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On September 2, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu will release her new single, “Crazy Party Night ~Pumpkin no Gyakushuu~.” It is a Halloween-themed song that serves as the theme for her upcoming tour “Kyary Pamyu Pamyu JAPAN HALL TOUR ‘Crazy Party Night 2015′.”
Today, Kyary released the music video for the song. In it, she plays a reporter who investigates a Tokyo Halloween party. A man sits at home and watches as she reports on her findings. Check it out after the jump!
Hi Arama!
Polls were there on the old site and now I’m bringing them back! There are a lot of mixed men in the Japanese entertainment world (especially EXILE TRIBE members) so let’s vote on who is the most handsome!
As this is only part one, please check out part two as well.
Of course, a female edition is coming soon as well!
On September 16, Thelma Aoyama will release her new mini album, “GRAY SMOKE.” This is her first release since her album “Lonely Angel” last August. “GRAY SMOKE” has a male theme, and aims to depict “a man who lives in the gray zone.” To accomplish this, Thelma has enlisted an all male cast of collaborators. Those collaborators include Shota Shimizu, Furuya Kenji of Dragon Ash, SWAY of DOBERMAN INFINITY, and ANARCHY. Check out the cover and tracklist for “GRAY SMOKE” after the jump!
The two songstresses who represent Japan: Namie Amuro (37) and Ayumi Hamasaki (36). The two of them shared popularity during the “Golden Era of J-Pop” and both are still active as artists but women’s reactions on the net couldn’t be any more different.
Namie Amuro, who released her new album “_genic” this June, is still immensely popular among women in their 30s. When the PV for “Stranger” from the same album was released, a lot of “Girls Channel” users praised her for her good looks and performance:
“Wow, she’s so pretty and sexy”
“Her legs are so pretty”
“Even I who’s considerably younger than her look up to her. If you don’t put a lot of effort in it, you won’t become like that, right? I need to do my best too!”
“This time she gives off an appropriate impression for her age, in a good way! I want Amuro-chan to never change!”
“She’s cute, cool and sexy! It’s like she’s getting prettier with each coming year!”
“She doesn’t appear on TV or variety very often. Because you can really only see her at concerts and in her PVs, she’s fascinating. She’s like a being that you can’t reach, like a flower on a high peak!”
On October 24, the film “TRASH” will be released in theaters nationwide. “TRASH” marks the first time that ELLY of Sandaime J Soul Brothers will play the lead role in a movie. It is a violent action film in which ELLY plays a man named Hondo Kento who confronts an underground organization to protect his ex-girlfriend. Nakamura Yuri plays his ex-girlfriend, with Yagi Masayasu (of Gekidan EXILE), Amano Kosei, Endo Yuya, and Endo Kaname rounding out the main cast.
The theme song for the movie is called “CLAPTIME.” It’s a solo song by ELLY. It can be heard in the trailer for the film, which was released today. Check it out after the jump!
For quite a while now, Jin Akanishi (31), Tomohisa Yamashita (30) and Ryo Nishikido (30) were an inseparable group, commonly known as the “Akanishi Squad”.
Last June, the three of them got into trouble with a girl in Roppongi, Tokyo when said girl’s phone was stolen. The story blew up in newspapers and on the web.
Controversially, it is said that the squad considers this something “to be proud of”.
The Oricon physical music sales charts for the week of 8/10-8/16 have been released!
SKE48’s 18th major single “Maenomeri” was released this past week with 370,135 units sold. It marks the first solo center position of Rena Matsui in an SKE48 single, and sadly as her final single before her graduation later this month during SKE48’s Summer Concert at the Toyota Stadium after 7 years in the group.
DREAMS COME TRUE album chart reign just won’t let up. With industry-wide declining album sales, their latest best album DREAMS COME TRUE THE BEST! Watashi no Dorikamu managed to grab the number one position yet again with 32k sales after fluctuating between the top 2 positions for the past 6 weeks.
Check out the top 10 of both lists below!
Superfly’s “Beautiful” has been certified Platinum for selling 250,000 copies.
GReeeeN’s “Believe” has been certified Gold for selling 100,000 copies.
In related news, GReeeeN’s “Kiseki” was certified 4 Million for selling 4,000.000 copies. This is the first time that a digital single has reached the 4 Million threshold.