EXILE vocalist TAKAHIRO has landed a leading role in the upcoming drama “Wild Heroes”.

The drama revolves around a former yankee and six of his friends who save a young girl whose life is targeted by the underworld.

As previously reported, EXILE is set to release their new single “Jounetsu no Hana” on March 3. “Jounetsu no Hana” sees EXILE switching things up from the EDM sound of their past few releases and going back to a slower, more sensual sound. ATSUSHI penned the lyrics for the song, which was composed by acclaimed flamenco guitarist Jin Oki. Today, the music video for the song was released. As with any EXILE video, there is a lot of dancing. The dance sequences in this video are mixed with romantic scenes with women. Check out the music video after the jump!

This week’s guest was Shizuka Kudo. She performed a song medley and a full song. She was also interviewed.

Shizuka Kudo – Special Medley (Mugo n Iroppoi / Kousa ni Fukarete / Doukoku) / Tan Jun Ai vs Hontou no Uso

Hello AramaJapan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw B’z come out on top against SEKAI NO OWARI. This week we have 3 newcomers. Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the physical and digital charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

This week’s guests were JUJU and Leo Ieiri. There was also a countdown of the top 10 snow-related songs.

JUJU – Hold me, Hold you

Leo Ieiri – miss you

This week’s guests were Leo Ieiri, Nishiuchi Mariya, TRUSTRICK, and Shizuka Kudo.

Shizuka Kudo x Leo Ieiri x TRUSTRICK x Nishiuchi Mariya – Kousa ni Fukarete

Leo Ieiri – miss you

Nishiuchi Mariya – 7 WONDERS

TRUSTRICK – Itsuka no Hate

Shizuka Kudo – Tan Jun Ai vs Hontou no Uso

Oricon has announced its “Yearly Market Report” which summarizes the total sales for music and software for 2014. The Half year ranking was previously posted here.

Take a look at 2014’s chart below.

This week’s episode of NHK SONGS was dedicated to Sandaime J Soul Brothers. This episode features a lot of the behind the scenes clips of the group, including ones from around the time of the group’s formation. They were interviewed and performed 3 songs: “Hanabi”, “R.Y.U.S.E.I.”, and “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!”