It was announced today that popular singer/songwriter Masaharu Fukuyama has been tapped to provide the theme song for the latest theatrical entry into the Detective Conan series. This film, titled “Detective Conan Zero no Shikkounin”, will see the values of ‘truth’ and ‘justice’ set against each other as the titular detective clashes with the police over the arrest of a suspect in a bombing incident.
Fukuyama’s theme song, the fittingly titled “Rei -ZERO-“, attempts to capture the essence of that conflict while refusing to necessarily take one side over the other. It has not yet been announced whether the track will receive a proper single release, so stay tuned for further information on that subject.
“Detective Conan Zero no Shikkounin” will hit Japanese theaters on April 13th, but you’ll find the latest trailer (which features a snippet of “Rei -ZERO-“) right after the cut.
In a surprise announcement it has been revealed that actress Yukie Nakama is 4 months pregnant!
Nakama and her husband, fellow actor Tetsushi Tanaka, are expecting the baby to be born sometime in the summer. The two wed back in 2014 after dating for 6 years. While fans are very pleased with the news, it had many wondering if she will continue to do actives or go on maternity leave right away. It’s been said that currently Nakama will continue to work as usual, but her psychical condition will be closely monitored.
The Gokusen star currently has quite a busy schedule. Besides her various CM endorsements she’s starring in the 16th season of the very successful TV Asahi drama series Aibou and has a cameo in the upcoming film Ikiru Machi . She’s also one of the hosts of the Fuji TV music program Music Fair.
Born in Okinawa, Nakama belongs to a very large family of 5 siblings. Since all of them already have children, her desire to have one of her own only continued to grow especially when she married Tanaka.
Congratulations to the happy couple!
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In continuation of their 20th anniversary celebration, rock band Straightener have announced that they will be releasing both a new Single and a new Album in the coming months. Though information about the album, which will be released on May 23rd, is still scarce, all of the details surrounding the single have been made public as of today.
This Double A-side release, titled “The Future Is Now / Time Leap”, is the group’s first single since November’s “Akari” and will go on sale on April 11th. The first A-side, “The Future Is Now”, has already been selected as the theme song for the upcoming smartphone game “Digimon ReArise”.
You’ll find both the cover, which was designed by the band’s drummer Shinpei Nakayama, and the track list for this single right after the jump.
Today marks the release of Avex girl group Tokyo Girls Style‘s 24th single Last Romance.
Last Romance is released in the two standard CD only and CD+DVD versions, plus a various different “music card” versions only available in Japan. For the CD+DVD cover the girls teamed up with acclaimed artist majocco. The unique illustration shows the girls breaking out of a globe while underwater, various iconic imagery from Tokyo including The Tokyo Tower and subway trains are seen floating with them in the water.
The artsy MV for Last Romance was mainly filmed in what appears to be an abandoned garage. Throughout the MV blue paint is poured on the head of the girls, along with various other white objects including a clock and teddy bear. An impressive dance routine is also done on top of a large body of water.
All throughout the week the girls will be embarking on events to support the single including a live at Shibuya O-East and appearances at TSUTAYA records. On March 10th they will be heading out to Hong Kong to perform at the “JAM X TALE” festival.
Both the MV and covers for Last Romance can be found below!
Popular Japanese adult video (JAV) actresses Yua Mikami, Moko Sakura and Miko Matsuda will join together as Honey Popcorn and make their debut next month as an idol unit in Korea, the group’s agency Kyun Create announced on Tuesday.
Before the trio were JAV actresses, they each individually have experience as idols in Japan.
Talent Naomi Wantanbe has joined the Japanese dub cast of Disney Pixar’s hit film Coco!
Wantanabe has been selected to voice the role of Frida Kahlo. The character is based off of the renowned Mexican artist of the same name. The film is centered around the “Day of the Dead”, an annual holiday celebrated throughout Mexico that honors the dead.
In the film the main character Miguel Rivera first runs into Kahlo while visiting the arts district in the “Land of the Dead” realm. She’s busy working on a performance and is having a tough time deciding on the overall tone for the act. Rivera gives his input which is appreciated by Kahlo, complimenting his natural talent for the arts. She encourages him to follow his dream of becoming a musician.
After a vote that took place in more than 200,000 classrooms in nearly 17,000 elementary schools across Japan, the official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascots have been chosen!
The two winning characters (pictured above) will represent the Olympic games and Paralympic games, described as having opposite personalities but mutual respect for each other as they are very good friends. The Olympic Mascot embodies both old tradition and new innovation on Japan; the Paralympic Mascot is calm but very powerful when needed with a kind heart that loves nature.
Idol group AKB48 have released the music video of their upcoming single “Ja-Ba-Ja” to their official YouTube channel.
AKB48 bring their first single of 2018 with a groovy A-side and high energy music video. With its infectious brass presence throughout, AKB48 show that they still firmly hold the reins on the idol scene with “Ja-Ba-Ja“.
This single marks Okada Nana’s first AKB48 single as a center, becoming the 15th girl overall to hold that position.
