Archive for the ‘Jpop’ Category

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Kuroki Meisa - Like This

June 25, 2008

Rising actress Kuroki Meisa is the CM girl for Sportio cell phones, and is also debuting as a singer by releasing her debut song “Like This” for the CM. The song and video are only available on digital download.

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JE Still Owning the Oricon

June 23, 2008

So the Oricon half year charts are finally out. Out of the top 100 singles, the Johnny’s releases are:

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Perfume - Love the World

June 23, 2008

Perfume’s next single “Love the World” will be released on July 9th.

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chatmonchy - Kaze Fukeba Koi

June 17, 2008

Kaze Fukeba Koi,” chatmonchy’s next single, will be released June 25th. The title song was used in CMs for Seabreeze products from Shiseido.

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YUI - SUMMER SONG

June 15, 2008

Following her successful “I LOVED YESTERDAY” album, YUI’s next single “SUMMER SONG” is going to be released July 2nd.

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alan - Natsukashi Mirai ~longing future~

June 13, 2008

alan’s third single, “Natsukashi Mirai ~longing future~” will be released July 2nd. It was used as the theme to NHK’s Save the Future theme song.

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Arashi - One Love

June 12, 2008

Arashi’s next single “One Love” is the theme song to the Hana Yori Dango Final movie. It will be released June 25th, right before the June 28 release of the movie.

“One Love” rounds off the trio of Hana Yori Dango songs the group releases for the franchise. “WISH” did very well, while “Love So Sweet” became a giant success. What about “One Love”?

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HAPPY! - episode 5 and 6

June 10, 2008

I am really behind on my HAPPY! episodes - oh, life - so I’ll be playing
catch-up for awhile. They’re going out of the studio for filming now, focusing not on celebrity blogs but on their own interests now. Screencaps from veoh again.

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Save the Future with NHK

June 3, 2008

NHK is launching its Save the Future campaign to raise awareness for global warming. For three days, June 6 to 8, there will be different types of programming on the channel all relating to the issue.

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JYONGRI - Unchanging Love ~Kimi ga Ireba~

May 25, 2008

Unchanging Love ~Kimi ga Ireba~” is JYONGRI’s fifth single, to be released June 4th. The title song was used as the Au Lismo CM song.

While her fast paced “Possesion” is her best known song, I find JYONGRI’s ballads to be her best work. She has a great range, and does very well on power ballads like “Lullaby for You” and”My All For You.”

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