This week, Official HIGE DANdism retook the top spot on the Hot 100 single chart with their digital single “Subtitle”, with 16,836 points in its sixth week. SEVENTEEN topped the Hot Albums chart for the second consecutive week with their first Japanese EP “DREAM.” Official HIGE DANdism also topped the Artist 100 chart. Hot 100 [↑1] Official HIGE DANdism – Subtitle: 16,836 points [NEW] Naniwa Danshi – Happy Surprise: 13,492 points [-] Yonezu Kenshi – KICK BACK: 11,634 points [NEW] OCTPATH – Like: 6,938 points [↓1] YOASOBI – Shukufuku: 6,847 points [↓1] Ado – Shin Jidai (Uta from ONE ..read more

During the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2023 show earlier this year, the fashion house revealed the revival of its decade old collaboration with Yayoi Kusama. Set for release in January, Louis Vuitton held an event in Tokyo on November 29 to celebrate the new collection. Attendees included Rola, Koki, Nissy, Kikuchi Rinko, and Kiritani Mirei. See who else attended below! Ichikawa DanjuroYamada YuShiraishi MaiMaeda GordonYoshino HokutoKiritani MireiHorigome YutoAMIAYABaby MaryKokiYUTANikiNissySWAYTaiki & NoahYAMATOKawaguchi JinNayeonMademoiselle YuliaRola ..read more

modelpress has revealed its “Faces of 2022”! The results came about through a mix three criteria: a public survey, a survey of 30 members of modelpress’ editorial staff, and the number of articles the person was in on modelpress in 2022. The public survey was conducted October 24 – November 15. There were 17,938 respondents ..read more

Readers of this site may have noticed that the number of articles has increased significantly recently! That is because one of our writers, Hannah, has rededicated herself to writing. This newfound dedication on her part is in preparation for the next chapter of the Arama story: Nante Japan. AramaTheyDidnt, this site’s predecessor, opened on LiveJournal in 2009. The owners of that site created a community for Japanese entertainment fans that we have treasured over the years. In 2014, they started this site, Arama! Japan, as a revival of the LiveJournal page. I soon joined the site. Over the ye ..read more

On the 48 Group Official Blog, AKB48 management announced Hello Music Festival Sanrio Characters & 48GROUP – but fans quickly noticed two big omissions with the announcement. Titled 「Hello Music Festival Sanrio Characters ＆48GROUP in Parthenon Tama」, the event is slated to start January 6th featuring AKB48 Team 8, AKB48 17th Generation Kenkyuusei, SKE48, HKT48, STU48 and STU48 Setouchi PR Team Season 2. The event is set to feature both performances and collaboration goods. However, two groups were conspicuously not invited – NMB48 and NGT48. While there is an announcement that the lineup m ..read more

hololive production, overseeing the popular hololive and HOLOSTARS virtual YouTuber talents, announced today that they would be broadcasting a countdown live event titled 『hololive production COUNTDOWN LIVE 2022▷2023』, to be aired December 31st 11PM JST. Unveiling special collaborations between talents of both sides of the company, performances from a roster including hololive EN and hololive Indonesia as well as a special program as soon as the new year opens, the countdown live will be one for the ages. The links and further details will be unveiled in the coming days. Source: PR Times Sour ..read more

On December 14, INI will release their debut album, “Awakening.” The album’s concept is “the moment you become aware of your new self, shine.” The album will include the previously released songs “Rocketeer”, “Brighter”, “CALL 119”, “We Are”, and “Password.” The album will also be a first for INI in that some of the members will be participating in song creation. Nishi Hiroto wrote the lyrics for the new song “SPECTRA”, while Tajima Shogo wrote the lyrics for the new song “Runaway.” Ahead of the release of “Awakening”, the music video for “SPECTRA” has now been released. Check it out below! Li ..read more

The Yano Research Institute recently issue a report ranking the top groups of otaku. Their survey was conducted in July and August, taking a sample of 10,000 men and women ages 15 to 69. The report named 26 different kinds of otaku, with the top ten being revealed. Anime otaku came in first, with them number 6.85 million people. They were followed by manga otaku at 6.48 million and digital game otaku at 4.54 million. What’s also interesting is which groups spent the most per person per year. While idol otaku came in fourth place in terms of numbers, they were #1 in terms of spend per person, w ..read more

Axia Krone, a vtuber affiliated with Nijisanji, announced that he would be graduating effective immediately from the company. His Twitter and channel will be closed as of December 7th, and good sales stopped then as well. 【卒業のご報告】 pic.twitter.com/NmIspHQTXL — アクシア・クローネ (@AXIA_96NE) December 1, 2022 Both the official Nijisanji and Axia Krone statements cited irreconcilable differences in creative direction with respect to his on-stage character. Axia Krone, a member of Nijisanji‘s Eden-gumi unit, is a popular virtual YouTuber. As of August of this year he went on hiatus due to incessant hara ..read more

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