Established American rock band, Bon Jovi, will be releasing their “Greatest Hits” best album this November in Japan and have decided that this is a perfect time to bring their tour to the country. The album itself will feature many of their best known songs, plus four new ones. Lead singer Jon Bon Jovi said, “these songs have withstood the test of time, but we will still look toward the future and never forget our roots.”
Bon Jovi is already a million seller in Japan. Back in 2001 the band actually released a Japan only best album titled “Tokyo Road” that sold tremendously well. The band debuted back in 1984, but despite having hit their 26th anniversary, they are going strong, especially in Japan. This ‘monster band’ has had their three most recent albums all hit number one on the Oricon weekly rankings in Japan, a feat many Japanese singers cannot claim to have achieved.
Currently they are scheduled to stop by Japan on their world tour on November 30th and December 1st, to do a two day show at the Tokyo Dome stadium. Considering their recent popularity in Japan, there is no doubt the performances will be very successful.
Rhythmzone singer, Ishikawa Marie, will finally be releasing a full song, “Suki,” as a theme for Life Net life insurance commercials.
The R&B singer has been on the Avex sublabel for a while, but has focused on producing tracks with other singers. She gained attention for her cover of “Come Again” on m-flo’s recent tribute album under the name “Marie.” Ishikawa also sang a song called “I promise you” for quadraphonic’s debut album under the English name Marie Ishikawa. She seems to have finally settled into a name and a style and has her new song “Suki” up for Chaku-Uta cell downloads.
Although there is currently no single release planned for the new song, hopefully the up-and-coming singer will do well enough with digital downloads to justify putting out a full single.
Avex has a teaser up for the song on their youtube channel and the song is definitely catchy. J-pop fans looking for someone new to listen to should definitely check it out.
JYJ (a.k.a. Junsu, Yoochun, and Jaejoong), have released an official PV of their song “Itsudatte Kimini“, which will be on their upcoming album, “The….”. The album is set to release on 9/8/2010 and the PV is a cut from their “Thanksgiving Dome Live in Dome“, and that DVD will also be released on 9/8/2010
r since their debut showcase a couple of days ago, Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) has been drawing more popularity by the minute, and the fans will pay for it… literally.
Television show, Mezamashi TV, decided to have a short 15 minute concert with Shoujo Jidai at The United States of Odaiba yesterday at 5 PM. Not only that, but tickets for the event cost a whopping 1500 yen ($17USD), which was literally 100 yen per minute.
They performed two songs, “GENIE” (Korean version) and “Gee“, and the full show will be aired on Tuesday, August 31st.
Check after the jump for the teaser video of their performance.
After weeks of hinting at the filming and choreography for their new video, hip-hop duo HALCALI has finally released the PV for their new single, “Roman Hikou“.
HALCALI, known for their unique style and dancing, stays true to their image in the PV. The music video shows the duo in quirky plaid outfits dancing to their own original choreography, all while playing with a toy airplane. The adorable nature of the video closely matches the uplifting tone of their new track.
The song itself is a cover of an older Kome Kome Club song. HALCALI’s version takes the pop original and twists it into a fun, hip-hop/ska version. ”Roman Hikou” is already being used in the CMs for Sony’s new CyberShot camera, so the girls are getting lots of promotion for the new track. It is certainly a nice, quick follow-up to their recent album, “TOKYO GROOVE“, and hopefully it will attract many fans with its low price.
The new single hits shelves on September 15th, so make sure you pre-order your copy today!
Morning Musume graduate, Abe Natsumi, is finally continuing her solo career with the release of her new single, “Ame Agari no Niji no Youni“. The track is due out on September 15th, and this is the first single the singer has released in a year and nine months.
The song is composed by fellow pop singer Okamura Takako, and Natsumi will be using the single as a way to brush off her old image as an idol, and take her first steps into being a full-fledged singer. The coupling track on the single will be a cover of Okamura Takako’s song, “Yume wo Akiramenaide“.
“Ame Agari no Niji no Youni” will be released in two editions: CD and CD + DVD limited. The limited edition version will come with a different cover and a DVD with the music video for the title track
CS broadcasting has been regularly airing season four of a family theater program called, “AKB48 Nemousu Television“. This Sunday, the ninth episode will air with a special twist: Team K member, Miyazawa Sae, will challenge a professional bowler.
The challenge dates back to four months ago when the “Nemousu Television Special ~Team Taikou! Haru no Taikai~” bowling special of the show was aired. In the special, it was announced that one member would train to challenge a professional bowler. Member Miyazawa Sae was picked, and she has trained under professional bowler Sugimoto Katsuko. The official challenge test will be aired in March of next year, but fans can get a sneak peek at the training process on this week’s episode of the AKB48 show.
