℃-ute to break up June, 2017

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℃-ute announced on August 20th that they will be breaking up next year. The group will be performing at Saitama Super Arena in June 2017, and that will be their last show. Cute, stylized as ℃-ute (Kyūto), is a Japanese idol girl group, consisting of five members. Cute is part of Hello! Project, produced by Tsunku, who also writes almost...

μ’s (Muse)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuOiNiiIyLo μ's (pronounced as "Muse") is a school idol group in Love Live!. They were the school idol group of Otonokizaka High School. The group consists of nine members and was initially formed with the purpose of bringing attention to the school as it was to be shut down due to a lack of future enrolling students. The group disbanded in...

Perfume’s New Single Tokyo Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pjtVUZNfWY Perfume is consisting of Ayano Ōmoto ("Nocchi"), Yuka Kashino ("Kashiyuka") and Ayaka Nishiwaki ("A~chan").  Perfume is an all-girl electro-pop trio from Hiroshima who debuted locally in 2001 and nationally in 2005. At first, Perfume had a hard time finding an audience or any success. They started off with a more traditional idol pop sound and gradually shifted more and more into the...

Experience BABYMETAL’s Performance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD85aM0VQ3o BABYMETAL is a Japanese metal idol band. Their line-up consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal", Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal", and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal". The concept of the group is a fusion of the heavy metal and Japanese idol genres.  Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrumentation played by the Kami Band. Babymetal released their eponymous debut album in February...

Super Voice Actress Mimorin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jPZamO-iWk Suzuko Mimori (Mimori Suzuko, born June 28, 1986) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who is best known as the voice of Sherlock Shellingford in the Tantei Opera Milky Holmes series, Umi Sonoda from the Love Live! franchise, Kourin Tatsunagi from Cardfight!! Vanguard series, and Nanami Momozono from the Kamisama Kiss series. Before her acting career began, Mimori...

Filipino-Japanese voice actress Megumi Nakajima is back!

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Filipino-Japanese voice actress Megumi Nakajima is officially back as a voice actress-singer after an almost 3-year hiatus. She will be in charge of the ending song (titled Watashi no Sekai) of the anime Fuuka, shown since January 2017. Megumi Nakajima (born June 5, 1989) is a Filipino-Japanese voice actress and singer. In 2003, she participated in the "Self Stardust Promotion" contest...

SKE48 will release Album for the first time in four and half years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34jJr9C23sA SKE48 will release their 2nd album (TBA) on 22 February 2017. It has been 4 and half years after their first album "Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai " which was released on 19 September 2012. "Revolution" is theme as well as the title. Jurina Matsui of center promises progress and raises flag of SKE48 and turns powerful look....

Fumika Shimizu Retires from Entertainment to Join Religious Organization

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81ng4AjklM Fumika Shimizu is a Japanese actress and gravure idol, is most notable for playing the heroin Yuki Jojima, in Kamen Rider Fourze. In June 2016, she was cast in the role of Toka Kirishima in the live-action film adaptation of the popular manga series Tokyo Ghoul. Japanese Actress Fumika Shimizu (age 22),  announced her decision to retire from the entertainment industry on...

Mai Shiraishi of Nogizaka46 Gravure Photos Album making video clips

Nogizaka46 member Mai Shiraishi reveals the artwork of her 2nd solo phobook "Passport", "Passport" will be released on 7 February. Mai Shiraishi (Shiraishi Mai, born August 20, 1992 in Gunma) is a singer, model and a member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. She is a first generation member of the group Nogizaka46. Shiraishi currently serves as a model for...

The longest serving member of AKB48 – Kojiharu’s graduation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHTAhsZtW74 Haruna Kojima, "Kojiharu" of AKB48 announced her graduation from the group on February 22. This announcement was made on June 18 at the live event in Niigata, Japan.  Kojima, who participated in this year's election as "mysterious member Nyannyan Kamen," ranked in at 16th place. Haruna Kojima explained the reason why she took part last year's election like this way, "My...