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Sat, September 6, 2008 (7:06pm EDT)
SEAMO is doing a television drama theme song for the first time. The tune, titled "Continue," will be used in NTV's 2-hour special "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou," starring Shun Oguri and Arata Furuta.

The special airs on October 2, but it will continue as a full-length series with Asami Mizukawa as the lead. The series will also use "Continue" as its theme song.

The single goes on sale October 15.
Sat, September 6, 2008 (3:47pm EDT)
The daughter of singer George Yamamoto is following in his footsteps. The 21-year-old Kotono will make her debut on a song called "Kareha no Ballad," a duet with her father. It will be the coupling song to George Yamamoto's single coming out in January.

Yamamoto revealed in July that Kotono has been aiming to become a singer. She dropped out of junior college and began taking voice lessons three months ago. She has also started studying guitar, composition, and songwriting.

Kotono plans to start doing solo performances in November, followed by a solo single sometime next year.
Sat, September 6, 2008 (3:24pm EDT)
The band Porno Graffiti will be simultaneously releasing two best albums on October 29. "PORNO GRAFFITI BEST ACE" and "PORNO GRAFFITI BEST JOKER" will reportedly contain 13 songs each, though each includes a new song ("A New Day" and "Yakusoku no Asa," respectively).

Four years ago, the group simultaneously released their "RED'S" and "BLUE'S" best albums, which took the top 2 spots on the Oricon charts and together went on to sell 2 million copies.
 
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