On December 31 at 11:45 PM JST, Johnny’s Countdown 2018 – 2019 will air. The show will feature performances by the likes of Arashi, King & Prince, KAT-TUN, Yamashita Tomohisa, V6, Sexy Zone, Kanjani8, and NEWS. There is a live stream of the show and Arama! Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
On December 31 at 7 PM JST, the 69th Kohaku Uta Gassen will air. The show will feature performances by the likes of Arashi, Shiina Ringo, Yonezu Kenshi, Southern All Stars, Seiko Matsuda, Daichi Miura, Hoshino Gen, and Suchmos. There is a live stream of the show and Arama! Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
Today, it was announced that AI gave birth to her second child, a boy, on December 26! Both AI and her husband, HIRO of Kaiki Gesshoku, announced the news via Instagram. HIRO announced that both AI and their new son are healthy. Both parents posted some photos of their new child, which can be seen after the jump!
On December 31, CDTV Special! Toshikoshi Premier Live 2018→2019 will air. The first and second sets of performers have already been announced, including King & Prince, Daichi Miura, Nogizaka46, DA PUMP, hitomi, LiSA, Aqours, and Touken Danshi. The third set has now been released. It features names such as Morning Musume. ’19, SEKAI NO OWARI, and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. See who else is performing below!
Over the next few days, we’ll be looking back on the year end charts for the years that were covered in the 2018 editions of Oricon Flashback. Next up is 2003.
At 5:30 PM JST on December 30, the 60th Japan Record Awards will air on TBS. Many acts are nominated for the Grand Prix, including Nogizaka46, Daichi Miura, Keyakizaka46, Nishino Kana, AKB48, DA PUMP, and SEKAI NO OWARI. The Best New Artist Award will also be given out to STU48, Tatsumi Yuuto, Chuning Candy, or BiSH. The show will feature performances by many of the acts named above!
There is a live stream of the show and Arama! Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
This week, KinKi Kids topped the Combined Single chart with “Aitai, Aitai, Aenai.”, with 180,050 points in its first week.
Hoshino Gen topped the Combined Album chart with “POP VIRUS”, with 303,963 points in its first week.
KinKi Kids also topped the Single chart with “Aitai, Aitai, Aenai.”, selling 180,050 copies in its first week.
Gen also topped the Album chart with with “POP VIRUS”, selling 278,168 copies in its first week.
Uru retook the top spot on the Digital Single chart, topping it for the second non-consecutive week, with her single “Prologue”, selling 33,639 copies in its eighth week.
Gen also topped the Digital Album chart with “POP VIRUS”, selling 25,795 copies in its first week.
Aimyon topped the Streaming chart for the second consecutive week with “Konya Kono Mama”, with 1,546,935 streams in the chart’s second week.
This week’s guests were Shoko Nakagawa, FANTASTICS, Matsumuro Seiya, and Tamura Meimi.
Shoko Nakagawa – Heavy Girl
FANTASTICS – OVER DRIVE
Matsumuro Seiya – Kurage
Tamura Meimi – Maho wo Ageru yo ~Magic In The Air~