Celebrating a 20 year anniversary, Shiina Ringo has started teaseing her new album Adam to Eve to Ringo. Releasing on May 23th, this is a tribute album that will have accompanying stars on some of the track, including, Utada Hikaru, Daichi Miura, Al, and Kaela Kimura.
You can reserve your copy (here)
Rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, coming off of their Best Of album, released the music to one of the newer songs "The Survivor's March". Its music video is a fairly somber one, featuring a girl trying to cope with the loss of a loved one. If you weren't able to buy Best Hit AKG 2, watching this music video is the best way to get your Asian Kung-Fu Generation fix.
Check the video down below! You can also buy your copy of Best Hit AKG 2 (here)
Kenshi Yonezu’s "Lemon" was announced to have taken the Oricon Digital Singles' number one spot again. This marks the 8th consecutive week it has done so, beating the likes of even Exile's "My Star". The Oricon Digital Charts are a little different from the regular single charts. Digital Charts only count a single song compared to selling the whole single as it does for the regular charts. Including the download sales from the previous week, "Lemon" brings in a grand total of 878,585 copies.
First generation HKT48 member Mao Yamamoto announced on April 11th during a profomance that she would be graduating from HKT48. She had stated her reason why is to have a change of environment and to challenge herself by studying abroad. It was announced on HKT48’s official ameba blog, that her graduation ceremony will be on May 21th. Mao has been with the group since 2013 and we wish her the best in her future endeavors.
Former ℃-ute and Buono! member Airi Suzuki has officially announced her first solo album called Do me a favor which will be released on June 6th. This album will feature both a regular edition and a Blu-ray limited edition. This marks Suzuki's first album since graduating from Hello! Project. Being featured on the album as a special collaboration are groups SCANDAL and 赤い公園 (Akai Kouen). On her official Youtube page, she had released two different trailers introducing the different styles that she used in the album. Check them both out below!
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