Talent Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is sporting a shaved head in a brand new CM for Mercari.

Mercari is a popular Japanese e-commerce company, which is also available in the United States and the United Kingdom. They are perhaps most famous for their marketplace mobile app, allowing users to sell whatever they wish.

Mercari has become the very first company in Japan to reach “Unicorn” status, which is awarded to startup companies valued at over $1 billion USD.

LDH group The Rampage from Exile Tribe is back with a new single titled “Throw Ya Fist”.

The song name also serves as the title of their second live tour “The Rampage Live Tour 2019: Throw Ya Fist” which is scheduled to start on February 6th, and will conclude on May 26th, 2019.

Anna, an original member of FAKY, has officially departed from the group, a month after AVEX originally announced her graduation. Her last performance was held at Liquid Room during their FAKY LIVE 2018 “fo(u)r” tour on Dec 20th.

Starting off the year with a bang, pop/rock band BUMP OF CHICKEN have announced that they will providing the theme song for the TBS adaptation of drama “The Good Wife”.  Originally an American TV serial, the Japanese variant of “The Good Wife” centers around the life of Kyoko Hasumi (Takako Tokiwa), a woman who quit her job as a lawyer 16 years ago to become a housewife.  After her husband, an elite prosecutor, is both arrested on a corruption charge and found to be having an affair, Hasumi is forced to return to the legal profession in order to provide for her children.

The theme song, titled “Aurora”, was written by the group’s vocalist Motoo Fujiwara and has been described as a gentle mid-tempo track with electronic influences.  The show’s production committee called the track a ‘perfect’ fit for the drama and the ideal image song for a character that fights against the unreasonable nature of the world we live in.

A lengthy preview of “Aurora” is available in the drama’s most recent trailer, which can be found below.  No information about the track’s release has been provided at this time, so expect an update on that front when details are announced.

The highly anticipated artist lineup for the Coachella Music Festival has been announced! 

Among the large variety of artists slated to perform is none other than girl group Perfume! This will mark the very first appearance at the festival for the girls.

Perfume will performing on Sunday April 14th, the third day of the festival. They will return on Saturday April 21st. The first day of the festival will happen on April 12th.

On the days Perfume will be performing Ariana Grande will serve as the headliner. Khalid, Zedd, CHVRCHES, and Bad Bunny will also be hitting the stage on those days.

Check out the entire lineup for the 2019 Coachella Music Festival below.

More year end round ups! The list of the top primetime dramas (19 ~ 23pm) for 2018 is out!

“99.9 Season 2” drama starring Matusumoto Jun tops the list. The finale of the drama reached 21.0%. Yonekura Ryoko’s “Legal V 〜Moto Bengoshi Takanashi Shoko〜” is at 2nd place. Her hit drama “Doctor X” has given TV Asahi much success, and even with a change in setting, Yonekura delivered with high ratings. The duo of Sorimachi Takashi and Mizutani Yutaka in Aibou Season 17 is at the 3rd place.

See the rest of the list below.

On December 31, CDTV Special! Toshikoshi Premier Live 2018→2019 aired. The show featured performances by the likes of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, Morning Musume. ’19, DA PUMP, hitomi, King & Prince, Nogizaka46, CHEMISTRY, and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Check out the full show below!

Singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is starting off 2019 with a brand new MV.

“Oto No Kuni” is a track from her fourth studio album “Japamyu” released back on September 26th, 2018. As usual, the song was written and produced by capsule member Yasutaka Nakata.