Otsuka Ai’s 2004 hit single “Sakuranbo” has recently seen a bit of a revival of popularity in certain (degenerate) circles recently. Apparently like six months ago, a TikTok social media …
Read More »[Review] EXO’s Baekhyun gives Japan a smooth dance track to start 2021 with “Get You Alone”
Whether related to the pandemic or not, SM Entertainment’s reach into the Japanese market seemed to stall in 2020. I’ve always considered them one of the few K-pop agencies that …
Read More »Maeda Koki (ex-Johnny’s Jr) says in interview that it was ‘certain’ Johnny Kitagawa slept with trainees
Maeda Koki (former Johnny’s Jr & 7 MEN Samurai member) recently gave an interview to Arama! Japan, and while most of it was as vanilla as you’d expect, one section …
Read More »Dreamatcher get anime theme with “Eclipse” for ‘King’s Raid: Successors of the Will’, Siyeon’s weeb dream comes true
Dreamcatcher’s upward trajectory continues with them finally scoring an anime theme that most of us fans always believed they were a dream fit for. They recently released a song called …
Read More »Idol fan calls in bomb threat after he fails to prevent merch incineration
Obsessed idol fans reacting to news about their faves that they dislike by burning things is disturbingly common, but in a rare reversal of sorts, this time we have an …
Read More »E-Girls will disband at end of 2020 after all, leave behind a lot of quality & some missed potential
LDH’s E-Girls announced that the group would be disbanding at the end of 2020 after all. It can’t come as much of a surprise given that their disbandment was announced …
Read More »[Review] IZ*ONE’s appropriately titled “Beware”
For a group whose music should be conquering Japan, IZ*ONE’s J-pop discography has been very inconsistent. Debut single Suki to Iwasetai was an undisputed triumph, but follow-ups Buenos Aires and Vampire were both marred by awful …
Read More »BoA recreates past hits for 28-minute 20th anniversary digest video
Since I have been lazy as shit about covering anything BoA has done for her 20th anniversary, the least I could do is cover this 28-minute video where she recreates …
Read More »The K-pop/J-pop fight must be rehashed, so stans got salty about Matsumoto Jun’s comments to Variety
Arashi gave an interview to Variety recently about their increasing openness to the global market, and one thing that Matsumoto Jun said pissed off a lot of people. Some Koreans, …
Read More »Award-winning actress Takeuchi Yuko passes away at 40
Actress Takeuchi Yuko has passed away at 40, according to multiple reports. Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi has died in an apparent suicide at her home in Tokyo, people close to …
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