Banner image: Jiemei.
Welcome back to another week in the idol trenches. As we know, there’s not a lot of money in chika idol these days, so I doubt any of you arrived here expecting a slew of high-budget, narrative-driven cinematic MVs this week. This is good! Because almost every single music video that dropped in the last seven days is a performance, dance, or live MV. So, this week’s theme is all about the “authentic” live idol experience and/or demonstrations that our favorite units can, in fact, move in sync. But first:
Village in Maier are getting pumped up for their visit to Germany next Month with PPPR!!
Overseas Idol of the Year nominee chérie ifẹ announced her REVENGE PLOT oneman US tour which will be kicking off with a July 25th date in Los Angeles. She will then be hitting New York on August 15th and Chicago on August 29th. Fan club tickets for the LA date are on sale now.
https://twitter.com/Cherie_Ife_/status/2047737797482553536
Also, be sure to check out her latest single: come for the earnest and catchy J-Rock; stay for the hardcore drops.
LADYBABY kick off our week of performance MVs featuring the choreography of “Hana ichimonme” by the light of a million frikken lasers.
Mazari gives us a send off with a band set performance of their warm, sentimental song, “In closing, I Hate You.”
After that dark brush off, ponderosa may bloom are here to warm your hearts with “Sunshine Signal.”
On the tail end of cherry blossom season, Ringwanderung deliver another lesson on the ephemeral and ever changing nature of all things with their new single, “utsusemi” (translation: cicadas shell).
HANNAH of MIC RAW RUGA is releasing a solo album on the 29th but you can preview the tracks on Soundcloud now.
We got some live PIGGS.
Our favorite pop punk pivoting unit from Kyoto, kinopo. are back with another dance MV.
LiVS released this very upbeat new single.
CYNHN are still too classy to be seen with us, but we can still cheer them on from the back.
Here’s a preview of what Village in Maier will bring to Germany next month.
Brand new unit DaTuRa practices their dancing.
Goot Crew are never anyhting but fun.
Here’s aestheticism idols Yubiningyou performing their song, “Milk and Poison.”
You can watch this recent performance of Amaoto to Applause, but only for a limited time.
Makafushigi Henkakusha -DeathDeath- go nuts with the memes.
NANIMONO may just be the most kawaii unit of them all.
Oshiloss Corner
MIKAN of CHICKEN BLOW THE IDOL went AWOL for several days. Producer Daichi eventually made contact. Regarding her future with the unit, he said: “Now I just have to let Mikan make her own decision and wait for her answer. Whatever her answer may be, I hope it leads to a world where Mikan is happy and can find happiness.”
Okome, who spent most of 2025 healing from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, is graduating from AFTERS.
Hitsugi Meidou had withdrawn from the recently reformed Dorothy Drop and her contract has been cancelled by the agency.
KARIN decided to graduate from SeedS effective 4/29 due to concerns about her physical health.
Oshifound Corner
Nagoya hard rock unit Jiemei unveiled a new five-member lineup. Anri Morishima (ex. #2i2) , Nanase Fuyuno (ex. may in film), and Tsumugi Onda (ex. MystericGirl) will be joining veteran members Wana Kurosame and Rose Kamishiro. The new line-up will debut on April 30th.
The dropped an MV for their re-debut single to demonstrate their newly realized power.
Tribu, musician and producer of epic idol taibans, has announced that he will be creating and co-producing his very own unit.
It’s not new, but new to us: over on the Homicidols Discord server, patrick8bit introduced us to the below track that he humbly described as “maybe the song of the year.”
Meet Question.VI. A six-member rookie unit that pledges to “unravel the mystery and and explore the world’s ‘?’.” Some sleuthing by Fredo revealed that the group debuted back in September and includes former members of Antithese, Alcute!, iiiidolll, and Adorable Punch, which could explain the vocal prowess on display here.
We don’t know much else about them except that they just held their very first one-man live (which they sold out!), and they produced this absolute banger:
