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Recochoku’s weekly download charts for 03/06~03/12

Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of March 6th to March 12th.

Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, music videos, and theme songs for this week below!

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< Digital Single – Weekly Ranking >

01 – “Big Boys Cry” – Amuro Namie
02 – “Watashi no Sekai / Kamome Jidou Gasshoudan” – Inoue Akira
03 – “Matataku Hoshi no Shita de” – Porno Graffitti
04 – “Mirai no Museum” – Perfume
05 – “VOICE” – AI
06 – “Arigatou” – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
07 – “366 Nichi” – HY
08 – “My Resistance -Tashika na Mono-” – Kis-My-Ft2
09 – “CANDY SMILE” – E-Girls
10 – “Sakura color” – GReeeeN

< Chaku-Uta – Weekly Ranking >

01 – “Ninjari Banban” – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
02 – “Big Boys Cry” – Amuro Namie
03 – “Juryoku Sympathy” – AKB48 (Team Surprise)
04 – “Watashi no Sekai / Kamome Jidou Gasshoudan” – Inoue Akira
05 – “VOICE” – AI
06 – “DYNAMITE” – INFINITY 16 welcomez AK-69
07 – “Love You More” – GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE
08 – “PARTY IT UP” – AAA
09 – “Mirai no Museum” – Perfume
10 – “Sakura color” – GReeeeN

** “Chaku-Uta” are short versions (30~40 seconds long) of songs that can easily be used as ringtones (truetone). They are usually encoded in MP3, AAC, and other similar formats.

< Music Video – Weekly Ranking >

01 – “CANDY SMILE” – E-Girls
02 – “So long! (Limited Distributed Version)” – AKB48
03 – “What’s your name? Collaboration with Dan Mitsu” – SoulJa x Nakamura Maiko
04 – “Memeshikute” – Golden Bomber
05 – “Love Story” – Amuro Namie
06 – “Only One” – BoA
07 – “Humanoids” – Tohoshinki
08 – “THE NEVER ENDING STORY” – E-Girls
09 – “In Our Time” – Tohoshinki
10 – “Catch Me -If you wanna-” – Tohoshinki

The complete top 100 of the weekly rankings; daily and other rankings can be found here: Recochoku

Source: tokyohive

AKB48’s Ishida Haruka and Ichikawa Miori appear in “Senbonzakura” musical

On March 13, AKB48 members Ishida Haruka (19) and Ichikawa Miori (19) appeared at a press conference before they took the stage in their first ever musical “Ongakugeki Senbonzakura” at the Hakuhinkan Theater in Ginza, Tokyo.  Ishida, who plays the virtual idol Hatsune Miku (simply ‘Miku’ in the musical’), spoke enthusiastically with, “I hope I can play the Miku-chan in my own way.”  The musical will run until March 24.

In addition, Ishida spoke about AKB48’s activities in support of areas affected by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake with, “As a group, we try to bring energy and spiritual support to people through singing and dancing.”

Source: tokyohive

AKB48 to form ‘Team BS’ for NHK BS campaign

It’s been revealed that the members of AKB48 will be forming a ‘Team BS‘ on March 20th as a part of NHK BS‘ upcoming campaign.

The campaign will have the catch phrase, “Anata wa Dare Oshi? Watashi wa BS Oshi!” (“Who do you support? I support BS!“). As the face of this campaign, 10 popular members from AKB48 and their sister groups were chosen to become ‘Team BS’. The members include AKB48’s Oshima Yuko, Watanabe Mayu, Takahashi Minami, and Shimazaki Haruka, SKE48’s Matsui Jurina and Matsui Rena, NMB48’s Yamamoto Sayaka and Watanabe Miyuki, HKT48’s Sashihara Rino and Tashima Meru.

During the campaign, the girls will give the appeal of BS1 and BS Premium through tv spots between programs and street posters nationwide.

Source: tokyohive

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu cancelled S. Korea concert of WORLD TOUR 2013 due to rising sun flag

Enews24 Korea has reported that Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s S. Korea leg of her 100% KPP World Tour 2013 scheduled for March 10 had been cancelled. 


According to the same media, Kyary was scheduled to perform a concert at Seoul UNIQLO ax this month.  But it was abruptly cancelled two weeks ago for reasons not disclosed. Because the cancellation took place before tickets go on sale, there was no refund issued.


According to people familiar with the matter, the cancellation was the result of the uproar caused by the “Rising Sun flag” Kyary posted on Twitter on December 31, 2012.  It was a picture of her as the sunrise image with the message “Happy New Year” on New Year’s Day this year. It came across as “reminiscent of the Rising Sun flag” that Korean netizens  were hotly debating about.  After some initial backlash, the photos were removed from her account. However, by that point the damage was already done and words had quickly spread through Korean forums. This comes months after she gained positive feedback from Korean fans regarding the incident with K-pop group T-ARA.  Kyary Pamyu Pamyu posted several tweets that appeared to admonish the group for bullying fellow member Hwa Young and eventually causing her to leave.


Last month, “100% KPP WORLD TOUR 2013” first concert opened in Belgium. Followed by performances in France and the United Kingdom.  Kyary Pamyu Pamyu planned to travel to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States next.
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