Some exciting news for singer song-writer miwa, it has been reported she she has married Olympic gold medalist swimmer Kosuke Hagino! The two met back in Autumn 2016, originally starting out as friends it eventually turned into a relationship becoming much more serious in 2018.

Last year miwa chopped off her signature long hair and bangs in favor of a more short style. She just recently released a single titled “Reboot“, and promos of the song may have given us some hints about her personal life! She recently performed at the August 30th episode of Music Station, which was quite emotional, unbeknownst to the audience.

Actor Haruma Miura shows off his voice and performing skills in a brand new CM for “GROP“

GROP is a company that specializes in working with other business to provide them services. These include temporary staffing, production dispatch, line sourcing, telemarketing, digital marketing, mailing services, and even helping your business take a more global approach.

In the CM Haruma is joined by a bunch of dancers, as a he sings a song praising GROP’s services. While this flashy CM may not seem like the typical style a business service would use, it will not doubt give GROP attention. Check out the full CM below!

This week, NMB48 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their new single “Bokou e Kaere!”, with 20,584 points.

ENDRECHERI topped the Hot Albums chart with his new album “NARALIEN.”

Official HIGE DANdism topped the Streaming Songs chart for the 13th consecutive week with their single “Pretender.”

Yonezu Kenshi topped the Download Songs chart with his new digital single “Uma to Shika.”

RADWIMPS topped the Download Albums chart for the fifth consecutive week with their soundtrack “Tenki no Ko.”

It has recently been revealed (again!) that Kairi, a character from the popular Kingdom Hearts game franchise, was linked to a legendary J-pop singer during the characters design process.

“Ultimanias” are a line of guidebooks released by Square Enix, what makes them most coveted by fans are the staff interviews and abundance of concept art. Fansite Kingdom Hearts Insider recently revisited translated snippets from the book many fans may have forgotten about, and one of them in particular has the J-pop community buzzing.

Singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino kicked off his five-stop, eight-concert domestic “POP VIRUS“ dome tour in February—now he’s taking it global! The tour will hit Shanghai, New York, and Taipei, and Yokohama starting this November.

British–American musician Mark Ronson, who Hoshino double-headlined two concert dates with last December, will support the “Koi” singer as a special guest in New York and a performer at the Yokohama dates.

Ahead of his international activities, he has opened up his music to all streaming services and set up Instagram and Weibo accounts.

“I’m going to start a lot of things,” he writes in his very first first Instagram post. “In order to meet, connect with, and have fun with the people I love and people I haven’t met yet.”

This week’s guests were King & Prince, miwa, Foorin, Last Idol, Magokoro Brothers, and Yazawa Eikichi.

King & Prince – koi-wazurai

miwa – Reboot

Foorin – Paprika

Last Idol – Seishun Train

Magokoro Brothers – Summer Nude

Yazawa Eikichi – Kuroku Nuritsubuse / Yokohama Uo・Uo・Uo

Songstress Tomomi Kahara has given birth to her first child.

Through her official website, Tomomi reveals that she welcomed a healthy baby boy in late August weighing in at 5.7 pounds.

“I experienced a happy childbirth in a warm atmosphere surrounded by kindness,” the new mother writes. “It’s a great joy to have a child, but I will continue to devote my effort towards singing in the future.“

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