~ Updated release details posted here! ~ KAT-TUN has announced their first single of 2012 - “TO THE LIMIT” - with a strong rock sound. The single will be the group’s 18th since their label debut in 2006 and all previous singles (and albums) have charted #1...

Hey! Say! JUMP and their first single release for 2012 “SUPER DELICATE” top the singles charts with a strong over 248,000 sold. Making their debut idol group Nogizaka46 with “Guru Guru Curtain” lands in second spot with 136,000 sold. The girls of ...

  Hey! Say! JUMP hits 2012 with their first single release “SUPER DELICATE” and will top the singles charts with a strong over 240,000 sold. On the album charts the boys also take the top stop with KAT-TUN and their album “Chain” selling...

KAT-TUN has exposed their new look for “Chain” and the jacket covers for the album that’s set for release on February 22nd. The group has also announce the “KAT-TUN Live Tour 2012 ‘Chain’” that will begin February 11th at Toki Messe Niigata Convention Center and...

KAT-TUN is readying their 6th album “Chain” for release on February 22nd. “Chain” features KAT-TUN’s 5 singles released over the 18 months since their last album, 7 new songs, and 5 new member solo songs for a total of 17 tracks. Track and...

KAT-TUN, mobile content developer MTI, and gaming site entag! have teamed up to release “Ai wa KAT-TUN” (Love is KAT-TUN) anime shorts to your mobile phone. “Ai wa KAT-TUN” will featured anime versions of members Kamenashi Kazuya, Taguchi Junnosuke, Tanaka Koki, Ueda Tatsuya, ...

The charts for December 2011 are dominated by another 1+ million selling single by AKB48 with their “Uekara Mariko” selling a huge 1,273,748 and putting it nearly 1 million ahead of the second place single. The rest of the top 5 singles is dominated by boy groups with ...

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...

For the second week ten new singles have hit the Oricon weekly charts and the boys from KAT-TUN are on top with their 17th consecutive #1 single “BIRTH.” Korean mega-duet Tohoshinki (TVXQ) in a strong second spot with their winter ballad “Winter Rose.”...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for their show for Friday December 2nd - KAT-TUN, Koda Kumi, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, JUJU, Perfume, and Yuzu. More details on the performances follow, Each group is on...

“BIRTH” is KAT-TUN's newest single and was chosen as the theme song for member Kamenashi Kazuya’s upcoming drama “Yokai Ningen Bem” (will start on October 22nd 9PM). The single is now set to drop November 30th. “Yokai Ningen Bem”, is a live-action drama adapted from twice produced...

KAT-TUN will host a new variety show on NTV tentatively titled “KAT-TUN no Zettai Manetaku Naru TV”. It will be their first the ending of  “Cartoon KAT-TUN” in March 2010. The new show’s theme will have the members of KAT-TUN presenting interesting people that “you will want to be like”. It will also present various...

Akanishi Jin is active as a singer and actor and next year in spring he will be making his American debut under the official name of JIN AKANISHI. This had been announced at a press conference he had been holding after his triumphant return from his tour through five major North American cities. In July...

Popular Johnny’s Entertainment group KAT-TUN have announced their first single release since the departure of member Jin Akanishi this summer. The single will be titled CHANGE UR WORLD and will be released on November 17th. Its title track will be used as the theme song for the Japanese TV sports show “Going! Sports & News”,...

KAT-TUN’S Tatsuya Ueda (26) has returned to the stage yesterday for his solo tour in Tokyo, a month after injuring his foot in Taiwan, reports Sankei Sports. The singer performed 18 songs for his 12,000 fans at the Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijyo Dai-ichi Taikukan without showing any signs that his broken left toe was slowing him...

The official U.S. website of former KAT-TUN member Jin Akanishi has revealed some information about his upcoming U.S. tour, titled “Yellow Gold Tour 3010.” The site lists five concert dates in November. Akanishi performed his first solo concerts in the U.S. this past June. At that time, he stated that he was aiming to perform...