PPAP: What is a Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen?!
The video, PPAP, has gone viral. This video has been watched over 15 million times! (Oct 1st.) This short one minute video, features the comedian PIKOTARO who sings and dances to his short PPAP...
Category: Music/Dance
Popular Song : Oriental Radio – Perfect Human
Oriental Radio, also known as OriRaji is one of Japan’s famous comedic duos. OriRaji was created when Mr. Nakata and Fujimori joined their comedic forces in 2003. When they debuted they became very popular...
Popular Female Dancer : Koharu Sugawara
At 23 years of age, Koharu Sugawara holds an impressive list of accolades. Sugawara started dancing when she was ten years old and never looked back. She’s been featured in a Jounetsu Tairiku documentary...
Popular Music Video Clip : 五五七ニ三ニ〇 (5572320)
What is 5572320(go go nana ni san ni rei)? It is the name of an all female band which consists of eight Junior High School students. There are five guitarists and three drummers. Their...
Popular Song “Attakai n dakara~” by Comedian Duo “Kumamushi”
The song “Attakai n dakara” was sung during Kumamushi’s comedic act. The opening lyrics are: “I will give my special soup to you. It is WARM.” “Attakai n dakara” means “Because it is...
Popular Music : Enka songs for Elderly People
You usually start to hear more Enka music on TV or other places in Japan once winter comes; especially the time around Shougatsu (New Year Eve). If you watch the popular annual NHK show...
Popular Band : Wagakki Band
Wagakki Band consists of 8 members and Yuko Suzuka is their leader and singer. The uniqueness of the Wagakki Band comes from the mix between Western instruments (such as: guitar, bass guitar, drum set)...
AKB48 6th General Election Result Announcement
The result of the popularity vote, of the AKB48 members, was announced on the 7th of June. Amongst the 296 members of AKB48 and their sister groups (such as SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, and others,)...
AKB48’s new single “Labrador Retriever” released!
AKB48’s new single “Labrador Retriever” was released on May 20th and sold over 146 million copies on the first day. This is the best one day sale record for AKB48 so far. This single...
A Tremendous Number of People lined up for A Handshake Event for Johnny’s West
Johnny’s West is an idol group which has 7 male members. All of Johnny’s West members are from the Kansai Area (Osaka and Hyogo Prefecture). Johnny’s West just released a new single, “Eejyanaika” and...
