Oricon Top 30 Charts 2011 – Week 24

30 Ichiro Toba – Yokaze
29 Kanjani8 – My Home
28 Daisuke Kitagawa – Mizubashou
27 Saburo Kitajima – Otoko no Shioji
26 Yoon San Hyeon – Summer Eyes
25 Girls’ Generation – MR TAXI/Run Devil Run
24 Mai Kotone – Lagrange Point
23 Golden Bomber – Boku Quest
22 Jang Keun Suk – Let me cry
21 the HIATUS – Hatching Mayflies
20 mihimaru GT – Masterpiece
19 the pillows – Comic Sonic
18 SPYAIR – Samurai Heart (Some Like It Hot!!)
17 Angela Aki – Hajimari no Ballad
16 JUJU – Mata Ashita
15 Kaori Mizumori – Shounai Heiya Kaze no Naka
14 Shoko Nakagawa – Tsuyogari
13 YUI – HELLO ~Paradise Kiss~
12 Alice Nine – BLUE FLAME
11 Berryz Koubou – Ai no Dangan
10 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – Soredemo Shinjiteru/Love Letter
09 Ketsumeishi – Kodama
08 RESTART JAPAN with TUBE – RESTART
07 Team Amuse!! – Let’s try again
06 B’z – Don’t Wanna Lie
05 Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori
04 Acid Black Cherry – Shoujo no Inori III
03 AKB48 – Everyday Kachuusha
02 SUPER JUNIOR – Bijin (BONAMANA)
01 Kanjani8 – 365 Nichi Kazoku

Atsuko Maeda – Hoozue to Caffe Macchiato Radio Rip

Take a listen to one of Acchan’s b-side tracks from her solo debut single “Flower”. This track is called “Hoozue to Caffe Macchiato” and I have to say I absolutely love it. It’s got a beautiful melody to it and dare I say it’s even better than “Flower” itself. Have a listen below and tell me what you think.

Aimi Eguchi – The Debate Whether She’s Real Or Not Rages On

I thought the debate regarding Aimi Eguchi whether she was real or not was more or less over – she’s fake and is a composition of AKB48 members so why is AKB48 management claiming that she’s real even after Team K’s Ayaka Kikuchi said on her blog she was fake. It seems that Ayarin has made a huge mistake in saying this as her blog entry has now been edited to delete this piece of information. This was her original blog entry: ““Eguchi Aimi-san is cute <3 She’s just too pretty! lol lol lol She’s in the 12.5 generation~ I also did a shoot! I wonder when a part of my face will be used (hehe)”. Glico in which Aimi Eguchi is part of a campaign for their product is even refusing to comment on anything about her.

This is what AKB48′s management company AKS has said about Aimi: “She’s real! She didn’t take the 12th generation auditions, so we had to quickly accept her (into generation 12.5)”. This is getting even more strange now but I still believe she’s fake. Fans have uncovered another piece of the puzzle that may be linked to this curious story. In February, Yuko posted a blog entry with dots all over her face. She didn’t say at the time what it was all about but many are saying this was a shoot to create Aimi.

Let’s see her perform live with other AKB48 members in front of an audience – that’s the only way AKB48 management can prove to us that she’s real otherwise we will never believe that she’s anything more than a CG creation.