This week, Nogizaka46 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their single “Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru.”
MAD TRIGGER CREW VS Matenro topped the Hot Albums chart with their self-titled debut album.
Aimyon topped the Streaming Songs chart for the third consecutive week with her single “Konya Kono Mama.”
back number topped the Download Songs chart for the second consecutive week with their single “Old Fashion.”
MAD TRIGGER CREW VS Matenro also topped the Download Albums chart with their self-titled debut album.
This week, Nogizaka46 topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru”, selling 1,062,615 copies in its first week.
MAD TRIGGER CREW VS Matenro topped the Oricon album chart with their self-titled debut album, selling 72,347 copies in its first week.
back number topped the Oricon digital single chart for the second consecutive week with their single “Old Fashion”, selling 50,428 copies in its second week.
MAD TRIGGER CREW VS Matenro also topped the Oricon digital album chart with their self-titled debut album, selling 7,526 copies in its first week.
Model Koki continues to make her mark in the Japanese entertainment world. She just recently took home one of her very first awards, and presumably the first of many to come.
Koki was awarded the “Rising star award” at the ELLE Cinema Awards, given to women who have had a very promising year in the entertainment world, and are sure to have continued future success. In the past this award was given to up-and-coming actresses as this is a movie based award, but Koki has yet to act in a film or television drama.
In a surprise move Toshi, lead singer of the band X Japan has unveiled his very own YouTube page.
For his very first video Toshi has decided to teach his viewers how to make elaborate Christmas pancakes, which will be sure to please a crowd during the upcoming busy holiday season.
On November 28, Nippon TV air will this year’s edition of its annual year end music special, Best Artist. The show will start at 7PM JST and end at 9:54 PM JST. Sakurai Sho will be hosting for the tenth consecutive year.
Best Artist 2018 will feature performances by the likes of Arashi, Hoshino Gen, Keyakizaka46, King & Prince, Perfume, DA PUMP, and Hey! Say! PUMP.
With the Heisei era coming to a close next year, the show will also feature a medley to #1 songs of the era.
See who else is performing below!
The legendary anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion will be making it’s way to Netflix in 2019!
Not only will all 26 original episodes be included, but it’s two hit films “The End of Evangelion” & “Evangelion: Death (True)2” will be available also. A specific release date has not been revealed yet, but it’s planned to be released sometime in Spring 2019.
Actress Miki Nakatani has announced that she is married! Her husband is Thilo Fechner, a professional violist who plays for the Vienna Philharmonic.
The two became acquainted with each other around two years ago, when the Vienna Philharominc held a concert in Tokyo. They were introduced by friends and quickly connected due to their shared love of the arts and classical music.
Johnny’s group Kis-My-Ft2 have released a 1 minute preview for their upcoming DVD/blu-ray release of their latest tour.
“LIVE TOUR 2018 Yummy!! you&me” will be released nationwide in Japan on November 28th, 2018. It will include their full concert held at Tokyo Dome on June 17th, 2018.
