Tokyo Idol Festival 2013 Chou Zenyasai (超前夜祭) will be held on May 14 at Roppongi Nicofarre, Tokyo.
Idoling!!!, Idol College, Up Up Girls, AeLL, and The Possible will perform at the concert.
This live will come just before the press conference for Tokyo Idol Festival 2013. The mid-summer event will take place on July 27-28. The first guests participating in TIF 2013 have already been announced.
Yokoyama Rurika’s 1st solo single Walk my Way will be released on June 19.
The regular editions include a different bonus track for each version.
The limited editions come with a DVD featuring either the music video or making-of footage, and a trading card randomly selected from 4 kinds.
Yokoyama Rurika, who is part of Idoling!!! for 6 years and a half, is the first member of the idol group to make a solo debut.
Yokoyama Rurika will make her solo debut in June. She is the first member of Idoling!!! to release a solo single.
The announcement was made during the live Idoling!!! Nishi e! Higashi e!! Mystery Tour ng!!! 2013 (アイドリング!!! 西へ! 東へ!! ミステリィツアーング!!! 2013) at Zepp Tokyo on April 13.
Moreover, Idoling!!! are going to hold auditions to recruit the new members of the 6th generation. Applications are open until May 31. The candidates must be at least in the 1st year of middle school and under the age of 20.
Idoling!!! will hold Nicohachi Live (ニコはちライブ) on May 11.
The event will be broadcast on Nico Nico Douga via pay-per-view.
The list of the Idoling!!! members participating in the live performance has also been announced.
Idoling!!!, Up Up Girls, Cheeky Parade, bump.y, LinQ, and Sakura Gakuin sub-units Kagaku Kyumei Kiko Logica? and Mini-Patissier will perform at Live Girlpop Vol.2 ~Spring Party~.
The concert will be held on April 21 at Zepp Tokyo.
The event is organized by Girlpop music magazine.
Idoling!!! will hold Nicohachi Live (ニコはちライブ) on April 21.
The 2nd part will be a special live performance featuring only 1st generation members Endo Mai, Tonooka Erica, and Yokoyama Rurika.
The event will be broadcast on Nico Nico Douga via pay-per-view.
The list of Idoling!!! members participating in the live has also been announced.
Tokyo Idol Festival 2013 will be held on July 27-28 at Odaiba.
It will be the 4th edition of Tokyo Idol Festival since its creation in 2010. Last year, 111 idol groups and 21500 fans participated in the event.
Idoling!!!, AeLL, Sakura Gakuin, The Possible, Tokyo Girls’ Style, Negicco, and Vanilla Beans have already announced that they will perfom in the festival.
On May 14, the participation of 46 new groups and soloists was announced.
On May 29, 23 other idol groups and soloists have been added to the line-up.
On June 5, 15 new artists announced their participation.
On June 12, 8 other idol groups have been added.
HKT48 and RYUTist were the last guests announced on July 5.
Moreover, the timetable of TIF2013 has been revealed.
Idoling!!! 12th Live Nice de Hot na Kiss Shichaitai Ryakushite NHK-ng!!! (アイドリング!!! 12thライブ「NiceでHotなKissしちゃいたい! 略してNHKング!!!」) will be released on Blu-ray on May 24.
The concert was held on November 25 at NHK Hall, Tokyo. The Blu-ray features the 2 live performances held in the afternoon and in the evening.
Moreover, Idoling!!! Nishi e! Higashi e!! Mystery Tour ng!!! 2013 (アイドリング!!! 西へ! 東へ!! ミステリィツアーング!!! 2013) will be held on April 13 at Zepp Tokyo and on May 3 at Zepp Namba Osaka.
Idoling!!! Season 14 (アイドリング!!! Season 14) is released on DVD on March 20.
The DVD box set contains 6 discs featuring 30 episodes of the variety show Idoling!!! broadcasted in early 2011 on Fuji TV.
It also includes special bonus footage.
Ishida Karen’s 1st photobook Current (石田佳蓮 1st写真集 「current」) will be released on March 30.
The photo shoot was made in Guam. The book includes pictures of Ishida Karen in various locations such as beach, swimming pool, yacht harbor, streets…
Ishida Karen is a member of Idoling!!! as number 28. She joined the idol group as a 5th generation member in April 2012.