[ORICON RANKINGS] Visual Kei Bands

Here's how some visual kei bands are holding out on the charts this week.

CD SINGLE -Weekly Ranking- (September 17, 2018)
#17 Wasuregasa/ Kouki Hanamizakura
#20 Tatsuo... Yome wo Ore ni Kure"/ Golden Bomber
#43 Zekkyou Irony/ Jack Caper
          
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (September 17, 2018)
#48 Mix Up Sonic/ jealkb

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (September 10, 2018)
#2   Tatsuo... Yome wo Ore ni Kure"/ Golden Bomber
#15 HIKARI NO SAKI/ Konna Mon Desho/ UCHUSENTAI:NOIZ
#17 Steroid/ Kizu
#19 ACID CASTLE/Mikansei Sapphire/ WING WORKS

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (September 10, 2018)
#3   utage/ FEST VAINQUEUR
#4   BLESS/ Arlequin
#10 Shikai Bunsho/ R-shitei 
#11 Que Sera Sera/ heidi.

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

WING WORKS New Single Release 8/29

WING WORKS will be releasing a new double-A side single on August 29. The new single will be titled "ACID CASTLE/Mikansei Sapphire," and it will be released in two types. The limited edition version will be available only at live venues and by mail order.

WING WORKS OHP here

WING WORKS DVD Release 12/23

WING WORKS has announced that he will be releasing a new DVD on December 23. The new DVD will be titled "CINEMA WING II," and it will include on disc.

WING WORKS OHP here

WING WORKS Opens Global Fan Club

Fans of solo artist RYO:SUKE and his WING WORKS project can now join his new global fan club. In a message on his website, the artist announces that he wants to improve communication with his fans abroad by allowing them to become members of his "WINGER" fan club. The invitation message, prices, and links to join are available now in English and Japanese.

WING WORKS OHP news here
Global fan club link here

WING WORKS New Videos on YouTube

Two new videos have been added to the WING WORKS official YouTube channel. The first is a short teaser trailer for the artist's new single titled "RAVVE OF MY TRINITY," due out on May 27. The second is a video featuring live footage of the artist from his February 7 tour to Paris. This footage will be included on the Type A version of the new single.

"RAVVE OF MY TRINITY" trailer on YouTube here
WING WORKS in Paris video on YouTube here

WING WORKS Announced New Releases

Ryosuke has updated his WING WORKS solo project OHP with news of several upcoming releases. On May 27, he will be releasing his fifth single, titled "RAVVE OF MY TRINITY." Track details are already available on the OHP. In June, he will release an iTunes limited single titled "Burn your soul." Finally, in July, he will release his sixth single, titled "IKAROS." Details for those future releases has not yet been announced.

WING WORKS OHP here

PIERROT and WING WORKS Featured on Nico Nico Show 10/13

PIERROT and WING WORKS will be featured on an upcoming Nico Nico web program on October 13. The "WOWOW Plus" show will air at 19:30 JST (convert time here). Time shifting is available for Nico Nico registered users who are not able to watch the show as it airs live. Viewing may be restricted in some areas.

WOWOW Plus airs here

WING WORKS Live Limited Release 9/20

RYO:SUKE as WING WORKS has announced that he will be releasing his fourth single on September 20. The new single will be titled "FIXXTION BOY," and it will be a live limited release. On September 20, the artist will be playing a live show alongside Glam Grammar, m:a.ture, and Ecthelion at Sapporo COLONY. Details are available on the artist's OHP.

WING WORKS OHP here

WING WORKS DVD Release 6/4

WING WORKS will be releasing a new DVD on June 6. The new DVD will be titled "CINEMA WING-The Chronicle Movies -," and it will feature live footage and offshoot video from the artist's March 23 show at Takadanobaba AREA, as well as PVs for the songs "Silver," "VAD†MAN," and "Fushichou-FENNIX-." The artist has also included a 1:08 minute video spot for the release on his official YouTube channel.

WING WORKS OHP release details here
"CINEMA WING" video on YouTube here

WING WORKS New Release Information

WING WORKS has announced that he will be releasing a new single and DVD this year. An exact release date has not yet been announced for either item. The DVD title will be titled "'CINEMA WING' -The Chronicle Movies-," and the limited release single is listed as "Rosetta."

WING WORKS OHP here

V-ANIME Collaboration -femme- Release 5/14

TOKUMA JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS will release another new artist collaboration CD on May 14. The new collection will be titled "V-ANIME collaboration -femme-" and it will feature a variety of guest appearances from members of visual bands like Kaya, Megamasso,cali≠gari, THE BEETHOVEN, Royz, DaizyStripper, NoGoD, MEJIBRAY, PENICILLIN, THE KIDDIE, DIAURA, Nightmare, and WING WORKS. The album will feature 11 song tracks and retail for around 2,857 JPY.

V-Anime collaboration -femme- release details here
V-Anime -femme- CD at CD Japan here

V-Anime Collaboration -homme- Release 3/26

TOKUMA JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS will release a new artist collaboration CD on March 26. The new collection will be titled "V-ANIME collaboration -homme-" and it will feature a variety of guest appearances from members of visual bands like Nightmare, Kaya, Megamasso, cali≠gari, THE BEETHOVEN, Royz, DaizyStripper, NoGoD, MEJIBRAY, PENICILLIN, DIAURA, THE KIDDIE, and WING WORKS. The album will feature 11 song tracks and retail for around 2,857 JPY.

