One way check out the latest hot musics in Japanese music industry is by looking at their music charts. When speaking about Japanese music charts, the first thing that comes to mind will definitely is the Oricon. But there is more other charts that worth checking out too that I introduce in this post.
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In Japanese music industry there is a lot of talents coming out each year. Through several sources, I came across a few J-pop talented newcomers that sings really well and produce great music. My definition of newcomers is artists that debuted no more than 1 year. Below is the 6 new artists or units that […]

Spring is just around the corner. When thinking of spring season, many people will thinking of the warm and beautiful cherry blossom or sakura. Around the end of March to beginning of April is the best time to view the blossoming sakura or o-hanami in Tokyo and Kyoto area. Sakura is a very beautiful flower […]

Normally when I watch a Japanese drama, I will skip the ending credits part. But in “Bara no nai Hanaya” I let it played until the end because the song played in the ending credits sequence is very nice to listen! It is the drama theme song call “Zutto Issho sa” written and sang by […]

We always said that music has no boundaries. On the 20th February 2008, JERO from America, debut as a Enka singer in Japan with his debut single “Umiyuki”. He is the first African American enka singer in Japanese music industry. This is very surprising and unbelievable, JERO’s debut had successfully became a hot topic. “Umiyuki” […]

Aoyama Thelma is another new female singer that I enjoy listening recently. On the 23th of January, she released her latest single ‘Soba ni iru ne’ featuring another spotlight artist Soulja. They had been collaborated before when releasing ‘Koko ni iru yo’ in September last year. Some might had guess, ‘Soba ni iru ne’ is […]

On the 11th of January, Music Station had a 2 hour special show on “111 best love songs” that voted by music fans of Japan. All time love song “LOVE LOVE LOVE” by Dreams Come True gets the number 1 spot while you can check out the rest of the songs at the song list […]