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2006.12.29

Releases for January

2006.12.03

Releases for December

Releases for January

2006.09.23

Releases for September

Releases for October

2006.11.04

Releases for November


2006.07.16

kannivalism will turn major 
kannivalism already signed with Avex and will releasing their major debut single

Ritori on September 27th in two different versions, one of which will include a DVD.

2006.07.14

Hamasaki Ayumi tops charts for most single sold by a solo artist 
With the release of Ayumi's 40th single, [[Blue

Bird]], Ayumi's total singles sales accelerated to to 20.1 million. Making her the first female and the fifth artist overall

(after B'z, Southern All Stars, SMAP and Mr. Children) to achieve past total singles sales exceeding 20

million. Ayu is in the top of the list followed by ZARD with 17.51M, Amuro Namie with 15.50M, Matsuda Seiko with

15.33 and Utada Hikaru with 14.30M.

Ito Yuna embarked on 'invitation-only' concert tour 
Ito Yuna will embark on her first tour entitled "YUNA ITO 1st

Invitation". Those who will buy her limmited edition singles set to be released by August and September will get an

invitation to her concerts. It was announced that the concert will make 3 stops on Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Dates of the said

concert is still to be announced.

2006.06.29

Suzuki Ami and Otsuka Ai worked on a song 
Like a Love?, Suzuki Ami's upcoming single was

announced recently that it was a song made jointly by Ai and Ami themselves. The lyrics was written by Ami and the music by

Ai. This is the first time Ai has made a song for another artist.

2006.06.28

Heartsdales Disbanding
Rum & Jewels of the pop/hip-hop duo Heartsdales have announced they will be disbanding. They will be putting

out a best album and will offically disband September 2nd after their last concert together. However, the sisters said they

will continue to work in the music industry on their own projects.

kitty GYM
Yamashita Tomohisa will be teaming up with thai-Juniors Golf & Mike as well as four other Juniors to form a cheer

unit. The other four members are Kitayama Hiromitsu (Kis-My-Ft.2), Inoo Kei (J.J.Express), Tomita Mao

(BIG FOUR), and Yaotome Hikaru (Ya-Ya-Yah). The unit is expected to perform during volleyball games and nothing

is known yet of whether or not there will be a single released.

2006.06.17

Yama-P on ST 
Seventeen, a well known teen's fashion magazine, hires Yamashita

Tomohisa to be their regular column writer starting this month. Yama-P's strong popularity and influence among Japanese

teen-age girls is the reason why the popular magazine had given him a space to write on.

Matsuura Aya meets the Prime Minister 
Matsuura Aya of the Hello! Project recently met with Prime Minister,

Koizumi Junichiro. They had discussed the government's campaign against drug abuse and health issues. Prime Minister Koizumi

even mentioned that young girls today are getting too skinny, which is also one of the problems the said campaign combats.

The said campaign used to hire athletes, but this year, Aya is the first celebrity to head the campaign.

SMAP on Tour 
SMAP will be on the road for a series of concert tour starting July 30th on Sapporo Dome. They had

scheduled 21 shows on eight different venues, most sold-tickets of which is 3 scheduled in Tokyo. An album is also set to be

released the same month.

Wentz Eiji to model internationally 
Other half of the duo WaT, Wentz Eiji, will debut on October issue as a model

internationally in the magazine Jalouse. He was spotted by an editor of the high-fashion magazine when he recently

attended Cannes Film Festival.


Releases for August

2006.06.12

EXILE to hold an audition for a new vocalist 
After Shun leaving in March, EXILE announce on June 06, 2006 that they will

hold auditions. The auditions will be set in Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka to find a new partner for

their remaining vocalist, Atsushi. Three will be chosen to compete in "EXILE Vocal Battle Audtion 2006 ~ASIAN DREAM~" on

September 9th to be held on Nippon Budokan. On the same day they will announce the entrance of Akira into their new line-up.

Akira was from 'Rather Unique'. After the auditions, EXILE is expected to have seven members.

2006.06.03

Koda Kumi to release Quadruple A-side single 
Once again a first in J-Pop history, Koda Kumi will be releasing a

quadruple a-side single on 26th of July. Each 4 songs will be released with instrumental versions on the CD and PVs on the

DVD. The CD includes the following songs

  • Ningyo-hime
  • I'll be there
  • JUICY
  • With your smile


Tsuji Nozomi caught on fire 
It was reported that ex-Morning Musume member, Tsuji Nozomi, was caught on fire (only

suffering minor burns) wh