Crystal Kay & BoA Early this year, BoA featured Crystal Kay in her single, this time it will be the other way around, both Korean/Japanese pop singers will be collaborating again for Crystal Kay’s upcoming single called “Girlfriend”. For those of you who don’t know who Crystal Kay is, She is a Japanese singer, started in 1999 – present. She was born and raised in Yokohama, Kanagawa,...

Oshio Manabu It looks like talento Oshio Manabu (31) has got himself caught up in a very serious matter. Avex Management announced yesterday that they had cut him loose, saying only that he had broken the terms of his contract. It was later revealed that he has been arrested by Tokyo police for drug use and possible involvement in the death of a woman… Police at the Azabu station, responding to ...

Noriko Sakai TOKYO – JAPANESE pop star Noriko Sakai was arrested on Saturday on a drug possession charge, news reports said. Sakai, who disappeared after her surfer husband was arrested for possessing illegal stimulants earlier this week, surrendered herself to a Tokyo police station on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News said. The 38-year-old singer, who was also popular in Taiw...

M-Flo Did you ever think you’d become a pop culture phenomenon? Not really. If you say so, that’s nice, but I don’t know if I’m really iconic or anything. The other day I was at a party where this kid from Hawaii came up to me and was like, “Yeah, man, I like m-flo. I’ve been listening to you guys for a while.” And he said that he liked how I mix English and Japanese in my lyrics. Ou...

Ayumi Hamasaki RimmelSinger Hamasaki Ayumi (30) is top make-up brand Rimmel’s first Asia “image character”, she was promoted as Spokesmodel the 27th of this month. For the popular brand that’s expanding into 56 countries, Ayu will be shooting the advertisements with her strong eyes and sparkling eye-color… In the beginning of August she will have an interview / stage debut in every count...

Pop star Koda Kumi has found herself in trouble after making a careless remark on a radio show earlier this week. As a result, Koda will be putting all of her activities on hold for the time being. The comment came on Tuesday night while Koda was hosting “All Night Nippon.” The topic of her manager’s marriage came up, and Koda was asked about when her manager was planning to hav...

  (Island Def Jam/Universal) Reviewer: JO TIMBUONG UTADA Hikaru looks like a wide-eyed Eskimo on the cover of her latest album This is the One. If you think this remark is harsh, well, be prepared for more. Utada - This is the one You don’t need the IQ of a rocket scientist to see that I’m really disappointed with this effort. Yes, the album had a No.1 debut in Japan but, in my opinion, it s...