Recommended Reading: May 20th, 2013
Looking back on Tanaka Reina’s time with Morning Musume! Kashiwagi Yuki does okra! And more!
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Recommended Reading: May 19th, 2013
Berryz get their own Budokan concert! Atsuko Maeda goes to Taiwan to promote her film! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 17th, 2013
SUPER☆GiRLS release new video! PSY moves on to Canada! Bloggers return from hiatus! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 16th, 2013
Dance Dance Dance with Itano Tomomi and PSY! Whose boobs are appreciated by 2ch? (I mean recently.) And more!
Recommended Reading: May 15th, 2013
Iida Kaori gives birth! Gackt responds to the charges leveled against him! Ishida Ayumi announces first solo photobook! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 13th, 2013
PASSPO☆ and Perfume release new videos! SMAP’s Tsuyoshi remains clueless as a TV detective! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Goodbye To Eguchi Aimi
Ray wishes farewell to AKB48′s virtual idol and hopes there will be many more like her in the future.
Recommended Reading: May 11th, 2013
Details for Lovendor’s first mini-album released! Eguchi Ami disappears from AKB48! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 9th, 2013
New graduations announced for AKB48 and SKE48! LC9 debuts with Ga-In! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 8th, 2013
Girl’s Day hug students in campaign to stop bullying! Reina speaks her mind on what the best Morning Musume line-up was! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 7th, 2013
AKB48 celebrates its 3000th theater performance! Crayon Pop adds a Japanese member for its Japan promotions! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Basic Fan Knowledge And The Knotty Case Of Membership
What does it take to be considered an idol fan? Ray either starts to unravel this question or make it more confusing, depending on how you look at it.
Recommended Reading: May 5th, 2013
Who are the top girl groups according to Nikkei Entertainment magazine? Matsubara Natsumi announces her graduation from AKB48! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Why 7cm Feels So Important
Ray goes off on one of his speculative jaunts on why a bunch of ex-SDN48ers may be changing the rules of the game.
Recommended Reading: May 4th, 2013
Ex-SDN48 members form the new group 7cm! Appeal videos for the AKB senbatsu are out! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 1st, 2013
What could Miyabi becoming Berryz sub-captain mean for Saki? T-ara N4 caught in flag scandal! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 30th, 2013
Preview for the new AKB48 video is out! New video from Secret! PSY earns another world record! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: More Summer Anticipation
There are some things that will make Summer 2013 more than just your typical summer, and Ray goes over them.
Recommended Reading: April 28th, 2013
Nishikido Ryo addresses rumors about himself and his female co-stars! AKB48 family shuffles around concurrent members, make concert announcements! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Looking Forward To Summer
Ray has a poolside barbecue and starts savoring the season ahead.
Recommended Reading: April 25th, 2013
Tegomass are a couple of pussies for their new single cover! Ohno Satoshi shares his wisdom! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 24th, 2013
Morning Musume’s latest number one stirs up fans! Is Kasai Tomomi in another scandal? And more!
Recommended Reading: April 21st, 2013
YuiKaori graduate from StylipS! Avex announces new artists! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 19th, 2013
NMB48 have their first Request Hour Set List and announce a line-up change! Selective Hearing attends Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s U.S. shows! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: A Strong Line Of Contenders
Lots of idol groups are showing lots of positive developments. Does this mean anything?
Recommended Reading: April 17th, 2013
Is Brown Eyed Girls preparing a comeback? BRIGHT disbands! PSY is coming to America! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: What Will Seem Dated About Today’s Idols?
Ray’s bouts of musical nostalgia lead him to look to the future and how our present will be judged.
Recommended Reading: April 14th, 2013
PSY dominates with his new single! Chinese ex-Musumes share opinions on the new Musumes! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: My Daughter, The Future Coolhunter
Ray is, as always, impressed by how precociously pop cultural his daughter is.
Recommended Reading: April 11th, 2013
Full subtitled video of Morning Musume single released! PSY’s new single is released! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 10th, 2013
Bloggers continue to react to the AKB senbatsu and Akimoto Sayaka’s graduation! PSY’s new single to be released on April 12! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 9th, 2013
Bloggers share their thoughts on the AKB senbatsu candidates! PSY and Ga-In spotted filming his new video! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Making A Natural Scene?
Is there such thing as an idol scene, a creative community that expands beyond music? Will the influence of idols go beyond the here-and-now and mold Japanese society? Ray speculates far too much again.
Recommended Reading: April 8th, 2013
The 2013 AKB senbatsu registration has closed! Who registered, who didn’t? Hamasaki Ayumi announces her fifteenth anniversary single! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Akimoto Sayaka, Providing The Best AKB Memories
Ray pays tribute to one of his favorite AKB idols, recalling ways that she made AKB48 so memorable to him.
Idol Thought For The Day: Origins and Mythologies
Ray considers how origins of idol groups – or at least, what we remember of their origins – and what that tells us about them.
Recommended Reading: April 6th, 2013
Graduation date for Kasai Tomomi announced! Kudo Haruka needs a fujoshi education! Will the Wonder Girls be on hiatus for a year? And more!
Recommended Reading: April 4th, 2013
Wonder Girls’ Sun announces her pregnancy! SMAP collaborates with Johnny’s Juniors! ZWEI returns with a new album! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 3rd, 2013
C-ute to perform at the Budokan… and Paris, France! Hiro to cease performing with EXILE! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 2nd, 2013
Bloggers continue to go ga-ga over Juice=Juice! Kyary Pamyu Pamyu announces new single! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 1st, 2013
Bloggers respond to the Juice=Juice video! Morningtime and fly in the f*ing wine celebrate landmarks! PSY announces his next single on the news! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: What Would A Hello! Project Senbatsu Election Look Like?
All this talk about AKB’s senbatsu has Ray thinking, “What if…?”
Idol Thought For The Day: Non-Candidacy In The 2013 AKB Senbatsu
Ray looks at the candidacy aspect of this year’s senbatsu from a different angle: who’s being left out.
Recommended Reading: March 29th, 2013
What is the senbatsu’s new candidacy rule all about? Or rather, who? Also, DMTN’s Daniel is found guilty of distributing marijuana! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 28th, 2013
Who’s in and who’s out for this year’s senbatsu election? Never mind the bollocks, here’s Linda Sanseii! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 27th, 2013
LovendoЯ announce first mini-album! Morning Musume continue to push their Brainstorming promotion! Two Johnny’s graduate from college! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 24th, 2013
HKT48 to do closing theme for My Little Pony! Idols get striking makeovers! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 18th, 2013
Johnny’s announces new group Twenty Twenty… debuting in the year 2020? PSY speaks about upcoming songs! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 16th, 2013
Tsunku announces Morning Musume’s twelfth generation auditions! The blogosphere reacts! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 15th, 2013
AKB blog Aitakatta! celebrates its fifth anniversary! Bloggers review works by AKB48, Kikkawa Yuu, SKE48, Berryz, PASSPO☆, and more!
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