Former Keyakizaka46 member Yui Imaizumi made headlines after it was revealed that she was married to prominent YouTube personality Mahoto Wantanabe. Also announcing her pregnancy, things took a turn for the worse after Mahoto’s domestic abuse and predatory behavior made headlines nationwide in Japan.
Despite the rocky start to their relationship the two remain together, and welcomed a healthy baby in June 2021. In a recent interview Yui revealed that she had terminated her contract with Avex Asunaro Company, effective as of July 2021. Yui will continue to pursue entertainment activities in the future and currently plans to work independently with no management.
On July 17, TBS will air this year’s edition of its annual mid-year music special, “Ongaku no Hi.” The show will begin at 2 PM that day and end at 9:54 PM that night. Nakai Masahiro and TBS announcer Azumi Shinichiro will host the show for the 11th consecutive year.
The theme of this year’s show is “Wa!”, and with it the show hopes to energize Japan and make everyone smile.
The first set of performers for “Ongaku no Hi 2021” has been announced! The list includes the likes of Tokyo Jihen, LiSA, and King & Prince, along with another dozen groups from Johnny & Associates. In total, 33 acts are part of the first set of performers. Check out the full list below!
This week’s guests were Snow Man, GENERATIONS, adieu, ENHYPEN, and Maruri to Ryuga.
Snow Man – YumYumYum ~SpicyGirl~ / HELLO HELLO
GENERATIONS – Make Me Better
adieu – Haru no Rashin
ENHYPEN – Let Me In (20 CUBE) [Japanese ver.]
Maruri to Ryuga – Sunny
This week, Kanjani8 topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Hitori ni Shinai yo”, with 201,024 points in its first week.
BTS topped the Combined Album chart for the second consecutive week with their best album “BTS, THE BEST”, with 83,838 points in its second week.
Kanjani8 also topped the Single chart with “Hitori ni Shinai yo”, selling 200,853 copies in its first week.
BTS also topped the Album chart for the second consecutive week with “BTS, THE BEST”, selling 75,868 copies in its second week.
Yonezu Kenshi topped the Digital Single chart for the fourth consecutive week with his digital single “Pale Blue”, selling 28,519 copies its fourth week.
BTS also topped the Digital Album chart with “BTS, THE BEST”, selling 2,814 copies in its second week.
BTS also topped the Streaming chart for the sixth consecutive week with their digital single “Butter”, with 13,056,438 streams in its sixth week.
We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped the charts this week 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.
This week’s guests were THE ORAL CIGARETTES, SUPER BEAVER, and Higuchi Ai.
THE ORAL CIGARETTES – Red Criminal
SUPER BEAVER – Namae wo Yobuyo
Higuchi Ai – En
On July 15, Mos Burger will launch its limited time “Mos Spice Summer” menu. The stars of the ad campaign for the special menu are Raul and Watanabe Shota of Snow Man. A commercial featuring the two recently debuted.
“Exciting, but cool”, Raul says in the commercial about the “Cool Spice Tomato” burger, as he gracely twirls. “Deep, but hot”, Shota says after about the “Hot Spice Mos Chicken”, as he dances acrobatically.
The song playing the commerical is a new Snow Man song, “YumYumYum ~SpicyGirl~.” It is one of the B-sides on Snow Man’s new single, “HELLO HELLO”, out July 14. A music video for the song, featuring the group dancing in silhouette, was recently released. Check it out below, along with more information on their new single!
This week’s guests were BiSH, Sexy Zone, Kobayashi Watashi, and dresscodes.
BiSH – STACKiNG
Sexy Zone – Natsu no Hydrangea
Kobayashi Watashi – Atodzu
dresscodes – Peter Ivers
