KANJANI8 has updated the release details for their new single “Ai Deshita” which is due out on June 13th that celebrates the group’s 8th anniversary. Previously we posted here the mostly complete release details and now the jacket covers are official. Updated release details follow,
KANJANI8 has their 16th single “Ai Deshita” announced and set for release on June 13th. The song is featured as the main theme song of the TV drama series "Papadoru!" – member Nishikido Ryo plays the leading role. The single comes in two editions and celebrates the group’s 8th anniversary since their major label debut. More release details follow,
TV Asahi’s long running weekly music show “MUSIC STATION” will be off next week December 16th while they prepare for their mega year-end show “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2011.” The 4-hour event will be broadcast live from Chiba Makuhari Messe on December 23rd starting at 7:00PM. More details including the full list of 30 artists set to perform on the show follows,
A strong month for powerhouses Arashi (#1 single, #7 album), AKB48 (#7 single) and its sister group SKE48 (#2 single) and subgroups Not Yet (#4 single), French Kiss (#5 single), and Johnny’s Entertainment groups Sexy Zone (#3 single) and Kanjani8 (#2 album) on the monthly charts.
KARA – perhaps the hottest female idol group out of Korea these days managed to top the album charts with their release “Super Girl”. Two real ‘super girls’ – YUI was #3 on the album charts and singer/voice actress Nana Mizuki was #6.
Check out the complete top 10 charts that follow,
Two Johnny’s Entertainment groups topped the charts with week – the debut of Sexy Zone on the singles charts and Kanjani8 on the album charts. Overall a strong week for single releases as only last weeks topper SKE48 managed to stay in the top 10 at #8.
In a close second place was AKB48 subunit Not Yet with their single “Pera Pera Perao” and third went to Acid Black Cherry’s “Chou” their 4th single in four months. They have one more single to go in their consecutive month release project.
On the album charts Kanjani 8 took top honors with their 4th #1 album “FIGHT” and T.M.Revolution’s compilation album of theme songs contributed to the Sengoku Basara anime and game franchise, “UTAGE” was a nice second on the chart.
Complete charts follow after jump.
This coming episode of Music Station features Korean group KARA who will perform their up coming single Winter Magic (set for release on Oct. 19th), a special medley from Kanjani8, Kimura Kaela, L’Arc~en~Ciel, and YUI whose single Green a. live has been #1 on the daily charts this week and may grab the top spot for the week. Should be an episode full of fantastic performances.
“Winter Magic” – KARA
Special Medley – Kanjani8
“Chocolate” – Kimura Kaela
“Green a.live” – YUI
“X X X” – L’Arc~en~Ciel
Music Station updated their official website with the guest list for October 14th!
Source: Music Station Official Website
Kanjani8 member Maruyama Ryuhei (27) will appear in his first movie, it was announced today. He is joining lead actor Eita (28) in the movie adaptation of Mochizuki Mikiya’s action manga “Wild 7,” which was unveiled in February.
The original manga, serialized between 1969 and 1979, revolved around a group of seven motorcycle-riding outlaws who receive authorization from the police to combat criminals and terrorists. Eita is playing Hiba Dairoku, the leader and the youngest of the group.
Maruyama has been cast as the member Pairou (or possibly Pyro), an original character for the movie taking the place of the character Happyaku from the manga. Pairou’s grandfather is American, making him a quarter-American. His specialties are explosives and machinery.
Filming is already in progress and is planned to finish in May. Warner Bros. has not yet set a release date for the movie.
Source – Tokyograph
Two Kanjani8 members will be serving as hosts on NTV’s new lunchtime television show “Hiru Nan Desu!” Murakami Shingo (29) and Yokoyama Yu (29) will appear on the show together on Thursdays as part of a daily revolving lineup.
“Hiru Nan Desu!” will be replacing the network’s “DON!,” which started last March and will end this March. It will continue in the same weekday time slot (from 11:55am), starting on March 28, and it will be broadcast live. Its main target audience is said to be women in their 20s to 40s and male students.
Comedian Nanbara Kiyotaka (46) of the duo Ucchan Nanchan will serve as the show’s main host, and announcer Miura Asami (23) will be his assistant. The sub-hosts, which change according to the day of the week, will be Endo Shozo (Cocorico) on Mondays, Watabe Ken (Unjash) on Tuesdays, Tsuruno Takeshi on Wednesdays, and Murakami and Yokoyama on Thursdays
. The Friday sub-host will be announced later, but Hisamoto Masami will appear on those days as a special host.
Source – Tokyograph
During their concert at Tokyo Dome on Sunday, Kanjani8 announced that they will be doing two theme songs for the “Crayon Shin-chan” anime franchise – one for the television series, and one for the upcoming movie “Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Ougon no Spy Daisakusen” (April 16).
This is the first time in “Crayon Shin-chan” history that an artist has sung for the television series and one of the movies at the same time.
For Kanjani8, this is also their first time handling the theme song for a film. The group just did their first drama theme song earlier this year, when they sang “LIFE ~Me no Mae no Mukou e~” for the show “GM Odore Doctor.”
The titles of the songs have not yet been announced. The song for the television series will start being used in February.
Details of Kanjani8′s next album have been revealed. Titled “8UPPERS” (“Pacchi Uppers”), the album will be released on October 20 and will include a special 77-minute “music film” with the DVD editions.
The main CD consists of 13 tracks, written and arranged by artists such as Ulful Keisuke (Ulfuls), DJ KOHNO (Ketsumeishi), and Ken Yokoyama. The regular edition will come with a second CD containing 8 solo songs. The CD+DVD edition will have the “8UPPERS FEATURE MUSIC FILM” and original goods, while the special version of the CD+DVD edition will come with a making-of DVD and extra goods.
The “8UPPERS FEATURE MUSIC FILM” is set in the underworld and has the group’s seven members playing the parts of “shimatsuya,” a term that often refers to hitmen and literally means “someone who settles things.” The film will be screened for a single day (October 11) in approximately 50 Toho Cinemas across the country.
Source – Tokyograph
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It has been recently announced that Kanjani 8 will be holding an event called ‘CLUB “THE EIGHT” premiere event‘ on September 12th. It will be held in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Akita, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka at the same time, but the details about the event will not be revealed until the day of the event itself.
They will reveal the application address on the 7th at 10:00 a.m, and if you send an email to the address, they will send you back the application form. However, the audience will be chosen by drawing.
Source – Tokyohive
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