March 5, 2019
Iketeru Hearts are your heroines in “Sparkle☆Power”
After celebrating Madoka’s birthday earlier in the month, Bonjour Idol had the privilege to attend one of the…
February 26, 2019
=LOVE welcome their little sisters to the idol world: Meet ≠ME
There is no stopping =LOVE‘s crazy rise of popularity! On February 24th 2019, producer Sashihara Rino and the…
Live reports
March 15, 2019
Forget me Not: akishibu project 7th One-Man Live
akishibu project opened the door to yet another new world as they bid farewell to members Ruka Okonogi,…
March 6, 2019
Chubbiness: Be Happy! 5th Anniversary at Shinagawa Intercity Hall
Despite announcing their upcoming mass-graduation for March 9th 2019 in the meantime, Japan’s happiest idol unit Chubbiness celebrated…
March 4, 2019
You’ll Melt More! Unleash Fists of Fury at Zepp Tokyo!
You’ll Melt More! rang in the New Year at Zepp Tokyo on January 5, 2019 for the first…
Interviews & Behind the scenes
November 8, 2018
After Paris, head to London! BANZAI JAPAN to conquer Europe!
Taking place every year in July is the biggest European gathering celebrating Japanese culture: the world-famous Japan Expo…
August 9, 2018
A life after Baito AKB : Exclusive interview with Yui Chiyoda
Since 2005, AKB48 has been propelling idols into the star system. Then, the comets disappear. Well, not exactly.…
Discoveries
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…
Discovery: Malcolm Mask McLaren
Current members: Mone, Ai, Kana, Momo Do you know the Sex Pistols? If you are familiar with rock music, I guess you do, but do you know their manager, Malcolm McLaren? It’s partly with his name that in September 2015, Asian Promotion, the label of Malcolm Mask McLaren (abbreviated as MMM), decided to launch his…