This week’s performers were King Gnu, BLUE ENCOUNT, and LAMP IN TERREN. Yamashita Tomohisa was the talk guest.
King Gnu – Prayer X
BLUE ENCOUNT – FREEDOM
LAMP IN TERREN – BABY STEP
This week’s guests were TAKAHIRO, s**t kingz, Takahashi Shigeo, and Nakajo Ayami.
s**t kingz x Kanjani8 – NOROSHI
We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.
This week’s guests were Ohguro Maki, LiSA, and RIRI.
Ohguro Maki – LOVE MUSCLE
LiSA – Akai Wana (who loves it?)
RIRI – HONEY
![[Alexandros] Performs on SONGS for December 15](https://aramajapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/aramajapan_safe_image.jpg "[Alexandros] Performs on SONGS for December 15")
This week’s episode featured [Alexandros]. This episode is about what the band has been up to in the two years since their last appearance on SONGS. The band’s time in New York recording their new album, as well as their recent US tour, are topics of discussion.
[Alexandros] – Wataridori / Arpeggio / Mosquito Bite
It’s been a very busy day for now former Morning Musume ’18 member Haruna Iikubo. After a tenure of 7 years she has parted ways with the group, and also with Hello!Project.
Her graduation concert was held at Nippon Budokan, and was titled “Morning Musume. ’18 Concert Tour Autumn 2018 ~GET, SET, GO!~ Final – Iikubo Haruna’s Graduation Special“. Haruna’s time to shine came during the encore call, when the entire arena was glowing with “honey” colored glow sticks, her official member color.
Hey! Say! JUMP member Ryosuke Yamada has bagged the lead role in a brand new film! “Kiokuya” is based off of the novel by the same name by Kyoya Origami, which was originally released in 2015.
Actress Kyoko Yoshine has been selected to play the leading female role.
One of the most popular 48 members has announced her graduation! Rino Sashihara will be leaving HKT48 next year, the announcement was made today at HKT48’s solo concert at Tokyo Dome.
Sashihara has been planning her graduation for many years now, but luckily for fans they still have quite a bit of time to enjoy her in the group, with many special events planned.