Entertainment - JROCK NEWS

Yoshiki energy drink “Real Gold XY” inspired by rock and classical music

12 May 2022

The allegedly "revolutionary" project teased last week by Yoshiki and Coca-Cola is now public and reveals two new energy drinks, "Real Gold X" and "Real Gold Y". Centered around Yoshiki's philosophy of "NOTHING...

Yoshiki and Coca-Cola working on revolutionary project

NBT

6 May 2022

Entertainment

Yoshiki, drummer and leader of the band X Japan, is more than just a musician and has expanded far and wide in his activities. In a new video, Yoshiki teases an upcoming "big project" that is a collaboration wi...

SEKAI NO OWARI creates “Habit” for xxxHOLiC live action

edoh+

2 May 2022

Entertainment, Releases

SEKAI NO OWARI has dropped the music video for Habit, a bouncy upbeat track that was specially written as the theme song of the live-action movie "xxxHOLiC". Dressed in an oversized knitted vest and funky neckt...

Ryuji (The Brow Beat) plays lead role in Jujutsu Kaisen stage play

NBT

15 April 2022

Anime, Entertainment, Videos

Active as an actor and a visual kei vocalist, Ryuji Sato from the band The Brow Beat is starring as the protagonist Yuuji in the stage play Jujutsu Kaisen, based on the original manga by Akutami Gege. The cast ...

Jrock card game lets your favorite artists face off in “Battle of the Bands”!

Erica

1 April 2022

Entertainment

Ever dreamed of being a band manager? Now you can make that dream a reality with this Jrock-themed card game, "Battle of the Bands"! Battle of the Bands is a deckbuilding card game where players select an ar...

SiM unveils all instrumental playthroughs of “The Rumbling”, Attack on Titan theme song

NBT

20 March 2022

Entertainment, Music Video

The reggae-punk band SiM recently started receiving worldwide attention thanks to the opening theme song "The Rumbling" that appears in the shounen anime “Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2” (Shingeki no Kyoji...

HYDE immortalized in resin for 20th anniversary

Erica

25 January 2022

Entertainment

If you've ever wanted your own personal rock musician HYDE at home, you're in luck. To celebrate HYDE's 20th anniversary as a solo artist this year, he's collaborating with Japanese dollmaker Volks for a limite...

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2021

NBT

31 December 2021

Entertainment

It was an amazing year of anime with many new adaptations like "Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi" and the awaited returning ones such as "Re:zero"! We also saw original anime like "Sonny Boy", showing how a seemingl...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2021

NBT, Dorian, NoMusicNoReason, Erica, G Andrew White, Sizergyia, Mazohyst_Kyo and Ziggy

30 December 2021

Entertainment

We're not sure if the world has gotten any better this year, however, thanks to the amazing music and related activities that kept our spirits up, we're ready to move on to the next year! To end this unprece...

Visiting the GazettE pop-up store in Shinjuku

Rin

28 December 2021

Entertainment

A few months back in autumn, the GazettE opened pop-up stores to celebrate its 19th anniversary and to commemorate its return to the stage with the tour LIVE 2021 -DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENT- BLINDING HOPE. Th...

ONE OK ROCK drummer Tomoya starts off new YouTube channel with nostalgia

NBT

24 December 2021

Entertainment

ONE OK ROCK's drummer Tomoya has started his solo YouTube journey through the newly created channel, TOMOYA STUDIO. With this, he intends to challenge himself with new things and states that he'll be posting va...

Get your CDs signed at Neokyo by Rides in ReVellion, FATE GEAR, MADKID, and more

NBT

22 December 2021

Entertainment

The Japanese proxy service NeoKyo is currently offering signed CDs and goods which you can take part in until December 25. The procedure is similar to just buying for example a CD, but now you can choose to get...

MAN WITH A MISSION curates regularly updated playlist for “FILTR Japan”

edoh+

6 December 2021

Entertainment

To promote the release of Break and Cross the Walls I last week, MAN WITH A MISSION has teamed up with FILTR Japan to curate a playlist of the music that has influenced them. Vocalist Jean-Ken Johnny is the fir...

MIYAVI voice acts and performs for “Arcane” Netflix series

edoh+

30 November 2021

Entertainment

Has anyone been following Arcane on Netflix? You might have recognized a familiar voice and set of guitar riffs. Your ears haven't fooled you, it's our one and only MIYAVI. We'll avoid spoiling for those who...