Major entertainment agency Watanabe Entertainment, whose 130 groups comprise of 200 talents, including Nakayama Hideyuki (43), Honjamaka, and Nakagawa Shoko (25), announced on March 15th the “WAE Charity Project ‘~To our circle~ Now is the time to band together!’”

This project is aimed at donating 100,000,000 yen (about $1.2 million USD) to relief efforts for the victims of the earthquake disaster.

In addition to the company’s 100,000,000 yen, all of the agency’s members will be participating in charity auctions online beginning the afternoon of the 18th, and will be offering signed personal items as needed.


They will be also be soliciting donations from fans, and the fees for D*DATE’s ringtones will be donated, as well as the fees for sets of phone standby images from Nakagawa and Shirota Yu (25).

According to Nakayama, their reason for teaming up was, “Because it’s a time like this, I think everyone was thinking about what they each could do for the disaster victims.”

Details about the project can be found at the official site.


source: tokyohive