Singer Kalen Anzai is prepping for the release of her 8th digital single, and very first ballad titled “Kimi to Boku no Uta“. With this relaxing song she hopes to help fans escape the pressure and anxiety of everyday life, giving them some hope! A multi-talented musician, Kalen plays the piano heard in the song.
AKB48 member Yuki Kashiwagi is prepping for the release of her first standard single release in 7 years! “CAN YOU WALK WITH ME??” is her third single overall, for this release she teamed up with the founder of WACK Junnosuke Watanabe. WACK is most known for the “alternative” idol groups BiS and BiSH.
In the MV Yuki can be seen walking down a windy road while various photos from her 13+ career blow into her face. As she continues down the path she’s faced with various harsh elements, first fire and then a heavy rainfall. Finally she reaches the end of the tunnel, and is greeted to a bright sunny day. Check out the full MV below!
Previously, Arama! Japan reported on the Shukan Bunshun scoop regarding Atsuko Maeda and Ryo Katsuji’s divorce, but this week the publication Josei Seven published an even more devastating scoop.
Not only did Ryo have a deep seated complex with regards to Atsuko’s career in relation to his, but as previously mentioned he refused to cooperate with respect to joint care of their child. It seems that many of these arguments often broke out into fights, and one such fight even resulted in a severe injury for Atsuko.
Suchmos has announced that it is temporarily going on hiatus after multiple discussions betweeen band members and staff about the band’s future actitivies. Suchmos thanked fans for following them from their first live performance in front of 30 people at Shimokitazawa Garage to the stage at Yokohama Stadium, where they played in front of 30,000 people.
On February 3, Ai Otsuka will release her first remix album, “Inuzuka Ai One on One Collaboration.” Various songs from the course of Ai’s career will be given a makeover by the likes of Kan Sano, Kenmochi Hidefumi, Lucky Kilimanjaro, Tomggg, SASUKE, and mabanau. Check out more information on this release below!
Masaki Suda has been cast in the leading role for the upcoming remake of “Cube”. Supporting him is Anne Watanabe, Masaki Okada, Hikaru Tashiro, Takumi Saito, and Kotaro Yoshida. Filming began in October 2020 and concluded the following month in November.
This is Anne’s first film role in 5 years, her last being 2016’s “Golden Orchestra”. Since divorcing her cheating husband Masahiro Higashide, Anne has increased her activity in the acting world again. The original Cube is a Canadian horror film released back in 1997. Released to moderately positive reviews, through word of mouth the film grossed 9 million at the box office against a budget of 350k. As time went on the film entered into cult status.
Can you believe it’s almost been 10 years already? Johnny’s group Sexy Zone is gearing up for their 10th anniversary with the release of a brand new best album titled “SZ10TH“. The 2 disc album will contain all of their hits such as “Kimi ni Hitoemebore”, “Karakuri Darake no Tenderness”, and “Lady Diamond”.
Filming for Satomi Ishihara‘s upcoming drama has been postponed, and through this it was revealed that back in mid-January Ishihara actually tested positive for COVID-19. PCR tests are regularly held for staff on the set of dramas and television shows.
Due to this the filming for all of her scenes were postponed, luckily none of her co-stars tested positive so they will continue to film as usual. Many fans are curious as to why her testing positive wasn’t revealed earlier. Some entertainment officials claim that TV station officials did not want this news getting out.