With a lot of artists in Asian entertainment, sometimes we cannot keep track of who is releasing what and when. Here’s a quick breakdown of the most anticipated releases in this week. The title of each release links to you to YesAsia for more information or for preorder, because YesAsia is of course the best and most convenient place to order Asian entertainment online. More »

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It was only yesterday that the full audio for the latest DBSK track ‘Keep Your Head Down.’ Now the duo is back with yet another release and this time it is the full music video for the song. With special effects and thrilling scenes, the boys just continue to flaunt their sexiness. More »

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From Rekuru: It was recently reported in the gossip magazine “Friday” that Mukai Osamu was in a relationship with Tsubaki Kotono , and on December 31 Mukai Osamu made a blog entry denying the rumor. More »

From Rekuru: Exile has recently announced their five big projects this 2011. More »

From Rekuru: L’Arc-en-Ciel will celebrate their 20th anniversary this 2011 and to mark the special occasion they revealed three special announcements. More »

From Rekuru: There was a speculation that spread recently that Morning Musume’s 9th Generation members would be Kanon, Ikuta Erina, and Sayashi Riho and one member of the Hello! Project Eggs, Fukumura Mizuki. It was confirmed not too long ago that they are indeed the four new members. More »

From Rekuru: Although ex-Morning Musume, Yaguchi Mari did not make an official statement yet regarding her marriage, some media sources reported that she will be getting married with Nakamura Masaya. As stated by a related source, Yaguchi already said that she will be getting married and all she needs to do now is to report the marriage and decide the day to register the marriage. More »

Girl group KARA have now released solo music videos for their single “Jumping.” See the girls showing off their charm right here. More »

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From Rekuru: Morning Musume celebrated New Year with the opening of their official Youtube channel! They have already posted 47 music videos for you to watch. Do not forget to check it out here: Morning Musume Official Channel More »

From Rekuru: We’ve told you earlier that AKB48 will perform a three-song medley titled, “Kohaku 2010 AKB48 Kamikyoku SP“ at the NHK’s annual music show. To start things off, AKB48 performed “Beginner” and then SKE48 and NMB48 made cameo appearances for the “Heavy Rotation” and “Ponytail to Shushu” songs. More »

From Rekuru: The queen herself, Ayumi Hamasaki, has just announced on her blog that she will be getting married! The lucky guy is Manuel Schwarz, who has acted in a few of her PVs. Her blog post goes as follows: More »

On December 29th an album which contains classical arrangements of DBSK’s Japanese hit songs from a span of 5 years was released. More »

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From Rekuru: A PV preview for KinKi Kid’s upcoming song “Kawatta Katachi no Ishi” was recently aired on TV program “ZIP Showbiz Culture“. More »

From Rekuru: I consider Ayumi Hamasaki the Queen of JPOP. While I have never really listened to her music, I have to admit that she sells like no other. She will become the first artist in Japan to have 13 consecutive years of Number 1 albums after Oricon Album Rankings announced that her new album, “Love Songs,” is set to hit the top on January 3rd. This will be her 17th No. 1 album total since she debuted her first album in 1999. Naoya Urata’s single “Dream On,” which featured Ayumi, is also set to hit No. 1 on the singles charts on the same day. Thus she will be the first album and single No. 1 since Arashi managaed the same in 2007. It has been nine years since she has done this. Congrats to this amazing artist and wishing her more years like this in the future! More »

From Rekuru: One of the most famous groups in Japan, AKB48 will yes, take control the NHK’s annual music show, “Kohaku Uta Gassen”. They will be appearing not just once, twice but twelve times throughout the event. More »

From Rekuru: Pop singer ICONIQ surprised her fans with two things through her official site. First, people immediately drew attention to the new hairstyle she got that draws focus to her beautiful features. Second, she unveiled the preview for her new song, “I will love”. There is no further details about track other than the title however, you can check the 45-second preview here. More »

From Rekuru: On Waratte Iitomo’s End of the Year Special, the regular cast took on popular songs and “battled” each other. Daigo and Chihara Junior took on Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face,” outfits and all. This is freaking hilarious. I also wanna say that Daigo could seriously pass for a girl/model anyday. Seriously, how can he pull of that outfit!? Chihara definitely looks more manly than Daigo and kind of just looks awkward. Somehow Daigo manages to work it. Check out the fierceness below. More »

From Rekuru: Singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki is surely enjoying the sweet success of her newest album, “Love Songs” and now, it seems that she is getting more and more good things. Ayumi Hamasaki was chosen to sing the theme song for PS3 game, “Tales of Xillia“! More »

From Rekuru: We have previously reported that AKB48’s sub-unit, French Kiss will be releasing their 2nd single “If” on January 19. More »

From Rekuru: Popular music duo, Yuzu recently announced that they will release a single titled, ”HeyWa (Hey和)” on January 19th. The title song was used as a campaign theme for “Hatachi no Kenketsu” by the Japanese Red Cross Society. More »