Itano Tomomi releases full PV for “Fui ni”!

Just yesterday, a PV preview for AKB48’s Itano Tomomi was released for her second single, “Fui ni“, which is scheduled to drop on July 13th, and now the full PV is out!

Check out the PV below!

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Check out Buono!’s PV preview for “Natsu Dakara!” + B-side track audio!

Previously, tokyohive reported on Buono!’s upcoming new single, “Natsu Dakara!“, which is to be released on July 20th.

Now, the PV preview for “Natsu Dakara!” and the B-side audio preview for “Ice Mermaid” are available to view and listen!

The video features the girls in white attire and gives the girls a refreshing image that’s perfect for summer. “Ice Mermaid” gives the listeners an energetic side of summer.

Check out the summer-themed video and audio below!





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Check out the full PV for Hey! Say! JUMP’s “Ai-ing～Aishiteru～”!

In April, we shared a live performance of Hey! Say! JUMP’s new song, “Ai-ing～Aishiteru～“, and now the PV has been revealed!

This song will be the second song off the regular edition of their new single, “OVER“, which will be released on June 29th.

Check out the full PV below!




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SKE48’s Matsui Rena & Matsui Jurina collaborate with ASBee for a CM!

Nagoya-based unit SKE48 is collaborating with shoe store ASBee for the fifth time!

The girls participating are SKE48’s center girls Matsui Jurina and Matsui Rena. To express ASBee’s “SUMMER SALE”, the girls are dressed up in cute marine outfits

Check out the CM and making below!








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AKB48 appears in new Asahi CM for “Wonda Coffee”!

AKB48 has been chosen as the image characters for Asahi’s “Wonda” coffee drinks!

The group – which features top members Itano Tomomi, Shinoda Mariko, Watanabe Mayu, Oshima Yuko, Kasai Tomomi, Yokoyama Yui, and Maeda Atsuko – will be promoting the drink, “Wonda I’m FREE“.

During the commercial, Yokoyama cutely exclaims, “I’m FREE!”, in reference to the 97% caffeine-free drink.

Unlike previous commercials, AKB48 wears casual clothing to bring out their sincere expressions of happiness.

Check out the CM below!




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AAA teach their YouTube viewers to dance “CRAZY GONNA CRAZY”

Yesterday, AAA’s Nishijima Takahiro and Uno Misako posted a YouTube video on their YouTube channel on how to dance “CRAZY GONNA CRAZY,” a song that will be featured on their Buzz Communication Tour 2011.

In this short video, Nishijima starts out the video by stating, “Hi, everyone! How are you? The two of us will now show you how to dance ‘CRAZY GONNA CRAZY’. I’ll be really happy if you learned it and remembered it for our live concert for Buzz Communication Tour 2011!”

Many of the comments from the viewers state on how cute this video is.

So check out for yourself on how cute the video is below!



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DJ MAKIDAI “Really Into You” PV teaser featuring Happiness + album info!

EXILE member MAKIDAI will be releasing a new mix CD, entitled “Treasure MIX 3“, on July 6th.

The mix CD will feature music from a variety of English artists, including 50 Cent, Drake, Rihanna, Nelly, Asher Roth, and even one of Lady Gaga’s newest singles, “Judas“.

The promotional track, “Really Into You“, was taken up as a collaboration with girl group Happiness, and is a cover of a 90s track by group Around The Way.

Check out a preview of the PV below!




