This week’s guests were Miyuki Watanabe, Ame no Parade, and LUNKHEAD.
Miyuki Watanabe – Yuugure Sentimental
Ame no Parade – Ahead Ahead
LUNKHEAD – Shunatsu
Today, NHK aired a two part special, “Soukessan! Heisei Kohaku Uta Gassen.” The show looks back on Kohaku Uta Gassen during the Heisei era. The first part was hosted by Arashi‘s Sakurai Sho and NHK announcer Ohno Fumie. This segment starred Arashi, Seiko Matsuda, and Kitajima Saburo. The second part was hosted by Uchimura Teruyoshi and Fumie, and starred Bananaman, among others. Relive this soon to end Heisei era’s Kohaku Uta Gassen below!
Late last month, folk singer/songwriter Yuta Orisaka released his digital single “Houyou”. Now he has chosen to publish a music video for both its title track and B-side “Kai” to his YouTube channel.
This expansive PV, directed by Kohei Igarashi, attempts to thematically link the pair of songs through the use of a continuous narrative. As such, the majority of the video’s runtime is composed of shots relating to the sea, the shore, and other similar topics.
You’ll find the full version of this special music video right after the jump.
This week’s performers were SHISHAMO, Kankaku Pierrot, and go!go!vanillas. Heisei Nobushi Kobushi was the talk guest.
SHISHAMO – OH!
Kankaku Pierrot – O・P・P・A・I
go!go!vanillas – No.999
LDH latest group BALLISTIK BOYZ is prepping for their major debut! Instead of going the traditional route and debuting with a single, the boys will actually be starting out with a full length studio album.
The self-titled album will come out on May 22nd, 2019. Since the initial announcement, 6 more songs have been revealed for the tracklist. As of right now the partial tracklist is as follows:
The latest cover boys have been announced for the upcoming issue of the popular magazine anan. This time it’ll be Johnny’s group Hey! Say! JUMP.
The boys are currently gearing up for the release of their double a-side single “Lucky-Unlucky / Oh! my darling“, and the release of their DVD single “Ai Dake ga Subete -What do you want?-“. Both releases will come out a week apart, the single is out May 22nd while the DVD single will come out May 29th.
Popular talent and content creator kemio has officially come out. He made an official statement on the matter via his official Twitter account.
April 28th marks the official Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade held in Harajuku and Shibuya, with a special festival also happening at Yoyogi Park. Bringing awareness to the event is one of the reasons why kemio decided to share his big news. Calling the form of love “infinite”, men and women should be able to fall in love with whoever they please.
The day is here! Rino Sashihara has performed for the very last time as a member of HKT48.
Her graduation took place at Yokohama stadium, and featured a large variety of special guests. Joining her on stage was one half of the legendary comedy duo Downtown, Hitoshi Matsumoto. He dressed up as musician Yuya Uchida, parodying Rino & Yuya’s 2014 duet song “Shekina Baby“.