This week’s guests were Fairies, Ohara Sakurako, THE CHERRY COKE$, and EDGE of LIFE.

Fairies – Kiss Me Babe

Ohara Sakurako – Happy

THE CHERRY COKE$ – RISE AGAIN

EDGE of LIFE – Just Fly Away

HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP is back for its first special episode of 2015. Guests on the episode included Masaharu Fukuyama, Kis-My-Ft2, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, Johnny’s WEST, and Shonan no Kaze.

Music Japan is back for its new season! They’ve changed the logo for the show and also revamped the website. This season’s premiere episode includes performances by SKE48, NMB48, Naoto Inti Raymi, MIYAVI, Nogizaka46, Fairies, C-ute, and MAAKII.

SKE48 – Coquettish Juutaichuu

NMB48 – Don’t look back

Naoto Inti Raymi – Itsuka Kitto

MIYAVI – The Others

Nogizaka46 – Inochi wa Utsukushii

Fairies – Kiss Me Babe

C-ute – Gamusha LIFE

MAAKII – Snowball Earth

Less than a half-hour ago, EXILE‘s brother group, Sandaime J Soul Brothers revealed the music video to their latest single, STORM RIDERS. The single is set to be released April 22nd and the titular song features Guns N’ Roses guitarist, SLASH.

This is a must see video for all fans of the group, with the music video having a large scale feel to it. To say that it’s like an action movie in music video format would not be a stretch either. The song will serve as the CM song for Ace Cook’s “Super Cup”, Apaman Shop and the new talk application, 7Gogo.

Watch the exciting and cool music video below!

On April 29, Passepied will release their new single “Toki no Wa.” “Toki no Wa” is the ending theme for the NHK anime series “Kyoukai no RINNE.” “Kyoukai no RINNE” premiered on April 4. This single will have 2 B-sides. The first B-side, “Love is Gold”, is the opening theme for comedy duo Bananaman’s live performance “bananaman live 2014 ‘Love is Gold’.” The second B-side, “NEW MUSIC MACHINE” is a cover of CORNELIUS’ 1997 song of the same name. Ahead of the single’s release, Passepied has released the music video for “Toki no Wa.” Check it out after the jump! Also there is the single’s cover and tracklist, plus a preview of their CORNELIUS cover.

Spring Jdramas are gearing up for airing, with most of the the dramas starting these 2 weeks! For the new season, several TV stations underwent some changes with their drama line up. FUJI TV dropped its Tuesday 9pm drama slot, TBS dropped its Monday 8pm drama slot, and NTV debuts new drama timeslot during Sundays, 10:30 pm. The season also signals the start of the new Asadora drama “Mare” which will run until September.

You can check out the new compiled list of the spring drama line up below.

Arama, what are you planning to watch?

It was announced that V6 and Hey! Say! JUMP are this year’s main personalities for “24-hour TV ~ 38 Love Saves the Earth”, to be broadcasted this summer. The announcement was made during NTV’s “DASH ItteQ” 4 hour special on April 5.

The theme for 24-hour TV this year is” “to connect~a smile beyond time~”. This is also the first time for the program to have “two generations personality”.

V6, for the “adult generation” will serve as main personality for the first time in 15 years since 2000. Leader Sakamoto Masayuki comments “It is important to smile to connect” and jokes that Okada Junichi might be able to connect the entire Japan with a smile.

Hey! Say! JUMP of the “young generation” will serve as main personality for the first time. Yamada Ryosuke comments “Actually we are still very confused…we just heard of this a few hours ago” and says it was his wish to stand on this stage someday. Hikaru Yaotome “I am so nervous now, same as during the time we debuted”.

“24 Hour TV~38~Love Saves the Earth~” will air this August.

(via ModelPress, Oricon)

We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.