Sakanaction releases pv for “Hasu no Hana”

On October 29, Sakanaction released their 10th single, the double A-side “Sayonara wa Emotion / Hasu no Hana.” The single charted on Oricon at #4, with 20,638 copies sold. Today, the band released the music video for “Hasu no Hana.” The video finds frontman Ichiro Yamaguchi spending some time with a human-sized spider. While the “Sayonara wa Emotion” music video has yet to be released, you can check out the one for “Hasu no Hana” after the jump!

Digital Singles Charts for the Week of 11/5 – 11/11

Recochoku:
1. Namie Amuro – BRIGHTER DAY
2. Che’Nelle – Happiness
3. Kobukuro – Twilight
4. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
5. SEKAI NO OWARI – Dragon Night
6. Hata Motohiro – Himawari no Yakusoku
7. Nishino Kana – Suki
8. Nishino Kana – Darling
9. Ikimonogakari – Netsujou no Spectrum
10. BACK-ON – Cerulean

iTunes:
1. Che’Nelle – Happiness
2. Ling Tosite Sigure – Enigmatic Feeling
3. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
4. SEKAI NO OWARI – Dragon Night
5. Hata Motohiro – Himawari no Yakusoku
6. Kobukuro – Twilight
7. Daichi Miura – Furueau Dake de ~Always with You~
8. Owl City – Tokyo feat. SEKAI NO OWARI
9. moumoon – BF
10. Nishino Kana – Suki

Music Japan performances for November 9

GLAY – Hashire! Mirai

Gesu no Kiwami Otome. – Digital Mogura

Group Tamashii – Yome to Rock better

Takahashi Katsumi to Charan Po Rantan – Ginnan Gakudan Quartet

NMB48 – Rashikunai

Porno Graffitti -One Woman Show~Amai Maboroshi~

Live Monster for November 9

Shiina Ringo – NIPPON / Arikitarina Onna / Marunouchi Sadistic

Kanjani8 and NMB48 top the Weekly Oricon Charts! 11/03-11/09

The Oricon Style physical album charts for the previous week have been released! Osaka-based NMB48 returned with their 10th single “Rashikunai” selling 420,326 copies in its first week, while Kanjani8 take the top spot of the album charts pushing 294,180 units of “Kanjanism”.

Check out the top 10 single and album charts for last week below!

Album Review:  Gesu no Kiwami Otome. – Miryoku ga Sugoi yo

Hello AramaJapan readers!  I did promise that I would have more reviews coming, and though my schedule has made this particular one get delayed more than I’d have liked, we’ll still be starting our journey with Gesu no Kiwami Otome.’s latest release “Miryoku ga Sugoi yo”.  If you’re at all interested in an album that mixes jazz, rock, and some unusual electronic touches then I suggest that you read on and see what Gesu has to offer.

Featured Artist: Saoriiiii

Hi Arama. Today I’m presenting Saoriiiii (that’s five “I”s), a freshly redebuted artist who some of you may remember by the stage name of Saori@destiny.

#1 Song Review: Week of 10/29 – 11/4

Hello AramaJapan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week, V6 beat off competition from SEKAI NO OWARI to come out on top. This week we have 2 new songs! 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!