This week’s guests were The Gospellers, GLIM SPANKY, and BURNOUT SYNDROMES.

The Gospellers – Hikari

GLIM SPANKY – Orokamono Tachi

BURNOUT SYNDROMES – Hana Ichi Monme

This week’s performers were Saito Kazuyoshi, ORIGINAL LOVE, never young beach, and Yogee New Waves. There was a talk segment with Natsuna.

Saito Kazuyoshi – Zutto Suki Datta / Seppun

ORIGINAL LOVE – Lover Man

never young beach – Dodemo Ii Kedo

Yogee New Waves – Ride on Wave

This week, STU48 topped the Hot 100 chart with their debut single “Kurayami.”

EXO topped the Hot Albums chart with their debut Japanese album “COUNTDOWN.”

DAOKO x Yonezu Kenshi topped the Streaming Songs chart with “Uchiage Hanabi”, topping the chart for the 14th non-consecutive week.

EXILE topped the Download Songs chart with their new single “PARTY ALL  NIGHT ~STAR OF WISH~.”

WANIMA retook the top spot on the Download Albums with “Everybody!!”, topping the chart for the second non-consecutive week.

This week’s guests were Gekidan Shiki (Aoyama Yayoi, Doguchi Mitsuyki, Ganbara Tokiya, Saito Mai, Kondo Kengo), Tsukaji Muga, and Adachi Rika. Gekidan Shiki also performed two songs with Kanjani8.

Gekidan Shiki x Kanjani8 – Part of Your World / Ai wo Kanjite

As previously reported, Hoshino Gen’s new single, “Doraemon”, out February 28, will serve as the theme song for the new movie “Eiga Doraemon Nobita no Takarajima.” One of the single’s B-sides, “Koko ni Itai Anata e”, will serve as an insert song in the movie. Another one of the B-sides, “The Shower”, is a collaboration with STUTS. This collaboration came about after Gen named STUTS’ 2016 album, “Pushin'”, the best of that year.

The DVD that comes with the limited edition of the single features around 70 minutes of content. The first part features Gen’s alter ego Nise Akira learning how to ski, while the second part features footage from last year’s TV Asahi Dream Festival.

Gen has no released the music video for “Doraemon.” This video is now available for viewing worldwide, seeing as how Gen’s YouTube channel dropped its restrictions a few weeks ago. In the video, ELEVENPLAY’s dancing takes center stage, as requested by Gen. Check it out below, along with more information on Gen’s new single!

This week’s guests were JUJU, Leo Ieiri, and Takuto x Miyakawakun.

JUJU – Tokyo

Leo Ieiri – Harukaze

Takuto x Miyakawakun – Kamikaze Express

Not the type of headline I thought I’d ever run into, but according to Natalie, it is true: visual kei mastodon cali≠gari (a band that just finished celebrating their 15th anniversary since releasing their first major single back in 2002) will join forces for a night of fun with Bed-In, a self-produced idol duo basking in the 80s aesthetics. The two very different bands will perform together in a two-man event called ‘One Night de Chau?’ that takes place in Shinjuku BLAZE on March 21st. Hopefully the live will turn out to be fruitful enough for future ventures to come out of it – how about a joint single release, perhaps?  If you happen to be traveling in Tokyo in March, this club live is definitely worth checking out.

Watch below the latest music videos from cali≠gari and Bed-In to compare their sound and visuals.

On Sunday it was announced that Shiki Kawabata‘s popular manga ‘Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka’ will be adapted into a Netflix original. The live-action adaptation will be double-led by Johnny’s West members Daiki Shigeoka and Tomohiro Kamiyama. Netflix will stream the six-episode drama later this year.