As previously reported, Daichi Miura will release his new single, “Blizzard”, on December 19. The song serves as the theme song for the movie “Dragon Ball Super: Broly.” The single will feature a remix of “Blizzard” by the song’s producer, Nao’ymt, as well as a live version and an English version.

Daichi will perform “Blizzard” for the first time on TV on the second night of the 2018 FNS Kayousai in December 12.

He’s also released the music video for the song. In the clip, Daichi performs his signature dance moves in an ice cave. Check it out below, along with more information on his new single!

To conclude a rather busy six months, popular rock band BUMP OF CHICKEN have announced that they will providing the CM Song for confectionery brand Lotte‘s 70th Anniversary campaign.  The centerpiece of this project is a three-and-a-half minute animation – entitled “Baby I Love You Daze” – supervised by director Rie Matsumoto, who has worked on the well-known anime “Kyousougiga” and “Blood Blockade Battlefront” (Season One), and featuring character designs from Yuuki Hayashi, who is known for his work on the “Boku no Hero Academia” anime.

The theme song, titled “Shinsekai,” is a poppy, upbeat number which features samples from not only musical instruments, but also popguns and shoes, both of which feature prominently in the track’s rhythm section.  While a short version of “Shinsekai” plays during the commercial, the release of the song’s full version has yet to be decided.

The full version of this nearly four minute animation, however, can be found right after the jump.

Last month singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ohashi Trio released his latest digital single “S M I L E S.”  Now, nearly a month later, he has chosen to publish the music video for the track to his label’s YouTube channel.

This PV was made in collaboration with a number of models, actors, Instagrammers, and TikTokers, all of whom used smartphones in order to film scenes from their daily lives.  The resulting collage of shots features clips both mundane and quirky, including some that are downright heartwarming.

You’ll find the full version of this music video right after the cut.

On December 12 at 7 PM JST, Fuji TV will air the second night of the 2018 FNS Kayousai. The show will feature performances by the likes of Ai Otsuka, KAT-TUN, King & Prince, Hoshino Gen, Morning Musume. ’18, Daichi Miura, E-girls, and Nishino Kana.

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!

AAA member Shuta Sueyoshi has dropped his latest MV for “I’M YOUR OWNER“.

The song is going to serve as the primary promotional track from Sueyoshi’s upcoming studio album titled “WONDER HACK“, which will hit Japanese store shelves on January 16th, 2019.  A nationwide tour to promote the album will begin the following month in February.

This week’s guests were AKB48 Ikenomizu Senbatsu, FANTASTICS, CUBERS, and Minyo Girls.

AKB48 Ikenomizu Senbatsu – Ike no Mizu wo Nukitai

FANTASTICS – OVER DRIVE

CUBERS – SHOOTING STAR

Minyo Girls – Mirai

From December 6 – 9, this year’s Grand Prix Final took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was the final event in the International Skating Union’s 2018 – 2019 Grand Prix Series. Japan sent 4 skaters to this competition, with Rika Kihira winning the women’s event and Shoma Uno placing second in the men’s event.

Rika Kihira won the women’s event with a total score of 233.12, 6.59 points ahead of Russia’s Alina Zagitova. This score is a new personal best for Rika. She is also the first Japanese skater since Mao Asada in 2005 to win the Grand Prix Final in her debut season.

Rika’s short program received a score of 82.51, putting her in first, and 4.58 points ahead of Alina. Rika also set a new world record with her short program score. “I was able to perform very calmly. It was a good performance and I’m obviously really happy with my score,” she later said at a press conference. “The score was a lot higher than I thought, but I’ll go back and look at the judges scores and see where there is room for improvement.”

Rika’s free skate was also the top one of the women’s event, with a score of 150.61, 2.01 points ahead of Alina. Rika missed her first triple axel, but skated clean the rest of the program. Afterwards, she said, “I made a mistake early, but got to go out there and finish. I am really happy to perform that way on this stage.”

This week, AKB48 topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “NO WAY MAN”, selling 1,205,009 copies in its first week.

Yamashita Tomohisa topped the Oricon album chart  with his new album “UNLEASHED”, selling 82,915 copies in its first week.

Yonezu Kenshi retook the top spot on the Oricon digital single chart, topping it for the 17th non-consecutive week, with his single “Lemon”, selling 30,304 copies in its 42nd week.

The “Bohemian Rhapsody” soundtrack topped the Oricon digital album chart for the second consecutive week, selling 6,816 copies in its seventh week.