A year and four months after the release of Kaze no CHROMA, REMIOROMEN will be releasing their fifth album. Titled Kachou Fuugetsu, the album will be out March 3 and will come in the CD-only format, a CD+DVD version and a CD+DVD+GOODS version. The album will include the singles Starting Over and Koi no Yokan Kara and ten new songs for a total of twelve tracks. The DVD with both CD+DVD versions will include Kachou Fuugetsu Live Movie, which consists of live footage of all twelve songs on the album. The CD+DVD version will come with a first-press bonus of an application card while the CD-only version will come with a currently unknown first-press bonus. The CD+DVD+GOODS version will include a bag, key holder and a special photobook. This version is only available through the ORS MOBILE SHOP. Arigatou will be used during the airing of NHK's radio show Minna no Uta in February and March while Kachou Fuugetsu is currently being used as the theme song to TV Asahi's drama Angel Bank ~Tenshoku Dairinin. Read More »

Three months after the release of Shinseiki no LOVE SONG, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will be releasing their fourteenth single. Titled SOLANIN, the single will be out March 31 and will come in the CD-only format. The single will come with a currently unknown first-press bonus. The B-side will be a new version of MUSTANG, which was originally included on the band's mini-album Imada Minu Asu ni. SOLANIN is based on a song that originally appeared in the manga of the same name. The song will be used as the theme song in the upcoming Miyazaki Aoi-led movie SOLANIN while MUSTANG serve as the movie's ending theme. SOLANIN opens in Japanese theatres in April. Read More »

Five months after the release of Kanashimi wa Kitto, UVERworld will release their fifteenth single on March 31. Nothing else is known at the moment.


UVERworld's official website

Two and a half years after the release of PORNO GRAFFITTI, PORNO GRAFFITTI will be releasing their ninth album. Currently untitled, the album will be out March 24 and will contain the singles Koyoi, Tsuki ga Miezutomo, Kono Mune wo, Ai wo Iyo, ANIME ROSSA and Hitomi no Oku wo Nozokasete .

PORNO GRAFFITTI's official website

Four months after the release of , Hirahara Ayaka will be releasing her twenty-first single. Titled KEROPAK, the single will be out February 24 and will come in the CD-only format. The single will come with a currently unknown first-press bonus. The melody of KEROPAK is based on Tchaikovsky's Danse russe (Trepak). KEROPAK is being used as the theme song to the fifth theatrical Keroro anime movie, which opens on February 27. Read More »

GARNET CROW will be releasing their second BEST album on February 10. Titled THE BEST History of GARNET CROW at the crest..., the album will come in both a regular and a limited edition. The album will contain thirty-two tracks over two discs. The limited edition will come with a bonus disc containing fifteen B-sides as well as come with a first-press extra of a mini photobook. The album will also contain the new song As the Dew. Read More »

Just under two years after the release of THE FACE, BoA will be releasing her seventh album. Titled IDENTITY, the album will come in the CD-only format and a CD+DVD version. The album will include the singles BUMP BUMP! feat.VERBAL(m-flo), Mamoritai ~White Wishes~, an album version of the Mamoritai ~White Wishes~ B-side THE END Soshite and…, two interludes and eight new songs for a total of thirteen tracks. The DVD will include the PV's for BUMP BUMP! feat.VERBAL(m-flo) and Mamoritai ~White Wishes~ as well as live footage from BoA's BoA Release Party 2009 “BEST&USA” ~Thank You For Your Support!!~ performance at Studio Coast on April 6, 2009. Both versions will come housed in special packaging as a first-press bonus. Read More »

Two years and five months after the release of Goraku (VARIETY), Tokyo Jihen will be releasing their fourth album. Titled SPORTS, the album will be out February 24 and will come in the CD-only format. The album will include the single Noudouteki Sanpunkan as well as Senkou Shoujo (which was only released as a DVD single) and eleven new tracks for a total of thirteen tracks. The album will come housed in an embossed slipcase as a first-press bonus. Read More »

Just over two years after the release of Ash Like Snow, the brilliant green will be releasing their eighteenth single. Titled LIKE YESTERDAY, the single will be out February 24 and will come in the CD-only format and a limited edition CD+DVD version. The CD+DVD version will come housed in special packaging and the DVD will include the PV for LIKE YESTERDAY. The single will also include the original B-side Spring Gate and at light speed, an English version of their single Sono SPEED de. Read More »

Two and a half months after the release of ANIMA ROSSA, PORNO GRAFFITTI will be releasing their thirtieth single. Titled Hitomi no Oku wo Nozokasete, the single will be out February 10 and will come in the CD-only format. The single will come with a currently unknown first-press bonus. Hitomi no Oku wo Nozokasete will be used as the theme song to the drama Shukumei 1969-2010 ~Once Upon A Time In Tokyo from January 15. Read More »