The poster for Shun Oguri’s new drama ‘Nobunaga Concerto’ has been posted on FUJI TV’s official website. Oguri is actually doing two roles for the drama. He is not only playing Oda Nobunaga, but also his modern counterpart Saburo. Saburo is an ordinary high school student who travels back in time to the Sengoku era. He is asked by the real Oda Nobunaga, who looks identical to him, to trade places with him.
The drama will air in October. The tv adaption of Ayumi Ishii’s historical manga will be followed by a movie. Shun Oguri will also be reprising the role for the film.
You read the name right: Per their official mission statement, Chubbiness is a ten-member idol group that seeks to “bring happiness to Japan with chubby girls.”
Selected from 3,500 applicants to record label Avex and fashion magazine CanCam‘s joint “Nationwide Chubby Girl Audition” held in June 2013, Chubbiness aims to represent “dancing, singing, fashion and deliciousness” through their activities. In April, they opened a limited-time restaurant in Otemachi, Chubby’s, where the members worked as waitresses; as of last month, the chain has expanded to two permanent Shibuya locations. Now, they’re ready to take on the music world with ‘Manmadeiya!’, their just-released debut video.
Pizza Hut in Japan has combined the internet’s favorite things, pizza and cats! It all started with this tweet:
Recent AramaJapan featured artist Suiyoubi no Campanella has released the music video for their new song “Sen no Rikyu.” This song is one of the 2 tracks on their forthcoming demo release “Suiyoubi no Campanella demo5”, out September 3. This is a limited release that will only be available for a limited time at Tower Records. In keeping with the group’s historical references, the song is named after Sen no Rikyu, a very important figure in the history of the Japanese tea ceremony. Suiyoubi no Campanella’s singer Koumai can be seen taking part in a tea ceremony in the “Sen no Rikyu” music video.
‘SEVENTEEN Natsu no Gakuensai 2014’ was held today at the Yokohama National Convention Hall where the winners of ‘Miss Seventeen 2014‘ were announced! Along with the announcement of winners, there was also a fashion show and performance by miwa.
Out of 6147 total applicants, (from left to right in all images) Rinka Kashimoto (junior highschool 2nd year), Mayu Yokota (junior highschool 3rd year) and Asuka Kawazu (junior highschool 3rd year) won this year’s competition by reader’s vote.
Music duo hy4_4yh has released the video for their new single ‘TICKEE ON THE BEACH‘ to their official YouTube Channel!
This vaguely surf pop song, inspired by surf music pioneer Dick Dale, was already released back on July 30th but the music video has just been made available. Check it out below!
Previously, it was announced that Yui’s band, FLOWER FLOWER will be in charge of the theme songs for the movie starring Ai Hashimoto. The story is based on Daisuke Igarashi’s manga and will be released into a two-part seasonal chapter: Little Forest: Summer & Autumn on August 30 and Little Forest: Winter & Spring on Feb 14.
To fit the movie’s seasonal concepts, FLOWER FLOWER was commissioned to write 4 new songs for each chapter under the themes ‘Summer’, ‘Autumn’, ‘Winter’ and ‘Spring’. Yui watched scenes of the movie during production to get the proper images in creating the songs with the band. Their new songs ‘Natsu’ and ‘Aki’ will be released digitally on August 30. The PVs are already out, although it only includes scenes from the movie.
Last August 11, Universal Music Japan has opened its official TwitCasting Channel. To celebrate the opening, it held TwitCasting Music Week, where users can watch a line up of Live distributions of local and international artists under the label. As such, when Lady Gaga arrived in town last August 11 to promote her latest album, ARTPOP, thousands of Japanese fans passionately welcomed her in Narita and on their smartphones.
