The Akanishi Troop is at it again, and this time they might be in trouble with the law.
Tokyo Sports reports that late last month, Jin Akanishi, Yamapi and Ryo Nishikido got into an altercation with non-celebrities during a night out in Roppongi. Upon closer observation, a female recognized who these guys were and what was going on so she took out her phone and started recording the argument.
In the upcoming film Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie, singer Miyavi plays the role of Mutsushiro “The Bird” Watanabe, a World War II POW camp guard. In the film, his mission is to break the spirit of lead character Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell), an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II. Unbroken, based on the book “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Surivival, Resilience, and Redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand, tells story of how Zamperini survived as a POW in several Japanese war prisons.
In the trailer below the cut, Miyavi shows up starting at the 1:20 point.
On July 23, rock band Creephyp will release their new double A-side single “Ero / Nijyukyu, Sanjyu.” Check out the pv for “Ero” after the jump as well as the single’s covers and tracklists.
juice=juice’s official youtube channel has released the pv for their highly anticipated song “Black Butterfly”. As usual juice=juice is a chameleon with their sound, this time giving us a mature Latin inspired song similar to what we might have gotten from platinum era Morning Musume.
The song will be featured on their 4th single “Black Butterfly/Kaze ni Fukarete” which is scheduled to be released July 30th.
Check out the pv below, as well as the covers and tracklist for Black Butterfly/Kaze Ni Fukarete.
On July 10th, actor Takeru Sato (25) and actress Emi Takei (20) attended an event for the movies “Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire” and “Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend” dressed in summery yukata.
Takei’s yukata featured large, light green mari balls. Sato cheerfully teased his co-star in front of the press by calling it a ‘cabbage yukata’. “A cabbage yukata, that’s a new one. How cute,” he said playfully, making Takei puff out her cheeks and say, “You’re terrible…”
Sato (who plays the main character Kenshin Himura) also reflected back on the approximately 30 locations where the “Rurouni Kenshin” movie sequels were filmed, stating that of those locations, Kumamoto stands out the most in his memory. “A Kumamon with a cross-shaped scar came [to the set],” he explained, amusing the press conference with the mental image of a battle-scarred hitokiri Kumamon.
“Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno” opens in Japanese theaters on August 1st, followed by “Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends” on September 13th.
Source: Oricon
The July 11th episode of Music Station had its biggest line-up yet, but it also had another first for the long-running music show… no audience!
Ikimonogakari – Love Song wa Tomaranai yo
Sonar Pocket – Saishuu Densha ～missing you～
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Kira Kira Killer
JUNHO (from 2PM) – FEEL
Dorothy Little Happy – sky traveler
Tomomi Itano got dragged by the press and Ayumi Hamasaki‘s fans for allegedly “waging war” against the original Party Queen, but earlier today Ayu responded to Itano’s tweet herself in her first Twitter post since retweeting her a few days ago.