Hamasaki Ayumi wraps up her tour at Saitama Super Arena

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On October 19th, Hamasaki Ayumi wrapped up her nationwide tour at Saitama Super Arena.

In light of March’s Tohoku Earthquake, the title of the tour was changed to “POWER of MUSIC“. Hamasaki called out, “Let’s send the love we created to every corner of Japan!“, before singing a total of 21 songs in front of 25,000 people. She charmed the crowd with her collaboration performance with AAA’s Urata Naoya and Korean singer JUNO. During the encore, Hamasaki became overwhelmed with emotion and cried aloud.

Hamasaki also announced that she’s raised over 123 million yen (approximately $1.6 million USD) with her charity T-shirts. The proceeds were donated to the Japanese Red Cross.

Check out pictures from the concert below!

Source + Photos: Sanspo

Hamasaki Ayumi enjoys shopping with JUNO

On October 8th, singer Hamasaki Ayumi and JYJ’s Junsu’s older twin brother JUNO visited ‘LANDS of Eden.‘  located in Tokyo’s Laforet Harajuku department store and museum. Amid the of cheers from various other shoppers, the two shopped in the store for approximately 20 minutes.

The pair purchased six bags worth of clothes containing 31 items totaling about 429,800 yen (approximately S5,594.88 USD).  Hamasaki, who changed her original outfit while in the store, came out hand in hand with JUNO in front of the cameras.  She smiled and said, “JUNO chose this for me.  And the fabric? It’s great,” showing appreciation for her new outfit.

‘LANDS of Eden.’ is a new store that opened back on September 17th.  Store displays showcase the brands casual vintage fashion concept.  Previously, this shop exhibited a picture of JUNO arm-in-arm with a mysterious woman as a part of its advertisement campaign.  The identity of that mysterious woman became a popular topic.

Her identity was finally revealed on the 7th when the store exhibited another advertisement of both Hamasaki and JUNO together.  As the commemoration event for this new advertisement, the two once again linked their arms while shopping at the store.

The two arrived to the store shortly after 6 P.M.  They then signed their respective posters and even gave their fans an exclusive service by shaking hands and giving autographs.  As they moved around the store, the store employees gave some explanations of items, while the pair enjoyed their shopping.

The songstress changed her clothes to a striped, over-sized cardigan and JUNO changed into a blue and charcoal knit shirt.  Then, they left the store elegantly, bathed in bright flashes from the many cameras.

Check out the various outfits from their shopping trip below!

Source & Images: Mantan Web

Recochoku’s weekly download charts for 09/14~09/20

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Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of September 14th to September 20th.

Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week below!

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< Chaku-Uta Full (Digital Single) Weekly Ranking >

01/(00) “Ai wo Tomenaide” — Koda Kumi
02/(00) “Rising Sun” — EXILE
03/(00) “Everybody Go” — Kis-My-Ft2
04/(01) “Itsuka Kitto…” — EXILE ATSUSHI
05/(04) “Flying Get” — AKB48
06/(05) “Kazoku ni Narou yo” — Fukuyama Masaharu
07/(00) “Shinjirumono feat. YU-A, AK-69 & HAN-KUN from Shonan no Kaze” — SPICY CHOCOLATE
08/(07) “LOVE IS ECSTASY” — Nakashima Mika
09/(00) “Koe wo Kikasete” — BENI
10/(03) “progress” — Hamasaki Ayumi

** “Chaku-Uta Full” is nothing but a synonym for a complete digital single.

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< Chaku-Uta (Ringtone) Weekly Ranking >

01/(00) “X X X” — L’Arc～en～Ciel
02/(01) “Ai wo Tomenaide” — Koda Kumi
03/(13) “Rising Sun” — EXILE
04/(00) “Back to Tomorrow” — Tohoshinki
05/(00) “Zutto Kimi to…” — INFINITY 16 welcomez TEE ＆ hiroko from mihimaru GT
06/(00) “CRAZY FOR YOU” — Kylee
07/(02) “Itsuka Kitto…” — EXILE ATSUSHI
08/(00) “B.U.T(BE-AU-TY)” — Tohoshinki
09/(16) “LOVE IS ECSTASY” — Nakashima Mika
10/(00) “Green a.live” — YUI

** “Chaku-Uta” are short versions (30~40 seconds) of songs that can easily be used as ring tones (truetone). They are usually encoded in MP3, AAC, and other similar formats.

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< Music Video Weekly Ranking >

01/(00) “Ai wo Tomenaide” — Koda Kumi
02/(00) “Rising Sun” — EXILE
03/(02) “Flying Get” — AKB48
04/(01) “A” — RAINBOW
05/(05) “Everyday, Kachusha” — AKB48
06/(03) “BAD GIRL” — Shoujo Jidai
07/(06) “Heavy Rotation” — AKB48
08/(04) “Itsuka Kitto…” — EXILE ATSUSHI
09/(00) “A (Dance Shot ver.)” — RAINBOW
10/(07) “Maru-Maru-Mori-Mori!” — Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook.

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The complete top 100 of the weekly rankings; daily and other rankings can be found here: Recochoku