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Even as the Produce 101 monolith crumbled in Korea, the franchise remained alive and well this past fall in Japan. The first season spawned new boy group JO1 – an …
Read More »[Review] JO1 of ‘Produce 101 Japan’ debut with “Infinity”
Mystic Story reveals 7 potential girl group members, including PD48’s Takeuchi Miyu & UPRS2’s Moon Sua
Mystic Story revealed preparations to debut a new girl group are well underway, as Yoon Jong Shin’s company recently revealed an Instagram account for Mystic Rookies along with the profiles …
Read More »Sawajiri Erika pleads guilty to drug use, says she has no plans of returning to acting + prosecution seeks 18 months in prison
Sawajiri Erika was arrested for drug possession back in November of last year, and now the actress faces up to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to using drugs …
Read More »Horikita Maki rumored to come out of retirement for ‘Nobuta Wo Produce’ sequel with Kamenashi Kazuya & Yamashita Tomohisa
Actress Horikita Maki retired from the industry back in February of 2017 shortly after giving birth to her first child. However, multiple reports say that she’ll be making a return …
Read More »[Review] New Johnny’s group SixTONES debut with “Imitation Rain”
While K-pop took a break for the Lunar New Year, J-pop enjoyed a landmark week with the debut of two new Johnny’s Entertainment groups. Both SixTONES and Snow Man are …
Read More »Goo Hara’s music video for “Hello” posthumously released
Former KARA member Goo Hara passed away last year, but a music video for her song “Hello” was posthumously released recently, with her Japanese company Log-In saying that she participated …
Read More »Deep Reviews: Queen B redefines hip-hop in a way with “#Nakami0”
Dancer Kimishima Karen is now a rapper because why not, I guess? Well, here’s her debut with “#Nakami0” and it is truly a work of art. The thing about this …
Read More »IZ*ONE will reportedly resume activities after companies of the members reach agreement
With X1 disbanding due to the inability of CJ E&M/Mnet to reach an agreement with the companies of the members, the attention then turned to IZ*ONE. The X1 news seemed …
Read More »Gackt doesn’t want you to get his name tattoo’d in Comic Sans, thank you very much
A fan of Gackt recently shared on Twitter their tattoo of his name, hilariously in Comic Sans font. But just as hilarious was the reaction of Gackt himself to the …
Read More »Miyavi joins LDH, E-Girls to disband, Happiness to join 88Rising
Whew, what a title, huh? A few days ago, rocker Miyavi announced that he would be joining LDH. On December 18 at Zepp DiverCity TOKYO, MIYAVI held an event to …
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