Wedding bells are ringing for famous Harajuku fashion couple Peco and Ryucheru. On December 31st the two announced that they’ve already registered their marriage and will appear on NHK‘s ‘Shiawase News‘ (16:00-18:00) to speak about the matter.
The two met in 2014 while working in an apparel store together and began dating after one month; and moved in with each after half a year. Arama!Japan wishes the happy couple the best!
via ModelPress
On December 30, actress Yonekura Ryoko, star of the highly rated drama series “Doctor X”, announced her divorce through her agency. Yonekura got married to a businessman 2 years younger than her on December 26, 2014.
Yonekura commented that it had taken them time to settle the divorce and reported on it once it was finalized. She apologized for causing concern over her private matters. She would like to move forward as an actress and as a woman, continuously challenging herself with new things. She asked for everyone’s continued support. Her agency stated that there will be no further details to be given as her ex-husband is a non- celebrity.
3 months after her marriage, there were already rumors of a possible divorce as it was reported she moved back to her own apartment. Her agency denied the divorce rumors and says they have always owned two residences.
(via Oricon)
Who is the most talked about this year in Twitter? We brought you the top twitter trends, topics and hashtags from Twitter Japan, now we get down to most popular celebrities.
The Kadokawa Ascii Research Laboratories content and information trend analytics company revealed its research on the Most Tweeted Celebrities of 2016. The top 10 most tweeted in 5 categories are listed below for the period covered January 1- December 11. The analytics company has several other reports, so you may want to look into other categories/ topics that are of interest to you.
Over the next few days, we’ll be looking back on the year end charts for the years that were covered in the 2016 editions of Oricon Flashback. This is the second part of this series, the year 2001.
At 5:30 PM JST on December 30, the 58th Japan Record Awards will air on TBS. Many acts are nominated for the Grand Prix, including Utada Hikaru, AAA, AKB48, Ikimonogakari, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Nishino Kana, Kiritani Kenta, and Nishiuchi Mariya. The Best New Artist Award will also be given out to iKON, Hayashibe Satoshi, BOYS AND MEN, or Hayama Mizuki. The show will feature performances by many of the acts named above!
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!
This week, QUARTET NIGHT topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “God’s S.T.A.R.”, selling 107,765 copies in its first week.
SMAP topped the Oricon album chart with their new best album “SMAP 25 YEARS”, selling 667,802 copies in its first week.
The “Yuri!!! on ICE” soundtrack “Oh! SkaTra!!! Yuri!!! on ICE / Original Skating COLLECTION” topped the Oricon digital album chart, selling 3,248 copies in its first week.
Oricon has released the top 10 in the box office charts for 2016. Movie Collection listed the top 20 so check out the list below!
Your Name saw massive success and had earned 20,510,000,000 yen (about US$177.6 million) in Japan as of December 12, surpassing the 20.3 billion yen earnings of the Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone. your name. is now the fourth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the second highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan, and the second highest-grossing anime film in Japan. The only Japanese film to gross higher is Spirited Away (30.8 billion yen).
The rest of the list includes Hollywood films, several anime and live action films. Are you ready for next year?
Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Hoshino Gen defeat Kanjani8. Gen is 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!