At 11:45 PM JST on December 31, Fuji TV will air Johnny’s Countdown 2016 – 2017, live from Tokyo Dome. The show will be an hour long. There will be many acts from Johnny & Associates performing on the show, including Arashi, V6, NEWS, TOKIO, Kanjani8, KinKi Kids, Kis-My-Ft2, and Sexy Zone.
Arama! Japan will be live streaming the show and hosting a chat as well so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
X Japan’s “La Venus” has been announced as one of the contenders for best original song at the 89th Academy Awards. The song was written for the film “We Are X”, which is a documentary based on the band’s success. The full list of nominees will be released on January 24, 2017 and the official award ceremony will be held on February 26, 2017.
Check out “La Venus” after the jump!
Visual Kei band Azlina has partnered with V STAR PROMOTION to develop a medium where fans, outside of Japan, can buy the band’s music. The V STAR PROMOTION webstore is aimed towards international consumers of Japanese rock music. The band also has plans to release their album on iTunes.
Over the next few days, we’ll be looking back on the end year charts for the years that were covered in the 2016 editions of Oricon Flashback. This is the third part of this series, 2006.
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What a difference a year makes! Exactly a year ago today, Gesu no Kiwami Otome. was flying high, about to make their debut on Kohaku Uta Gassen after a whirlwind year. Things changed though due to frontman Kawatani Enon’s inability to keep it in his pants. First, there was the fallout from his affair with Becky, a story which dominated the first half of the year. Gesu no Kiwami Otome. went on a brief hiatus and Becky’s career was left in shambles.
Enon doesn’t learn from his mistakes, resulting in another scandal in the second half of the year, again involving his love life. He was caught drinking with his underage girlfriend Honoka Rin. This resulted in not only Rin’s career taking a hit, but Gesu no Kiwami Otome. going on an even longer hiatus. And this one was a bigger deal because it included the temporary shelving of the band’s new album, “Daruma Ringo.”
But has Gesu no Kiwami Otome. been permanently shelved?
At 7:15 PM JST on December 31, the 67th Kohaku Uta Gassen will air on NHK. The show will be about 4 and half hours long. There will be many acts performing on the show, including Arashi, AKB48, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, Perfume, Shiina Ringo, Keyakizaka46, Hoshino Gen, AAA, Seiko Matsuda, Kanjani8, RADWIMPS, and X JAPAN.
Arama! Japan will be live streaming the show and hosting a chat as well so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
On December 30, the 58th Japan Record Awards were held. Nishino Kana took home the top prize of the night for her song “Anata no Suki na Tokoro”, beating off competition from the likes of Utada Hikaru, AAA, AKB48, Ikimonogakari, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Kiritani Kenta, and Nishiuchi Mariya. This is Kana’s first win after six consecutive nominations.
iKON took home the award for Best New Artist, besting Hayashibe Satoshi, BOYS AND MEN, or Hayama Mizuki.
The show featured performances from several of the acts named above as well as performances by others such as Seiko Matsuda, JUJU, Hideaki Tokunaga, and Kumamushi. Check out the full show after the jump!