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...

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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...

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...

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...