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This will be the last update for this season’s drama ratings. Check out how your favorite dramas fared in their last episodes!

Please also look forward to Spring 2017 upcoming dramas list coming very soon!

Super-unit FAMM’IN (formed by the union of FAKY, FEMM and Yup’in) long journey until finally releasing their second work “animus” since they first teased it seems to finally conclude as they have now released its MV as previously reported and announced the release date for the track: March 29th. “animus” turns out to be a much harder song than “circle”, though their signature “Gagaku Trap” sound is as strong as in their first work. In the MV, the seven girls (or should I say, the five girls and two mannequins) perform in front of a gigantic LED screen. Check the MV, premiered on DAZED, just after the jump!

This week, AKB48 topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Shoot Sign”, selling 1,025,267 copies in its first week.

YUKI topped the Oricon album chart her new album “Mabataki”, selling 30,280 copies in its first week.

The “La La Land” soundtrack topped the Oricon digital album chart for the fourth week in a row, selling 4,635 copies in its 15th week.

Hajime Syacho is the number one Youtube channel and personality in Japan.  For Japanese Youtube accounts he has the most subscribers with his total on the verge of surpassing 5 million, and has achieved over 3.5 billion views for all the videos on his channel. His content consists of typical Youtube fodder such as doing various “challenges”, trying different foods/aps/games, and so on.

The drama started when it was revealed that Hajime used to date fellow Youtube star and competitive eater Yuka Kinoshita. Like Hajime, Yuka is one of the biggest names in the Japanese Youtube scene with over 2.8 million subscribers. Hajime and Yuka dated for roughly half a year before breaking things off in February 2017. Another Youtuber called Mizunyan was holding a Twitcast (live streaming service for Twitter and Facebook) when Yuka called in, confirming the allegations that Hajime is a playboy who has been involved with multiple women. She was in tears as she tried to explain the entire situation.

News of the incident spread like wildfire prompting Hajime to upload a video (unmonetized) apologizing for the entire situation. In just one day the video has received over 6 million views. Hajime admitted that he was cheating and that someone slept over at his house, but was a bit wishy-washy in-regards to the allegations of multiple women being involved. Many people have been critical of Hajime due to his huge following consisting mainly of children and teenagers, which brought on other criticisms such as his fanclub “Hajime Mino”. The fanclub has an admission fee of 1,080 yen and an annual fee of 3,888 yen. Some critics feel that the pressure to join his fanclub is a big exploitation of his young fanbase.

Hajime’s first video since the apology is of him unboxing a large amount of fake plants, he then proceeds to decorate his car with all the fake plants. The video has already garnered 1.7 million views, 74k likes and 32k dislikes. His apology video can be seen below.

Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Sandaime J Soul Brothers defeat Kis-My-Ft2 and Anly+Sukima Switch=. Sandaime J Soul Brothers are back again this week, facing off against a newcomer. Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the physical and digital charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

Today the official avex youtube channel uploaded new solo MVs from AAA members Nissy and Naoya Urata.

Nissy will be releasing his latest single “花cherie” on April 19th, 2017. His 7th single overall, the song is described as a heartfelt ballad wrapped in glossy warm music, meant for a very important person.  “花cherie” will serve as the theme for a special web movie sponsored by Ma Cherie, a collection of hair products created by Japanese beauty giant Shiseido.

Naoya Urata’s song “空” will be included on his upcoming mini-album “unlock”. 6 songs will be included, the CD+DVD edition will have the full video for “空” and a documentary about the creation of the album. “unlock” will be released on April 26th, 2017.

Watch both “花cherie” and “空” below.

At the beginning of March ZOMBIE-CHANG released her latest album “GANG!” A couple staff members decided to review the album , hoping to shed light on who we feel is one of the best up-and-coming artists in the Japanese music scene.

Check out the reviews below!