This week’s guests were BE:FIRST, FANTASTICS, Yasuda Rei, and Shimatani Hitomi.

BE:FIRST – Gifted. / Scream

FANTASTICS – Summer Bike

Yasuda Rei – Kaze no Naka

Shimatani Hitomi – Mystic World

This week’s guest was Nogizaka46.

Nogizaka46 – Kikkake / Band-Aid Hagasu You na Wakarekata

This week, Kis-My-Ft2 topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Two as One”, with 259,090 points in its first week.

NEWS topped the Combined Album chart with their new album “Ongaku”, with 106,389 points in its first week.

Hey, Arama Japan! It’s Friday, so it’s Open Post time! Feel free to chat with your fellow readers about whatever you like! Enjoy!

This year Tokyo Girls Collection 2022 Autumn/Winter will be held at Saitama Super Arena on September 3rd. The theme will be called “GOING MY RUNWAY” to show support for diversity as well as TGC’s openness to change with the times, which has allowed more fans to enjoy the show at any time and any place due to online distribution. This will be shown through colorful runways to represent people’s individuality.

We’re back with another episode of the Arama! Japan Podcast! This episode covers July 2022! This month we covered a variety of topics, including the assassination of Shinzo Abe, Max Matsuura‘s bashing of KPop in favor of XG, Travis Japan‘s appearance on “America’s Got Talent”, and news from Anime Expo 2022.

I am joined this episode by my co-host Hannah. Check it out below!

After graduating from Keyakizaka46 in October 2020, Shiori Sato has been active in the art field and even held two solo exhibitions of her work. While studying abroad in the UK, she surprised fans by releasing her 1st digital single “Masshiro na Sekai he” on August 5th in which she wrote the lyrics and designed the jacket herself. 

Arama! Japan recently conducted an interview with Shiori in conjunction with the release of “Masshiro na Sekai he.” In the interview, Shiori opened up about the single, the arts, and her time in the UK! Check out how she got inspiration for the lyrics, how she deals with the unfamiliarity of living in a foreign country, and more!

This week, Ado topped the Hot 100 single chart with her digital single “Shin Jidai (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED)”, with 14,753 points in its tenth week.

She topped the Hot Albums chart with her new album “Uta no Uta ONE PIECE FILM RED.”

She also topped the Artist 100 chart.