At the end of August 2016, PIKOTARO uploaded a video called "PPAP (Pen-Pinapple-Apple-Pen)" on YouTube that instantly went viral and reached the Billboard Hot 100 (dated October 29), making him the… ...

Remember 'PPAP', the song which blew up the Internet in 2016? Well, Piko Taro, the Japanese comedian behind the song, is back with another viral hit (well, it's actually more of a re-imagining of ...

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - November 01, 2016) - Global Sensation Pikotaro, a singer and songwriter from Chiba, Japan has taken the globe by storm with his infectious PPAP song. With his kinky ...

Two months ago, the internet was treated to an addictive song by Japanese comedian Daimaou Kosaka. Titled PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen), the song's video features the fictional singer-songwriter ...

Japanese comedian Pikotaro has expressed amazement that a song that he said cost $1,000 to produce in a six-hour session in a rented studio could explode worldwide. The Japanese comedian behind the ...

Japanese comedian and DJ Daimaou Kosaka, who created the "PPAP (Pen-Pinapple-Apple-Pen)" character Pikotaro, announced Thursday (Aug. 3) that he married 29-year-old model Hitomi Yasueda. By Billboard ...

Piko-Taro is back in the limelight with a new ditty that’s freaking similar to its predecessor “Pen Pineapple Apple Pen,” or PPAP. On Saturday, the Japanese character played by DJ Kosaka Daimaou ...

A man dressed in a yellow, gaudy, animal-printed outfit leaps around singing “PEN PINEAPPLE APPLE PEN,” matched with techno music. It’s hard to forget. It’s also hard to know why it became so popular ...

Comedian Pikotaro, whose "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)" song has gone viral, disclosed in a recent news conference in Tokyo that the song's music video cost just 100,000 yen to make. Pikotaro speaks ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese comedian behind the viral hit “PPAP” is astonished by the global success of his “pen-pineapple-apple-pen” song. Dressed in his trademark yellow outfit with snake and leopard ...

This still image from a video shows members of a lung cancer patients' group in Kanagawa Prefecture dancing to the "PPAP" song in Yokohama. (Courtesy of the Japan Lung Cancer Alliance) Videos ...

MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippine National Police (PNP) elevated its anti-drug campaign, its mascot PO1 Bato or “Tsip Bato,” recently covered the viral Japanese song Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen ...