In a very rare move the president of Johnny & Associates Johnny Kitagawa has officially sent out his own personal apology to all media outlets.
After it was revealed TOKIO member Tatsuya Yamaguchi has been under investigation for “forced indecency” on a 16-year-old girl, in general the public response has been scathing. So much so, that Kitagawa himself commented on the issue.
Dedicated to the victim, fans, and the general public Kitagawa stated that “I am prepared to do the utmost in recovering your confidence“.
Every time there’s a scandal involving a Johnny’s talent, it’s quire rare for the agency to comment, depending on the nature of the scandal itself. If the “scandal” is outside of the realm of dating/partying and goes more into legal issues, then usually the agency would issue a statement not Kitagawa.
Singer Leo Ieiri will be releasing her 8th digital single on May 2nd, 2018 titled Aozora.
It will serve as the newest theme song for Fuji TV’s popular variety show Lion no Good Touch. For Aozora’s composition Ieiri teamed up with Ikimonogakari’s guitarist Yoshiki Mizuno.
The song has been officially described as a sweet love tune that people from many walks of life can all relate to. The simple jacket cover shows Ieiri looking up at the beautiful blue sky, with the sun shining down on her. “Aozora” is displayed above her head in plain white text.
Fans have eagerly been anticipating some sort of new material from the idol metal group BABYMETAL, but it seems they’re going to have to wait a little bit longer.
The girls have unveiled the formation of BABYMETAL RECORDS, which has been created due to a partnership with 5B Artist Management. It will be based in the United States, and is technically a “record label imprint”. What that means is that the label is a trademark or brand.
5B Artist Management is one of the most prominent marketing firms in the heavy metal/rock scene. Megadeth and Slipknot are currently managed by them.
It was further revealed that BABYMETAL RECORDS will work closely with the U.K based independent label Cooking Vinyl, who will handle manufacturing and distributions.
This week’s guest was Okazaki Taiiku.
Okazaki Taiiku – Jari Boy and Jari Girl / Pose
This week’s performers were Kyuso Nekokami and Ziyoou-vachi. Cheating Takeyama was the talk guest. There was also a segment on 04 Limited Sazabys’ “YON FES.”
Kyuso Nekokami – Koete Ike
Ziyoou-vachi – HALF
LDH group GENERATIONS has released visuals for their first single of 2018 titled F.L.Y.BOYS F.L.Y.GIRLS.
Their 16th single overall, it will hit Japanese store shelves on June 13th, 2018.
The title track itself is described as a catchy dance tune full of “speed”, while the singles jacket cover features all of the members looking down at the camera with a bright blue sky hanging in the background.
Today marks the very first date of Jin Akanishi‘s latest mini tour titled “JIN AKANISHI “JINDEPENDENCE” TOUR 2018″.
Located at the TOYOSU PIT by Team Smile venue in Tokyo, he will also be returning there for an encore performance tomorrow on May 2nd, 2018.
Throughout the month of May Akanishi will be traveling to Osaka, Nagoya, and then returning to Tokyo for the final dates of the concert. The finale will take place on May 24th at ZEPP TOKYO.
A special announcement has been made regarding his performance on the 23rd, also taking place at ZEPP TOKYO. Fans unable to make the concert in person will have the opportunity to visit a theater and watch the concert as it’s actually happening!
This week, KAT-TUN topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Ask Yourself”, selling 137,897 copies in its first week.
SHINee topped the Oricon album chart with their first best album “
SHINee THE BEST FROM NOW ON”, selling 89,489 copies in its first week.
Yonezu Kenshi topped the Oricon digital single chart for the tenth consecutive week with his single “Lemon”, selling 29,940 copies in its ninth week.
SHINee also topped the Oricon digital album chart with “SHINee THE BEST FROM NOW ON”, selling 3,067 copies in its first week.
