The fact that Shinozaki Ai is making an appearance in MAXIM was already covered before, and while I don’t even think this is the actual shoot yet, I thought I …
Read More »Wagakki Band set to perform in NYC & will attend SXSW in Texas
It was recently revealed that Wagakki Band will be holding a concert in New York City on March 14, and more importantly for Asian Junkie (since we’re covering it), they …
Read More »Satsukiyama Zoo has created an idol group to help a wombat get laid
In I-really-hate-articles-that-only-portray-Japan-as-a-weird-and-kooky-place-but-damn-Japan-stop-doing-weird-shit-then news, Satsukiyama Zoo has created an all-girl idol group to find a fuck buddy for the zoo’s wombat. A zoo in western Japan’s Osaka Prefecture says it is …
Read More »Ex-Morning Musume member Lin Lin is producing China’s answer to AKB48
Former Morning Musume member Lin Lin seems to be doing quite well, as she took the lessons she learned from the Japanese idol industry and is now producing her own …
Read More »Shinozaki Ai was in Korea for Maxim & has the best Instagram handle
Shinozaki Ai is in MAXIM and while we still don’t have the actual pictures from the shoot or actual video from the shoot, the cover and the video of her …
Read More »Utada Hikaru returning to music in April at latest, despite previous denials
Utada Hikaru was coming back and then totally wasn’t coming back in the spring of 2016, but today she officially announced that she’ll be returning to music by providing the …
Read More »CREAM cover “See You Again” + new album dropping
Been a while since I covered CREAM, but they took like 10 months off from even being on YouTube after dropping their last album, so there wasn’t a ton to …
Read More »Idol has lawsuit for violating dating ban dismissed by a judge with sense
In what is sadly actually a seemingly rare victory in these cases, an unnamed Japanese idol won a lawsuit against her company over a dating ban they tried to enforce. …
Read More »SMAP will continue with all 5 members under Johnny’s cause of course
SMAP made that announcement they said they were gonna make on ‘SMAPxSMAP‘ just now, and the important part is that they’re going to be remaining a group of five and …
Read More »SMAP expected to announce “reunion” on ‘SMAPxSMAP’
After all the drama and the hand-wringing and the behind-the-scenes mess, SMAP are going to be making an announcement of some sort in a few hours on their show, ‘SMAPxSMAP‘. …
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