From Rekuru: With Valentine’s Day approaching, it’s time to think about who you’ll be giving your chocolates to. Japan pretty much became a forerunner with its popularization of Valentine’s Day and even you can dream of which JPOP idol would make for the perfect Valentine. More »

From Rekuru: TV Asahi announced the artist lineup for their year-end music special “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE” on their official website. There will be 30 artists broadcasting live from Chiba Makuhari Messe on December 23rd from 7:00 – 11:10pm. More »

From Rekuru: YUI recently released her album, “HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE” on November 2nd and it has already hit #1 on the Oricon album ranking chart for the week. This makes YUI’s 5th consecutive album to debut at #1! More »

From Rekuru: JPOP singer YUI will be soon releasing a new album, HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE, on November 2nd, and will contain 13 tracks. One of the tracks, Lock On, will be used as the theme song for upcoming Japanese drama Kaito Royale. For said song, YUI has revealed the PV. More »

From Rekuru: The upcoming Japanese drama series, “Kaito Royale” has picked YUI’s new song “Lock On” as their theme song. More »

From Rekuru: Back in July 2010, YUI released her last album, “HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN” and finally she has announced the next one, “HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE”. More »

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Singer-songwriter YUI has recently held a free live on the streets of Shanghai. There were no previous notices about the live performance, but many people had stopped to listen to YUI sing as she played her guitar. More »

From Rekuru: With Japan being the second largest music producer behind the United States, the Japanese music market has a variety of artists to listen to. In the Jpop scene there are huge and popular groups like AKB48 or ARASHI. While big and popular groups have alot of talent to offer, like a variety of singing pitches and personalities, solo artists tend to get overshadowed, but these five Jpop female solo artists have managed to break through and become well known in the Jpop scene: More »

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YUI has now announced that she will be releasing a new single titled, “Green a.live” with the title track sharing her feelings and thoughts about the Tohoku earthquake, a track that will surely touch the hearts of listeners. More »

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. More »

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From Rekuru: The singer-songwriter YUI visited Hong Ki on the 15th May to promote her upcoming Hong Kong concert on the 26th May. YUI held a press conference and also a fan meeting with over 1000 of her local fans showing up to show their support. More »

From Rekuru: The full PV for YUI’s “HELLO~Paradise Kiss~” is finally here! This new track will be used as the theme song for the upcoming movie, Paradise Kiss, which takes place in the world of fashion. Well, the PV stays true to the fashion theme as it shows YUI in nine different outfits, complete with matching hairstyles!. Check out the PV below. More »

From Rekuru: It seems that fans will finally get to see their favorite J-pop artist on their country. Singer and songwriter YUI will be holding her first ever overseas concert in Hong Kong at the AsiaWorld Arena on June 26th! AsiaWorld Arena is said to be the largest indoor seated venue in the country and it can accommodate up to 7000-member audience. Wow. More »

From Rekuru: Fans of Yazawa Ai’s Paradise Kiss or YUI will be happy to hear that the singer’s upcoming single, which is to be featured on the film adaptation of the manga, can now be sampled via radio rip! And if you’re a fan of both, well, you’ll probably be experiencing double the pleasure! Check out her song, Hello ~Paradise Kiss~, below. More »

Who doesn’t enjoy a good romantic song whether it be about relationships, love or heart-break? Here is a list of 10 romantic Asian songs that I think fit into Valentine’s Day. They might not all be about great relationships but they do talk about love. In no particular order. More »

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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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From Rekuru: Recochoku asked its users to vote on which song bests encourages students to do better in their studies. The winners of the poll has been announced. Check it out! More »

From Rekuru: Recently, Coca-Cola held a poll which asked fans to vote for their own favorite artist. Check out who made it to top ten! More »

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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From Rekuru: Sony Walkman have announced their new campaign which they have selected the three singers Jasmine, Yui and Shimizu Shota to participate in. The campaign is titled “Play You”. The three were selected for having ‘good sound’ that will add charm to this new project. The three singers will go to different places that they believe have ‘good sound’ and hopefully get inspiration from those locations to make a new song. More »