Aimer's departure from her agency to work independently with composer Masahiro Tobinai marks a structural change in her career management, tied to her recent motherhood and her 15th debut anniversary.
The tour final finally put the "Synchro" duet with Saori Hayami on stage, the collaboration Kamiya said he had wanted to do, and closed the run with surprise guests in the encore.
LIGHTSUM's major debut leans on Japanese idol choreography, with the title track built by the creator of YOASOBI's 'Idol' and formations designed to keep the singing member visible.
The Tokyo leg pairs the unit's return to the road with Ticketplus Trade's official resale, including an AI paper-ticket listing feature aimed at curbing unauthorized resale.
The paid stream pairs a fan club discount with a revenue split that returns a higher share to the artist than major video platforms, positioning the broadcast as a direct support channel for the tour.
The project pairs a video production company with a live-streaming talent management firm, combining their strengths for their first idol production.
The release follows quickly after her well-received first DVD in February and shows her continuing to balance gravure work with wonder channel activities.
The song, previously shown only in a few manga panels, now gets a full karaoke release with two versions, expanding the film's music beyond theaters.
The audition is the first public event to combine KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO's established virtual artist pipeline with the newly created KYOKAI STUDIO and UNKNOWN LAB, making the October selection a direct test of how the reorganized studio structure recruits across both virtual and real artist tracks.
By folding revival screenings and archived online lives into a subscription, SINGULAR LIVE moves THINKR's artist content from one-off pay-per-view events toward a recurring revenue model.
This MV pairs Hatsune Miku with a character from HoYoverse's hit game, bridging the Vocaloid and gacha music spheres through a medley of a classic Chrome commercial song and a new in-game single.
The release pairs BMSG's group with SALU, who moved to the label's Bullmoose Records last year and is set to appear at BMSG FES'26, marking a closer collaboration within the agency.
The first large-scale Shine Post live in three years now reaches fans who cannot attend the venue, with both days streamed online.
Aurora lands as the group's debut-year momentum peaks, with festival and award-show appearances booked through the fall, and the album frames their journey's first milestone.
The song is positioned as the bridge between the group's Akihabara origins and its current stage, and it lands two weeks before the September 19 Tokyo Gymnasium show it was written for.
The contest turns fans into producers for Tohji's final Tokyo Dome show, with winning remixes released as an album and played as BGM at the last live.
The anniversary is being celebrated with a full album slate, one per group, plus a new shared B-PROJECT song, rather than a single compilation.
The Nintendo Music drop is the first broadly accessible release of the Paper Mario score since the 2000 CD went out of print, a catalog gap that had pushed used copies to five-figure prices.
The collaboration puts Pokemon Sleep's soundtrack on a global streaming platform with Canvas visuals, extending the game's reach beyond the app as part of the Pokemon 30th anniversary push.
The Osaka-only festival's footprint extends to Tokyo as Meta Osaka positions Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinemas as the venue for fans who could not reach Zepp Namba last year.
The committee pairs PANDORA's IP and influencer management with Sony's XR tech, making the Saikyo Muteki Rengo live the first test of a new interactive event format.
The documentary and archive rollout give Prime Video the exclusive window on Arashi's final chapter, turning the group's end of activities into a streaming event.
The new release follows the July debut "777" and extends a project rooted in the Okinawan members' stance on peace and cultural inheritance.
The song turns the trio's collab group name into a release, and the dense reference work in the video marks the return of CHAD CAST after a 1.5-year gap.