New School Kaidan Japanese idol appreciation

For Fullfull☆Pocket’s third single release, the foursome trade in the happy-go-lucky pop of “Ohisama Splash!” for something a bit darker. On the rooftops with the sun setting behind them, Fullfull☆Pocket keep an intensity fitting to the song’s cheerless mood. The sailor fuku look definitely evokes adolescent drama, and the young …

You know the PassCode sound: intense instrumentals that blend hard-rock sounds with electro-dance blips and idol vocals with idol screams. The “escape the asylum” style promotional video for “ONE STEP BEYOND” finds the girls in bondage, tied to a decadently overgrown institution left to go wild. PassCode search the halls …

I don’t think I’m going to need to convince you to give Niji no Conquistador’s new promotional video a good watch. For their summer release, “Kimi wa Mujaki na Natsu no Joo”, 2zicon takes you to sunny Guam, where the beaches of Tumon Bay play gracious host. The song is …

Dressed in white to set them apart from their promotional video backing band, ROSARIO+CROSS deliver another solid release. This time, the girls serve up the lead track from their first album release “Shout”. Filled with enthusiasm, ROSARIO+CROSS shout it from a rooftop that looks the perfect setting for your seifuku …

The second Q’ulle single brings us a promotional video that leans cinematically in its stylings. Slower in tempo than the group’s debut release, “Don’t Stop“, “DRY AI” is also more emotionally wound than that previous single. Stylized lighting flush reds and yellows over the scenes of Manaka waxing introspectively at …

  Through a statement made this morning on the Hello! Project Official Website, it was revealed that UP-FRONT Agency terminated the contract of Kobushi Factory founding member and sub-leader Fujii Rio (18). Effectively immediately, Rio is no longer a member of neither Kobushi Factory nor Hello! Project. The statement made …

The first GANG PARADE single of the post-Kayima Saki era just hit the airwaves this morning, and there’s a lot to unpack. Visually, “Beyond the Mountain” is an exercise in monochromatic and disembodiment. In inky process renders all but the facial features and forearms of the members visible against the …

Koizumi Karen? Well, she’s a new one to me. There’s something really winning about her and her indie release “Creamy Love You”. The promotional video doesn’t offer anything particularly fancy. The panda eats bamboo, Karen puts on her gear and dances on an attractive sidewalk, and Karen brings home the …

The delicate melodic twinkles heard throughout Color Pointe’s new promotional video call to mind Eastern melodies, and of course this is not by accident. With balletic movements the group brings Yunomi‘s latest composition to life. The group of dancers go en pointe under the haunting lantern lights to great effect. …

Sometimes, I feel like Ogura Yui is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Well, that’s basically every time I look at her. The cute factor is in full effect during this first person date with Yui. Intercut with the elaborate set-piece of her choreography, Yui takes you to a café, …