Aya Hirano interview: Voice actor, singer and performer heads to Manchester as she approaches her 20th anniversary
Aya Hirano has spent nearly three decades in entertainment, beginning as a child actor before rising to international...
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Miyuna interview: From Miyazaki to Manchester, preparing for her UK debut at HYPER JAPAN 2025
Miyuna’s melancholic vocal register and sharp-truthed lyricism have struck a chord with listeners well beyond her years. Now,...
Hitsujibungaku live in London: A sold-out finale shows a band finding their footing in the UK
Hitsujibungaku closed their first European tour in London on October 24th at a sold-out O2 Academy Islington. It...
ONE OK ROCK and Paledusk live at the O2 Arena: DETOX tour brings Japanese rock back to London’s biggest stage
Ten years ago, Japanese bands didn’t headline The O2. On October 15th, ONE OK ROCK became the third...
Tattletale interview: Inside the instinct-driven world of Japan’s most unpredictable new emo band
Formed in Sapporo in 2020, Tattletale have spent the past few years molding a sound that splices emo,...
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS start 2025 UK and Europe tour with new track and bigger crowds
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS launched their 2025 UK and Europe tour on Saturday night with their first-ever...
Fujii Kaze – ‘Prema’: Retro-rooted pop and an all-English ode to love
Fujii Kaze’s third album, ‘Prema’, arrives three years after ‘Love All Serve All’ and makes good on a...
Tattletale drop new single ahead of first Canada tour with Next Music from Tokyo
Sapporo-based alt-emo three-piece Tattletale have released their new single ‘babbling’ (‘Katachi no nai kotoba no yō ni’), arriving...
London debut shows why Britain’s alt-rock crowd should care about Hitsujibungaku
Tokyo alt-rock unit Hitsujibungaku made their UK debut at Hyper Japan on Saturday, July 19th, performing to a...
We’ve launched a Japanese music tour calendar – Here’s what it can do
We’ve put together something we’ve been wanting for a while: a tour calendar that brings Japanese music events...