On August 26th, Fukada Kyoko and Shiina Kippei showed up at an event promoting their upcoming movie, “Renai Gikyoku ~Please fall in love with me ~“.
Other than Kyoko and Kippei, the director of the movie, Kokami Shoji, also made an appearance. While there, Kokami confessed that one of the reasons he picked Kyoko as a lead star was that he was spellbound by Kyoko’s cleavage when he saw her in the movie “Yatta-man“. Kyoko showed a very confused face to the director after hearing that, and she said that she will conceal her cleavage from now on.
“Renai Gikyoku” will be released on September 25th.
Check out the trailer and photos from the movie after the jump!
A popular CM for “UNO FOG BAR” (hairstyling product), in which Eita, Oguri Shun, Tsumabuki Satoshi, and Miura Haruma star, will be renewed, and it will be adding Miyazaki Aoi with those four guys.
There will be three new CMs: a “RUN” version and a “FOG BARBER styling” version will start airing on August 27th, and the “FOG BAR for women” version, where Aoi join the guys, will start on September 24th.
You can check out the new CM on Shiseido’s official site starting on the 27th.
On September 22nd, idol pop duo, Vanilla Beans, will release their first best album, “VaniBest“, as they have just finished the recording and artwork.
The best album will contain fun songs from the beginning of Rena and Rika’s career, such as “U ♡ Me” and “a little crying,” but there will be alternative recorded versions with newer member Risa on them, so even older fans have something new. They will also include covers on the album, notably Pizzcato Five classic “Tokyo wa Yoru no Shichiji“, and Jack 10’s ending theme “100bankai no SMK“.
When all the new songs and newly recorded versions are put together, there are a total of 11 new tracks on the best album. Plus, as a bonus, the group has included four versions of their “Hyakuninisshuu” radio CM.
Not surprisingly though, the aspect of the new release that is getting the most attention is the cover art. It shows the duo leaning in about to kiss each other, using the same style as they did for their May mini-album, “Def & Def.”
Do you think the marketing ploy will work once again, or is it just becoming repetitive now?
Vanilla Beans [VaniBest] Track List: 01. KIDS [original：MGMT］ 02. 100bankai no SMK 03. D&D 04. Tokyo wa Yoru no Shichiji ［Original：Pizzicato Five］ 05. LOVE&HATE 06. Koi no Theory 07. Saka Saka Circus 08. Nicola 09. a little crying （Rena＆Risa Ver.） 10. U ♡ Me （Rena＆Risa Ver.） 11. Gamla Stan ＜ALL WE WANT TO DO IS ROCK＞
＜BONUS TRACK＞
12. Hyakuninisshuu Koe ga Tame ver. 13. Hyakuninisshuu Ima Kimuto ver. 14. Hyakuninisshuu Hisakatano ver. 15. Hyakuninisshuu Ariake ver.
Vocalist CHiE, formerly of the hip-hop trio Foxxi misQ, has announced her first solo single. The release will come from Far Eastern Tribe Records on September 15th, and it’s called “Beautiful Ladies“.
Foxxi misQ announced their indefinite hiatus back in July, saying that they wanted to pursue solo projects. Former member YU-A has already continued her career as a soloist, so this makes CHiE the second member to release a single after the split. For her restart as a solo singer, she will be working with the same production team who did Spontania’s “Kimi no Subete ni” and INFINITY 16’s “Dream Lover” songs.
CHiE’s title song, “Beautiful Ladies”, will have a sweet pop melody over an original background track, and she said of her pending debut, “How far I can go by myself, and what kind of person I am, these are the sorts of things I want to discover.”
CHiE Solo Single “Beautiful Ladies” Track List: 01. Beautiful Ladies 02. Sweet Love 03. Still Love You 04. Beautiful Ladies (Instrumental)
A while back, Luna Sea placed the word “REBOOT” on their website, and it left fans with many questions on what this “REBOOT” might mean. Well, today, the group finally unveiled their announcement…
Unfortunately for fans, as it turns out, their major announcement is just another major announcement. So while many people were hoping for some significant, tangible news, the band’s announcement was simply that they would be holding a worldwide press conference on 8/31 at 3 PM. The press conference will be held in Hong Kong, and it will be streamed, via USTREAM, on Luna Sea’s Myspace page and Sync Music Japan.
For all you SLAVES out there, stay tuned, as hopefully this press conference will lead to better news.
Today, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan decided to expand their PlaySation Store to sell 3-D music videos.
