Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Yonezu Kenshi defeat BOYS AND MEN and Sandaime J Soul Brothers. Kenshi is back this week, facing off against a newcomer and a blast from the past. Find out what Ronald thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!
L’Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS frontman HYDE will be releasing a brand new solo single, his first in 12 years!
His last solo effort was the 2006 single “Season’s Call”, it was an instant success reaching #1 on the Oricon weekly charts. His new single is titled “WHO’S GONNA SAVE US?“, it will be his 8th single overall.
Today SEXY ZONE release their 15th single “Innocent Days“. It’s their first single release in 8 months!
The song is serving as the main insert song for the NTV drama series “Miss Devil”, starring Nanao and SEXY ZONE member Shori Sato.
“Innocent Days” is available in three different versions. Two limited edition CD+DVDs and a standard CD only version. Each limited edition comes with a unique 16-page photobook, along with a card with a serial code for special content.
Singer Namie Amuro recently wrapped up her last concert tour, fans who never got a chance to attend or those who wish to relive the experience will be able to in August.
“namie amuro Final Tour 2018 -Finally-“ will hit store shelves on August 29th, 2018. It will be released in a massive 5 different versions each with their own unique cover art. Each version is available in DVD or blu-ray.
This week’s guests were Fairies and HUSKING BEE.
Fairies – Crossroads
HUSKING BEE – Yoru to Kiri no Naka de
This week’s episode featured VIVA LA ROCK 2018. It included segments with Rekishi, VIVA LA J-ROCK ANTHEMS (Kameda Seiji x Kato Takashi x Tsuna Maisa) & Taniguchi Maguro (KANA-BOON), and the telephones.
This week’s guests were Sakanaction, some of their staff (Hirayama Kazuhiro, Sasaki Sachio, Takei Kazuo, and Uramoto Masashi) Takahashi Shigeo, and Yamamoto Sakaya.
Sakanaction x Kanjani8 – Yoru no Odoriko
This week, TWICE topped the Hot 100 chart with their single “Wake Me Up.”
Bodan Shonen Dan topped the Hot Albums chart with their new album “LOVE YOURSELF Zhuan ‘Tear’.”
Mr.Children topped the Streaming Songs chart with their single “HANABI.”
Yonezu Kenshi topped the Download Songs chart with his single “Lemon”, topping the chart for the 11th non-consecutive week.
Bodan Shonen Dan also topped the Download Albums chart with their new album “LOVE YOURSELF Zhuan ‘Tear’.”