New School Kaidan Japanese idol appreciation

A new single from the “Delightful Enchanting Lovely Angels” from Nagoya gets a new promotional video with the release of “Hodokenai tokimeki”. The girls, and there’s a number of them, sing in pastoral clothes in the fields of their hometown. And since this is an idol PV, we wouldn’t feel …

Steadily releasing a string of singles over the last two years, uijin keep us refreshed with its rock-arranged spring single “ignition”. The girls appear running along a path in the full sun for much of the promotional video with images that are prematurely weathered. After the first verse, the promotional …

New promotional video time for ZOC as they continue to build a resume. Their debut single “family name” just hit the stores, and here we get a video for their coupling track “Chu puri”. The song follows an electronic arrangement with cute melodies from Oomori Seiko. On the video side …

Dance rock idol unit QUEENS have their first full length album due soon, and the group has a new promotional video to … promote their new work! The alarmingly parsed “Dis;tortion” puts the six girls in a barquely appointed room with a spinning camera angle for some disorienting looks. In …

A new single from the danso group Fudanjuku is the opening theme from the TV anime “Gunjou no Magmel“. “Dash&Daaash!!” is a raucous rock number that should rub listeners the right way. Pop melodies and layered melodies serve as the score as the girls perform at least one good deed …

After a quick member change the third Frappe Idol Project group is ready for their first mini album and a new promotional video. I know the whole panda thing sounds like a helluva gimmick, but when I consider the pedigree of the production team behind Pandamic I don’t really think …

PINK CRES. – Tokyo Confusion PINK CRES. – A woman from the universe ain’t easy. Don’t be fooled by the kigurumi intro to PINK CRES.’s latest promotional video. “Tokyo Confusion (_トウキョウ・コンフュージョ)” puts the trio in OL power suits, stylish apparel, and the modern-take kimono for most of its PV. The …

A fifth Momoiro Clover Z album is on its way REAL soon, and to pave the way we get the promotional video for “The Diamond Four”. The second track from the new album glams up the girls with stylish clothes and glamorous makeup as appropriate for the diamond four. The …

New tunes from Electric Ribbon with the promotional video for their venue only single “Wonderland Disco (ワンダランディスコ)”. The group compliments its dance beats and electro-arrangement with selfie shots that look like the girls took a 360 camera on a trip to the streets of Akihabara. The muted colors are a …

I know what you’re thinking, and yeah if you read the kana for the latest Appare! Harajuku single “アッパライナ”, you don’t exactly get “Upper light up”. But, that’s exactly the name of this new powerful jam. In my quest to catch things up since my week of vacation from this …