From November 24 – 26, this year’s edition of Skate America took place in Lake Placid, New York. This was the sixth event in the International Skating Union’s 2017 – 2018 Grand Prix Series. Satoko Miyahara won the women’s portion of the event, with Kaori Sakamoto following in second.
Satoko won with a total score of 214.03. Her short program received a score of 70.72, putting her in first place. “My body condition and feeling of skating is getting better and better day by day,” Satoko said. “I have a lot of things to do for Nationals, but I think now I’m skating consistently.” Satoko’s free skate was the top one of the event, with a score of 143.31. She cleanly landed all seven of her jumps, including five types of triple jumps. “I didn’t expect to win,” she said afterwards. “This is a surprising result and I’m really happy. It makes overcoming difficult times worth it.”
On November 29, Hiroshi Fujiwara will release his new album, “slumbers.” This is his first album since October 2013’s “manners.” “slumbers” was produced by Watanabe Shunsuke of Schroeder-Headz. The album will be released under Sakanaction’s label, NF Records. “slumbers” will be released in a limited edition and a regular edition, with the limited edition featuring bonus tracks and a bonus item. The limited edition will be limited to 2000 copies.
Hiroshi recently released a video teaser for the album’s opener, “WALKING MEN.” Check it out below, along with more information on the album!
For the past 13 years, Vogue Japan has named its Women of the Year. The recipients of this award are women who have inspired the magazine’s readers during the course of the year. The list is a mix of women who have gained fame in a variety of fields in Japanese society. See who the VOGUE JAPAN WOMEN OF THE YEAR 2017 are below!
Japan has idols for every niche market segment. The latest newcomer in the idol market is Drone Venus, a six-member idol project created to “convey the fascination and potential of drones”. Their motto is, ” Flying. Winning. Popularizing drones. Contributing to society”. These are also the themes they sing about while dancing and flying their drones. All the girls have their own specific drone model that they promote. The six members are all represented by talent agency HoriPro. The group includes some former (and current) 48Group members.
Meet the girls behind the cut and watch their introduction trailer!
On November 28, Best Artist 2017 featured the debut performance of Hey! Say! JUMP‘s newest single “White Love”. The idol group’s 21st single will be released on December 20 and the title track will serve as the main theme song of 未成年だけどコドモじゃない (Miseinen Dakedo Kodomo Janai)/”That Is Not a Child But a Minor”.
Along with that glorious performance, the covers and tracklist of the single has also been released.
Earlier today, Nippon TV aired this year’s edition of its annual year end music special, Best Artist 2017. The show featured performances by Arashi, Daichi Miura, Hoshino Gen, Hey! Say! JUMP, Perfume, Keyakizaka46, and many more. Check it out below!
This week’s guests were BLUE ENCOUNT, Ohara Sakurako, and FABLED NUMBER.
BLUE ENCOUNT – VS
Ohara Sakurako – Sayonara
FABLED NUMBER – Like a Thunder
This week, Kanjani8 topped the Hot 100 chart with their new single “Oto Seyo.”
Namie Amuro topped the Hot Albums chart for the second consecutive week with “Finally.”
DAOKO x Yonezu Kenshi topped the Streaming Songs chart with “Uchiage Hanabi” for the seventh non-consecutive week.
UNISON SQUARE GARDEN topped the Download Songs chart with their new single “Invisible Sensation.”
Nishino Kana topped the Download Albums chart with her new album “LOVE it.”
