Japan Votes For Most Beautiful Idol Face!

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!

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”!

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!

Yuka Ozaki Shows Off Several Outfits In Her Solo Debut Music Video!

Voice actress-turned-singer Yuka Ozaki released the music video for her solo debut single  “LET'S GO JUMP☆” on Warner Brothers Japan's YouTube page.

“LET'S GO JUMP☆” is set to release on August 1st and will be the opening theme song for 少年アシベ GO！GO！ゴマちゃん(Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma chan). Currently she voices Asuka Toyama in the multimedia series BanG Dream!

You can preorder your copy here, and you can check out the music video below!  

Indie Corner Week 7: CHI-NA

CHI-NA is a five-member pop band created in 2007. What makes them stand out from other bands are the types of instruments they use. The lead vocalist, Kyoko Shiina, also doubles as a pianist, and two other members play violin and upright bass. With these three instruments along with a guitarist and drummer, you may be thinking that it’s a very abnormal clash of styles. However, Kyoko Shiina’s soothing vocals bring it all together, making it work out quite nicely; such an intriguing composition is very apparent in the song "おへその目指す方へ ("Ohe Sono Mezasu Katahe")" and "シラバス ("Syllabus")".

Currently, CHI-NA has two albums released: the first from 2012, GANVILLE, and the second from 2017, PULL. In 2015 they debuted a side project, CHI-NA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. Along with CHI-NA themselves and ten other members, the orchestra plays various types of instruments including a harp sax and trumpet tambourine.

You can check them out their official site, and also their Twitter.

CHI-NA stars Kyoko Shiina(Vocals & Pianist)

Yukako Shiba (Violin)

Leader (Guitar)

Eri Hayashi (Bass)

HAPPY (Drum)

You can check out their song "Ohe Sono Mezasu Katahe" below!