On February 25, Daichi Miura is set to release his new single “Unlock.” “Unlock” is the opening theme for the Fuji TV drama “Ghostwriter.” The song was written and produced by frequent collaborator Nao’ymt, who has previously worked with Daichi on songs such as “Delete My Memories” and “Can You See Our Flag Wavin’ In The Sky?” “Unlock” is described as a sexy and cool dance tune. Today, Daichi released the music video for “Unlock.” The video has a black and white theme and features Daichi’s signature dance moves. Check it out after the jump along with the single’s covers and tracklists.

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“The Legend of Zelda” is apparently going to become a television series according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The series will be developed by the popular on-demand streaming service Netflix. The report from Wall Street Journal describes the upcoming show as “Game of Thrones for a family audience.”. While some Zelda games have dark themes the series in general does tend to be light-hearted.

Netflix is said to be working closely with Nintendo on this project. Past Nintendo adaptations have had issues finding success, an animated “Legend of Zelda” series only lasted for one season in 1989 and the live-action 1993 film “Super Mario Bros” was a critical and commercial failure. Nintendo is known to be very protective of their intellectual property so it’s assumed that a lot of effort will be put into this collaboration.

Borrowing from the plot of many Legend of Zelda games, the Netflix series will be based on a young boy named Link who rescues Princess Zelda in-order to save the land of Hyrule. The series is still looking for a writer so it won’t be gracing the Netflix catalog anytime soon.

(via IGN)

This week’s guests were Johnny’s WEST, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, JUJU, Nishiuchi Mariya, Ohara Sakurako, SMAP, and Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku. There was also a countdown in which teens chose their favorite songs from the hits of 1984.

Johnny’s WEST – Zundoko Paradise

Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Eeeny, meeny, miny, moe!

JUJU – Hold me, Hold you

Nishiuchi Mariya – 7 WONDERS

Ohara Sakurako – Hitomi

SMAP – Karei naru Gyakushu

Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku – Kinpachi DANCE MUSIC ~Music Station Special Version~

TV Asahi officials have issued an apology after a member of the idol group 3B Junior fell into a coma after inhaling helium while filming a tv show. The 12 year old girl was inhaling helium to alter her voice. The January 28 incident was originally part of a game for the show “3B Junior Stardust Shoji.”

The girl, whose name is not being released because she is a minor, is believe to have suffered an air embolism. An air embolism happens when air bubbles block the flow of blood to the brain. This can cause the victim to fall unconscious.

The girl has since regain consciousness and can make slight movements. The 12 year old is still unable to speak though.

TV Asahi officials said that all the other members of the group, who are also minors, inhaled helium as part of the game. The can of helium however was marked saying that it was not for use by children. The television channel officials said that proper safeguards were not in place and apologized to the girl, her family, and everyone else involved in the accident.

As we reported previously, veteran pop-rock band Mr.Children announced that they would be releasing their second documentary film in theaters starting on February 7th of this year.  Now, the band have finally chosen to reveal some of the details regarding their upcoming 18th studio album.

The new album will be titled “REFLECTION” and is set to be released on (Thursday) June 4th, coinciding with the final date of the Arena Tour which Mr.Children will be embarking on in March.  In regards to the strange choice of release date, the band commented that they wished to break up their usual routine of putting out the album prior to their tour and instead allow the live shows to build anticipation for the album’s release.

While no information about the release’s track list or version skew have been released yet, don’t fret; we’ll be posting about those as soon as they become availiable.  In the meanwhile, feel free to take a look at the schedule for Mr.Children’s “Mr.Children TOUR 2015 REFLECTION” right after the cut.

Electronic pop singer/songwriter SAWA recently released the PV for her latest digital single, LastSnowFlakes. The chill track features an 80’s sound paired with SAWA’s soaring high notes, and the PV shows the singer walking around the city streets in cute winter wear. Check out the PV, along with a live performance, below the jump!

We have a new update to the digital charts posts starting this week. We now have sales numbers for iTunes. We still don’t have the Recochoku sales numbers however.

Recochoku:
1. Kumamushi – Attakaindakara
2. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!
3. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – R.Y.U.S.E.I.
4. back number – Heroine
5. SEKAI NO OWARI – Dragon Night
6. JUJU – Hajimari wa Itsumo Totsuzen ni
7. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – All LOVE
8. Nishino Kana – Darling
9. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Link
10. B’z – Uchouten

iTunes:
1. back number – Heroine: 54,227
2. Kumamushi – Attakaindakara: 23,743
3. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!: 21,327
4. SEKAI NO OWARI – Dragon Night: 18,664
5. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – R.Y.U.S.E.I.: 13,562
6. SCREEN mode – Kyokugen Dreamer: 11,482
7. JO☆STARS ~TOMMY,Coda,JIN~ – Jojo Sono Chi no Kioku~end of THE WORLD~: 11,473
8. Superfly – White Light: 8,071
9. Nishino Kana – Darling: 7,636
10. B’z – Uchouten : 6,673

And since the month of January just ended, we have the monthly Recochoku chart after the jump!