DiVA unveils PV teaser for “Cry”

AKB48 sub-unit DiVA are gearing up to release their second single, “Cry“, for August 10th.

After unveiling their jacket covers and track list two days ago, the girls continued their train of teaser releases with a PV preview of their upcoming single.

Check it out below!




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S/mileage reveals additional footage from new member auditions

S/mileage has just revealed additional footage from the first round of their new member auditions!

The new video gave fans a closer look at some of the girls who auditioned to be in the adorable idol group. They also got to peep Tsunku’s process of reviewing applicants, and espy the unusual “forehead check”. The second round of auditions will be streamed live on Niconico Douga on July 9th.

Check out the video below!




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Tokyo Girls Style announces new single with a preview!

Idol group Tokyo Girls Style have just announced the title of their upcoming seventh single, “Limited addiction / We Will Win! -Kokoro no Baton de PoPon no Po~n-“!

To tide fans over until its release on August 24th, the group also uploaded a thirty-second teaser of “Limited addiction” onto their official YouTube channel.


Check out the preview below, and stay tuned for more info on Tokyo Girls Style’s new single!




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Itano Tomomi releases full PV for “Fui ni”!

Just yesterday, a PV preview for AKB48’s Itano Tomomi was released for her second single, “Fui ni“, which is scheduled to drop on July 13th, and now the full PV is out!

Check out the PV below!

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Check out Buono!’s PV preview for “Natsu Dakara!” + B-side track audio!

Previously, tokyohive reported on Buono!’s upcoming new single, “Natsu Dakara!“, which is to be released on July 20th.

Now, the PV preview for “Natsu Dakara!” and the B-side audio preview for “Ice Mermaid” are available to view and listen!

The video features the girls in white attire and gives the girls a refreshing image that’s perfect for summer. “Ice Mermaid” gives the listeners an energetic side of summer.

Check out the summer-themed video and audio below!





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Check out the full PV for Hey! Say! JUMP’s “Ai-ing～Aishiteru～”!

In April, we shared a live performance of Hey! Say! JUMP’s new song, “Ai-ing～Aishiteru～“, and now the PV has been revealed!

This song will be the second song off the regular edition of their new single, “OVER“, which will be released on June 29th.

Check out the full PV below!




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SKE48’s Matsui Rena & Matsui Jurina collaborate with ASBee for a CM!

Nagoya-based unit SKE48 is collaborating with shoe store ASBee for the fifth time!

The girls participating are SKE48’s center girls Matsui Jurina and Matsui Rena. To express ASBee’s “SUMMER SALE”, the girls are dressed up in cute marine outfits

Check out the CM and making below!








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AKB48 appears in new Asahi CM for “Wonda Coffee”!

AKB48 has been chosen as the image characters for Asahi’s “Wonda” coffee drinks!

The group – which features top members Itano Tomomi, Shinoda Mariko, Watanabe Mayu, Oshima Yuko, Kasai Tomomi, Yokoyama Yui, and Maeda Atsuko – will be promoting the drink, “Wonda I’m FREE“.

During the commercial, Yokoyama cutely exclaims, “I’m FREE!”, in reference to the 97% caffeine-free drink.

Unlike previous commercials, AKB48 wears casual clothing to bring out their sincere expressions of happiness.

Check out the CM below!




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AAA teach their YouTube viewers to dance “CRAZY GONNA CRAZY”

Yesterday, AAA’s Nishijima Takahiro and Uno Misako posted a YouTube video on their YouTube channel on how to dance “CRAZY GONNA CRAZY,” a song that will be featured on their Buzz Communication Tour 2011.

In this short video, Nishijima starts out the video by stating, “Hi, everyone! How are you? The two of us will now show you how to dance ‘CRAZY GONNA CRAZY’. I’ll be really happy if you learned it and remembered it for our live concert for Buzz Communication Tour 2011!”

Many of the comments from the viewers state on how cute this video is.

So check out for yourself on how cute the video is below!



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Check out a video interview with the cast of “Ouran Host Club” + translation!

The cast of “Ouran Host Club” was recently interviewed on TBS’s morning show,”Ousama no Brunch“!

Check out the video and translation below!




Based on a very popular teenage girl’s manga, the main character is a girl who joins a club and ends up posing as a boy.


Kawaguchi Haruna acts as the main character, performing in her first drama.

Yamamoto Yusuke acts as the host club leader/director.

Daito Shunsuke acts as club’s vice leader/director.

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Question to Kawaguchi: This is your first drama, how do you feel?

Kawaguchi: I’m so nervous, I feel like throwing up (laugher). But I have the will to perform well, and I’ll do my best.

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Question: How did everybody prepare for their roles?

Yamamoto: There is the manga and anime to study and learn the role from.

Nakamura: And we also learned the mannerisms of the characters directly from the character instructor.

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Question: Within those character’s mannerisms that you learned, were there any surprise parts to the character?

Response: The manner in which one has to “bow” (ojigi).

This is how you normally bow, but we learned to bow from the waist, keeping the angle of one’s neck straight.

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Question to Ryusa: It seems Ryusa is the black sheep of the group, as you’re the only one with a different uniform. How do you feel?

Response: Yeah, it just seems like an error, but…the character is well played at certain point.

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Question to Kawaguchi: Among the seven actors here, please pick the one who portrayed the character best.

Response: (After playing around with the seven guys…complimenting, bribing, etc.)

Tamaki (Yamamoto)!

Fundamentally, these parts always had lots of tension, but when we’re together, we always kept smiles on our faces.

Yamamoto: There is a lot of similarity in my character and my real self. I think even if this is for real, and not just acting, she’s probably picking me.

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Question: What about in real life?

Kawaguchi: For real, I think it’s Nakamura.

(Yamamoto seems down…he thought she would pick him.)

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Now a question to everybody…how do you plan to fight the heat this summer?

Ito: I don’t like to keep air conditioning on…like when I go sleep, I just leave the window little open and feel the night breeze.

Takaki: I don’t think of it as hot. It’s all a matter of mind control.

Yamamoto: Guarantee you guys are lying!

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At the end of the interview, Kawaguchi states:

With interesting members, I’m hoping that this drama will provide good laughter and a good story for everyone.

The drama starts in July!


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