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...

Perfume Triangle By IAN MARTIN In a pop industry where music is usually a mere marketing tool to help sell an idol’s image, Japan’s busiest producer, Nakata Yasutaka, has pulled off a rare success by the way his music utterly subsumes the identities of Perfume’s three female members, turning them simply into girl-shaped robotic campaign dolls for his trademark brand of electropop...

Kimura Kaela By DANIEL ROBSON Is Kimura Kaela trying to bag Harry Potter as a boyfriend? First she dresses up as a pixie for the sleeve of 2006′s single “Magic Music”; then a year later she names a single after Samantha Stephens, the foxy sorceress from American sitcom “Bewitched”; and now this, her fifth album, bears the name “Hocus Pocus.” Bono got an ho...

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...

Ayumi Hamasaki Next Level Next Level is the tenth studio album (eleventh overall) by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released by Avex Trax on March 25, 2009 in Japan. It was released as a CD only version, a CD+DVD version, and a limited edition 2CD+DVD version with the second CD containing live songs taken from her New Year’s Countdown concert. Additionally, it is the first albu...