On January 29, the BUCK-TICK tribute album “PARADE III ~RESPECTIVE TRACKS OF BUCK-TICK~” will be released. The album sees an array of acts coming together to honor BUCK-TICK, including Shiina Ringo, DIR EN GREY, Miu Sakamoto, SiD, and GRANDRODEO. A trailer for the album has been released, which can be seen below!
Ever since the scandal cheating scandal involving Masahiro Higashide broke, both media and the public have been curious for the reaction of Ken Watanabe, Masahiro’s father in law. For the past week various publications have reached out to Ken for a comment, but he has stayed silent.
Masahiro’s wife, Anne Watanabe, is Ken’s second child. After ignoring calls from the media, Ken was eventually spotted shopping in Tokyo by the tabloid Josei Seven. They approached Ken hoping to get some sort of response.
Earlier in the month it was announced that girl group Perfume would be the very first guest on Disney’s new program “My Music Story“.
“My Music Story” is an exclusive program on Disney Deluxe, a Japanese streaming platform for Disney content. The show will feature the Perfume members individual life stories, their passion for music, and personal memories involving Disney.
This week, SKE48 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their new single “Souyuutoko Aru yo ne?”, with 27,064 points.
King Gnu topped the Hot Albums chart with their new album “CEREMONY.”
King Gnu also topped the Streaming chart with their single “Hakujitsu.”
Official HIGE DANdism topped the Download Songs chart with their new digital single “I LOVE…”
King Gnu also topped the Download Albums chart with “CEREMONY.”
Sandaime J Soul Brothers has released the long awaited MV for their song “Rat-tat-tat“. Originally released as their very first digital single back in September 2019, the song was heavily promoted on various year end music shows.
In the MV each member of J Soul Brothers plays a different character. Some of these include NAOTO as a host, Yamashita Kenjiro as a fisherman, ELLY as a “yanki”, and Tosaka Hiroomi as a kindergarten teacher. Throughout the MV each member and people relating to their profession do the fun choreography for “Rat-tat-tat”.
Check out the MV below:
On February 27, Mika Ninagawa‘s new drama series “FOLLOWERS” will debut on Netflix worldwide. The series stars Nakatani Miki as a successful photographer who changes the life of an aspiring star, played by Ikeda Elaiza, through the power of social media. “FOLLOWERS” aims to capture the struggles that women face in life in Tokyo today.
“FOLLOWERS” features an extensive cast, including Natsuki Mari, Itaya Yuka, Suiyoubi no Campanella‘s KOM_I, Mika Nakashima, Tadanobu Asano, Uesugi Shuhei, Kaneko Nobuaki, Mashima Hidekazu, Kasamatsu Sho, Yutaro, Oomori Nao, Kawatani Enon, MIYAVI, Nakamura Shido, Naomi Watanabe, Kiko Mizuhara, and Tamashiro Tina.
The trailer for “FOLLOWERS” was just released, and can be seen below! Check it out!
Popular online television station AbemaTV will be airing the very first public hearing for actress Erika Sawajiri. Last year Erika was charged for violating Japan’s stringent drug control law.
Scheduled to air on January 31st, 2020 at around 2:30 PM the hearing will be broadcast live from Tokyo’s District Court. Since her arrest, Erika issued an apology showing much repentance “from the bottom of her heart”. Erika’s agency avex has supported her in efforts for rehabilitation.
This week’s guests were Mizuno Yoshiki, Dojima Kohei, Kan Sano, Koyabu Kazutoyo, and Adachi Rika.
Kan Sano x Kanjani8 – Sore Dake (Tamashiro Chiharu cover)