AKB48 Yusatsu The Yellow Album and AKB48 Yusatsu The Green Album will be released on December 26.
Both photobooks include 500 photos selected from over 30000. These photos of AKB48 members were taken by themselves from 2010 to 2012.
Tokyo Girls’ Style’s 3rd album Yakusoku (約束) will be released on January 30.
The album contains an English version of Himawari to Hoshikuzu (ヒマワリと星屑).
Type A includes a Blu-ray featuring all music videos and bonus video footage.
Type B comes with a DVD featuring 3 music videos, making-of, a special movie, and video of live performance.
AKB48 will release 20 albums from Studio Recordings Collection (studio recordings コレクション) on January 1.
This series of albums contains songs from AKB48 based on the setlist of each stage held at their theater. All songs were remastered.
The albums include a bonus CD featuring karaoke versions.
Momoiro Clover Z collaborated with Hyadain on his new album.
The song Hyadain to Momoclo no Joujou Yuujou (ヒャダインとももクロのじょーじょーゆーじょー) is on Hyadain’s 1st album 20112012 to be released on December 12.
This is a cover song of Hyadain no Joujou Yuujou which is the opening theme for the anime series Nichijou (日常).
Asfi’s eponymous mini-album Asfi will be released on December 12.
The album contains 6 songs, including a cover of Massara Blue Jeans from °C-ute.
Predia’s mini-album Escort Me? will be released on December 12.
The CD includes 8 songs.
The limited edition comes with a bonus DVD featuring live performance.
Hello! Project Petit Best 13 (プッチベスト13), also called Pucchi Best 13, will be released on CD and DVD on December 5.
This annual compilation features singles from Morning Musume, Berryz Kōbō, °C-ute, Mano Erina, S/mileage, Buono!, Cat’s Eye 7, Niigaki Risa, Tsugunaga Momoko, and more released during the year 2012.
It also contains a special version of the song The Matenrou Show performed by Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa, Tanaka Reina, Michishige Sayumi, and Mitsui Aika.
The DVD includes 2 additional songs.
hy4_4yh’s best-of album Hyper Single Collection +2 : The Early Days 2008-2010 will be released on November 21.
As its title suggests, fhis album contains the greatest hits from hy4_4yh (Hyper Yoyo) released from 2008 to 2010. All songs have been remastered.
The limited edition includes an extra disc featuring remixed songs by DJ Okite Porsche with a length of 60 minutes.
°C-ute’s 2nd best-of album 2 °C-ute Shinsei Naru Best Album (② ℃-ute神聖なるベストアルバム) will be released on November 21.
The album contains 16 tracks including their latest singles and a new song titled Daisuki no Imi wo Oshiete! (「大好き」の意味を教えて！). It also includes self cover songs with new vocal and instrumental arrangements.
The limited editions come with a DVD featuring either music video collection plus Kanashiki Heaven (type A), or a documentary and an interview on the evolution of °C-ute from their debut (type B).
Idoling!!!, Super☆Girls, Cheeky Parade, Tokyo Girls’ Style, Dream5, and BiS will release a collaboration album titled TRF Respect Idol Tribute (TRF リスペクトアイドルトリビュート) on December 19.
A special unit called IRF (Idol Rave Factory) was formed. It consists of Tachibana Yurika (Idoling!!!), Shoji Mei (Tokyo Girls’ Style), Suzuki Yuriya (Cheeky Parade), Hibi Mikoto (Dream5) and Pour Lui (BiS).
Each idol group sings a cover of TRF.
The limited edition includes a DVD featuring music video and bonus footage.
This project celebrates the 20th anniversary of the debut of TRF. Their best-of album TRF 20th Anniversary Complete Single Best will be released on November 21.