March 27, 2020
Japan Expo Thailand 2020: BANZAI JAPAN and akishibu project
This series of reports about Japan Expo Thailand 2020 ends with more idols! Idols mean music, but also…
March 20, 2020
Japan Expo Thailand 2020: Spotlight on Thailand’s Idol Groups
Japan Expo Thailand is the perfect playground for local idols, especially since Thailand has their own rather successful…
March 13, 2020
Idols For One Day: Deep-dive into UNIDOL Winter 2019-2020
For the past two decades idol culture has slowly but surely seeped into Japanese society. Among the baseball,…
March 9, 2020
akishibu project discovers a New World in this First One-man Live of 2020
As you may have noticed, idol group akishibu project is one of our favorites at Bonjour Idol, as…
March 6, 2020
Japan Expo Thailand 2020: AKB48’s Headliner Performance
World-famous AKB48 hit the stage as this year’s Japan Expo Thailand 2020‘s idol headliner. Six members were been…
Interviews & Behind The Scenes
January 19, 2020
A Japanese Girl in Spain: Interview with Kamieda Emika (former NMB48) (Part 2)
You might already know of Kamieda Emika if you followed the 48Groups, even from afar. If you don’t,…
January 2, 2020
A Japanese Girl in Spain: Interview with Kamieda Emika (former NMB48) (Part 1)
You might already know of Kamieda Emika if you followed the 48Groups, even from afar. If you don’t,…
News & Press Releases
January 10, 2020
Nostalgia Hits with an Idol-heavy Cast for New Musical “Cutie Honey Emotional”
It goes without saying that Go Nagai‘s “Cutie Honey” can be considered as the original Japanese battle heroine,…
November 27, 2019
Iketeru Hearts will never stop loving you with the release of their 8th single
On November 12th, the BONJOUR IDOL team went to one of Iketeru Hearts‘ release events to celebrate the…
Discoveries
Beach, watermelons and bikini: a Summer Idol Playlist
The sun is shining, the cicadas are waking up, Tokyo Idol Festival is getting closer… summer is not only about come to Japan but also everywhere else around the world of idol fans! It is the perfect opportunity for us to put up this little list of idol (and j-pop) songs that are perfect to…
Discovery: FES☆TIVE
Latest update: February 4, 2019 With a name like FES☆TIVE, you can already picture what kind of direction and sound such a group might have… and you would be right. Deriving from words such as “festival”, “positive” and “active”, the songs of FES☆TIVE describe these terms perfectly thanks to their colorful melodies. Add to this…
Discovery: NECRONOMIDOL
Necronomidol, under their label VELOCITRON, is an idol group based in Tokyo created in June 2014, with a rock-like musical style with a big metal inspiration. It is currently composed of 5 members: Risaki Kakizaki, Sari, Hina Yotsuyu, Rei Imaizumi and Himari Tsukishiro, while they were only 4 at their debut. Only Risaki and Sari…
