Actress Erina Mano has begun a collaboration with prostyle, a line of  beauty hair products. Starting in February 2017 Erina was paired with various prominent celebrity hair stylists who created a different look for her solely using products from prostyle’s current line. Each week a new look was unveiled, bringing the grand total to 7.

The styles range from something you could wear everyday casually, to more “avant-garde” looks that came straight off the pages of a fashion magazine, and styles that are quite sophisticated to show the versatility of prostyle products. Each week a short video was also released with each new style, showing viewers how the hairstylists were able to pull it off.

Photos and videos of all the different hairstyles can be seen below.

Late last year, Jun Togawa with Vampillia released a collaboration album, “Watashi ga Nakou Hototogisu“. It mainly comprised of Jun Togawa classics with a new avant-garde metal edge provided by Vampillia- and for most fans it was a fantastic addition to the Togawa legacy. Now, a few months later, Virgin Babylon have dropped a new music video from the project, for the title song of the album. The song was written brand new for the album, and it features one of the most beautifully animated videos imaginable for the track, courtesy of director Taniguchi Chinami (produced by ONIONSKIN). Experience it after the gap!

Pop duo CREAM has announced the release of their long-awaited 4th studio album “BLACK”. Calling the album a “new chapter” in their career, the group hopes to further evolve within the J-pop and J-urban community with this album.

The album will feature 12 songs in total, while the CD+DVD edition will have music videos for the promotional tracks “My Buddy” and “Girl Like Me”, exclusive behind the scenes footage of “My Buddy” will also be included on the tracklist. The chill vibe of “My Buddy” is sure to be a staple on many summer playlists. “BLACK” will be released on April 26th, 2017. Watch the full video for “My Buddy” below, as well as the cover and full tracklist for “BLACK”.

Tacoyaki Rainbow is one of the sister groups to Momoiro Clover Z, based in Osaka the group originally got their start in 2013 before finally making their major label debut three years later with the single “Nanairo Dance”. The music video for their latest single “RAINBOW～Watashi wa Watashi Yanen Kara～” has been uploaded to Youtube.

The creative and high energy video features the girls interacting with various hand drawn props, and a cameo from a local drag queen! “RAINBOW～Watashi wa Watashi Yanen Kara～” will be released in 5 editions on May 10th, 2017. A deluxe blu-ray version priced at 3704 yen will include an entire concert, the “Naniwa Wonderland 2016 – Himitsu no Tea Party -” which was held at Osaka Orix Theater on November 20th, 2016. The DVD edition of the single will include the music video and making of, while the 3 CD only versions contain different b-sides.

Watch the video for “RAINBOW～Watashi wa Watashi Yanen Kara～” below!

Over the years ALI PROJECT have captivated fans in Japan, and abroad, with their poetic lyrics, dark rock style music, and sensual gothic look. ALI PROJECT debuted under Toshiba EMI with the single “Koi-seyo otome” in July 1992. Since then, the pair has charmed audiences in Japan and abroad with their uniqueness. They are known for incorporating many elements of glamorous ballads, pop, rock and classical inspired music into their repertoire. ALI PROJECT’s poetic lyrics and strong visuals have always been a highlight. The band gained notoriety overseas for providing music for many famous Anime series and films including Code Geass, Marmalade Boy, and Rozen Maiden.

On March 29th their 36th single “Himiko Gaiden” was released, featuring JAM PROJECT. The video for the single was mostly filmed on a volcano, many beautiful shots of the scenery accompany vocalist Arika Takarano who is donned in modified traditional wear. During a special release event for “Himiko Gaiden” the band announced a new BEST album as well as their plans to go on tour over the summer. Only three dates for the tour have been confirmed (June 25th – Chiba July 13th – Nagoya July 14th – Osaka), but oversea activities were teased. ALI PROJECT’s 25th anniversary best album will be released on June 21st, 2017.

A 4 minute preview of the “Himiko Haiden” video can be seen below.

From March 29 – April 2, this year’s World Figure Skating Championships took place in Helsinki, Finland. Japan had two medalists at this event: Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno. Yuzuru won the men’s portion of the event, while Shoma followed him in second place.

Yuzuru Hanyu won the men’s event for the second time in his career with a total score of 321.59, 2.28 points ahead of teammate Shoma Uno. Yuzuru’s short program received a score of 98.39, placing him in fifth place, 0.25 points behind China’s Boyang Jin. There were problems with Yuzuru’s program from the start. He was given a one point deduction for not getting into his start position within 30 seconds of taking the ice. Yuzuru opened with a powerful quad loop, but lost balance after landing the quad salchow, the first of a planned quad-triple combination. He barely managed to tack on a double toe loop after regaining his posture. “I’m very frustrated,” Yuzuru said afterward. “That quadruple salchow was a pain. I don’t know why I can’t learn from my past experiences. I’m filled with disappointment.”

This week, Nogizaka46 topped the Hot 100 chart with their new single “Influencer.”

NEWS topped the Hot Albums chart with their new album “NEVERLAND.”

This week’s guests were Perfume, Pierre Nakano, Toyama Daisuke, and Harisenbon. Perfume also performed with Kanjani8.

Perfume x Kanjani8 – One Room Disco