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ORANGE RANGE’s ‘Orange’
Following the 7/18/07 release of their single, “Ikenai Taiyou”, ORANGE RANGE will be releasing two discs of their greatest hits. The title of the discs will simply be “Orange”. Greatest hits collection from Orange Range includes their complete singles up until their 2006 album “Orange Range.” Split into type A and type B with different…
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Rina Chinen Becomes a Single Mom
Actress and singer Rina Chinen (26) and model Kentaro Nakamura (24) got divorced on March 15, it was revealed on Sunday. According to the faxed announcement, the couple mutually decided that their married life was not what they had hoped for, and they decided to go their separate ways. The two got married in 2005…
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Rimi Natsukawa’s ‘Video Clip Collection’ and ‘Umuikaji’ Hits Stores on March 9th
Victor Entertainment will release a new Rimi Natsukawa DVD on March 9th titled “Video Clip Collection” which will be her third DVD release but her first collection of PVs (promotion videos). Beginning with her first single (under the Victor label) “Yuubae ni Yurete” on to her latest “Furusato”, there are a total of 11 videos…
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Congrats to DA PUMP’s KEN!
Moving to the same dance beat as fellow ‘Pumper YUKINARI (28), it looks like KEN’s (27) marriage in 2006 to an unnamed female (after nine years together) produced their first baby girl, Kairi. In 2004, YUKINARI married former talent Natsu Nishida (24) and they have a baby girl. [Via nikkansports.com.]
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Ai Miyazato Mania in the US
I’m tempted to join in the mania and I don’t even golf! If you’re into golfing then you should already know about Japan’s 21-year-old golf phenom Ai Miyazato. According to Ai’s profile on the LPGA.com website, she stands at 5’2″, 2006 was her rookie year, and she’s collected over US $64,000 in earnings. She was…
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Rimi Natsukawa to Go Independent!
Phew, just got home from practice, took a much needed shower and I see this bit of news waiting for me to read in my newsreader. Not sure how major this bit of news will be to most readers out there but to me, this is pretty big. Rimi Natsukawa (33), who will take a…
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Yuji Nakae’s ‘Koishikute’ Trailer Now Online
Perhaps the most anticipated film of 2007 for Okinawa movie fans is “Koishikute”, directed by Yuji Nakae (“Hotel Hibiscus”, “Nabbie’s Love”), and based on the early days of J/O-Pop super group BEGIN. You can now view the trailer of the film (kudos to them for making it available on Apple’s superb QT format too) on…
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Takako Uehara is the New Image Character for Sokenbicha
Will 2007 be Takako Uehara‘s (24, ex-SPEED) year? The J-Pop singer has a best-of album “départ ∼takako uehara single collection∼” (AVCD-16120 [CD-only version], AVCD-16119/B [CD+DVD version]) set to be released on March 14th and on February 5th we’ll have a chance to see her as the image character for Coca-Cola Japan’s Sokenbicha drink. Now who…
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Amuro’s ‘Baby Don’t Cry’ Makes It Her 13th Consecutive Oricon Best 10 Single
Congratulations to J-Pop diva Namie Amuro (29), whose latest single “Baby Don’t Cry” (released 2007.1.24) charted at #3 on the Oricon Single Chart making it her 13th consecutive single to reach the top 10! It’s an amazing feat when you consider that it was her 1995 single “Taiyou no SEASON” that started it all. [Via…
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Risa Niigaki, Ready for the Spotlight?
Ladies and gentlemen, the Niigaki Risa boom has come. Some crazy points here, coming from a huge Gaki-san fan. Apologies in advance if this sounded bias. Old news made new. Way back (I think a couple months) before Yossie’s graduation announcement, read from somewhere that there were some ‘insider’ rumour from internal staffs, that Yoshizawa…
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