This week, Keyakizaka46 topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Glass wo Ware!”, selling 833,346 copies in its first week.

Daichi Miura topped the Oricon album chart with his first best album “BEST”, selling 67,852 copies in its first week.

Yonezu Kenshi topped the Oricon digital single chart for the fourth consecutive week with his single “Lemon”, selling 97,731 copies in its fourth week.

The “Greatest Showman” soundtrack topped the Oricon digital album chart for the fourth consecutive week, selling 11,313 copies in its 14th week.

Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Arashi defeat Yonezu Kenshi and Suda Masaki. Kenshi and Masaki are back again this week, facing off against a newcomer. Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

This week’s guests were Sukima Switch, Perfume, and J☆Dee’Z.

Sukima Switch – Mirai ka

Perfume – Mugen Mirai

J☆Dee’Z – Ato Ippo

This week’s episode is the ssecond part of Music Fair’s 2700th episode celebration. This week’s guests CHEMISTRY, Moriyama Naotaro, miwa, E-girls, Sayuri Ishikawa, JUJU, Ishimaru Kanji, Niizuma Seiko, and Sada Masashi.

CHEMISTRY x Moriyama Naotaro x miwa x Washio Rena (E-girls) – PIECES OF A DREAM / You Go Your Way

Sayuri Ishikawa x JUJU – Whisky ga, Osuki Desho

E-girls – Pain, pain

Ishimaru Kanji – Niji no Kanata ni

Ishimaru Kanji x Niizuma Seiko x Sato Harumi (E-girls) – Bijo no Yajuu

Sada Masashi – Shujinkou

Kanjani8 declares 201∞ as “Kanjani∞ Year”, as they announce the release of their newest best album “GR8EST” on May 30, 2018. This comes after 5 and a half years since the release of their first best album “8EST” on their 8th anniversary.

The best album will include 21 single songs starting from “Aoppana” (released September 2012) until “Oto Seyo” (released November 2017. In addition, the album boast as bonus tracks two even GREATer new versions of the song “Musekinin Hero” for which the group collaborated with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra who also aranged the song and “Osaka Romanesque”, in which world famous violinist Hakase Taro performs in combination with a strings arrangement.

The music video collection will include all of the released music videos for singles, coupling tracks and album lead tracks starting from “Aoppana”. It will also include the band collaboration with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra for “Musekinin Hero”. “Osaka Romanesque” will feature 7 solo shots of members in different situations and places in Osaka.

The group will also hold a 5-major Dome Tour titled “Kanjani’s Eightertainment GR8EST TOUR” this summer. This will be their 7th Dome Tour for 6 consecutive years. More on the album info and tour schedule below.

Earlier this month, Ikumi held the Fall/Winter 2018 fashion show or her unisex brand in Paris. This is the second time the half Japanese half German model turned designer choosed the French capital to showcase her newest collection.

In regard of the underwhelming results of her previous show -she didn’t manage to get any reseller in France or in Europe-, her decision to stick with Paris to engage in what looks like a more assertive artistic expression seems to convey a plausible disapointment that eventually sparked a deepening of her creative process. This significative improvement was more than welcomed regarding the questionable artistic direction of her 2 latest collections.
The dubious scheduling of the event -4PM on a Thursday is arguably not the best choice to attract a big attendance (especially for such a young and unknown label (in the West))- didn’t leave me any room to attend the show as an afterwork gig ; something that I’m still bitter of to this day since this collection was definitely one of the best that Ikumi ever pulled out since a while so far.

Check out IKUMI FW18 fashion show review down below!

Earlier this year, bilingual pop band MONKEY MAJIK announced that they would be releasing a new studio record titled “enigma” on March 21st.  Their 11th full-length album, “enigma” comes two years after the release of their previous record, “southview”, and will include their already released tracks “A.I. am Human”, “Is this love?”, and “ray of light”, as well as eight new songs for a total of 11.

This new album will be issued in four different versions:  a Regular (CD-Only) Edition, a Limited DVD/Blu-ray Edition which will include footage, off-shots, and interviews from the group’s 2017 Live House Tour, and a Mu-mo Shop Edition which will additionally include a special lunch box set.  Ahead of the record’s release, the quartet have also uploaded a digest which features previews of all of the included tracks to their label’s Youtube channel.

You’ll find this digest, as well as the cover and complete track list for “enigma” right after the jump.

This week’s guests were Daichi Miura, Perfume, Little Glee Monster, Saito Kazuyoshi, and lol.

Daichi Miura – DIVE!

Perfume – Mugen Mirai

Little Glee Monster – Gyutto

Saito Kazuyoshi – Aozora Bakari

lol – ice cream