V-Anime collaboration -homme- release details here
V-Anime -homme- CD at CD Japan here

WING WORKS New Videos on YouTube

WING WORKS has uploaded three new videos to his official YouTube channel. The updates include a new full-version PV for his recent "Phonenx -FENNIX-" single release, as well as live performance clips from shows at Shibuya O-WEST and Ikebukuro CYBER. "Phoenix -FENNIX-" was just released on December 25.

WING WORKS YouTube here
WING WORKS OHP here

Visual Kei Anime Cover Album Release 10/2

Tokuma Japan will be gathering together a variety of visual kei bands and artists to create a second visual kei-anime cover album release. This collection, titled "V-ANIME ROCKS evolution," will hit stores on October 2, and it will feature artists like AYABIE, WING WORKS, A(ace), Kaya, GALEYD, Juri (ex-DELUHI) feat. Leda, Souiumono, SEX-ANDROID, DaizyStripper, THE BEETHOVEN, FEST VAINQUEUR, Megamasso, and Royz. The first collection, "V-ANIME ROCKS!" was released on August 1, 2012. That album is available to download from iTunes.

"V-ANIME ROCKS evolution" site here

Viju☆Love☆Cafe Online Digest from 9/1 Available

Viju☆Love☆Cafe #27 aired its most recent webcast on Sunday, September 1 at 13:00 JST (convert time here). This month, Akemi Oshima and Biju-tan hosted interviews and comments from:  DuelJewel, Keiyuh & Yasuno (Kra), RYO:SUKE (WING WORKS), Lycaon, DaizyStripper, FEST VAINQUEUR, MaleRose (Thailand), and ViV. The show's ending theme was performed by NINJAMAN JAPAN.

Viju☆Love☆Cafe digest airs here

[ORICON RANKINGS] Visual Kei Bands

Here's how some visual kei bands are holding out on the charts this week.

CD SINGLE -Weekly Ranking- (July 15, 2013)
#3    AHEAD/REPLAY/ VAMPS
#11  EGOIST/ Royz
#32  Iro Sunawachi Kore Sora Nari/ UNiTE
#38  Preserved Roses/ T.M.Revolution x Nana Mizuki

CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 15, 2013)
#8    BEST OF THE BEST vol. 1 -MILD-/ Gackt
#9    BEST OF THE BEST vol. 1 -WILD-/ Gackt
#32  SicKs/ Blu-BiLLioN
#33  hide. TRIBUTE II -visual SPIRITS-/ Various Artists
#40  hide. TRIBUTE III -visual SPIRITS-/ Various Artists

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (July 8, 2013)
#7   Memeshikute/ Golden Bomber
#10 VAD†MAN ~sorry, this is "MACHINATION"~/ WING WORKS
#14  MISSING/ DaizyStripper
#15  Aien Kien/ Kiryu

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 8, 2013)
#18   The Past Masters vol. 1/ Golden Bomber

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

PS COMPANY PRESENTS Special Airs 5/11

PS COMPANY will be presenting another special program on the Nico Nico Live website on May 11. The "PS COMPANY PRESENTS 'Chichuu Roukaku TV'" event will begin airing at 21:00 JST (convert time here). Sponsored by the well-known management agency, the show promises to feature music and videos from a variety of indie bands like Grieva, OROCHI, WING WORKS, Halcyon, Inpossible, LEZARD, and CATFIST. Time shifting is available for registered Nico Nico users who cannot watch the program as it airs.

PS COMPANY PRESENTS airs here

ViSULOG TV Airs 3/6

The next episode of ViSULOG TV will air on March 6 at 21:00 JST (convert time here). Guests will be RYO:SUKE (WING WORKS), Ryohei (Megamasso), and Soan and Ivy (Moran). The show is hosted by Pockoon (with Ongakusenkasha publishing) and Takaya (ViSULOG editor-in-chief, and drummer from Romance for~).

ViSULOG TV airs here

Latest SHOXX and RR Hit Stores Soon

The latest issues of popular visual-kei themed magazines SHOXX and ROCK AND READ will be hitting stores soon.

SHOXX Vol. 242 (April 2013) is set to be released today. The featured cover artist for this issue will be Plastic Tree, and the magazine will include a gift poster of the band. Other musicians scheduled to be included will be RUKA (Nightmare), the GazettE, An Cafe, D=OUT, Kiryu, LM.C, MUCC, Kra, vistlip, v[NEU], BugLug, WING WORKS (feat. RYO:SUKE), Moran, Matenrou Opera, Sadie, lynch., and DIAURA.

ROCK AND READ 046 will hit stores on February 27. The cover artist will be Mitsuru Matsuoka of SOPHIA. Also included in this issue are Takeru (SuG), Aiji (LM.C), Miku (An Cafe), Reo (lynch.), Reika (D=OUT), Rui (vistlip), Yugiri (DaizyStripper), Wataru Miyawaki (12012), Kei (Sadie), Hiro (v[NEU]), and Hiyori Isshiki (Kiryu).

ROCK AND READ BLOG here
SHOXX 242 at JPtoYOU here
ROCK AND READ 046 at JPtoYOU here
SHOXX 242 at CD Japan here
ROCK AND READ 046 at CD Japan here

WING WORKS New Album Release 12/26

RYO:SUKE (Lolita-23q) will be releasing his first full album under his solo project name WING WORKS. The new album will be titled "STAR GAZER MEMORY," and it will be released on December 26.

WING WORKS OHP here
"STAR GAZER MEMORY" CD at CD Japan here