This week’s guests were Awesome City Club, DEAN FUJIOKA, Niizuma Seiko, and Kudo Shizuka.

Awesome City Club – Wasurena / Yukidoke

DEAN FUJIOKA – Runaway

Niizuma Seiko – I Will Always Love You

Kudo Shizuka – Shima Yori

This week’s guest were Johnny’s WEST, Fukuhara Haruka, OKAMOTO’S, PhatSlimNevaeh, and TAEKO.

Johnny’s WEST – Reimei

Fukuhara Haruka – Lucky Days feat. OKAMOTO’S

PhatSlimNevaeh – Tsuitenai

TAEKO – Queen Bee

This week’s guest was Sukima Switch.

Sukima Switch – Shirushi ( Mr.Children cover) / Saredo Itoshiki Jinsei

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Today, it was announced that Johnny & Associates and Avex have teamed up to create a new label, MENT RECORDING. The word “MENT” is a combination of “music” and “entertainment.”

The two Johnny’s acts currently under Avex, Snow Man and Kis-My-Ft2, have both transferred to MENT RECORDING.

On January 12, Yuuri will release his debut album, “Ichi.” The album will include have 16 songs total, including the ten digital singles he has released since debuting, such as “Kakurenbo”, “Peter Pan”, “Dry Flower”, and “Betelgeuse.”

“Ichi” will come in three editions, three limited and one regular, all with one CD. Limited edition A will feature a 64 page photobook, limited edition B will come in a special box and include a keychain, and limited edition C will come in a sleeve case and include a Blu-ray which includes footage from Yuuri’s concert “Yuuri TOUR 2021 Otogibanashi no You na Happy End e Mukatte 2021.06.05 at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA.”

Check out more information on this release below!

SixTONES kicked off 2022 by becoming the first Johnny & Associates act to appear on the popular YouTube channel “THE FIRST TAKE.” The video created quite a buzz across various media.

They are now back for the channel’s 182nd performance video, this time singing “Everlasting”, one of the songs from their new album “CITY.” Check out the video below!

This week, King Gnu topped the Hot 100 single chart with their single “Ichizu”, with 13,599 points.

NCT topped the Hot Albums chart for the second consecutive week with their album “Universe.”

YOASOBI topped Artist 100 chart for the second consecutive week.

Ayase topped the Hot 100 Lyricists chart for the 20th consecutive week.

Ayase also topped the Hot 100 Composers chart for 20th consecutive week.

King Gnu also topped the Streaming Songs chart with “Ichizu.”

King Gnu also topped the Download Songs chart for the second consecutive week with “Sakayume.”

YOASOBI also retook the top spot on the Download Albums chart with their mini album “THE BOOK 2”, topping for the fourth non-consecutive week.