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
May 22, 2019
CoverGirls Reborn! 1st One-Man Live Report
CoverGirls took another step into the future at Shinjuku BLAZE for their 1st one-man live “GiRLS DiSTINY –…
May 17, 2019
Chronicles of Magic and Miracles: Junjou no Afilia 10th Anniversary Tour Finale
To each exceptional tour its grand finale! After months performing all across the country, the ten members of…
May 14, 2019
First encounter with Kyueens at Club Malcolm
Bonjour Idol was very excited as we were getting ready to meet up for the first time with…
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…
