Mano Erina’s 4th Major Single “Kono Mune no Tokimeki wo” Announced

Mano Erina’s 4th single titled Kono Mune no Tokimeki wo has been announced. Like usual the release will have 4 versions – Regular, Limited A, B, and C – and it will include an event card for a Mano Premium live.

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The lyrics are by Miura Noriko, composition by Hatakeyama Toshiaki, it’s arranged by Solaya and it will be released on the Pony Canyon label (Buono and Guardians 4 are on that label), this is the first single that is not composed by KAN.

From H!O: Hatakeyama Toshiaki is an ex-Sharan Q member who also composed Goto Maki’s “Yokohama Shinkirou” and “Blue Island”, as well as Viyuden’s “Koi no Nukegara”, and Heike Michiyo’s “GET”.

From the title (Google translation says “Kono Mune no Tokimeki wo” means “this beating chest”) it sounds a bit like a ballad, although it could just be an upbeat song.

Mano has been getting a lot of releases lately, this being her 4th single in a year (she has been releasing a single every 2 months since Otome no Inori in March, all of them major), so hopefully the publicity she has gotten will help her get good sales.

All info about Mano’s 4th single is gotten from that image, Play-Asia has it listed so it is somewhat confirmed, but I will update if some of the info changes.

The release date for the single is set for 9/30 and there is also a mention of the Single V’s release date (from Play-Asia) being 10/7.

EDIT: Single and date releases confirmed.

Kusumi Koharu Solo DVD Announced

A solo DVD has been announced for Kusumi Koharu, which probably means that we can expect to see a PB from her soon. According to a description from H!O: She went to Okinawa, did some cooking, some wake-boarding on the beach and of course there are the mandatory swimsuit shots.

She has had a pretty steady PB release schedule with one every year, (the PB that is soon to be announced will be her 4th solo PB), so it was kind of expected for this to happen.

I am somewhat excited for the release, even though her Kirarin voice sometimes gave me a headache I have to admit she’s cute and she sings well when she doesn’t stress her voice. We have already seen Koharu doing surfing, so wake-boarding will be somewhat similar, and the cooking segment will be interesting since I haven’t seen her cook that much.

The release date for the solo DVD is set for 9/30.

E-Hon Solo DVD For Kusumi Koharu

C-ute – EVERYDAY Zekkouchou! Single V Announced

The Single V for C-ute’s 10th single titled EVERYDAY Zekkouchou has been announced. From previous Single V’s the tracklist will probably have the original PV, an alternate version of the PV, and the Making Of (not confirmed, only a guess).

I have no idea what the PV could look  like, but the title suggests it could be an upbeat and happy themed PV (roughly “EVERYDAY Zekkouchou” translates to “Everyday in perfect form”)

The release date for the Single V is 9/30.

E-Hon C-ute EVERYDAY Zekkouchou Single V

Yorosen! Vol 1 & 2 DVD Announced

Two DVDs featuring episodes from Yorosen have been announced. If you haven’t gotten a chance to see the episodes (and you know Japanese) it’s a good chance to catch up.

I have no idea how many episodes are in each volume but like the Berikyuu DVDs I expect to see more volumes released (for some reason they release two DVDs the same day).

The release date for the two DVDs is 9/30.

E-Hon Yorosen Volume 1

E-Hon Yorosen Volume 2