Hello AramaJapan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Nishino Kana beat off Kis-My-Ft2 and Che’Nelle to come out on top. She’s back again this week along with a returnee from the past plus a newcomer. 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!
NEWS member Shigeaki Kato’s first novel “Pink and Grey” will be made into a live action film adaptation starring Hey! Say! JUMP’s Nakajima Yuto. Yukisada Isao who also directed “Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World”, will be directing the movie.
“Pink and Grey” was published in 2012 and has sold 160,000 copies. The novel is set in the entertainment industry and tells the story of success and failure between best friends, where one became a star while the other does not. Nakajima will play the role of Kawata Daiki, the unknown actor who witnesses his famous friend die before him. Some scenes that are not in the novel will appear in the movie.
Exciting news for MIYAVI fans, it’s been announced that he will be a guest on one of America’s most popular talk shows “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”!
The “Samurai Guitarist” will sit down with Ellen and talk about the transition from being a rock star to gracing the silver screen and working with Hollywood’s elite. In “Unbroken” MIYAVI plays a ruthless villain, a supervisor in a Japanese interment camp who does everything in his power to break his victims. “Unbroken” is the directorial debut of Angela Jolie and has already grossed over $100 million worldwide. MIYAVI will also be performing one of his songs for Ellen.
MIYAVI will appear alongside Jennifer Aniston, the episode will air on Monday January 19th.
On January 14, the 38th Japan Academy Prize held its conference to announce its nominees. Okada Junichi was nominated for two of the Grand Prizes for Excellence in Acting: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.
Previously in Johnny’s office, SMAP‘s Kimura Takuya has declined a nomination in 2006 for his performance in “Love and Honor” under Japan Academy Prize. It was due to the agency’s policy that they “don’t participate in this prize race” because “superiority or inferiority should not be attached to a talent”. Furthermore, Okada and Kimura both declined a nomination back in 2007 under Blue Ribbon Awards. (Ikuta Toma accepted and won Blue Ribbon Best Newcomer award in 2011)
As previously reported, Shiina Ringo is set to release her new single “Shijou no Jinsei” on February 25. The song serves as the theme song for Kou Shibasaki’s new Nippon TV drama “Marumaru Tsuma.” Ahead of the drama’s premiere tonight, Ringo has released a clip of the theme song. She has also named the single’s previously untitled B-side. It is now titled “Donzoko made.” Check out the clip of “Shijou no Jinsei” after the jump!
Last October, tofubeats released his major label debut album “First Album.” The album featured collaborations with the likes of BONNIE PINK, Chisato Moritaka, Hitomi Arai of Tokyo Girls’ Style, and Noko of Shinsei Kamattechan. This album is now set to be revisited via the remix album “First Album Remixes.” This remix album will be released on iTunes on January 28 and on vinyl on March 14. This album will feature remixes by the likes of banvox, PARKGOLF, Yoshinori Sunahara, and tofubeats himself. Check out the cover and tracklist after the jump!
On January 14, Hanae will release her new single “Kamisama no Kamisama / Ototoi Oide.” Both of these songs are connected to the TV Tokyo anime “Kamisama Hajimemashita”, which started its second season on January 6. “Kamisama no Kamisama” is the second season opening theme, while “Ototoi Oide” is the second season ending theme. To promote the single, Hanae has now released the music video for the single’s first A-side. Check it out after the jump along with the single’s cover and tracklist.
The Oricon physical music charts for the week of 1/05-1/11 have been released!
Nogizaka46 take the number one spot on the album charts with their debut album “Toumei na Iro” pushing 222,031 in its first week. For the singles chart, Johnny & Associates man band NEWS have shot to the top selling 140,144 copies of their song “KAGUYA” based off the 10th-century Japanese folktale “Princess Kaguya“.
Check out the top 10 of each charts below.
| Oricon Weekly Single Charts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Song | Sales |
|
1
New
|
KAGUYA
NEWS
|
140,144 1st Week |
|
2
New
|
Mochido Dake
Da-iCE
|
21,595 1st Week |
|
3
New
|
Let Me Hear(First Press Limited)
Fear,and Loathing in Las Vegas
|
17,644 1st Week |
|
4
New
|
border
ClariS
|
15,002 1st Week |
|
5
New
|
Hitomi
Sakurako Ohara
|
9,268 1st Week |
|
6
|
12gatsu no Kangaroo
SKE48
|
9,151 5th Week |
|
7
New
|
Kimi ni Sakura Hirari to Mau
Doll☆Elements
|
8,974 1st Week |
|
8
New
|
blur
NIGHTMARE
|
8,870 1st Week |
|
9
New
|
Mechahai no gyakushuu~BEYOND THE DARKNESS~
Aoyama Saint Hachamecha High School
|
8,688 1st Week |
|
10
Down
|
Thank you Jan!
Kis-My-Ft2
|
8,592 3rd Week |
Check out more on Oricon’s Weekly chart.
| Oricon Weekly Album Charts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Song | Sales |
|
1
New
|
Toumei na Iro
Nogizaka46
|
222,031 1st Week |
|
2
Down
|
E.G.TIME
E-girls
|
37,003 1st Week |
|
3
New
|
LIVE AT BUDOKAN ~RED NIGHT~
BABYMETAL
|
23,559 1st Week |
|
4
Down
|
FUN! FUN! FANFARE!
Ikimonogakari
|
15,371 3rd Week |
|
5
New
|
World End no Niwa
Yui Horie
|
13,816 1st Week |
|
6
Down
|
May J. W BEST -Original & Covers-
May J.
|
9,382 1st Week |
|
7
Down
|
5 Years 5 Wolves 5 Souls
MAN WITH A MISSION
|
7,250 1st Week |
|
8
New
|
Bokura no Saishuu Teiri
IKASAN
|
6,970 1st Week |
|
9
Down
|
with LOVE
Kana Nishino
|
5,116 9th Week |
|
10
Down
|
Love Ballade
EXILE ATSUSHI
|
4,643 6th Week |