Before their team up can be seen in the upcoming movie Joker Game, we’ll get to see them first in a new drama series. It was announced that Kamenashi Kazuya will be starring with Fukada Kyoko in TV Asahi’s Friday night drama “Second Love” starting January 2015.

Written by romance drama expert Oizhi Shizuka, Kamenashi and Fukada stars in this scandalous new genre called “night melodrama”, an adult dangerous love described as more painful than a soap opera. With “adult love story” as theme, the story depicts their love journey with many differences such as age, living conditions and values.

Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest directorial work “Umimachi Diary” has released its first image of the four sisters in the movie, played by Ayase Haruka, Nagasawa Masami, Kaho and Hirose Suzu.

Ayase Haruka plays Kouda Sachi, the eldest daughter, Nagasawa Masami as Yoshino, the second daughter, Kaho as Chiika, the third daughter and Hirose Suzu as their youngest step-sister Asano Suzu. The movie follows three sisters who learn that their father, who abandoned them when they were young, has died. The oldest sister (Ayase) refuses to go to his funeral, because she is the only one able to remember him and cannot forgive him, but she sends her two younger sisters to his funeral. There, the two sisters meet their younger sister (Hirosue) and, eventually, they all begin to live together.

Last October, the formation of a new all-female band LAGOON with actress Takimoto Miori as vocalist was announced. The band’s debut single under Sony Music Records, “Kimi no Matsu Sekai” (“The World Waiting For You”) was released last November 26. The song also serves as opening theme song for anime “Magic Kaito 1412″.

MIORI takes on a punkier sexy look for the band’s rock number. Joining her are RINO (guitar), NANA (bass), yuri (drums) and YUKINO (keyboard). Check out their first music video below.

A trailer has been released for the movie “Strayer’s Chronicle” starring Okada Masaki. This is Okada’s first action film and is based on Honda Takayoshi’s three part novel of the same name. He is joined by Sometani Shota, Narumi Riko, Ihara Tsuyoshi, Ishibashi Renji and Toyohara Kosuke.

The story tells of a group of young people who were born with special powers. Okada plays Subaru, whose special powers involve having a great eyesight and the ability to read an opponent’s movements 3 seconds prior their actual actions. Movie opens June 2015. Check out the trailer and plot below.

It was reported that actor Ichihara Hayato and wife model Mukouyama Shiho‘s first child was born last week. Both of the couple’s agency has confirmed the news. Mukouyama gave birth to a healthy baby girl and both mother and child have been already discharged from the hospital. Mukouyama plans to juggle work and child care in the future.

The couple met through an introduction of an acquaintance last summer 2011 and was first reported to be dating in April 2012. They registered their marriage on September 21 this year. Congratulations to the couple!

As announced, KAT-TUN will be singing the theme song for the movie Joker Game starring member Kamenashi Kazuya. It was confirmed that the song “Dead or Alive” will be released as a single on January 21, 2015. In addition, the single will include a Kamenashi Kazuya solo song and music video, the last member to release his solo PV in conjunction with the group’s single releases. Titled “Hanasanaide Ai”, his upcoming track is written and composed by Kinki Kids’ Domoto Tsuyoshi.

The Kamenashi solo PV skipped KAT-TUN’s last single “In Fact”, to be released on the group’s upcoming 23rd single. His most recent solo is Emerald, a collaboration between him and DAISHI DANCE, released in the Come Here album last June.

Electronic music duo CAPSULE (comprised of vocal Toshiko Koshijima and musician Yasutaka Nakata) have finally revealed the details to the album they announced back at August’s ROCK IN JAPAN FES. Titled WAVE RUNNER, the album will be released on February 18th, 2015 in limited and regular editions. Check out the album artwork, tracklists, and a special 50sec album jacket making movie below!

Ayumi Hamasaki’s official website has been updated with some exciting news for fans. The songstress will be releasing a brand new classical album on January 28th. The album promises to be “packed with love”, and serves as an elegant and cute early present from Ayu for Valentines Day.

Ayu’s last classical album was “A CLASSICAL” released in January 2013, which made history by being the only classical album to ever top the Oricon charts. Ayu’s previous classical albums consisted of her many hits being re-done with an orchestra, for this upcoming album things will be a little different. The orchestra and her past hits will still be there, but famous classical music pieces will also be incorporated into the songs making it a “mash-up” album of sorts.

What songs would you like to see appear on the album?