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This week’s guests were Ohguro Maki, Hana Shinichiro, THE RAMPAGE, Sayaka Yamamoto, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and SixTONES.

Ohguro Maki – Natsu ga Kuru

Hara Shinichiro – Koi no Mayoigo

THE RAMPAGE – FULLMETAL TRIGGER

Ohguro Maki – My Will ~Sekai wa Kaerarenakutemo~ / Atsuku Nare / Anata Dake Mitsumeteru / La La La

Sayaka Yamamoto – Ichirinsou

TOMORROW X TOGETHER – 9 to 4 Bun no 3 Bansen de Kimi wo Matsu (Run Away) [Japanese Ver.]

SixTONES – Imitation Rain

Kiko Mizuhara is one of the many Japanese celebrities who have continued the trend of having their own YouTube channel! Joining the likes of Nozomi Tsuji and Rola, Kiko so far has two videos uploaded on her channel.

The first video serves as a introduction, with highlights of future videos. We’ll get a look into Kiko’s every day life including her hanging out at home and behind the scenes footage of her getting ready for fashion shows and photoshoots.

Kiko joked that she isn’t trying to compete with her close friend Rola, who only opened her channel two weeks ago. “It’s not like I want to compete with Rola, I just want to make that clear!”

This week, Official HIGE DANdism topped the Hot 100 single chart with their single “Pretender”, with 11,386 points, topping the chart for the seventh non-consecutive week.

Kimura Takuya topped the Hot Albums chart with his debut solo album “Go with the Flow.”

Official HIGE DANdism also topped the Streaming Songs chart for the 36th consecutive week with “Pretender.”

Official HIGE DANdism retook the top spot on the Download Songs chart with “Pretender”, topping the chart for the third non-consecutive week .

Official HIGE DANdism also retook the top spot on the Dowload Albums chart with their album “Traveler”, topping the chart for the second non-consecutive week.

Disgraced actor Masahiro Higashide has continued to experience fallout from his cheating scandal involving actress Erika Karata.

One of the biggest blows have been Masahiro’s CM deals. His CMs for the massive health and lifestyle brand “Sunstar” have been removed from the website, since August 2019 he has been promoting their GUM toothbrush line.

Actress Erika Karata is apart of the first big Japanese entertainment scandal of the year. It was recently revealed that she was in a secret relationship with actor Masahiro Higashide, a married man.

The repercussions continue for Erika, as the media is watching her every single move. Just one days after the initial news story broke Erika was spotted at a drama shoot for TV Tokyo. Reports claim that Erika was completely “calm” during the entire shooting, and didn’t appear to be upset in any way.

Further details have been announced regarding Perfume‘s special fashion project titled “Perfume Closet“. It has been announced that the Electro World girls will have their very own pop-up shop all across Japan, tying in with their “phase 2” of the collection.

The garments available include select pieces designed by the Perfume members themselves. Not only did they put a lot of thought into the design, but they helped pick out the materials, along with the silhouette of the pieces. Among the items available are staple fashion items including coats, dresses, shirts, knit tops, and trousers.

In the early 90s Alisa Mizuki was one of the most popular idols who helped define a generation. Along with others like Rie Miyaziwa, she was a triple threat becoming popular for her modeling, acting, and singing career. Her career began at age 4 where she appeared in a CM.

Later on in Alisa’s career she began to focus full-time on acting, and that decision has lead her to the history books! She has a set a record for appearing in a serial drama series for 29 consecutive years. Not too many idols have been able to successfully make the transition to a full fledged actress.