Shingo Katori gifts SHINee member Key a coat!

Former SMAP member Shingo Katori recently hosted an exhibition for his collaborative clothing line Jantje_Ontembaar. Katori worked with designer Tomoki Sukezane for the project, and showed off items from the current Autumn/Winter collection at the event.

Among the plethora of guests was a very special one, K-pop superstar and SHINee member Key!

Arama Exclusive: We Have Located Shiina Ringo’s Spirit, Trapped Inside New Artist, Kagura Saty!

When Shiina Ringo died in 2013, Japanese scientists along with the funding from Gucci tried their best to create a cyborg to replace such a huge loss to the Japanese music industry. Unfortunately, Gucci used this amazing technology for evil and sold the cyborg Shiina Ringo out to every company that wanted to use it to sell a new product, ending up with an annual jingle or two for starving and mourning fans.

Perfume announces North American + Asia FUTURE POP tour dates!

Electro girl group Perfume has finally announced the highly anticipated North American and Asian tour dates for their upcoming FUTURE POP tour!

This is slated to be Perfume’s largest international tour to date, and the girls will be visiting many cities for the very first time.

Johnnys Jr group SixTONES selected for “YouTube Artist Promotion” campaign

SixTONES and Johnnys fans went on a frenzy Monday morning upon the deployment of huge visual posters of the group at Shinagawa station. Arguably the most popular Johnnys Jr group currently, the 6 -member SixTONES (pronounced as Stones) was selected to be part of the “YouTube Artist Promotion”, a campaign launched worldwide by the video sharing site.

Participating in the said campaign are foreign artists garnering millions of views such as Sean Mendes, BTS, Camila Cabello, and DUA LIPA. SixTONES consisting of Kochi Yugo (24), Kyomoto Taiga (23), Tanaka Juri (23), Matsumura Hokuto (23), Jesse (22), Morimoto Shintaro (21) has joined the campaign.

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ONE OK ROCK member Tomoya apologizes for past hookup with high school student

Tabloid magazine FRIDAY recently covered a story involving Tomoya, the drummer of the very popular band ONE OK ROCK. The incident took place roughly 7 years ago, and it involved Tomoya and a high school student.

The woman in question decided to share her story to FRIDAY, as she’s very upset that Tomoya “abandoned” her. Her full name wasn’t revealed, she was only referred to as “Ayumi” throughout the story.

GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE drop new MV for “Shounen”

LDH group GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE have released their brand new MV for “Shounen“.

This is the groups 17th single overall, back in the beginning of the month it was originally released as the boys’ 3rd digital single. Titled “1 Chorus ver” it was more like a long preview, seeing as the song ended after the first chorus.

Kenshi Yonezu rocks out in his Music Video for “TEENAGE RIOT”

We previously reported that popular singer/songwriter Kenshi Yonezu will be releasing a Double A-side single titled “Flamingo / TEENAGE RIOT” on October 31st.  Now, following up on the reveal of his music video for “Flamingo,” Yonezu has chosen to upload the PV for the second A-side “TEENAGE RIOT” to his YouTube channel.

Originally revealed during his recent Budokan shows, this music video was directed by Kyoutaro Hayashi and features a performance of the track beneath a monochrome filter.  In addition, a special web movie related to the Gatsby Cop commercial campaign, which “TEENAGE RIOT” serves as the theme song for, has been uploaded to the brand’s YouTube channel.

You’ll find both of these videos right after the cut.