Recommended Reading: April 21st, 2013
YuiKaori graduate from StylipS! Avex announces new artists! And more!
YuiKaori graduate from StylipS! Avex announces new artists! And more!
Lots of idol groups are showing lots of positive developments. Does this mean anything?
Morning Musume top daily charts with latest single! Fukumura Mizuki to get first solo photobook! And more!
BABYMETAL announces new single! PSY continues to spark opinions and Youtube hits with “Gentleman”! And more!
Full subtitled video of Morning Musume single released! PSY’s new single is released! And more!
The 2013 AKB senbatsu registration has closed! Who registered, who didn’t? Hamasaki Ayumi announces her fifteenth anniversary single! And more!
C-ute to perform at the Budokan… and Paris, France! Hiro to cease performing with EXILE! And more!
LovendoЯ announce first mini-album! Morning Musume continue to push their Brainstorming promotion! Two Johnny’s graduate from college! And more!
Arashi’s Aiba Masaki gets first solo variety show! Perfume to tour with other groups! And more!
Morning Musume release dance version video of Kimisae Ireba Nanimo Iranai! Kodansha won’t be prosecuted over Kasai Tomomi photo! And more!
C-ute reveal their new video! Pure Idol Heart take overseas fan on a wota tour! And more!
Hello! Project introduces its new SatoUmi Movement units! Momoiro Clover Z’s brother band set for major debut! And more!
The H!P Kenshuusei group finally gets a name! Jin and Meisa are happy together! And more!
Bloggers continue to pay tribute to Mano Erina! The roots of wota fandom explored! New Morning Musume single announced! And more!
Is the end looming near for the current craze for girl group idols? How can we tell? Ray tries to cut up some goat innards and read some tea leaves.
Bloggers continue to react to the announced changes for Hello! Project! Welcome new Kpop girl group Purplay! And more!
The dude whose place Minegishi Minami visited speaks up! Pure Idol Heart profiles Akihabara Back Stage Pass! And more!
H!P announces new unit made up of Kenshuusei! Reina’s band gets a name! Minegishi Minami apologizes at a fan event! Momoiro Clover Z announces concert at Nissan Stadium! And more!
Bloggers continue to react to the Minegishi Minami scandal! Itano Tomomi announces graduation from AKB48! And more!
Momoiro Clover Z announce their second album! AKB to stream Unit Matsuri and Request Hour Set List events on YouTube! And more!
A look at this year’s Kouhaku ratings! Momoiro Clover Z set a new goal for themselves! And more!
Bloggers react to Berryz’s Asian Celebration! Hopes are expressed for the coming year! And more!
Matsuura Aya announces marriage to Tachibana Keita! Bloggers look ahead to 2013! And more!
What styles captured the attention of our staff? Find out as they choose their favorites!
Johnny Kitagawa is awarded another Guinness World Record! Ex-Berryz Maiha resurfaces! And more!
The wotasphere continues to react to Reina’s graduation announcement! PSY and MC Hammer perform together at the American Music Awards! And more!
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!
Perfume announce international membership for their fan club! Maeda Atsuko opens a Twitter account! Zima is still around! And more!
Okay! Musume Time spooks us with a bevy of Halloween reviews! PSY poses with The View and Jersey Shore casts! And more!
J-Popping reviews Fairies’ Christmas song! PSY’s next single will be in both English and Korean! Koda Kumi announces her new single! And more!
Has SMAP’s Tsuyoshi come to the rescue of Kuroki Meisa and Akanishi Jin? NEWS’ Massu has a run-in with security! Bekah is hungry! And more!
Otsuka Ai returns with a band! BELLRING plays in the shadows! Shanimuni Paradise reviews AKB48′s Team Surprise singles! And more!
AKB48 reveals their full PV for “UZA”! PSY reaches a million YouTube subscribers! Okay! Musume Time reviews Oishii Project! And more!
Morning Musume step up their game with Wakuteka Take A Chance! Cosplayers debut as idol group Panache! BABYMETAL announce their major label debut! And more!
Kikkawa Yuu at Anime Weekend Atlanta! Which Morning Musume members have the most popular handshake events? Miryo gets Dirty again! And more!
T-ara announce their next release! Big Bang and AKB48 fans have a spat! NEWS hold a concert event! And more!
T-ara write a public apology! After School’s Jungah announces solo debut! Madara celebrates his seventh year as a Morning Musume wota! And more!
The wotasphere reacts to the new C-ute music video! Was Soyeon’s accident photo staged? New Arashi album announced! And more!
Are things improving for T-ara? New song from Morning Musume’s album! Hey! Say! Jump’s Inoo Kei does good with his architectural studies! And more!
NO NAME reveal their debut PV! Iikubo Haruna changes her image color1 NMB48 idol pays for her grandmother’s surgery! And more!
New PV from PASSPO☆! Momoiro Clover Z to get own shoujo manga one-shot! Yamapi changes girlfriends! And more!
The wotasphere reacts to the new Berryz PV! Morning Musume break 100,000 in first week sales! Happy! Go! Lucky! goes over ten favorite Momoiro Clover Z songs! And more!
Drawings held for AKB janken tournament! Momoiro Clover Z in Sailor Moon cosplay! Okay! Musume TIme on wota blogging! And more!
Okay! Musume Time looks at Mayuyu’s latest! Happy! Go! Lucky! on Sailor Moon and Momoiro Clover Z! YODC on avex’s new act from the Philippines! And more!
Dance version of Morning Musume’s “The Matenrou Show” PV is out! News on MM’s eleventh gen auditions! Tackey & Tsubasa discuss their tenth year anniversary plans! And more!
Is Yamapi following Bakanishi’s footsteps? Is Crayon Pop the rookie debut of 2012? Is Hikki overworking her teddy bear? Find out all this and more!
Beat Laments the World lists the fifty most progressive idol songs! Denpa Gumi Inc. cover the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage”! Johnny’s idols cast in new productions! And more!
Amuro Namie’s new PV is released! Thoughts on AKB’s janken tournament and Team 8! Another H!P-related idol is preggers! And more!