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musicannouncement 2 sources Oct 11

i☆Ris Voice Actress Idol Unit Will End Activities At End Of 2027

i☆Ris spent its run acting as the model for the voice-actor-idol hybrid, with the same members voicing the leads and singing the opening themes of PriPara, and it is closing that run on its own schedule rather than dissolving around a graduation or a scandal.

Anime News Network, Denfaminicogamer
music 1 source Oct 11

Eminem Drops Madara Uchiha Track With Voice Actor Neil Kaplan

A major American rapper building a track around a Naruto antagonist and pulling in that character's English voice actor is a direct signal of how far anime's character IP now travels into mainstream music.

Anime News Network
musicevent 1 source Oct 10

STARZ 2026 Sets December 29 Date At Ariake Arena

Pairing a full live bill with the RAPSTAR 2026 final puts the audition's deciding performance in front of a paying arena crowd, and tickets go on sale before the season's broadcasts finish narrowing the field.

KAI-YOU
musicevent 1 source Oct 10

Tohji Sets TBS Radio Special Ahead Of Final Show

The special revives a podcast Tohji and Icto ran from 2020 to 2021, putting a friend rather than a promotional host across from him as the announced end of his activities approaches.

KAI-YOU
musicannouncement 1 source Oct 10

Kauan Okamoto Launches Members-Only Online Salon On LINE

Okamoto is converting the businesspeople who funded his music and Breaking Down work into a paying community, with the top tier offering participation in his Brazil and Malaysia projects rather than only fan perks.

ASCII.jp
musicevent 1 source Oct 10

Tickets for Lilia Game Music Selection vol.3 Go On Sale Today

The series continues with Narita as the guest pianist, following Yuzo Koshiro's appearance in February 2024, and the announced program puts Ito's SaGa and Mana battle themes alongside Piazzolla's Libertango, a piece the source calls a staple of his concerts.

4Gamer.net
musicevent 2 sources Oct 9

Isekaijoucho Sets 4th One-Man Live Anima IV at Yokohama BUNTAI

Isekaijoucho returns to Yokohama for a numbered concert after building a 2026 slate around two anime theme songs and a first two-day live at Zepp Haneda, so the scale of Anima IV tests whether that momentum carries into a two-night BUNTAI run.

KAI-YOU, PANORA
music 1 source Oct 9

Kroi's JoJo Opening "SPIN" Tops Billboard Japan Global Chart

An anime opening theme landing at No. 1 on Billboard Japan's overseas-facing chart and on four separate country charts points to how much of a JoJo opening's audience now sits outside Japan during the same week the show's new stages are rolling out on Netflix.

Anime Anime
musicannouncement 1 source Oct 9

Baby Quartz Opens Official Site And Fan Club On FaveConnect

The tier structure, from a cheap group plan up to a 10,000 yen per-member VIP tier, is the revenue model for an idol group whose audience is being organized on FaveConnect rather than through a general ticketing service, with advance ticket sales routed to paying members.

ASCII.jp
musicrelease 1 source Oct 9

DOES Slates "Nanda tte Ii yo" Video For October 16

The band's anniversary project is running on a fixed monthly cadence with the video pinned to the same day as the single, so the second installment gives the label a concrete date to build the third around.

ASCII.jp
musicannouncement 3 sources Oct 9

Yamaha Announces VOCALOID7 Editor for November 11 Release

The older voicebank compatibility and the upgrade pricing suggest Yamaha is treating VOCALOID7 as a transition for existing users rather than a clean break, which is why Crypton Future Media announced free VOCALOID7-compatible Hatsune Miku V6 voicebanks for existing users and a planned switch of the bundled editor to VOCALOID7 Editor.

Automaton, Denfaminicogamer
musicevent 1 source Oct 9

Ado Sets Paid-Member-Only Shows at Yoyogi First Gymnasium for October

Ado's fan club has so far been a content channel, and routing paid tickets through the TixPlus app with face-recognition entry and an official resale window turns it into a ticketing layer, with the resale service brought in to push back on unauthorized resale.

ASCII.jp