Umehara Mako announced her graduation from NMB48.
Umehara Mako explained that she had decided to leave the idol group in order to focus on her studies.
Her graduation ceremony will be held on February 21. She will continue her activities with the unit until March 2.
Umehara Mako joined NMB48 as a 3rd generation member in 2012. She is part of Team BII since October 2012.
Shiraishi Mai (Nogizaka46) will be starring in the drama Kamen Teacher (仮面ティーチャー).
Shiraishi Mai will play as Hayase Akari who is Tenkawa Atsushi’s lover. The character is in a coma after a suicide attempt, but she has an important role in the story.
Kamen Teacher (仮面ティーチャー) is based on the manga of the same name by GTO’s Fujisawa Toru.
Shibata Ayumi’s new album Kick Start will be released on February 19.
Kick Start includes 10 tracks. Shibata Ayumi performs rock covers of songs by Japanese artists such as Hamada Mari, Kubo Ruriko, Lindberg…
Shimata Ayumi is a former member of Melon Kinenbi and Hello! Project. This is her 1st solo album.
Why@Doll’s new single
This is the 4th single from Why@Doll. 3 versions are available.
The MV has been released.
BiS will release the album Who Killed Idol? on March 5.
This is the last album from BiS as the idol group is going to disband this year.
Japanese artists such as Hisashi (Glay), Matsukuma Kenta (Scrambles), Tsuda Noriaki (Kemuri, The Redemption), Namba Akihiro (Hi-Standard, Namba69) and Ueda Takeshi (AA=) participated in Who Killed Idol?.
The MV for primal.2 has been released.
Starmarie will participate in Japan Nite US Tour 2014 in New York.
The live performance will be held on March 16 at Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, New York.
Other Japanese artists such as Happy, Zarigani$, Vampillia, and Jungles! from R.B.V. will also participate in the concert.
Kashiwagi Yuki 3rd Solo Live Nete mo Samete mo Yukirin World ~Motto Muchuu ni Sasechauzo~ (柏木由紀 3rd ソロライブ 寝ても覚めてもゆきりんワールド 〜もっと夢中にさせちゃうぞっ〜) will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 19.
The concert was held on November 7, 2013 at Yokohama Arena.
Kashiwagi Yuki performed her solo songs and other ones from AKB48 and French Kiss.
Berryz Kobo’s 34th single Otona Nanoyo! / 1-Oku 3-Senman Sou Diet Oukoku (大人なのよ ! / 1億3千万総ダイエット王国) will be released on February 19.
This is a double A-side single. 5 versions are available. The track listing is the same for each one of them.
The MV has been released.
Katsuna Rina (S/mileage) is going to release her solo DVD Rina to Rina in April.
This is the 1st solo DVD from Katsuta Rina in the e-Hello! series.
A trailer has been released.
NMB48’s 9th single will be released on March 26.
The title of the single and more details will be announced later.
It will include a voting ticket for NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2014 (NMB48リクエストアワーセットリストベスト50).