Actor Yuya Yagira (20) and model Ellie Toyota (21) are becoming parents. Toyota wrote in her blog on Friday that she is currently four months pregnant and is expected to give birth in early November.
Yagira and Toyota have been married since January 14, which was Toyota's 21st birthday. They had been dating for about four years before they announced their engagement this past December.
Female rock band SCANDAL has announced two new releases. A new single will be in stores on June 2 and their first live DVD will be available at the end of that same month.
The single is titled Taiyou to kimi ga egaku STORY and it has a total of four tracks. This is their sixth single and the first press will come with a special booklet. The title of the DVD is SCANDAL FIRST LIVE -BEST SCANDAL 2009 and will mostly feature their one-man show at the Ebisu Liquidroom, which took place on December 24 last year.
Did you know Kamijo (vocalist for Versailles) was a former roadie for Malice Mizer? Somehow, it seems rather fitting, dont you think?
And according to MJ+, at a recent Versailles live, Gackt (ex-Malice Mizer) even sent the members of Versailles a bouquet of flowers. Rather thoughtful of him, I suppose.
In 2011 T.M.Revolution will celebrate his 15th anniversary since his debut in 1996 with the single Dokusai -monopolize-. The singer has opened a special anniversary website where he announced to release new single in the summer. No further details are available regarding this release. This forthcoming single will be his first in two years.
T.M.Revolution is the solo project of Takanori Nishikawa. In 2005 the vocalist started the band abingdon boys school which enjoys immense popularity.
The 15th of every month a special announcement or content will appear on the anniversary website. Takanori Nishikawa has also created a Twitter account to celebrate this anniversary and he can be followed here.
DIR EN GREY will be Landing Russia for the First Time This Year
DIR EN GREY's live DVD "UROBOROS -with the proof in the name of living...-AT NIPPON BUDOKAN" will be soon released on May 26th. We now have the latest information about their live.
Thankfully, it is oversea live again. It is already announced that they will be performing at "SONISPHERE FESTIVAL 2010" on August 1st and 3rd in London by themselves. Addition to that, they will be performing twice in Russia.
Tochka Club in Moscow on August 5th, Glav CLUB in St. Petersburg on 6th. These performances are part of new tour named "THE UNWAVERING FACT OF TOMORROW TOUR2010".
It is first time for DIR EN GREY to be landed on Russia. It is a long-awaited performance for fans in Russia.
THE UNWAVERING FACT OF TOMORROW TOUR2010
8/3 Koko -London / UK-
8/5 Tochka Club -Moscow / Russia-
8/6 Glav Club -St. Petersburg / Russia-
SONISPHERE FESTIVAL 2010
8/1 Knebworth Park -Knebworth / UK-
KAT-TUN achieved their 12th consecutive #1 single this week, selling over 230,000 copies of their new song "Going!" This continues their streak starting from their debut single four years ago, and ties them once again with fellow boy band NEWS.
VAMPS charted at #2 with their latest single, just slightly ahead of Ketsumeishi. The fictional anime band Girls Dead Monster ranked #4. The rest of the top ten included other new releases from FUNKY MONKEY BABYS (#6), Choshinsung (#9), and Erina Mano (#10).
On the album charts, Hideaki Tokunaga's "VOCALIST 4" kept its #1 spot for a fourth straight week with an additional 37,000 in sales. At #2 was Suga Shikao, who now has his 13th consecutive top-ten album. This sets a new record for "consecutive top-ten albums starting with an artist's first album," surpassing Yutaka Ozaki, who achieved 12 of them before his sudden death.
Mariko Takahashi (#5) and Tiara (#10) also charted on the top ten with their new albums.
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