanashi), Arishima Koresuke (bass / told, Suzumase, BOYLY Entertainment), and Hasegawa Tomoki (keyboard).
Today, the covers and tracklist for the album revealed. Check them out after the jump, along with the album’s recently released teaser.
Eita and Kiko Mizuhara are both models for the denim company EDWIN. The pair now star in a new commercial for the company’s E STANDARD line of jeans. The clip is set in a nightclub. It features Eita and Kiko performing a dance that at times gets violent. Kiko even gets her butt slapped at one point!
Check it out after the jump, along with another CM that Kiko did for EDWIN recently that features her stripping in a laundromat!
A few hours ago, ONE OK ROCK revealed their new music video for “Last Dance” off their American debut album “35xxxv -Deluxe Edition-“, exclusively through “Alternative Press”.
That’s not all: For their Japanese fans, the band will release another new song “The Way Back -Japanese Ver.-” through iTunes Japan on October 2.
“35xxxv -Deluxe Edition-” will be released on September 25 and will feature all tracks previously released on the Japanese edition (re-recorded in English) as well as “Last Dance” and “The Way Back”.
You can watch the music video for “Last Dance” here!
On September 25, SEKAI NO OWARI will release their new single “SOS / Present.” “SOS” will serve as the theme song for the new movie “Shingeki no Kyojin ATTACK ON TITAN End of the World”, which opens in theaters on September 19.
Today, SEKAI NO OWARI released the music video for “SOS.” The song is entirely in English. It features the band in a black and white world, along with a colorful creature roaming around. Check it out after the jump!
On October 21, Hitomitoi will release her new album, “THE MEMORY HOTEL.” This album comes about 1 year and 9 months after her last album, “Snowbank Social Club.” “THE MEMORY HOTEL” see Hitomitoi continuing in her city pop revival style. The album includes production by Cunimondo Takiguchi (also known as Ryusenkei), Dorian, Kashif, LUVRAW, Crystal, and mabanua.
Today, Hitomitoi released a digest for “THE MEMORY HOTEL.” Check it out after the jump, along with the album’s cover and tracklist!
On November 4, bird will release her 10th album, “Lush.” The album is a collaboration with producer Tomita Keiichi, also known as Tomita Lab. bird was in charge of the lyrics, while Keiichi was in charge of the composition and arrangement. “Lush” took over a year for the duo to make. The concept for this album is bird going back to basics.
bird has uploaded clips of each track on “Lush” on her Soundcloud page. Check them out after the jump, along with the album’s cover and tracklist!
On September 23, JUJU will release her new single “WITH YOU.” The song is the closing theme for the TBS news show “NEWS23.” The single also features a remix of JUJU’s previous single, “PLAYBACK”, done by kz and banvox.
Another track featured on JUJU’s new single is an acoustic version of the single’s title track. This version of “WITH YOU” features vocals by Yamamoto Takuji of the group Sky’s The Limit. JUJU recently released the music video for this version of the song. In the clip, the duo can be seen performing the song in a studio setting. Check it out after the jump, along with the single’s cover and tracklist!