Interview

11 March 2019

Interview, Vocaloid

The virtual idol Hatsune Miku recently held her first European tour back in December 2018. We took this opportunity to speak with the man behind this fantastic phenomena, Hiroyuki Itoh (伊藤博之), CEO of Crypton Fu...

Interview: SILENT SIREN serves up new album “31313” and ramen

David Bolan

4 March 2019

Despite the evidence of their playful videos and the profusion of pink at their concerts, SILENT SIREN, or Sai Sai to their devoted fans, has always been a band that rocked harder than you’d imagine, with plent...

Interview with the reborn rock singer Azusa Tadokoro

Mazohyst_Kyo

28 February 2019

Anime, Interview

Azusa Tadokoro is a talent of many, but mainly, she's now working as a professional singer and voice actress. Azusa Tadokoro, at the age of seventeen, was declared the winner of a talent competition in 2011 whe...

Interview with Keita, CEO of Vivarush’s record label KERBEROS ENTERTAINMENT

19 February 2019

As Vivarush started gaining popularity across the globe, we wanted to know more about their success. We were lucky enough to sit down with Keita to find out more, the CEO of Vivarush's record label "KERBEROS EN...

Special interview with HAKUEI, honorary editor-in-chief of club Zy.

Nexus

6 February 2019

This interview was originally conducted and published by "club Zy." in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership ...

Interview: nano inspires people with the power of rock!

14 January 2019

Anime, Interview

We at JROCK NEWS received the honor to attend the biggest anime convention in New York, Anime NYC, to witness the most outstanding anisong performers stand on stage during the two nights of Anisong World Matsur...

Interview: [ALEXANDROS] on cooking up music in Brooklyn

Zephyr

19 November 2018

We were extremely lucky to be able to sit down and have a conversation with the popular rock band from Tokyo, before their show at Gramercy Theatre in New York. Having their music featured in things like the r...

Interview: Guitar god HOTEI talks Fist of Northern Star and David Bowie

Narine

12 November 2018

Exclusive, Interview, Review

Hotei Tomoyasu (布袋寅泰), internationally famous for his music in Kill Bill, is a musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning over 35 years. Playing alongside legendary names including The Rolling Stone...

Interview: HIZUMI shares lifestyle as designer and UMBRELLA overseas expansion plans

5 November 2018

HIZUMI who withdrawn from the music industry has been focusing on his design brand UMBRELLA the past seven years. Recently, HIZUMI and GANSHIN revealed a collaboration which meant UMBRELLA was finally expanding...

Interview: Rides in ReVellion thirsts for overseas tour, unravels albums “Artery” and “Vein”

28 October 2018

On a hot summer day in August at the music festival FEST FES 2018, we were able to grab the guys from Rides in ReVellion to have a casual talk about their tour life, and the new mini-albums Artery, and Vein whi...

Interview: The German frontier of visual rock VII ARC

edoh

25 October 2018

Formed of five members in 2012, VII ARC is German alternative rock and industrial metal band. They released their album ATONIA -THE VOIDS OF TARTAROS- on September 22, and you may recognize their name as they s...

Video Interview: DEADLIFT LOLITA challenges Napoleon and Genghis Khan

Narine

28 August 2018

The two strongest kawaii stars in the universe, LADYBEARD and Reika Saiki from DEADLIFT LOLITA shared their thoughts on the upcoming Olympics in 2020, who they'd like to wrestle and also tips on becoming more c...

Interview: How to run a Tokyo record label with Ian Martin

David Bolan

13 August 2018