Kumi Koda Reveals “DNA” Release Date!

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Singer Kumi Koda spilled the release date of her newest album, DNA, its release scheduled for August 22nd. The album will have three editions total and is set to release with 12 songs total. Koda also revealed the date of her new live tour, “KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2018~DNA~”. It is set to start in September. DNA is the second album that Koda released this year, with with the first being AND,  having been release back in February.

DNA will be her 16th studio album and we can’t wait to hear it! You can also preorder your copy here! 

You can also check out our Kumi Koda artist spotlight episode here! 

Jurina Matsui Crowned Number One In This Years Senbatsu!

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Mega idol group AKB48 held their Senbatsu (elections) today for their 53rd single. Jurina Matsui of SKE48 won the number one spot with an astounding 194,000 votes.

We'd like to congratulate Jurina Matsui on the major accomplishment! We can’t wait for the single and for next year's Senbatsu!

 

Media Senbatsu Ranking

16th NGT48 Team N3 Hinata  Honma

15th SKE48 Team K2 Nao Furuhata

14th NMB48 Team M Akari Yoshida

13th  AKB48 Team K Mion Mukaichi

12th AKB48 Team B Juri Takahashi

11th SKE48 K2 Sarina Soda

10th HKT48 Team H Miku Tanaka

9th HKT48 Team H Nako Yabuki

8th SKE48 K2 Mina Oba

7th AKB48 Team K Tomu Muto

6th AKB48 Team A Yui Yokoyama

5th AKB48 Team 4/ STU48 Nana Okada

4th NGT48 Team N3 Yuka Ogino

3rd HKT48 Team K4 Sakura Miyawaki

2nd SKE48 Team E Akari Suda

1st SKE48 Team S Jurina Matsui

Japan Votes For Most Beautiful Idol Face!

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With Senbatsu almost ending, Japanese radio program  Recomen decided to hold their own Senbatsu, calling it the “2018 Female Idol Face-Only Election”. They asked fans for their favorite 48 and 46 family idol, strictly based only on their facial features. The poll ranked up to 20, but what is very interesting is that in the top ten alone, only four members are from the 48 family while the rest are all part of the 46 family. With Mai Shiraishi taking first! 

You can watch Ken react to the Senbatsu tonight! 

Exile Shows A Heated Performance In Their New Music Video!

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released a sneak peek of their latest song “Heads or Tails” on avex’s official YouTube channel. “Heads or Tails” will be included in their new album STAR OF WISH, which will be released on July 25th.

The song itself is currently being used as a Cup Noodles commercial song. The music video features four vocalists with eleven dancers in front of a sea of male fans who got a preview of the extravagant performance

You can preorder their album here, and check out the music video for “Heads or Tails” below! 

Hikaru Utada Reaches New Record With “Hatsu Koi”!

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World-renowned singer Hikaru Utada released her latest single "初恋" ("Hatsu Koi") on May 30th. It instantly became a hit, reaching the number one spot for top selling digital song on Oricon Charts. It is now being reported that “Hatsu Koi” once again took number one on the digital charts. With this achievement, Utada became the fourth person in 2018 to have a song become number one consecutively and the first woman to do so for the year.

We congratulate Utada on this achievement and can’t wait for the new album which you can preorder here!