New School Kaidan Japanese idol appreciation

The collaboration between Ebichu and Negicco continues today with the release of “Baby EBINegi Pop!”. You might remember the last collaboration “All right” in commemoration of their January 2017 joint live. This time, the groups are getting together for a series of THREE lives at Zepp Tokyo on January 24, …

Former Bellring Shoujo Heart and MIGMA SHELTER member Yoneko is back as the vocalist for the funky jam “TIC”. The new track is a product of the independent group “FEATURES” concentrates on the groovy feeling of a descending chord progression that’s heavy on bass guitars and keyboard funk. To tell …

A second PV release from the DEARSTAGE duo Mi☆nA surfaced, and it’s full of the good feelings that permeated the last release. “Sayonara no kisetsu” follows the formula of “Miracle komaranaide“: duo and solo shots of Miho and Sena in white dresses are shot against a whitewashed brick wall. Face …

The winner of the “Cutest Thing I’ve Seen Today” award belongs to Qumali Depart and their promotional video for “Shadaikun”. The group gets the full idol outfit complete with strict member color adhesion, short skirts, and (my favorite) leg covers. Putting the performance shots aside, the girls get their own …

Back at you with the lead track from their recently released 9th single, Dance for Philosophy (or maybe Philosophy no Dance) hit us with the fantastic “Love Variation” feat. Scoobie Do”. The live band sound adds a nice funky groove to a group that already lives in the grooviest of …

“Bubble”, the fifth single from BAND-MAID, gets a promotional video release with the group rocking under legend-making stage lights. The theme to the TV Drama “Perfect Crime”, the song gives us some grooving 16-beat rhythms on the drums before exploding into a double kick-drum fury in the chorus. I’m in …

[Note: This promotional video is currently blocked in North America] Launching again from their latest album Hey, Girls! today we have the six members of Tokyo Performance Doll with a new promotional video. “Collection” features Taku Takahashi from m-flo behind the decks. In this short version, we get a taste …

Ogura Yui releases her third album soon, and we have an accompanying promotional video to pique your interest. “Apple girl (アップル・ガール)”, from the forthcoming “Hop Step Apple” pays homage to the idols of the Big Eighties with variety program performances done two ways. First, we have modern look at the …

EGFamily’s next release in their 5 weeks of releases is the first release from Happiness in over a year. “POWER GIRLS” puts manga visuals on a rock funk track that grooves with, well, power. The video treatment puts the seven girls in the hyper-real colors and partitioned boxes of your …

The 11th single from Hello! Project’s Juice=Juice is both a first and a last: the first single with former Country Girls member Inaba Manaka and the last to feature leader Miyazaki Yuka and Yanagawa Nanami. “Bitansan”, the first promotional video from the triple A-side “Bitansan / Potsuri to / Good …