DJ MAKIDAI from EXILE
Treasure MIX 3

01. Really Into You / DJ MAKIDAI feat. Happiness
02. I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) feat. Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne / Kevin Rudolf
03. Just A Dream / Nelly
04. You Be Killin Em / Fabolous
05. Holding You Down (Going In Circle) / Jazmine Sullivan
06. Arab Money feat. Ron Browz / Busta Rhymes
07. Find Your Love / Drake
08. Runaway feat. Pusha T / Kanye West
09. Price Tag feat. B.o.B. / Jessie J
10. Pretty Girl Rock / Keri Hilson
11. Lay It Down / Lloyd
12. Love King / The-Dream
13. Girl Next Door / Musiq Soulchild
14. Street Dreams (Remix) feat. R. Kelly / Nas
15. Sky’s The Limit ｆeat. 112 / THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
16. Baby By Me feat. Ne-Yo / 50 Cent
17. Rocketeer feat. Ryan Tedder Of One Republic / Far East Movement
18. What’s My Name? feat. Drake / Rihanna
19. Buzzin’ / Mann
20. She Be Like (Bom Bom Bom) / Git Fresh
21. White Flag feat. Kayla Kai / Far East Movement
22. Feel Good / Che’Nelle
23. Patron Tequila feat. Lil John & Eve / Paradiso Girls
24. Hot-N-Fun feat. Nelly Furtado / N*E*R*D
25. G.R.I.N.D. (Get Ready It’s A New Day) / Asher Roth
26. XXXO (Jay-Z Remix) / M.I.A.
27. Super Bass / Nicki Minaj
28. Judas / Lady Gaga

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Watch footage from AKB48’s 3rd Senbatsu General Election!

On June 9th, ‘Ariyoshi AKB Republic’ aired a special live episode showing footage from the ‘3rd AKB48 Senbatsu General Election’.

Hosts Ariyoshi Hiroyuki and AKB48’s Kojima Haruna were joined by comedians Tsuchida Teruyuki, Yamasato Ryota, and announcer Tokumitsu Kazuo, who hosted both this year and last year’s results. The crew reviewed the top 21 members, as the results cut down the list one-by-one.

We’ve got videos below from the special, and since there was a lot of drama surrounding whether it would be Oshima Yuko or Maeda Atsuko who would get 1st place this year, we’ve also included translations of their acceptance speeches and messages to each other.







Oshima Yuko’s acceptance speech:

“These vote numbers, where one person gets many votes… can it really be called an election? Shouldn’t an election be one vote per person? People around AKB say a lot of things, but for us, votes means everyone’s love. We are loved, and so are able to hold an event like this on such a large stage, in such a large budokan. Last year, I was #1 and sang a song called ‘Heavy Rotation‘ in the center position. For me, it’s a very dear song. In the next single, I’ll be #2 but I won’t feel resigned, and I will dance and sing with all my power. Thank you for all the love.”

Maeda Atsuko’s acceptance speech:
“Everyone, thank you so much. I was really able to feel encouragement and support from many people. Of course, I know there are people who don’t like me. There’s just one thing I’d like to ask: even if you dislike me, please don’t disklike AKB! This year, I want to deliver smiles to everyone with AKB48. Please take care of me.”

Maeda to Oshima:
“To Yuko…this entire year… not just this year, I have thought, that it was Yuko, and not me, that always, always pulled everyone forward. I would be very happy if you could continue to support AKB48 together with me. Thank you!”

Oshima to Maeda:
“Acchan is the face of AKB. As long as Acchan is smiling and looking forward, everything will be fine. Let’s continue looking forward together.”

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No Sleeves reveals “Kuchibiru Furezu…” music video!

AKB48 sub-unit No Sleeves had been on a rampage recently with teasers for their “Kuchibiru Furezu…” PV, and now the real thing is finally out!

Check out the full music video for their seventh single below!




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C-ute’s Suzuki Airi announces that she…has an announcement?

On June 6th, a video of Suzuki Airi was uploaded on C-ute’s official YouTube channel.

Basically, Suzuki was giving an announcement that there will be an announcement! On Friday, June 10th at 20:00 (8pm) JST, make sure to check out C-ute’s Official YouTube channel for the mysterious announcement that Suzuki was talking about.


Details on what the announcement is going to be about are still unknown, so you’ll have to tune in to find out what it is. Hopefully it won’t be an announcement of an announcement of an announcement.




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AKB48 teases fans with audio previews from “Koko ni Ita Koto”!

AKB48 appeared on Countdown TV (CDTV) to show fans a few previews from their highly-anticipated first album, “Koko ni Ita Koto“!

During this week’s episode, fans can catch a glimpse of their songs “Wagamama Collection“, “Kimi to Boku no Kankei“, “Iikagen no Susume“, and “High school days“. Radio rips of their new songs “Kaze no Yukue” and “Koko ni Ita Koto” were just posted as well.

Check out the video below!




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