April 18, 2019
Full details for NECRONOMIDOL’s European Inquisition 2019 revealed
This July is shaping up to be a very dark month on the Continent! Ultradark Japanese idol unit…
March 28, 2019
Tokyo Idol Festival 2019: First round of announcements
As we are approaching the five-months countdown until Tokyo Idol Festival 2019, the festival officials officially launched the…
Live reports
April 5, 2019
Looking for the shiniest diamonds with =LOVE
After their first one-man live last February, we were delighted to meet again with =LOVE on March 29…
April 2, 2019
The Meaning of Friendship: notall tour finale and Watanabe Chiko graduation live
The Power of Social Networks seems to be taking notall places! From name to event staff, everything about…
March 29, 2019
My Raison d’Être: Junjou no Afilia 10th Anniversary Tour, Tokyo Performances
It is a big step for Junjou no Afilia this year: the group celebrated its 10th anniversary in…
Interviews & Behind the scenes
April 22, 2019
A Whole New World: Interview with Iketeru Hearts
We have been writing quite a lot about idol group Iketeru Hearts – to be more precise, the…
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…
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…