After her announcement about her marriage and pregnancy last January 12, former AAA member Chiaki Ito who graduated last March has given birth. This has been announced today, July 19,  on her blog and on her instagram.

As previously reported, Singer AI and comedian Naomi Watanabe have teamed up for the opening theme of TBS drama “Kanna-san!“, which stars Watanabe as the titular character.

Based on the manga series “Kanna-san!” by Kahoru Fukaya, the drama follows Kanna Suzuki (Watanabe) who works as a fashion designer. She is happily married with a child, until one day Kanna learns that her husband is having an affair. Promptly kicking him to the curb, Kanna struggles with raising her son and maintaining her career as a single mother.

The new song “KiraKira” from AI, who handled the songwriting, features Watanabe as the character she is playing in the drama. The lyrics follow the drama’s titular character’s spirit of never giving up despite the hardships she has faced, Natalie reports. The two performed this song together on “Ongaku no Hi 2017” earlier this week.

Check out the short lyric video below, which features footage from the drama.

This week, Hey! Say! JUMP topped the Hot 100 chart with their new single “Precious Girl.”

Spitz topped the Hot Albums chart their new best album “CYCLE HIT 1991-2017 Spitz Complete Single Collection -30th Anniversary BOX-.”

With her lack of TV appearances and some concerning tweets about trust as of late, many believe that model-talent Rola is having trouble with her company and is planning to make a switch.

“This year, her appearances as a regular on TV programs has been reduced to zero,” commented an Entertainment Official. “Many people seem to see this as a countdown of her leaving her office.“

To intensify rumors, Rola tweeted at midnight on June 17: “I was recently betrayed and I’m suddenly sad from the bottom of my heart. I haven’t done anything to anyone.“

It was asked for and here it is! Arama! Japan will now post weekly charts for streaming! We’re going to start off with the largest, LINE MUSIC, but more may be added in the future.

There are some things to note about LINE MUSIC. The first is that not all of the music that is available for physical purchase and digital download are available on the service. Also of note is the user demographic, because it tends to be on the younger end of the music buying spectrum, which means it’s less representative of overall public taste.

Check out the first Arama! Japan streaming chart below!

Released on July 12, the latest single from popular duo KinKi Kids entitled “The Red Light” topped the weekly single charts selling 200,257 in its first week.

With this release, KinKi Kids have broken an Oricon record as artists that have maintained dozens of years with consecutive #1 hits. KinKi kids has topped Oricon’s weekly single chart every year between 1997 and 2017, amounting to 21 consecutive years with a #1 hit.

The record was previously held by rock band B’z, who maintained a #1 weekly single ranking consecutively for 20 years from 1990 to 2009.

Earlier this week, Electro-pop trio Perfume announced they their plans to release a new single on August 30. Titled “If you wanna,” it will be the group’s 24th single overall.

The song will be used as part of the advertising campaign from Sunstar’s oral care and body product line Ora2, which gives three different settings their line of products could be useful. A-Chan shows off the “CITY” taking public transportation, Kashiyuka is in charge of “TRAVEL” with her suitcase, while Nocchi becomes an office lady for the “OFFICE” segment.

The CM’s visual aesthetic takes on a flip-book approach, carefully planning out each member’s motions for 19 frames of each of their 2 second individual scenes.

Check out the new CM below to hear a snippet of “If you wanna“!

Production companies Warner Bros. Japan and Toho have released characters trailers for the first chapter of “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable,” the live-action movie adaptation of the “Diamond Is Unbreakable” story arc of the popular “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” manga series.

Directed by prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike, the story follows the misadventures of titular Josuke “Jojo” Higashikata (Kento Yamazaki) and his companions as they get involved in a series of bizarre incidents in their town.

The new trailers give a glimpse of the characters Jojo, Koichi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) and Yukako Yamagishi (Nana Komatsu), Keicho Nijimura (Masaki Okada) and Okuyasu Nijimura (Mackenyu), Angelo (Takayuki Yamada), and Jotaru Kujo (Yusuke Iseya).