Hikaru Utada announces dates/locations for 2018 concert tour

Alongside her new album release, 2018 will give us Hikaru Utada's first concert tour in 12 years. She will be performing 12 shows spanning 6 cities across Japan:

• November 6-7 @ Yokohama Arena, Yokohama Japan
• November 14-15 @ Marine Messe, Fukuoka Japan
• November 22-23 @ Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya Japan
• November 28-29 @ Osaka Jo Hall, Osaka Japan
• December 4-5 @ Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Japan
• December 8-9 @ Makuhari Messe, Chiba Japan

Ticket information will be released at a later date.

Hikaru Utada announces 7th original album "Hatsukoi", on sale June 27th 2018

Hikaru Utada has officially announced the release of her 7th original Japanese language album Hatsukoi. The album will be released on June 27th, and contains 12 tracks including the digital singles Oozora de Dakishimete, Forevermore, Anata, Play A Love Song, (the now title-track) Hatsukoi, as well as still unreleased Kingdom Hearts III theme song Chikai. 

The official tracklist and album cover art will be released at a later date.

Hikaru Utada featured in new CM, debuts new song "Play A Love Song," On Sale 4/25

Hikaru Utada appears in the latest commercial for Suntory's Tennensui sparkling bottled water. The new CM features a brand new song, titled Play A Love Song. This will be her third appearance in a Tennensui commercial, following her previous outings that featured tracks Michi and Oozora de Dakishimete.

Play A Love Song goes on sale digitally starting April 25th.

Watch the new CM below, which begins airing April 24th:

Hikaru Utada debuts new song "Hatsukoi," Image Song for TBS Drama "Hana Nochi Hare ~Hanadan Next Season~," On Sale 5/30

Hikaru Utada has revealed her latest track Hatsukoi (translation: First Love), the image song for the new TBS drama Hana Nochi Hare ~Hanadan Next Season~.

The single will be released digitally on May 30th.

TBS has released a 48hr special trailer for the next episode of Hana Nochi Hare ~Hanadan Next Season~ featuring Hatsukoi:

Hikaru Utada to provide image song for TBS Drama "Hana Nochi Hare ~Hanadan Next Season~"

Hikaru Utada will be providing a new song for the upcoming TBS Drama Hana Nochi Hare ~Hanadan Next Season~, airing April 17th.

Hana Nochi Hare ~Hanadan Next Season~ is a contemporary reboot of the 2007 mega hit drama Hana Yori Dango 2 (Returns), the drama for which Utada provided her massive single Flavor Of Life.

No details yet on the title of the song. We'll get our first listen of the track during the first episode of the drama, airing Tuesday April 17th at 10PM JST.

Hikaru Utada to be featured on the May cover of SWITCH Magazine

Hikaru Utada will be make an appearance in the next issue of Japanese publication SWITCH Magazine, on sale April 20th. She will be the cover star of the May issue, titled SWITCH Vol. 36 No. 5 – WHERE IS YOUR SWITCH.

This will be Hikaru's first cover and magazine appearance since the September 2017 issue of ROCKIN' ON JAPAN.

Oricon Chart Update - Mar 26 2018: Fantôme

Oricon Weekly Album Chart:

Fantôme
#258
230 units sold
77 week total: 691,955

Oricon Chart Update - Mar 19 2018: Fantôme

Oricon Weekly Album Chart:

Fantôme
#256
228 units sold
76 week total: 691,725

Oricon Chart Update - Mar 12 2018: Anata + Fantôme

Oricon Weekly Digital Singles Chart

Anata
#26
5,593 downloads
11 week total: 214,181

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Oricon Weekly Album Chart:

Fantôme
#243
250 units sold
75 week total: 691,497

Hikaru Utada to appear on Shiina Ringo's 20th Anniversary tribute album

Fantôme collaborator and fellow 1998 debut alum Shiina Ringo will be releasing a 20th anniversary tribute album on May 23 2018 titled Adam to Eve no Ringo ("Adam and Eve's Apple"). Hikaru will be making an appearance alongside Obukuro Nariaki, performing a cover of Ringo's classic 1999 hit Marunouchi Sadistic. Hikaru and Nariaki previously covered the song on Nariaki's radio program last year: