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Love Live! The School Idol Movie ranked number 1 again in weekend admissions, while Mad Max: Fury Road is number 1 in gross. New movie Ai wo Tsumu Hito opens at no. 6 while Ju-on: The Final opens at number 7.
The movie ranking below is based on admissions. Check out the rest of the movies that make up the top 10 below.
On June 24, TV Tokyo aired the second edition of its midyear music special Tele To Ongaku Sai. It was hosted by TOKIO’s Kokubun Taichi and TV Tokyo announcer Ohashi Miho.
It featured performances by Dream5, Country Girls, Morning Musume ’15, Golden Bomber, Johnny’s WEST, Hey! Say! JUMP, Oginome Yoko, Kishitani Kaori, Kizuki Minami, Natsukawa Rimi, Yashiro Aki, Makihara Noriyuki, Takahashi Mariko, Ken Naoko, Hitoto Yo, Tomomi Kahala, Morning Musume OG, SEKAI NO OWARI, JUJU, NEWS, Superfly, KinKi Kids, AKB48, NMB48, SKE48, HKT48, Porno Graffitti, Nishino Kana, Hata Motohiro, Sukima Switch, Ami Suzuki, Watanabe Misato, TRF, Kishidan, GENERATIONS, Nogizaka46, and TOKIO.
This week’s guests were JUJU, Shishido Kavka, OKAMOTO’S, and NU’EST.
JUJU – PLAYBACK
Shishido Kavka – Bane no Uta
OKAMOTO’S – Dance With You
NU’EST – NA.NA.NA.Namida
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This week’s episode was a 2 hour special. This week’s guests were Sexy Zone, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Golden Bomber, NEWS, JUJU, SEKAI NO OWARI, and Yuzu.
Sexy Zone – Cha-Cha-Cha Champion
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Mondai Girl
Golden Bomber – Jirettai
NEWS – Chumuchumu
JUJU – Itoshi no Ellie / PLAYBACK
SEKAI NO OWARI – Starlight Parade / Moonlight Station
Yuzu – Owaranai Uta / Natsuiro
Check out the latest music video of NEWS for their single “Chumu Chumu”, an India-influenced peppy love song that’s perfect to bop along to this summer.
The single was released last June 24. Check out the PV, single covers and tracklist below.
Hey! Say! JUMP releases their latest music video Kira Kira Hikare from their new album JUMPing CAR, released last June 24. Filmed outdoors, the PV features the members taking a trip, playing games and enjoying summer together.
Through this album, the members want to tell their fans, “during fun times and sad times, get on the ‘JUMPing CAR’ and move forward with us!” The album includes their singles “Weekender”, “Ashita e no YELL”, and “Chau♯”. It will also include a Hey! Say! JUMP version of the mysterious unit Sensations’ “Koro Sensations”, theme song to Yamada Ryosuke’s starring movie ‘Assasination Classroom’.
Also, the group has announced an arena tour HEY! SAY! JUMP TOUR 2015 JUMPing CARnival, which will kick off on July 25 at Sekisui Heim Super Arena and wrap up with a 7-concert show at the Yokohama Arena.
The new album showcases the “present” of the group, as they provide their mix of cute and cool. Check out their latest PV, album info, new songs preview, and tour info below.
Hirose Suzu will star as the heroine Ayase Chihaya in the live-action film project of Suetsugu Yuki’s Chihayafuru manga. This will be her first headlining role in a film production. Suetsugu’s manga sold over 12 million copies. It follows a schoolgirl named Chihaya who competes in the Japanese card game of karuta.
Nomura Shuhei will play Chihaya’s childhood friend Mashima Taichi, while Mackenyu will play Wataya Arata, the childhood friend who leads Chihaya and Taichi into the world of karuta. Mackenyu is the American-born son of internationally renowned actor Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter, Kill Bill).
Koizumi Norihiro directs the movie. The movie will be released in 2 parts: Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (Chihayafuru: Upper Phrase) in March 2016 and Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (Chihayafuru: Lower Phrase) in April 2016. The film titles refer to the two halves of each poem that are key to the Japanese card game of karuta.
Auditions with over 800 applicants ran from the end of last year until casting was decided.