This week’s episode featured Nishino Kana. She’s currently celebrating the 10th anniversary of her debut. In this episode, various celebrity fans help explain Kana’s appeal and the voice she gives to women through her songs.
Nishino Kana – Torisetsu / Suki / Moshimo Unmei no Hito ga Iru no Nara /Bedtime Story
This week’s episode featured performances from Day 1 of Buzz Rhythm LIVE 2018, which was held at Yokohama Arena on November 3. The performers were Aimyon, MAN WITH A MISSION, sumika, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, and CHAI.
Aimyon – Ai wo Tsutaetai Datoka / Konya Kono Mama / Marigold
MAN WITH A MISSION – Raise your flag / Take Me Under
sumika – Fiction / Summer Vacation
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas – Return to Zero / Party Boys
CHAI – N.E.O.
The 43rd Hochi Film Awards has announced its winners! This also marks the beginning of the domestic film awards season. Shinohara Ryoko won her first Best Actress award, after portraying opposite characters in the movies “Ningyo no nemuru ie” and “Sunny: Tsuyoi Kimochi Tsuyoi Ai”. The late Kiki Kirin’s impressive performance won her the Best Supporting Actress award. Ninomiya Kazunari won the Best Supporting Award, which makes him the 2nd Johnnys to be awarded by Hochi Film after Okada Junichi (Eien no Zero).
Special Award was given to phenomenal hit “Kamera o tomeru na!” Check out the rest of the winners below.
On December 21, this year’s edition of Music Station’s year end special, Music Station Super Live, will air. The show starts at 7 PM JST and ends at 11:10 PM JST. Earlier today, the first set of performers, containing 41, acts was announced. This roster includes the likes of Arashi, Thelma Aoyama, Daichi Miura, Wagakki Band, Yuzu, Hoshino Gen, Nogizaka46, KinKi Kids, and CHEMISTRY. See who else is performing below!
This week’s guests were Sexy Zone, AKB48, ayaka, Official HIGE DANdism, Kobukuro, DAIGO, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, and Miyamoto Hiroji.
Sexy Zone – Suppin KISS / Karakuri Darake no Tenderness
AKB48 – NO WAY MAN
ayaka – Ai Kotoba
Official HIGE DANdism – Stand By You
Kobukuro – Harebare
DAIGO – Motto Yoku Dakishimeta Nara
ayaka – Ito
Kobukuro – Silent Majority
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra feat. Miyamoto Hiroji – Shita Igai Subete Moyase
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This has been a busy week for fashion in Tokyo. Two fashion powerhouses, Valentino and Dior, showed their new Pre-Fall 2019 collections in the city.
On November 27, Valentino held its first ever fashion show in Toyko, debuting its Pre-Fall 2019 collection for men and women. The collection was a mixture of Western and Japanese aesthetics, with creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli saying, “I love the culture of Japan. It’s so modern with a sense of tradition which is romantic, not nostalgic—it’s part of the present.”
Various celebrities attended the show, including DEAN FUJIOKA, ROLA, Perfume, AMIAYA, and Ryusei Ryo.
On November 30, Dior presented it’s Pre-Fall 2019 men’s show. The collection was a collaboration with artist Hajime Sorayama. The line featured his signature robots, mixed with cherry blossoms at times. The show took place around a nearly 40 foot statue created by Sorayama for the show.
A plethora of stars attended this show: Kiko Mizuhara, Sandaime J Soul Brother’s Tosaka Hiroomi, Kubozuka Yosuke, Hajime Sorayama, VERBAL, GENRATIONS’ Sano Reo and Sekiguchi Mendy, Ryusei Ryo, Hanazawa Masato, INTERSECTION, RADWIMPS’ Noda Yojiro, Yoshizawa Ryo, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Ohmae Hikari, Okada Kenshi, Takashi Murakami, Akimoto Kozue, emma, MADEMOISELLE YULIA, EXILE HIRO, Avex CEO Max Matsuura, ROLA, UTA, DISH//’s Kitamura Takumi, AMIYAMA, Chiharu Okunugi, Aska Cambridge, and Fukimo Imano.
Check out both shows and photos of their guests after the jump!