July 16, 2019
The Final Songs: Miyatani Yue Solo Concert Live Report
Miyatani Yue, longtime leader of akishibu project, turned another page on her career with a pair of solo…
July 15, 2019
Japan Expo 2019: Full Photo Report
The biggest festival about Japanese culture in Europe, Japan Expo, celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, from July…
July 8, 2019
Party Every Day: GuGu-LuLu 1st Anniversary Live Report
GuGu-LuLu celebrated their 1st anniversary with a wild one-man live “Guruguru Aniversary” at Shibuya WWW X on April…
June 20, 2019
Welcome to the FES☆TIVE Carnival: THE CIRCUS Asia Tour 2019 Finale and 6th Anniversary
It was a winning combo for the ambassadors of the matsuri culture of FES☆TIVE this last June 19th.…
June 17, 2019
Triple Birthday Show Combo this Spring 2019 for Iketeru Hearts
This past month has been quite eventful for the team as we attended every Iketeru Hearts‘ member birthday…
Interviews & Behind The Scenes
July 1, 2019
Road to Japan Expo Paris 2019: Interview with We=MUKASHIBANASHI
As we had introduced the very cheerful ladies of BANZAI JAPAN last year, here we are again and…
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…
News & Press Releases
June 12, 2019
Tracklist and cover art revealed for NECRONOMIDOL’s “scions of the blasted heath”
Ultradark Japanese idol unit NECRONOMIDOL will release the first recording featuring their new 2019 lineup on June 12.…
June 10, 2019
Saiba Mizuki (Kyueens) and Kodama Haruka unite forces in new play “Watashi ni Ai ni Kite”
We were invited this June 10 to the official press conference about the upcoming stage play “Watashi ni…
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…
