Touyama Mirei to Release New Album Composed of Answer Songs

On August 29, Touyama Mirei will release her new album, “Answer.” As the title suggests, the album is composed of answer songs. On the album, Mirei responds to songs such as Dohzi-T’s “Negai”, Shota Shimizu’s “My Boo”, Aqua Timez’s “Toushindai no Love Song”, KREVA’s “Neiro”, and UVERworld’s “Kimi no Suki na Uta” from a female perspective.

In addition to the answer songs, there are also original songs on the album. The album’s title track is one of them, as in the song “Tiger”, which Mirei worked in Finland with local musicians.

Mirei recently released the music video for her KREVA answer song, “Neiro Regards.” Check it out below, along with more information on her new album!

Gesu no Kiwami Otome. to Release New Album “Suki nara Towanai”

On August 29, Gesu no Kiwami Otome. will release their new album, “Suki nara Towanai.” This is the band’s first album since May 2017’s “Daruma Ringo.” “Suki nara Towanai” is also the first release on frontman Kawatani Enon’s new Warner Music Japan sub-label TACO RECORDS, meaing that the band has transferred from Warner Music Japan’s unBORDE sub-label.

“Suki nara Towanai” will include the previously released songs “Tatakate Shimau yo”, “Image Senryaku”, and “Mou Setsunai to wa Iwasenai”, along with the PARKGOLF remix of their 2015 hit “Watashi Igai Watashi Janai no.” It will also include the song “Sassou to Hashiru Tonegawa-kun”, which serves as the opening theme for the Nippon TV anime series “Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa.” “Sassou to Hashiru Tonegawa-kun” is Gesu no Kiwami Otome.’s first anime tie-in.

The DVD that comes with the limited edition of “Suki nara Towanai” contains footage from Gesu no Kiwami Otome.’s MTV Unplugged performance that was shot this past March at Tokyo’s Toyosu PIT.

Check out more information on Gesu no Kiwami Otome.’s new album below!

KREVA, BRADIO, and Friends Perform on Premium MelodiX! for August 27

This week’s guests were KREVA, BRADIO, and Friends.

KREVA – Sonzaikan

BRADIO – Boom Boom Heaven

Friends – Tokonatsu Vacance

KREVA, androp, and Lenny code fiction Perform on Love music for August 26

This week’s guests were androp, KREVA, and Lenny code fiction.

androp – Hikari

KREVA – Sonzaikan

Lenny code fiction – Make my story

Fujifabric Performs with Kanjani8 on KanJam Kanzennen SHOW for August 26

This week’s guests were Teraoka Yohito, Ishiwatari Junji, Fujifabric, Ohkubo Kayoko, and Kazureza.

Fujifabric x Kanjani8 – Wakamono no Subete

Keyakizaka46, Perfume, and MISIA Top the Oricon Charts for the Week of 8/13 – 8/19

This week, Keyakizaka46 topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Ambivalent”, selling 811,684 copies in its first week.

Perfume topped the Oricon album chart with their new album “Future Pop”, selling 79,282 copies in its first week.

MISIA topped the Oricon digital single chart for the second consecutive week with her single “Ai no Katachi”, selling 28,429 copies in its third week.

Perfume also topped the Oricon digital album chart with “Future Pop”, selling 7,396 copies in its first week.

#1 Song Review: Week of 8/6 – 8/12 (Nogizaka46 v. MISIA v. DA PUMP)

Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Hey! Say! JUMP defeat DA PUMP. DA PUMP is back this week, facing off against two newcomers. Find out what Ronald thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

HY, Moriyama Naotaro, and sumika Perform on CDTV for August 25

This week’s guests were HY, Moriyama Naotaro, and sumika.

HY – Anata

Moriyama Naotaro – Ningen no Mori

sumika – Fanfare