Yuuma Meshida of KANA-BOON has returned safely home!

We originally reported that Yuuma Meshida of KANA-BOON fame went missing this past weekend. According to Meshida’s family, no one had been able to contact him since June 5 and his family filed a missing person’s report for Meshida.

It was reported that Meshida returned safely home on the evening of the 15th and has been under care with family since then. Meshida’s bandmates visited him the day following his return and were told that he suffered no injuries. KANA-BOON will hold a meeting when Meshida returns to the band—at a later date.

As mentioned previously, KANA-BOON originally had a concert scheduled this past weekend to celebrate five years together, but due to the unfortunate circumstances the concert was canceled. We here at Ongaku To You send out our thoughts and prayers for Meshida’s well-being and hope for a speedy recovery.

LINX finds its treasure

Blues/rock band LINX has officially announced their second mini-album titled Treasure Box which will be released July 24. Treasure Box is being released three years after the band’s first mini-album Shake It Now. According to the band, all of the songs on this latest release are more energetic and passionate than on Shake It Now, which will make this album “the ultimate treasure box”.

Treasure Box will be released in a single edition and be CD-only. Treasure Box has a total of four tracks that will be on the CD. One of the tracks, “Start It Over”, has already been released on YouTube to help to promote the upcoming album. You can find a complete track listing at the bottom of this page. You can officially pre-order your copy here and check out “Start It Over” below.

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LINX [Treasure Box}

1 Once Again

2 Only If I Could

3 Start It Over

4 Top Dog

Sayumi Michishige has memorial

Former member of Morning Musume Sayumi Michishige announced a brand new album that she will be releasing, SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~ Memorial ~, which will be released July 24. SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~ Memorial ~ will be Michishige’s second solo album since leaving Morning Musume back in 2014. Michishige came out of retirement in 2016 with a new show,  SAYUMINGLANDOLL~Saisei~, which was a fusion of music and performance. The soundtrack for SAYUMINGLANDOLL~Saisei~ was released in 2017.

SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~ Memorial ~ is being released in two editions. The standard edition will be CD-only while the limited edition will include both a CD and DVD. The album is to feature a whopping seventeen tracks, some songs previously unreleased and others recorded specifically for this release. You can pre-order your copy of SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~ Memorial ~ below.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

And before you leave you can check out Michishige’s latest music video for her song “Loneliness In Tokyo” at the link below.

Namie Amuro brings last puzzle piece to music streaming services!

Popular Hesei hip-hop-pop Queen Namie Amuro announced that her all-time best album Finally will be available for streaming on Apple Music starting today, June 16! Amuro, who has retired from the music industry since last year, dropped this shocker of news on her official YouTube channel. Finally, at the time of this reporting, has sold an impressive 2.4 million copies. With the album’s new release, Apple Music will have every single and album release by Amuro to date.

However, Finally isn’t the only thing that is being available for Apple Music. It was also announced that the live sound rip of Amuro’s 25 ANNIVERSARY LIVE in OKINAWA —with a twenty-seven-song track listing— and various live performances from her namie amuro Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~—with a thirty-song track listing— will be dropping the same day.

Check out the trailer for this groundbreaking announcement. If you are interested in owning a physical copy of Finally instead, you can purchase it below!

Standard CD-only edition

22/7 brings everyone together for brand new single!

AKB48/Nogizaka46 producer Yasushi Akimoto’s eleven-member voice actress-idol group 22/7 (read as “seventh of twenty-second”) announced that they will be releasing their fourth single “何もしてあげられない” (“Nani mo Shiteagerarenai”) August 21. The news came from the popular video streaming service SHOWROOM in the group’s private channel. “Nani mo Shiteagerarenai” will be the latest release from the group since their single “理解者” “Rikaisha” back in August of last year, along with the shocking news that all eleven members will participate in the single— a first for the group.

Unfortunately, not else is known about the release except that it will drop in three editions: a standard CD-only edition and two CD + DVD limited editions simply titled Type A and Type B. No pre-order links are available at this time of reporting but we’ll be sure to update you when more information is available.

In the meantime check out the music video for the group’s latest music video “Rikaisha” below!