This week’s guests were Leo Ieiri, Nogizaka46, Daichi Miura, Takahashi Yu, Hey! Say! JUMP, PKCZ, Tosaka Hiroomi, Crystal Kay, and CRAZYBOY.
Leo Ieiri – Zutto, Futari de
Nogizaka46 – Nigemizu
Daichi Miura – U
Takahashi Yu – Niji
Hey! Say! JUMP – Request Medley (Weekender / AinoAkira / Hitomi no Screen / Give Me Love / Wo I Need You)
PKCZ – PLAY THAT feat. Tosaka Hiroomi, Crystal Kay, CRAZYBOY
Having formed just last year, the rock duo GoodTimes has embarked on an ambitious project. The duo has decided to release one new song every month for twelve months straight. GoodTimes recently released their 5th track in the series “Haiiro.”
Check out the PV below and be sure to catch their next release later this month!
On June 28th, Do As Infinity released the double A-side single “Alive/Iron Hornet.” This was produced by popular sound producer Hiroyuki Sawano who is best known for his work on Blue Exorcist and Sengoku Basara: The Last Party. Now the two parties are teaming up once again for a new single to commemorate Do As Infinity’s 18th anniversary.
Singer JASMINE has released a brand new MV for her song “Aya Sugimoto”.
The song was released last month as a free gift for fans via Soundcloud, hoping it would make Japan’s extremely humid summers a bit more bearable. After receiving positive fan reception JASMINE released an MV for the song. The song is named after model, singer, actress, author, and activist Aya Sugimoto who first rose to prominence in the late 80s. Aya is best known for her sexy image, outspoken personality, and her current work as an animal rights activist.
The simple MV follows the theme of flowers, with a violet rose playing a key part in the MV. JASMINE is seen wearing a bunch of outfits including an elegant dark blue jumpsuit and stylish low-cut black top. For this MV JASMINE created her own Youtube account, her other official Youtube account is handled by Sony Japan resulting in all the videos uploaded being blocked in every single country except Japan. With JASMINE embracing Soundclound and now creating her own Youtube, fans will finally have easier access to hearing some of her music.
An additional remix MV for “Aya Sugimoto” was also released, featuring rapper Cherry Brown. Watch both versions below the jump!
A portion of the cost for organizing the AKB48 Senbatsu Election 2017 was paid for by Okinawa’s government-allocated promotion budget to encourage tourism, Mainichi reports.
The “Okinawa Promotion Subsidy” allows the prefecture to voluntarily choose how to use it. For fiscal year of 2017, Okinawa reportedly received a total of 135.8 billion yen (~$1.226 billion USD).
Entering the fiscal year, the prefecture requested money to be set aside to for AKB-related events. The Cabinet Office approved the grant of 28 million yen (~253,000 USD) to pay the venue fee and bring more people to Okinawa.
Queen of Hip-Pop Namie Amuro isn’t exactly the queen of social media so it’s always refreshing to see her sharing a cute picture of herself to her official Facebook page.
Amuro exchanged her trademark long hair for a short bob—likely a wig—with the caption referencing the iconic career woman skit from Blouson Chiemi, who is known for her bob haircut. Garnering more than 76,000 likes, fans filled the comments of her latest post with “Too Cute!” and “Blouson Style! Fashionable“.
The gorgeous visuals for Perfume‘s upcoming single “If You Wanna” have been released!
“If You Wanna” is the groups 24th single overall. The title track is currently serving as the campaign song for Sunstar’s oral care and body product line Ora2. The b-side track “Everyday” was used to promote Panasonic’s latest “foam cleaning” technology, and even got it’s own short dance clip MV.
The single release has a somewhat different approach in it’s psychical formats. Instead of the standard CD only the single will be released in two CD+DVD editions, both of them being limited edition. Priced slightly higher at 2250 yen, the more expensive version will have special packaging and exclusive DVD content. While details for the special packing haven’t been revealed yet, the standard CD+DVD will be housed in a slip-case packaging.
DVD content for the special packaging version of the single include the full Everyday MV, making-of for Everyday, and two full performances from “Perfume Fes!! 2017” (Tokyo Girl and Jewelry Rain). The standard CD+DVD comes with the Everyday MV and bonus video footage titled “Perfume View”.
“If You Wanna” will be released on August 30th, 2017. Check out the covers below the jump!
It has been announced that Moga Mogami has exited from idol group Dempagumi.inc—effective today—Oricon reports.
According to the group’s manager on the official website, “At this time, Dempagumi.inc member Moga Mogami has decided to withdraw from the group. I apologize for the sudden announcement. We reached this conclusion as a result of various adjustments to members, staff and related parties.“