Entertainment - JROCK NEWS

Ryuji (The Brow Beat) plays Sasuke in Naruto stage play

17 September 2021

Vocalist Ryuji from the band The Brow Beat, who also is an actor, will return as the character Sasuke in the upcoming Naruto stage play titled "Uzumaki Naruto Monogatari". It is the fourth play in the series an...

Golden Bomber’s vocalist Kiryuin Shou announces marriage, reluctantly

NBT and Rin

5 September 2021

Entertainment

The vocalist of the visual kei "air band" Golden Bomber, Kiryuin Shou, publicly announced his marriage on his blog on September 4—the same day the happy occasion took place. Although it is an event to celebr...

MIYAVI and BAND-MAID appear in Netflix movie “Kate”

NBT

5 August 2021

Entertainment

The first official trailer of the Netflix movie "Kate" reveals an action-packed story that takes place in a Japanese setting. As such, we are able to observe a handful of Japanese actors alongside protagonist M...

NANO launches podcast for global audience “NANO to the WORLD”

NBT

2 August 2021

Entertainment

NANO has today launched its first episode of the new podcast "NANO to the WORLD". The show is aimed at the global audience where NANO and their co-host Brandon Schindewolf, or "Brandon-sensei", share all the in...

Yoshikitty voted 1st place by four countries in “2021 Sanrio Character Ranking”

Erica

15 June 2021

Entertainment

The results of the 2021 Sanrio Character Ranking Contest are in, and Yoshikitty conquered over the competition in four countries: Italy, Germany, France, and Thailand! Yoshikitty scored a top 10 ranking in t...

Giveaway: Meet BanG Dream! cast virtually at ANIPLUS Online Café!

NBT

29 May 2021

Entertainment, Featured

ANIPLUS café is hosting an online meet-and-greet on June 16 titled "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! X ANIPLUS Online Café". Joining the cheerful event are two voice actresses from the "BanG Dream!" franchise: Rim...

Legends meet as Yoshiki and Gene Simmons of KISS sit down to talk

Ziggy

20 May 2021

Entertainment

Two music legends meet with YOSHIKI inviting Gene Simmons of KISS for a good ol' chin-way in a special live-streamed talk session. Live streaming on May 29, 15:00 JST, exclusive to YOSHIKI CHANNEL and members o...

“Demon Slayer: Mugen Train” tops U.S. box office in second round

G Andrew White

2 May 2021

Anime, Entertainment

In it's second-week since debuting in American cinemas, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train beats Mortal Kombat for the number one spot at the box office. The popular anime barely finished off the competition with 6.4 mi...

GACKT tortures Kiryu in performance contest!

NBT, Rin and Peertje

9 April 2021

Entertainment

Kiryu is not only a popular band but these days, the members are also active as YouTubers! In the recent collaboration video, the guys invited the one and only, the trolliest troll known to mankind, GACKT! U...

Tinuki – The new dating app for JROCKERS

Mazohyst_Kyo

1 April 2021

Entertainment

Lockdowns are settling down and it looks like we are finally pulling through this pandemic. Naturally, we all want to get back out there and meet new like-minded people. But where can you do that as a Jrocker? ...

Kizu joined by MUCC in dream collaboration project “Ichigeki”

NBT

26 March 2021

Entertainment, Music Video

Kizu's fourth-anniversary celebration continues with the recent unraveling of project "Ichigeki" (一撃), revealed to be a dream collaboration project that brings vocalist Lime together with six other respectable ...

Get to know nano on a personal level through new YouTube channel!

NBT

6 March 2021

Entertainment, Videos

The bilingual artist born and raised in New York City, nano, has launched a new YouTube channel "nano Official Channel (tentative name)" that gives fans a chance to know them better! So not only is nano a music...

nano appears on popular anime podcast “Trash Taste”

NBT

5 March 2021

Entertainment, Videos

nano makes an appearance on the popular anime podcast "Trash Taste" hosted by big YouTube names such as Joey “The Anime Man”, Garnt “Gigguk”, and Connor “CDawgVA”. You might remember Joey from our earlier cover...

Herman Li (DragonForce) invites BAND-MAID to Twitch stream

G Andrew White

23 February 2021

Entertainment, News

BAND-MAID guitarists Miku Kobato and Kanami will be special guests on Twitch with DragonForce's Herman Li this Friday. A few weeks ago, the guitarist and songwriter for British metal band DragonForce made an...