Avex continues to give gifts to fans of their acts during the COVID-19 pandemic. This time, the company has decided to release the fan club newsletters for some of their acts to the public for free.
These newsletters are normally delivered to paying fan club members in the mail. The newsletters, which can be 50 pages or more, contain exclusive content, such as interviews and behind the scenes photos.
i☆Ris, ayaka, Ito Chiaki, lol, Koda Kumi, Da-iCE, Tokyo Girls’ Style, AAA, moumoon, May J., and U-KISS are part of this project, which runs through May 31. The link to their newsletters can be found below!
One song from 2020 was certified Platinum this month for selling 250,000 copies: Official HIGE DANdism‘s “I LOVE…”
One song from 2020 was certified Gold this month for selling 100,000 copies: Uru’s “Anata ga Iru Koto de.”
One album was certified Gold this month for selling 100,000 copies: Utada Hikaru‘s “Hatsukoi.”
It has been announced that actress Keiko Kitagawa is pregnant with her first child! According to reports, Keiko is currently scheduled to give birth sometime in the Fall. Keiko and her husband DAIGO have been married for 4 years, announcing their marriage back in January, 2016.
The gender of the baby is unknown, and will likely not be revealed until Keiko gives birth.
This week’s guests were Last Idol, Akai Koen, and Ryokuoushoku Shakai.
Akai Koen – yumeutsutsu
Last Idol – Ai wo Shiru
Ryokuoushoku Shakai – Shout Baby
This week, Official HIGE DANdism retook the top spot on the Hot 100 single chart with their single “I LOVE…”, with 10,080 points, topping it for the fourth non-consecutive week.
JUJU topped the Hot Albums chart with her new best album “MY STORY.”
Official HIGE DANdism also topped the Streaming Songs chart for the ninth consecutive week with “I LOVE…”
RADWIMPS topped the Download Songs chart with their new digital single “Nekojarashi.”
CHANGMIN topped the Download Albums chart with his debut solo mini album “Chocolate.”
This week’s guests were GENERATIONS, Nigami 17sai, and MOSHIMO.
Nigami 17sai – Yurei de Arushi
GENERATIONS – Hirahira
MOSHIMO – Motto
This week, Sandaime J Soul Brothers topped the Combined Single chart with their single “Movin’ on”, with 43,989 points in its first week in the chart’s top 10.
JUJU topped the Combined Album chart with her new best album “MY STORY”, with 59,581 points in its first week.
Sandaime J Soul Brothers also topped the Single chart with “Movin’ on”, selling 34,962 copies in its first week.
JUJU also topped the Album chart with “MY STORY”, selling 54,583 copies in its first week.
RADWIMPS topped the Digital Single chart with their new digital single “Nekojarashi”, selling 28,085 copies in its first week.
CHANGMIN topped the Digital Album chart with his debut solo mini album “Chocolate”, selling 4,977 copies in its first week.
Official HIGE DANdism topped the Streaming chart with “I LOVE…”, with 4,242,502 streams in its 13th week, topping the chart for the ninth consecutive week.
The highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s “Whisper of the Heart” has been postponed. The film was originally set to be released to Japanese theaters on September 18th, 2020.
Filming has been disrupted due to COVID-19, as many of the scenes and photography planned for the film were to take place overseas. There currently is no date for when production of the film will resume, and for when the film will actually be released.
