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!
Archive for "Kis-My-Ft2"
Recommended Reading: May 2nd, 2013
Hello Venus come back with a new mini-album and video! Younha releases new mini-album too! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 29th, 2013
Video previews from Tokyo Girls’ Style and PASSPO☆! JKT48 to do “River” for debut single! Panache! disbands! And more!
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: 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 25th, 2013
Is After School’s Jungah dating SHINee’s Onew? Kanjani8 break bluray sales record! 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 21st, 2013
Shinohara Kanna to graduate from NMB48! Bloggers respond to Morning Musume’s “Brainstorming” PV! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 16th, 2013
Tsunku announces Morning Musume’s twelfth generation auditions! The blogosphere reacts! And more!
Recommended Reading: February 5th, 2013
Bloggers continue to react to the announced changes for Hello! Project! Welcome new Kpop girl group Purplay! And more!
Recommended Reading: January 18th, 2013
C-ute release the video for their new song! Kikkawa Yuu’s new triple A-side previewed! And more!
Recommended Reading: January 16th, 2013
Another AKB scandal in the making? Bloggers react to the mass SKE48 graduation! And more!
Recommended Reading: January 5th, 2013
A look at this year’s Kouhaku ratings! Momoiro Clover Z set a new goal for themselves! And more!
Idolminded’s Best of 2012: Best Breakout / Rising Star
Who did the Idolminded staff think made huge waves in 2012? Find out!
Recommended Reading: December 21st, 2012
Guess who made the most money this year according to Oricon? Also, Gangnam style hits a billion YouTube views! And more!
Idolminded’s Best of 2012: Best PV / MV
Wacky premises and visual overload seems to be the hallmark of the staff’s selections for best video of the year. Find out who chose what!
Recommended Reading: December 12th, 2012
Morning Musume release the radio preview of their new single! Who is this year’s CM Queen? And more!
Recommended Reading: November 14th, 2012
PSY receives an American Music Award and sings with Madonna! Tamamori Yuta is a… French time traveling chef? And more!
Recommended Reading: November 13th, 2012
CK continues his wota travelogue, including a run-in with Fresh Lemon! Kuroki Meisa’s special relationship with Johnny Kitagawa! And more!
Recommended Reading: November 4th, 2012
J-Popping on Miss A’s feminism! Nia’s Wonderland on the PASSPO☆ trilogy! NEWS go on a “World Quest”! And more!
Recommended Reading: October 31st, 2012
AKB’s “UZA” sells less than a million on its first day! Ex-NEWS idol Kusano Hironori holds solo concert! J-Popping looks at white children in J-idol videos! And more!
Recommended Reading: October 27th, 2012
Okay! Musume Time spooks us with a bevy of Halloween reviews! PSY poses with The View and Jersey Shore casts! And more!
Recommended Reading: October 20th, 2012
Bloggers react to the newest from NMB48! Love’s Spell on the AKB48 documentary! Plastic Candy on Goto Maki’s AV rumors! And more!
Recommended Reading: October 12th, 2012
New releases announced for Sexy Zone and Kis-My-Ft2! Why do the Japanese not care about PSY? Hikki hospitalized for over a week! And more!
Recommended Reading: October 10th, 2012
A close look at a scholarly book on idols! HyunA’s offering up ICECREAM! fly in the f*ing wine profiles Ieiri Leo! And more!
Recommended Reading: September 20th, 2012
PSY continues to blaze trails for the hallyu! Kansai Junior faces scandal! Berryz announce their thirtieth single! And more!
Recommended Reading: September 13th, 2012
Morning Musume’s eleventh gen finalists revealed! Shingo and Yamapi are MONSTERS! Big Bang’s Seungri gets Friday’d! And more!
The Nak Of It: Scandalized
Thennary Nak looks at scandals and the impact they can have on idol careers.
Recommended Reading: August 22nd, 2012
KARA release their new video! Buono! celebrates five years! Nogizaka46 celebrates one! And more!
Recommended Reading: August 21st, 2012
AKB48 set more records with their new album! PSY continues to make his presence felt in the States! Ueto Aya extends her rein as CM queen! And more!
Recommended Reading: August 12th, 2012
Sexy Zone’s youngest now in Sexy Boys! Hikki misunderstood by Koreans! SKE48 announce new single! And more!
Recommended Reading: August 11th, 2012
SNSD announce new Japanese single and video collection! After School to hold event with Kahi! Kis-My-Ft2 celebrate one year since their debut! And more!
Recommended Reading: August 10th, 2012
SMAP go for Olympic gold with their new single! NEWS’ Massu to have his own special Olympic moment! palet to release their debut album! And more!
Recommended Reading: August 4th, 2012
SNSD celebrate their fifth anniversary! The latest on Beckii Cruel and Dakota Rose! T-ara’s headquarters get egged! And more!
Recommended Reading: August 2nd, 2012
S/mileage reveal their new single’s video! The T-ara controversy continues! Guess who’s coming to dinner with AKB? And more!
Recommended Reading: August 1st, 2012
Have Hwayoung and T-ara’s management reached an agreement? New S/mileage PV released! Idol group PEACEFUL disbands! And more!
Recommended Reading: July 28th, 2012
NO NAME reveal their debut PV! Iikubo Haruna changes her image color1 NMB48 idol pays for her grandmother’s surgery! And more!
Recommended Reading: July 23rd, 2012
SMAP’s Tsuyoshi finishes 100km marathon! Has discipline been lost in After School? Global announcements for Perfume! And more!
Recommended Reading: July 15th, 2012
NMB48 reveal the covers to Virginity! The Jung sisters share a kiss! SMAP reveal their Olympics song! And more!
Recommended Reading: July 12th, 2012
New AKB team formed to promote pachinko tie-in! Michishige Sayumi turns 23! New songs from NEWS and Kis-My-Ft2! And more!
Recommended Reading: June 26th, 2012
Prizmmy☆ announce their first DVD! KAT-TUN release full version of their new PV! AKB covered by another Western newspaper! And more!
Recommended Reading: June 15th, 2012
Sashihara Rino in a scandal and transferred to HKT48! f(x)’s Krystal steps up to the mound! And more!
Recommended Reading: June 11th, 2012
AKB idol co-writes a book on economics! NMB48 announce their next single’s senbatsu! New album from w-inds! And more!
Recommended Reading: June 8th, 2012
4-nin NEWS and Yamapi announce new releases! More reactions on AKB election and ManoEri’s new PV! And more!
Recommended Reading: June 2nd, 2012
New release from the Wonder Girls! Review of the latest SUPER☆GiRLS PV! Yuri Chinen to star in new manga-based drama! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 25th, 2012
Morning Musume show off their sexy new outfits! Berryz reveal their merch and contest plans for Jersey! Kuroki Meisa gets a new acting job! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 19th, 2012
More reactions to the graduations and new auditions for Morning Musume! A study of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s latest PV! Momoiro Clover Z’s new song! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 15th, 2012
Kis-My-Ft2′s tour equipment truck catches on fire! Reviews of Misia and Erepyon! The latest in the Jin & Meisa saga! And more!
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