The new single of Band Ja Naimon! will be released on May 17.
This is the 10th single by Band Ja Naimon!.
The song Metamoriser was written, composed and arranged by Q-MHz. It was used as new ending theme song for the TV anime Tsugumomo.
Little Glee Monster will release their new single Dakara, Hitori Janai (だから、ひとりじゃない) on May 31.
It’s the 8th single by Little Glee Monster.
This is the 1st single of the idol group without Arai Maju, who went on hiatus since April for an indefinite period.
Fujii Rio announced her graduation from Kobushi Factory and Hello! Project.
Riorio is going to leave the idol group at the end of the Hello! Project 2017 Summer concert tour.
Fujii Rio goes to university since this Spring, and she has decided to focus on studies. She was worried about the balance between her activities with Kobushi Factory. She wants to become a teacher or a nurse.
In April, 4 out of 8 members of idol unit FES☆TIVE tried their hand at gravure modeling.
FES☆TIVE evokes visions of the group’s energetic live performance which have taken the idol scene by storm. However, in 2017, we shift our focus to the lives of the individual members as they pose for gravure photos.
The 4 FES☆TIVE members who have forayed into the world of gravure idols are Aoba Hinari, Sakamoto Yuna, Suzuki Kotone, and Shiraishi Piano.
Utakata Saturday Night / The Vision / Tokyo to lu Katasumi is the 61st single released by Morning Musume ’16 on May 11, 2016.
This is the last feature single for 9th generation member Suzuki Kanon who graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project at the end of the Morning Musume ’16 Concert Tour Haru ~Emotion in Motion~ in May 2016.
YuiKaori announced they will suspend their activities on June 30.
This announcement was made by Ogura Yui on her official blog and on the website of YuiKaori.
Both members Ogura Yui and Ishihara Kaori have decided to stop the duo’s activities to focus on their solo careers, and also because Ishihara Kaori left the talent agency Sigma Seven in 2016.
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku will release their new album Ebicracy (エビクラシー) on May 31.
This is the 4th original album by Ebichu.
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku resumed activities despite the tragic death of Matsuno Rina (one of its members), which occurred last February.
The MV for Kanjou Densha was unveiled. The song was served as a commercial song for Ringer Hut, a fast food chain.
The 9th single of Itano Tomomi will be on sale on May 17.
It is entitled #Iine! (#いいね!).
The MV was unveiled. The video and the song take the theme of spring as a season of new beginnings and has Tomomi Itano enduring a series of unfortunate events but through it all she just shrugs them off and sings.
The new single of Kikkawa You will be on sale on May 24.
It will be entitled Sayonara, Standard (さよなら、スタンダード) ; this is the 11th single by Kikkawa You.
Watch the MV and its making below.
Electric Ribbon‘s new single Twinkle in you will be released on May 30
This is the first single with new members Yu, Aoi and Airi, who officially joined Electric Ribbon on March 24.
Check out the MV below.