At 7:15 PM JST on December 31, the 68th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen will air. There will be peformances by the likes of Namie Amuro, Arashi, Shiina Ringo, Perfume, Daichi Miura, Ken Hirai, Keyakizaka46, and Nishino Kana.
There is a live stream of the show and Arama! Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
In June, Arama! Japan wrote about a new idol unit, named Pinky! Noora & Petra that consisted of Dempagumi.inc member Ayane Fujisaki (Pinky) and Finnish sisters, Noora and Petra Sirola. The trio released their debut single in August, titled ‘Aurora to Peace’.
After nine months of relentless touring and other activities, Noora and Petra returned to Finland. They were interviewed for a Finnish newspaper ‘Helsingin Sanomat’ about their time in the idol business. The article was released on December 29th as both, print and online versions. Behind the link you can read a translated summary of the interview.
Earlier this year, Moga Mogami left idol group Dempagumi.inc rather abruptly due to health reasons. Approximately half a year later, on December 30th, the group announced that they had added two new members, increasing the number of girls from five to seven. The announcement was made during the group’s live in Osaka-jo Hall. Joining Risa Aizawa, Mirin Furukawa, Nemu Yumemi, Eimi Naruse and Ayane Fujisaki are Rin Kaname (nickname Perorin) and Nagi Nemoto (Nemo). Kaname’s main color is pale yellow and Nemoto’s color is green.
Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Utada Hikaru defeat Bodan Shonen Dan and Chris Hart. She’s back again this week, facing off against two newcomers. Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!
Over the next few days, we’ll be looking back on the year end charts for the years that were covered in the 2017 editions of Oricon Flashback. Next up is 2002.
It’s Friday, so it’s Open Post time! Feel free to chat with your fellow readers about whatever you like! Enjoy!
At 5:30 PM JST on December 30, the 59th Japan Record Awards will air on TBS. Many acts are nominated for the Grand Prix, including Nogizaka46, Daichi Miura, Keyakizaka46, AI, Nishino Kana, AKB48, AAA, and SEKAI NO OWARI. The Best New Artist Award will also be given out to Tsubaki Factory, Nakazawa Takuya, NOBU, or UNIONE. The show will feature performances by many of the acts named above!
There is a live stream of the show and Arama! Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
Over the next few days, we’ll be looking back on the year end charts for the years that were covered in the 2017 editions of Oricon Flashback. We’re going to start things off with 1997.