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Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen creator Piko Taro to get anime treatment

Piko Taro, whose song "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" (PPAP) catapulted him to worldwide fame, has been managing to ride his celebrity status pretty well with TV appearances on "Sesame Street" and collaborations with other artists . And Piko Taro’s next collaboration will be one of his most odd yet… and for him, that’s saying something. He’ll be mixing voice acting and ad… Read

Japanese singer wishes fans a happy new year with traditional version of 'Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen'

As the most important event on Japan’s annual calendar, the New Year’s holiday period is a time when the country’s traditions truly come to the fore. There’s the time-honoured act of eating special "osechi" meals, the custom of visiting shrines and temples to pay your respects, and a whole plethora… Read

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer has a new song: 'Everyone must die'

Weird as it was at the time, in retrospect it’s a little easier to see how “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” became such a worldwide phenomenon when it was released by Pikotaro, aka Japanese comedian/musician Daimaou Kosaka. Yes, it’s a dumb song that’s barely 40 seconds long, and is entirely about combining pens, pineapples, and apples, but Pikotaro… Read

'I Like Orange Juice!' Piko Taro releases new single

If 2016 was the year of apples and pineapples, 2017 looks set to be the year of orange juice. If one of your goals was to turn over a new leaf and resist watching Piko Taro videos in 2017, prepare to break that New Year’s resolution right now because the… Read

Piko Taro reveals how much money he’s made from PPAP: As much as he did in the past 25 years

It’s been about a year since that little jingle about pens and pineapples and all the wonderful things you can make with them first made a splash on the internet, and while most of us are pretty much over the song and all the gilt and punch perms that came with it,… Read

Justin Bieber teams up with Piko Taro for new Japanese SoftBank commercial

Ever since Piko Taro took YouTube by storm in August last year with his viral hit “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen“, the leopard-print loving Japanese star has had one very famous fan by his side: Justin Bieber. The Canadian singer, who also got his big break by posting videos on YouTube, showed his love… Read

Japan’s respected National Theatre surprises everyone with traditional rendition of PPAP

It seems everyone is willing to board Piko Taro’s train to fame by riding on the animal-print coat-tails of the Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen-singing comedic star. We’ve seen Ryuk from the movie "Death Note" do it, along with Elmo and Cookie Monster from "Sesame Street" and even a famous Japanese singer, who racked… Read

Piko Taro dances with candy, beetles, lemons and Japanese idols in new versions of 'PPAP'

Kosaka Daimaou’s singing, dancing, leopard-print loving alter-ego Piko Taro refuses to go away quietly, with a new Axel F mashup video, an appearance on Japanese "Sesame Street," and a photograph with Sting being the star’s most recent achievements. His catchy, Guinness World Record-winning tune, “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” has spread around the world,… Read

Short and sweet

Japanese comedian Pikotaro, right, receives a certificate of the Guinness World record for his viral hit "pen-pineapple-apple-pen" or "PPAP" as the shortest song to enter the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart from Guinness World Records adjudicator Kaoru Ishikawa during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday. See story here. Read

Piko Taro appears in new music video for 'I Luv It' by South Korean superstar Psy

Ever since Piko Taro took the world by storm last summer with his viral YouTube hit “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen“, people everywhere have been drawing comparisons between him and fellow YouTube superstar Psy, who broke records with his 2012 hit “Gangnam Style“. The two stars do have remarkably similar styles, with memorable outfits, larger-than-life personas, catchy tunes, and easy-to-follow dance… Read

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