We’re back with a special edition of Arama! Japan Playlist! This playlist is a mixture of staff selections from the first half of 2020! There’s something here for everyone, including Utada Hikaru, E-girls, Official HIGE DANdism, and tofubeats. Check it out below!
This week’s guests were SUPER BEAVER, G-FREAK FACTORY, and Higuchi Ai.
SUPER BEAVER – Hitori de Ikiteitanaraba
G-FREAK FACTORY – Vintage
Higuchi Ai – Zensen
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 week’s guests were BiSH, Kalen Anzai, Yamashita Tomohisa, and AI.
BiSH – LETTERS
Kalen Anzai – Bokura wa Tsuyoku Nareru. / come again
Yamashita Tomohisa – Nights Cold
AI – Gift
This week, Hey! Say! JUMP topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Last Mermaid…”, with 205,957 points in its first week.
NiziU topped the Combined Album chart with their pre-debut digital mini album “Make you happy”, with 96,088 points in its first week.
Hey! Say! JUMP also topped the Single chart with “Last Mermaid…”, selling 205,957 copies in its first week.
SEVENTEEN topped the Album chart for the second consecutive week with their mini album “Heng:garae”, selling 36,567 copies in its second week.
NiziU also topped the Digital Single chart with their pre-debut digital single “Make you happy”, selling 24,466 copies in its first week.
NiziU also topped the Digital Album chart with “Make you happy”, selling 81,525 copies in its first week.
NiziU also topped the Streaming chart with “Make you happy”, with 9,758,407 streams in its first week.
We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback! This is where we look back on what topped the charts this week 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.
It has been announced that the manga series “The Way of the Househusband” (Gokushufudō) will be getting it’s very own live-action version on Nippon TV. Actor Hiroshi Tamaki has been selected to play the leading role.
The series follows Tatsu (Tamaki), an infamous Yakuza boss who was once known as the “the Immortal Dragon” due to his ruthlessness. He decides to retire from the crime world so he can support his wife Miku full-time. Miku is a busy career-woman so Tatsu takes the role of a “househusband”.