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It's been reported that LiSA and voice actor Suzuki Tatsuhisa have tied the knot on January 22. 

Suzuki is not only a voice actor, but he is also a member of OLDCODEX. He commented on I'm enterprise's official website, "Meeting through several coincidences, we nurtured our bond daily by laughing and singing about trivial things, trying to learn together about things we don't know, and respecting each other's work. When we realized how naturally happy we were together, I felt I wanted to grow old with her and decided to get married." 

It's been announced that ANGERME member Mutota Mizuki will graduate from the group. 

Murota will graduate from both ANGERME and Hello! Project after 'Hello! Project HinaFes 2020 ~Hisaichi Fukko Shien Tohoku wo Genki ni!~ ANGERME Premium Live' to be held on March 22 at Meiji Jingu Stadium.

On ANGERME's official website, she reflected, "I was able to learn a lot of things by joining ANGERME. Not only do I love singing and dancing more, I was able to meet the members of ANGERME and think about what I should represent as well as what my strengths are..." She continued, "I want to challenge myself to a variety of things from now on. Among them, I am thinking of music and acting."

It's been announced that AKB48 group members will be opening YouTube channels. 

This announcement was made on January 21 during the group's concert '15nenme no Chosensha' at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL. In order to liven up their 15th anniversary year, the members will be distributing videos as a new challenge. So far, the members who will be participating in this project are Mukaichi Mion, Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Okada Nana, Nakanishi Chiyori, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Kuranoo Narumi, Oguri Yui, Kashiwagi Yuki, and Yokoyama Yui. Among the 10 members, Mukaichi, Murayama, Mogi, and Okada will open a group channel called 'Yuna Mogion Channel.' On AKB48's official YouTube channel, you can see the announcement video for the project. Additionally, there is one video uploaded on 'Yuna Mogion Channel.' Both videos can be seen below. 

Cocco will hold her first live house tour from March. 

The tour is scheduled to kick off on March 11 at NAGANO CLUB JUNK BOX and wrap up on May 26 at Shimane's Apollo. She will tour with Horikoshi Nobuyasu (G), Negishi Takamune (B), and Shiino Kyoichi (Dr). 

It's been announced that HYDE has penned the image song for 'Tokyo Marathon 2020.'

After meeting and discussing with 'Tokyo Marathon' race director Hayano Tadaaki, HYDE wrote a song titled "BELIEVING IN MYSELF." More details on the song will be revealed soon, so stay tuned!

aiko will release her new single "Aozora" on February 26. 

"Aozora" comes about a year and nine months since the singer's last single "Straw" was released in May of 2018. A clip of the new song was revealed through her annual TV CM broadcast on New Year's Day. As the coupling track, the single will include "Aishita Hi," which was released last year. 

E-girls have revealed the PV for their new single "Betsusekai" to be released on January 29. 

Last month, E-girls announced that they will be disbanding after this year. In the PV, you can see the girls' past and future depicted in the four seasons.

SCANDAL have added more shows to their world tour 'SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2020: Kiss from the darkness' that's scheduled to kick off this March. 

At this time, they have announced dates for the Europe segment of the tour, which will be held in September. Ticket details will be posted on the band's official website. 

Johnny's Jr. group MADE have announced that they will disband on January 31. 

On their fan club site, the group announced, "We, MADE, would like to announce that we will be disbanding on January 31, 2020." Inaba Hikaru, Tomioka Kento, and Fukushi Nobuki will continue their activities as solo artists of Johnny's & Associates. However, Akiyama Taiga will be leaving the agency, also on January 31, to pursue a career in choreography. 

Oomori Seiko will hold a one-man live on March 14 at Bandai Namco Shanghai Bunka Center in Shanghai, China. 

This will be the singer's first time performing in China. Besides regular tickets, there will be a "Zettai Kanojo Ticket" in which you will receive an autographed card and chocolate in association with "white day," and a "Re:Lover Ticket" in which you will have access to early entry as well as the opportunity to take a two-shot with Oomori. Ticket applications will open on January 18.

The PV for Hinatazaka46's song "Seishun no Uma" has been uploaded onto YouTube. 

"Seishun no Uma" is the coupling track to Hinatazaka46's fourth single "Sonna Koto Naiyo" to drop on February 19. It's the theme song to the group's starring drama 'DASADA', which started on January 15. The music video consists of scenes that were shot with a real white horse. 

Internationally renowned, composer, classically-trained pianist, rock drummer and leader of the rock group X JAPAN – has donated $100,000 ($50,000 to the Australian Red Cross to aid victims of the Australian wildfires and $50,000 to the Rainforest Trust's Conservation Action Fund) to two of the world's most urgent environmental issues through his 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Yoshiki Foundation America.