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Kanna Hashimoto’s rise to fame continues with major commercial appearance
About a half a year ago, the charming face of a local idol from Fukuoka was plastered all over the internet. Kanna Hashimoto’s genuine charm and cuteness had won over the country literally overnight....
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“How many freakin’ CDs do I have to buy?” Fans displeased with idol group’s...
On 16 April, idol group, Rev. from DVL, released their first major single through entertainment giant Yoshimoto Kogyo, thanks largely to the break-out success of member Kanna Hashimoto. However, what...
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“Once-in-a-millenium beauty” dominates Tokyo Halloween event
The last couple of years have been benchmark ones for Halloween in Japan. What was once a holiday marked mostly by the infrequent sighting of a handful of mildly embarrassed-looking, costumed...
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Kanna Hashimoto to star alongside Shun Oguri in Gintama live-action movie
If you haven’t heard, Gintama is getting a live-action movie adaptation in 2017! Gintama started off as a manga in 2003, capturing the hearts of fans with its unique historical-science fiction mashup...
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Two Japanese idol singers announced as candidates for international 100 Most...
Former members of AKB48 and Rev. from DVL saluted. Since 1990, the members of the Independent Critics List have annually put their heads together to decide on a list of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces in...
View ArticleJapanese schoolgirl feeds sweets to fans via 4-D VR headsets 【Video】
The special headset delivers a Japanese sweet into your mouth in real-time as this “once-in-a-millenium beauty” feeds it to you. In Japan, marketing campaigns come in many wondrous forms. Whether it’s...
View ArticleIdol draws such massive crowds at Tokyo college that police can’t guarantee...
When once-in-a-millennium idol Kanna Hashimoto is stopping by, crowd control in a must. Back in 2013, the Japanese Internet crowned Kanna Hashimoto the “once-in-a-millennium idol,” largely thanks to...
View ArticleJapanese idol’s manager fires back at impatient fans who keep pestering her...
Kanna Hashimoto is called the “once in a millennium” idol, but her manager is one in a million too. There are a lot of popular idols in Japan, but even in that packed pantheon, Kanna Hashimoto is on...
View ArticleNow you can own the eyes of “once in a millennium” idol Kanna Hashimoto
Taking idol worship to a whole other level. There are a lot of popular idols in Japan, but in the eyes of many there’s only one so stunningly attractive to have earned the title of a...
View ArticleCup Noodle celebrates selling over 100 billion units with special “Japanese...
Test your knowledge of Japanese slang from the ’70s onwards with these limited-edition cup noodles! Nissin Cup Noodles: the pantry staple of every Japanese kitchen. They’re cheap, tasty, and quick, and...
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Spirited Away to be adapted to live-action stage play by English director...
Hayao Miyazaki gives blessing after meeting with Caird to project that’s been in development for four years. In 2019, classic Studio Ghibli anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was adapted into a...
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Kanna Hashimoto wins Guinness World Record for getting tissues really fast
Hashimoto becomes the undisputed, certified Queen of Tissues. It was eight years ago that a photo of young idol Kanna Hashimoto dancing spread through the Internet like wildfire and earned her the...
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Main cast for Spirited Away live-action stage play finally revealed!
Characters like No Face, Yubaba and Haku are set to be played by some very famous faces. It’s been a few months since Studio Ghibli first announced that its 2001 animated feature film Spirited Away...
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First look at Studio Ghibli’s new Spirited Away live-action stage play
Cast appear on stage for the first time to give us a sneak peek at the upcoming production. It’s been roughly four months since Studio Ghibli revealed the main cast for the stage adaptation of its 2001...
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Spirited Away live-action stage play opens in Tokyo, and the photos look amazing
Chihiro, Haku, and No Face all take the stage as Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece comes to life. There are times when being a Ghibli fan takes patience. It’s been more than half a decade that we’ve been...
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Live-action Spirited Away stage play is finally available for on-demand...
Couldn’t make it to the theater to see the adaptation of the Studio Ghibli anime masterpiece? Now you can watch it from home. Not that there’s ever really such a thing as “good timing” for a global...
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New Spirited Away live-action stage play performances scheduled for 2023, 2024
Adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki anime returns to two Japanese cities, first performances to be held this summer. Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away has left a lifelong impression on its fans, and many of them...
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“Once-in-a-thousand-year” idol Kanna Hashimoto visiting ALOOK Tokyo and Osaka...
A month ago, Japanese people all over the country woke up to this photo of Fukuoka-based idol Kanna Hashimoto of the group Rev. From DVL all over the internet. And just like that, her modest level of...
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We buy a pair of glasses from up and coming idol Kanna Hashimoto
Recently, computer glasses have become quite popular and are sold in shops everywhere in Japan. I never really bought into the concept even though my work requires painfully long hours in front of a...
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