It has been revealed that top actors Toma Ikuta and Nana Seino are married! On June 1st, 2020 the couple submitted their marriage certificate to a court house in Tokyo, an agent dropped off the document on behalf of the couple.

The two of them met while filming the hit 2015 TBS drama series “Ouroboros“, and began dating shortly after. The couple released a joint statement via Nana’s official Instagram account:

We have more results from this year’s “Talent Power Ranking”! This time, the focus is on female idols. Nogizaka46‘s Mai Shiraishi tops the ranking. She followed by her groupmate Erika Ikuta, last year’s #5. Rounding out the top three is Momoiro Clover Z’s Momota Kanako, who maintains her position from 2019. See the rest of the top 20 after the jump!

The lists from Nikkei Entertainment’s “Talent Power Ranking 2020” are now starting to appear! The first list from this year’s rankings focuses on the stars of Johnny & Associates. Arashi tops the list, followed by group member Aiba Masaki. Rounding out the top three is another group member, Ohno Satoshi. All three maintained the same rank they held in 2019. See the rest of the top 30 after the jump!

Arashi has participated in the We Are One: A Global Film Festival. It is a 10 day online festival, exclusively on Youtube, bringing together the film community by providing much needed relief for COVID-19 efforts. For this, Arashi has prepared 3 special performance videos of some of their most memorable concert stages. From the display of high-tech stages incorporating digital sensors to control sound and lights in “Hope in the Darkness” to the extravagant fireworks display for “Love So Sweet” at the National Stadium, you can enjoy the performances below.

ayaka has released the music video for her new collaboration with Daichi Miura, “Negaiboshi.” ayaka started work on the song while adhering to the COVID-19 stay at home order. Her thought for the song was what could be done now and only now through music. She then contacted Daichi.

Both ayaka and Daichi solicited fans for their thoughts and photos to create the lyrics for “Negaiboshi.” Some of the fans’ voices can also be heard in the song.

Check out “Negaiboshi” below!

On May 25, George Floyd was murdered by the Minneapolis Police Department. In the days since his death, protests in support of Black Lives Matter have sprung up not only in the United States, but around the world, including Japan.

A march was held this past Saturday in Tokyo, which focused not only on America’s issues with police brutality, but also Japan’s, especially mistreatment of non-Japanese people.

These protests are not only physical, but virtual as well, with social media being used as a tool to express emotions over the current situation. Social media is also being used as a tool to teach people about the issue of police brutality against black people. One such way is the subbing of a viral video of black men talking about police brutality into Japanese. This subbed video has also gone viral, spreading the message of Black Lives Matter in Japan.

Several Japanese celebrities have lent their support to the cause. Rola posted the above-mentioned video on her Instagram Stories, along with other messages of support.

On her Twitter, Kiko Mizuhara posted a link to a site explaining Black Lives Matter in Japanese. She also posted a petition which hopes to achieve justice for Floyd.

Earlier in the day Johnny’s group Arashi announced the release of a brand new digital single titled “Party Makers“. The single was going to be released worldwide on June 12th, 2020, but just hours later an update posted to fan club members of Johnnys-net confirmed that the release would be postponed.

The primary reason for the postponement is due to the vast amount of large-scale protests currently taking place in the United States. Americans are currently mainly protesting in support of the movement Black Lives Matter, brought on by police brutality. The murder of George Floyd and many others by the hands of Police created somewhat of a resurgence with the movement. Similar protests have also been happening all around the world in other countries such as Canada, Japan, New Zealand, France, and Spain.

This week, YOASOBI topped the Hot 100 single chart with their digital single “Yoru ni Kakeru”, with 12,797 points.

Fujii Kaze topped the Hot Albums chart with his debut album “HELP EVER HURT NEVER.”

YOASOBI also topped the Streaming Songs chart “Yoru ni Kakeru.”

Arashi topped the Download Songs chart with their digital single “Love so sweet: Reborn.”

Agust D topped the Download Albums chart with his new mixtape “D-2.”