SHINee has commenced their Japan Arena Tour, starting with a phenomenal showing at Fukuoka on April 25th and thanks to some fans, we now get to see one of the VCRs that aired during the concert. More »

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As reported a few days ago, FTISLAND will be releasing their 2nd Japanese album, 20twenty, on May 16th. After seeing the PV for one of the songs, Stay, the tracklist has now been revealed. More »

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From Rekuru: On April 14th, actress Ryo announced the birth of her 2nd baby through fax. More »

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Bad news—it’s been announced that visual kei record label Dear Dolce is closing down, and all the band under their management have had some pretty serious career decisions to consider: disbandment or switching labels. More »

From Rekuru: Mori Kimiko (31), a popular model, has announced the birth of her first child! More »

From Rekuru: Recently the full PV for AKB48’s 26th Single, “Manatsu no Sounds good” has been released. The PV is about 7 minutes long and features 36 girls. More »

On April 25th, SHINee kicked off their Japan Arena Tour, in which they will perform 20 concerts in different cities over Japan, and it looks like scans of some of their merchandise have been revealed. More »

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From Rekuru: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu held a surprise live in front of the shopping central, SHIBUYA 109, on the 21st of April. She attracted a large audience in time for her to perform her song, “CANDY CANDY“. More »

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Today’s video-of-the-day features A&D; taking you to a “BLACK HEAVEN.” I absolutely love the tone of this song, in the guitars, the drums, and the vocals. It has strength to it, and something like a defiant attitude. The PV is fairly simple, mainly showing the band performing, but there are moments when the vocalist is seen by himself with a clock in a strange stone-walled room. More »

Just last night, FTISLAND unveiled the short PV for their newest song Stay, which will be in their second Japanese album, 20twenty, and now, the full PV has been released! More »

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I listen to all sorts of music from all over the world, and I love finding those crossover genres, especially when it comes to Japanese visual kei. There are a lot of bands that claim to have taken influence from music from Japan or from the language. So, here are six bands emulating the VK style that I really enjoy listening to. More »

From Rekuru: It has recently been revealed that Aizawa Mai, a popular voice actress, will be making her solo singing debut! “Kimi no Todoke“, her digital single, is set for release on May 9th. More »

SHINee has just begun their 20-concert stop for Japan Arena Tour and they displayed quite the amazing show for their concert, to the delight of their fans. More »

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It’s been around 3 years since SMILE disbanded, but it seems that was just enough time for vocalist Kasumi and bassist Tsubasa to want to perform together again in their new band named Gekijou Tenor. More »

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Nightmare plans to release a live DVD on June 6th, featuring their performance at the iconic Nippon Budokan. More »

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Today’s video-of-the-day features PERESTROÏKA putting a lot of “HEART” into their music. I really enjoy how the melody of this song moves, very much like a dance with its turns and twists and the building beat. The PV features the band jumping around while performing the song in front of various backgrounds. More »

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Way back in December, cocklobin announced that they would release their first full-length album, and now they’ve revealed a few more details to entice fans. More »

From Rekuru: Recently, the PV for YU-A’s “Kataomoi” from her upcoming album titled, ‘Dream‘, has been released. More »

From Rekuru: Recently the full PV for AAA’s “Still Love You” was released. “Still Love You” is used as the CM song for Ito Yokado’s product ‘BODY COOLER’. The song sounds great and fun to listen to. More »

From Rekuru: On June 27th, GReeeeN will be holding their 1st fan event titled, “Midori Isshoku Utagassen” at NHK Hall in Shibuya to celebrate the release of their 4th album. GReeeeN will not reveal their faces to the public and will not be able to attend the fan meet due to their careers as dentists. More »