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Mop Girl

May 6th, 2008 by Aprilis · 3 Comments · ★★★½☆

Mop Girl is based on the novel written by Kato Miaki, which is also entitled Mop Girl. This dorama starred the uprising young actress Kitagawa Keiko as a girl who has the ability to travel back in time when she touches a recent deceased person’s item…

Arashi - We can make it!

September 23rd, 2007 by Erika · 11 Comments · ★★★½☆

Arashi’s latest single We can make it! was released on 2 May 2007, Arashi’s second single of the year and nineteenth single as a group. The single consists of three songs, one of which is featured as the theme song for Matsumoto Jun’s new dorama, Bambino!

Shuuji to Akira - Seishun Amigo

May 3rd, 2007 by Erika · 20 Comments · ★★★★½

With the conclusion of the popular school dorama “Nobuta wo Produce”, the stars of the show, Kamenashi Kazuya and Yamashita Tomohisa have formed a temporary unit and released a single consisting of the show’s theme song as well as a solo from both boys. Using their characters from the show Shuuji to Akira’s single debuted as the #1 selling single and was at the top of the Oricon Chart’s 999 top singles chart in 2005.

PRIMA ROSA

March 31st, 2007 by Rinoa · 10 Comments · ★★★★½

Hitomi’s 6th studio album was a successful combination of pop music combined with the ‘crossover’ genre and exotic music.

Hitomi’s Dragonfly

March 16th, 2007 by Rinoa · 7 Comments · ★★★★☆

“Dragonfly” is Hitomi’s 24th single, which was released only a few days before the release of her 6th studio album. With a completely new image and genre, Hitomi experimented with the garage rock genre.