The 3-D music videos are available on the Playstation 3, and are the first ones available in Japan. As of today, there are four videos available: Genki Rocket’s “make.believe,” Ikimonogakkari’s “Arigatou,” UVERworld’s “GOLD,” and MISIA feat. M2J+Francis Jocky’s “Maware Maware.” MISIA’s video cost 700 yen (about 8 USD) to download, and all the other videos cost 730 yen (about 8.50 USD). All sales are done with unlimited views available after purchase.
Genki Rocket’s “make.believe” song is also getting a lot of attention, as it is the theme song for the Sony brand in Japan, and it was previously unveiled in 3-D at Sony’s World Cup event. Sony is also planning to screen the 3-D video for “make.believe” again at their Good Design Expo 2010 this weekend in Tokyo, so interested fans can always go there for a sneak peek before they spend money on the Playstation 3 version.
It has been announced that Takenouchi Yutaka will star in the next “Getsu9” drama (title unknown yet).
“Getsu9″ (Monday at 9 p.m) is a prime time drama series time slot on Fuji Television, and “Getsu9″ dramas usually receive a high rating, as many of the previous “Getsu9″ dramas were extremely popular.
It has been nine years since Yutaka starred on a “Getsu9″, and Ueto Aya will be his co-star. Yutaka’s character is an ordinary fish handler at an aquarium who is in a “contracted marriage” with Aya’s character, who is working in the sex business to pay back her brother’s debt.
Other cast members are Matsuda Shota and Kitano Kii.
The new “Getsu9″ drama will start in October on Fuji Television.
Yesterday, hip-hop duo HALCALI performed their thank you live “Thanks to HMV Shibuya HALCALI Special Live!!” at the Shibuya branch of HMV, for the fans who helped make their recent album “Tokyo Groove” so successful.
Many fans came to see them before the store was officially closed for the live performance. The girls appeared on stage and sang “It’s Party Time!,” “LONG KISS GOODBYE,” and “Mabataki” in quick succession. After their opening performances they greeted the audience and reminisced about the last time that they had performed at HMV Shibuya, saying that BLACK EYED PEAS had been doing a live as well that they had snuck off to see.
At that point, YUCALI announced to the audience some very special news; they were going to debut their new song “Roman Hikou” …
On August 20th, singer/television personality Becky ♪♯ finished up the last stop on her live tour at the Tokyo Akasaka BLITZ. The tour took her to seven venues across eight cities nationwide, and at the last live, she had 1400 enthusiastic fans in the venue to see her. As she reached the last song, the fans yelled out their thanks to the singer, while revealing sunflowers they had snuck into the venue. All the fans lifted their sunflowers up over their heads and sang along with Becky, taking the singer completely by surprise, and the singer wrapped up the performance with enthusiasm.
The “BECKY ♪♯ FIRST LIVE TOUR 2010 ‘Kokoro no Mori’” contained songs from her debut single, “Kokoro Komete“, to her latest single from July, “Emerald.” She also revealed a brand new song that was made specifically for the tour, titled, “Buruba.”
After she finished singing her last song to her sunflower holding fans, she thanked them for their support. Ever since her singing debut in December, she had wanted to do a nationwide tour, and with their help, it ended up as a great success.
Yesterday, the fashion designer KAWI JAMELE opened her first store in the Laforet building in Harajuku with a special guest, Kato Miliyah. The popular R&B singer showed up to help greet the new customers.
By 11 AM, there was a line outside the store just to get inside, and they were averaging about 500 guests in each hour. Kato Miliyah made her appearance behind the counter, which stirred some fans to emotional tears. Those who bought some of the western style clothes got to talk to the singer and have their clothes handed to them by her. The fans who saw the singer were quite happy that they had some western style clothing designed by her to take home and enjoy.
KAWI JAMELE said of her clothes, “I wanted to have a powerful brand for strength and beauty.” As a result, she decided to start a brand with Kato Miliyah.
Right now, the designer has the store collection and expanded online options, but she is planning on opening another store on August 27th in Shinjuku, and a Shinsaibashi store on September 10th
Model and actress, Karina, showed up at the new CM event for nissen’s (catalog shopping brand) fall/winter collection on August 21st. She walked the runway in new clothes from nissen, and she also stars in their new CM which is now on air.
In the CM, many CG were used, so Karina said that the shoot was difficult.
Surf-rock band GO!GO!7188 will release their first acoustic best album titled “Acoustic Daisakusen!! / Acoustic Live Best” on September 22nd.
This will be the band’s second release since transferring over to FlyingStar Records. All the live tracks will be taken from their special 10th anniversary event, “Debut 10 Shuunen GO!GO! no Hi Special Acoustic Daisakusen!!~ Kudanshita ha Kitto Ame~“. The band picked out their favorites, such as “Jetto Ninjin 2010,” “Koi no Uta,” and “Kinkyori Renai“, and put them on this best selection album.
