This week’s guests were SCANDAL, Ueda Marie, I Don’t Like Mondays., and Mori Megumi.

SCANDAL – Sisters

Ueda Marie – Wakannai no wa Iya da

I Don’t Like Mondays. – Fire

Mori Megumi – Hunter Green

On August 1 – 2, this year’s edition of Tokyo Idol Festival occurred. Tokyo Idol Festival is an event where over 100 idol groups perform for tens of thousands of fans from around the world. It’s the largest event of its kind in the world.

Goo recently released a ranking of acts that readers desired to see the most at Tokyo Idol Festival. SKE topped the ranking, followed by HKT48, and drop. Check out the rest of the top 10 after the jump!

On September 9, 2015, SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] will release his first album “o1”. It will feature a wide array of vocalists, including Aimer.

Sawano has previously produced soundtracks for Attack on Titan, Blue Exorcist, Seraph of The End, Xenoblade, KILL la KILL and Platina Data.

Check out the covers, tracklist and digest below!

Last night, Shiina Ringo held her first international concert in Taipei, Taiwan. The show, titled “Ringo Expo ’15”, took place at the World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall. She arrived in Taiwan on Friday, to a crowd of adoring fans and media. During last night’s concert, she delighted the crowd with songs such as “Kuki”, “NIPPON”, “Jiyuu e Michizure”, and “Ariamaru Tomi.” Check out the airport arrival video, footage from the concert, and news coverage of the concert after the jump!

Rumors have been swirling about the demise of the relationship between Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Fukase of SEKAI NO OWARI ever since he uploaded an image on Twitter. Fans believe the picture is a code which spells out “We broke up.” There is no confirmation of the rumors so far, but that isn’t stopping the rumor mill.

One particularly widespread rumor is that they broke up because of a love triangle. The 3rd wheel in the relationship is SEKAI NO OWARI’s keyboardist Saori. Fukase and Saori originally dated around the time they were in junior high school. Some have even said that their song “Maboroshi no Inochi” is about their aborted child. Saori is supposedly dating actor Ikeda Dai, but this hasn’t stopped the Fukase & Saori rumors.

But Fukase isn’t the only one who is rumored to have a lover on the side. Kyary is rumored to have been secretly dating Tegoshi Yuya of NEWS while publicly dating Fukase.

On February 18, CAPSULE released their 15th studio album, “WAVE RUNNER.” The duo is now set to re-release the album on September 2. “WAVE RUNNER (DELUXE EDITION)” will feature remixes of the album tracks “Dreamin’ Boy” and “Dancing Planet.” The remix for “Dancing Planet” will feature VERBAL from m-flo. This remix serves as the theme song for the “carrozzeria J’S CONNECTION” segment on J-WAVE’s “J-POP SATURDAY” radio show.

“WAVE RUNNER (DELUXE EDITION)” will also feature a DVD with footage from CAPSULE’s June 5 show at Tokyo’s Akasaka BLITZ.

Today, CAPSULE released a trailer for this release. In it, viewers can hear the “Dancing Planet” remix and see some footage from the DVD. Check it out after the jump and with the album’s cover and tracklist!

Just a few hours ago, it was announced that actress Meisa Kuroki (27) will play the leading role of NHK General’s fall drama “Designer Baby”. The drama will premier on September 22, 2015 in the Tuesday 10 PM time slot. It will have a total of 8 episodes.

The series is described as “crime entertainment on the cutting edge of reproductive medicine” and as the title implies, thematizes the possibility of gene-manipulation in fertilized eggs to satisfy parents’ preferences in appearance, physical strength and even intelligence of their future child.

Kuroki will star as a female detective who is in her 8th month of pregnancy. When she first heard about “designer babies”, she remarked “I was like ‘eh?’ and a shiver ran down my spine! I would be very happy if people were to start thinking (about designer babies) or became interested because of this work.”

In June, EXILE members USA, MAKIDAI, and MATSU announced they were leaving the group by the end of the year. On August 7, EXILE appeared on Music Station. This episode was one of the last times these original members of EXILE would be on the show. During this episode, EXILE performed their new single “24karats GOLD SOUL “, followed by their 2011 hit “Rising Sun.” This did not result in a ratings hit though.

The August 7 episode of Music Station brought in a 6.7% rating. This is the show’s lowest rating of the year. The guests that week were KANA-BOON, Kanjani8, Yuzu, Hanaoka Natsumi, EXILE, and THE King ALL STARS. EXILE was the biggest act on the show, so they are getting the blame for the episode being a ratings flop. Normally, a low rated episode of Music Station gets a rating of 7% – 8%.

This is not the only area on television where EXILE is facing difficulty. TAKAHIRO’s drama “Wild Heroes” didn’t do well, and now AKIRA’s drama “HEAT” is suffering an even worse fate.