Watarirouka Hashiritai 7′s Free Mini Live Event

Yesterday saw Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 hold a free 40 minute live event at an open air stage at Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park in which 3000 fans came to support them. The event was to publicise their new single Valentine Kiss which went on general release today. 5 songs were performed in total and after the event, the idol group were interviewed by various media people. They seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves and didn’t expect to see so many people turn up. Come on girls, you should know by now that any event featuring AKB48 members is going to be very popular!

Ayaka Kikuchi Stars In New Horror Movie

AKB48′s Ayaka Kikuchi will be in a new horror movie that’s coming out in Japanese cinemas during the next fortnight. The movie named “Merry-san no Denwa” is based on an urban legend of the same name. The legend is about an old doll named Merry (Mary?) who calls its owner after being thrown away during a move. With each phone call, the angry doll comes closer and closer to the owner’s new home, eventually standing right next to her. The ending usually results in the brutal death of the girl who threw away Merry.

Starring alongside Kikuchi in the movie will be well-endowed 17 year old gravure idol Irie Saaya. The plot of the movie has the 2 girls being rivals in a high school karate club. During a special training camp in the mountains, some of the staff start to disappear. The 2 girls team up to find the reason behind the disappearances and unravel a mystery that goes back 30 years.

The premiere of the movie will be on February 12th at Ikebukuro’s Cinema Rosa theater – late night showings only.

For those who have never heard about or seen Irie Saaya before here’s a picture of her below.

Oricon Top 30 Charts 2011 – Week 5

30 Kaori Mizumori – Matsushima Kikou
29 Girls’ Generation – Gee
28 Nao Takahashi (Eri Kitamura) – Taste of Paradise
27 Kagami Garou – Otokogokoro
26 Saburo Kitajima – Otoko no Jinsei
25 Marina Fujiwara – Daydream Syndrome
24 Brown Eyed Girls – SIGN
23 SM☆SH – TRUE LOVE
22 AKB48 – Ponytail to Shushu
21 AKB48 – Beginner
20 Yuzu – HeyWa
19 Kana Uemura – Toire no Kami sama
18 RADWIMPS – DADA
17 Hiromi Sakimoto – Yofuke no Ballad
16 Minami Kuribayashi – STRAIGHT JET
15 AKB48 – Heavy Rotation
14 Shota Shimizu – YOU & I
13 Mano Erina – Seishun no Serenade
12 Aqua Timez – Mayonaka no Orchestra
11 Sukima Switch – Saigo no Hi
10 Yamashita Tomohisa – Hadakanbo
09 French Kiss – If
08 Ranka Lee = Megumi Nakajima – Houkago Overflow
07 Yukari Tamura – Platinum Lover’s Day
06 DIR EN GREY – LOTUS
05 Ketsumeishi – Ballad / Kimi to Tsukuru Mirai
04 w-inds – Be As One / Let’s get it on
03 YUI – It’s My Life / Your Heaven
02 Tomomi Itano – Dear J
01 Tohoshinki – Why? (Keep Your Head Down)