Atarashii Chizu, A Year Later

The Launch of Atarashii Chizu On September 22, 2017, an ad appeared in the nation-wide Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun and in Tokyo Shimbun. It was a simple ad that spanned across two full pages. The focal point being a reversed compass rose and the Japanese for new map (atarashii chizu in Japanese) in the bottom […]

ParaSports Donation & 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Goodwill Ambassadors

On July 8th at Tokyo-Daiba Nippon Foundation Para-Arena, Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo presented the donation from the sales of the ParaSports charity support song, Ame Agari no Step (in English: A Step after the Rain.) The sales were from the digital release on sale from March 19 through June 30th. The song was downloaded 99594 times, and […]

Ameagari no Step — ParaSports Charity Song

Today, March 19th, is the digital release of Ameagari no Step, the ParaSports support charity song by Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo. I only typed out their names because of their insistence that they aren’t a group. All proceeds will go to the Nippon Foundation Paralympics support center charity. This is 231 yen from every 250 yen sale, […]

Shelved Monster Strike CM. Successful Suntory CM.

I told myself I would avoid more of the gossipy articles, but there’s no denying they’ve been a huge part of being a SMAP fan since the disbanding uproar in 2016. Shelved Monster Strike CM for Tsuyoshi Shinchou Weekly originally reported Tsuyoshi Kusanagi had a commercial for the popular game, Monster Strike. The CM was […]

JUNON Welcomes Back Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo !

Goro, Tsuyoshi, and Shingo are featured on the cover of the April issue of JUNON, on sale February 23! It’s been 16 years since they were in the magazine and as a “welcome back” plan, JUNON is featuring them in a 12-page long volume! Topics include the launch of “Atarashii Chizu” in September, their appearance […]

Merry Christmas from Atarashii Chizu!!

The countdown on Atarashii Chizu reached zero on Christmas Eve, and the guys showered us with presents!! “Group” tweets at midnight 72 now released digitally with helpful how-to videos A 72 dance choreography contest, first prize a meet and greet with the guys!! An announcement of AbemaTV New Year’s special!!! Merry Christmas Tweets Celebrities being […]

Kusoyaro Info Dump – Directors, Release Date, and Movie Tickets

More information has dropped for the Atarashii Chizu movie, Kusoyaro to Utsukushiki Sekai (The Bastard and The Beautiful World)! Four stories full of bastards. Episode 1 through episode 4 will be organized in short omnibus style. The directors and actors per episode are as follows. Episode 1 – Sion Sono and Goro Inagaki Episode 2 – […]