The acoustic album will offer a nice followup to their “Go!!GO!GO!Go!!” album that came out during the summer. Flying Records has also been working very hard on their official Youtube channel to try and promote the live material from the band, so an acoustic live release is not a terribly surprising announcement for fans, but still a welcome one.
GO!GO!7188 – Acoustic Daisakusen!! / Acoustic Live Best Track list:
On August 22nd, Fuji Television program “Uchi kuru!?” will host a special episode with three AKB48 members as guests.
The AKB48 group members featured will be Ooshima Yuuko, Maeda Atsuko, and Kashiwagi Yuki, and the television show will follow them as they stroll through the Asakusa district in Tokyo, and will show them in their natural, no-make up faces.
For fans of AKB48, the show will be particularly interesting because the girls will show footage from their auditions and childhood. Kashiwagi’s father also sent in a video letter to his daughter, and the show will display her reaction to the touching video.
Yamasato Ryouta (Nankai Candies) and Kuro-chan (Yasuda Dai Circus) will appear as celebrities who are fans of AKB48, and they are sure to make the show amusing with their antics.
Aragaki Yui made an appearance on the “VIP ROOM” segment of Arashi’s variety show, “Himitsu no Arashi-chan“, on the 19th. On that particular segment of the show, the guests always gives their impression of the Arashi members at the start of the corner.
Yui’s impression of the members was:
Sakurai Sho is terrified of heights.
Aiba Masaki takes the brunt of the teasing from other members.
Matsumoto Jun was called tsundere (describes a person who is initially cold, and even hostile, towards another person before gradually showing their warm side).
Ninomiya Kazunari thinks he’s cool.
Ohno Satoshi appears to be easy to forget, but he’s not.
Next, Yui had to pick her “favorite Arashi”, and she choose Ohno Satoshi, who seems to be the popular man of the group with all the female celebrities!
In the corner, Yui also shed a bit of her pure image by showing an unexpected side of herself to the viewers.
In a Photo provided by the Miss Universe Organization, Maiko Itai, Miss Japan 2010, poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Thursday, August 19, 2010.
In this image provided by the Miss Universe Organization Tara Vaitiere Hoyos, Miss Great Britain 2010, poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.
Miss Ghana 2010 Awurama Simpson poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Guam 2010 Vanessa Torres poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Guyana 2010 Tamika Henry poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Hungary 2010 Timea Babinyecz poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Italy 2010 Jessica Cecchini poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Venezuela Marelisa Gibson poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
In this image provided by the Miss Universe Organization Sarodj Bertin, Miss Haiti 2010, poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.
In this image provided by the Miss Universe Organization Nicole Flint, Miss South Africa 2010, poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.
Jurema Ferraz, Miss Angola 2010, poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Thursday, August 19, 2010.
Miss Ukraine Anna Poslavska poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Turkey Gizem Memic poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Tanzania Hellen Dausen poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Switzerland Linda Faeh poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Sweden Michaela Savic poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Miss Sri Lanka Ishanka Madurasinghe poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 19, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be aired live on August 23, 2010.
Sandara Park releases an angelic CF for “Nikon”
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Nikon Imaging Korea has just released a jaw-dropping commercial with 2NE1‘s
Sandara Park.
The idol shed her quirky style and emerged as a gorgeous woman w...
After weeks of hinting at the filming and choreography for their new video, hip-hop duo HALCALI has finally released the PV for their new single, “Roman Hikou“.
Morning Musume graduate, Abe Natsumi, is finally continuing her solo career with the release of her new single, “Ame Agari no Niji no Youni“. The track is due out on September 15th, and this is the first single the singer has released in a year and nine months.
CS broadcasting has been regularly airing season four of a family theater program called, “AKB48 Nemousu Television“. This Sunday, the ninth episode will air with a special twist: Team K member, Miyazawa Sae, will challenge a professional bowler.
On August 26th, Fukada Kyoko and Shiina Kippei showed up at an event promoting their upcoming movie, “Renai Gikyoku ~Please fall in love with me ~“.
A popular CM for “UNO FOG BAR” (hairstyling product), in which Eita, Oguri Shun, Tsumabuki Satoshi, and Miura Haruma star, will be renewed, and it will be adding Miyazaki Aoi with those four guys.
Yesterday, the fashion designer KAWI JAMELE opened her first store in the Laforet building in Harajuku with a special guest, Kato Miliyah. The popular R&B singer showed up to help greet the new customers.
Model and actress, Karina, showed up at the new CM event for nissen’s (catalog shopping brand) fall/winter collection on August 21st. She walked the runway in new clothes from nissen, and she also stars in their new CM which is now on air.
