Entertainment

HIZUMI shares video message on collaboration with GAN-SHIN

Feb 22, 2019

It's been a really long time since we last seen a video message from HIZUMI himself, the former vocalist of the legendary visual kei band D'espairsRay. This time around, HIZUMI is here to bring us a special mes...

MIYAVI portrays mysterious loner in thriller film “Stray”

Ziggy

Feb 17, 2019

Entertainment

MIYAVI has taken on another acting role, starring alongside Suicide Squad actress Karen Fukuhara, Christine Woods, and Ross Partridge, in the new indie thriller Stray. The new feature film is directed by Joe Si...

Backstage adventures with Ruimaru from Vivarush!

NBT

Feb 12, 2019

Entertainment

We got the opportunity to follow Ruimaru for a day and decided to showcase some of the things you can do before a live show. Check out our backstage adventures with Ruimaru from Vivarush!https://www.youtube...

X Japan’s Toshl forms new band Y!BAND in hilarious commercial

NBT

Feb 1, 2019

Entertainment, Videos

X Japan's vocalist Toshl steps up his game and levels up from X to Y! In the latest commercial to promote Yahoo Mobile's (Y!mobile) student discount, Toshl takes the role of a rebellious transfer student and co...

GACKT still captures hearts while tanned and no make-up

NBT

Jan 16, 2019

Entertainment

In a recent post on Instagram, ikemen GACKT showed off a photo himself after traveling to the Philippines with his friends, revealing his new tan and a bare face. Even with these attributes in action, GACKT was...

Vivarush’s Ruimaru launches apparel brand “I AM RURU”

NBT

Jan 3, 2019

Entertainment

What better way is there to start the year with something colorful and positive? Ruimaru from Vivarush has just announced his new clothing brand called I AM RURU and is currently offering brightly colored zip h...

Top 20 anime opening and ending songs 2018

NBT

Dec 31, 2018

Entertainment

Just like last year, it was incredibly hard to narrow down the best anime opening and ending songs of the year. This time around, we wanted to include a broader spectrum in terms of genre, while of course selec...

Most influential Jrockers of 2018

Ziggy

Dec 29, 2018

Entertainment

Each artist has played their part in influencing something or someone, we collected those who we believe made a huge difference for Jrock this year. Amongst these artists, there are those who have changed world...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2018

NBT

Dec 17, 2018

Entertainment

It is the time of the year where we once again take a look at all the great music contributions. This time around we have done it slightly differently. Instead of solely using sales numbers to determine the ord...

Vivarush shares comment on upcoming one-man live with JROCK NEWS readers

NBT

Dec 15, 2018

Entertainment, Tour and event

Vivarush is holding their one-man live show on December 23 and decided to give the readers and viewers of JROCK NEWS a little message!Don't forget to turn on the subtitles and learn more about the concert a...

HAKUEI (PENICILLIN), now editor-in-chief at Japan’s biggest visual kei website, club Zy.

NBT

Dec 3, 2018

Entertainment

HAKUEI has always been an active forefront in the visual kei scene since the formation of PENICILLIN in 1992. To create a new paradigm within the visual kei scene, today on December 3, HAKUEI has taken the role...

“Worlds Collide” as Samuel L. Jackson vs MIYAVI delivers epic album intro

Ziggy

Dec 1, 2018

Entertainment, Releases, Videos

At the beginning of November, MIYAVI announced the album guest list for his upcoming album SAMURAI SESSIONS vol.3 - Worlds Collide-, to be released December 5. Amongst the guest names, shone the ever famous Sam...

You can now fund Vivarush’s music video by… retweeting?

NBT

Nov 9, 2018

Entertainment, Releases

The cheerful band Vivarush just launched a campaign to fund their music video Natural Bicycle, and to support and fund it, all you need to do is retweet one of their tweets! That's right, you read it correctly!...

MIYAVI and Jules Aurora covers Ariana Grande’s “God is a Woman”

edoh+

Sep 14, 2018

Entertainment, Videos

Here's a Friday treat for MIYAVI and Ariana Grande fans out there!MIYAVI has just released an acoustic cover with Jules Aurora for one of the most popular pop tracks this half of the year, God is a Woman. J...