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9:23 PMThursday, November 5, 2009
New Japanese Bigbang music video! for their song Koe wo kikasete (let me hear your voice). check it out! Bigbang- Koe wo kikasete
This video is incredibly plain, so much so it hurt. I like looking at Bigbang as much as everyone else, but I really wanted something to happen. Come on drive a car, walk down a street, give me something this barely held my attention. Compared to their other MV's this one is seriously weak, with it's bland colors and repetitive close up's. I still love Bigbang but It needed more a lot more. Did anyone else notice the random clip of Taeyang running whats up with that it didn't even match ugh. The more I think about it the more it aggravates me. Read More......
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5:36 PMSaturday, October 31, 2009
The very talented and beautiful singer who has been dubbed "The Oricon Comet" for topping the charts in Japan recently has released a MV for her new single called 好きなんだ(Sukinanda), which means "I Like You." The single will be released on November 18th. It will be in CD format and has only two tracks: 1. Sukinanda and 2. Sunday.
The MV doesnt have much of a storyline, but shows Younha in different scenes around Japan with her cellphone, listening to mp3 and her guitar. I like that the video is very simple and cute and I can focus more on the song and her pretty voice :) She's so talented. I want to hear more songs from her!
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10:53 PMThursday, October 22, 2009
Japanese pop diva, Ayumi Hamasaki, at only 31 is making sure that her place in the afterlife will be as lavish as possible. According to tabloid 'Nikkan Sports,' she has been reported to have purchased a prime piece of land in the Aoyama Cemeteryand intends to make it her family's resting ground.
The "neighborhood" had many graves with exquisite designs and houses the remains of many other famous Japanese people. According to the same tabloid, Hamasaki's mother has already designed a tombstone with the carved words "Hamasaki Family" in English and Japanese characters.
>I think it's great to think ahead, even planning for the afterlife. Somehow it seems like an omen to buy a grave site at such a young age.. but what more can I expect from the extravagant pop idol. Much love Ayumi-chan!~ Read More......
Crystal Kay, 23, is the pioneer for interracial artists in Japan. She was born to African American U.S. service father and a South Korean mother. "There is still come racial things going on," claims a mild-mannered Crystal Kay. "Some people can't accept there are a lot of foreigners out there, even in the industry." "I consider myself a Japanese artist because I was born and raised here, but nationality-wise I look, and am, foreign."
Crystal Kay grew up in Yokohama to a musical family. Her mother was a singer and her father wrote music for fun. She was even lucky enough to meet legends like Diana Ross and Bobby Brown as a child. She loved Michael and Janet Jackson, Speed and Namie Amuro.
Kay debuted, at only 13 years old with her "Eternal Memories" song in 1999, in a time when J-Pop world wasn't very influenced by foreign music. But Crystal and many others have had a great impact on the J-Pop scene that is increasingly recognizing mixed race acts. "It's very flattering to be acknowledged as one of the first, if someone tells me that my music means something. Hopefully I can set a good example!" Now, she has eight top 10 albums and is currently celebrating 10 years in the business with her her first "Best of" collection and a tour!
Her rise to the top of the charts shows the mass appeal for R&B in Hip Hop influenced by a new generation of singers, such as Japanese artists like Koda Kumi. Others include Anna Tsuchiya (half Polish American) and popular African American enka singer Jero.
Her desire to ht the international scene still remains. She had hoped to do it by 18, but she sees the 10-year celebration as a turning point in her career and the right time to plan much further ahead.
"In these 10 years I have been all over the place, and that's a good thing. I got to experience a lot of things musically, bot now I think its time for me to create something a little more focused, which suits me best and what says 'This is Crystal's style.'"
Best of Crystal Kay was released on September 2, 2009
Here's Crystal Kay ft. Mflo - "I Like It":
"Girl U Love":
If you like this, listen to the rest of the album! It's great and she's so beautiful!^^ Read More......
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1:44 PMSaturday, October 17, 2009
Check out BOA's new Japanese single with m-flo "Bump Bump".
I became a fan of BOA after her US debut and she has continued to impress me ever since. She's truly an amazing artist great dancer and singer. I Love how she never uses a sexy image to promote herself. Back to the video! I really liked how the dancers kind of mimed to the song very funny. Other then that the video was pretty simple a room with her dancing in it. I kind of wish there was at least one scene change. Read More......
Only YMCK can sweeten up your day like this. YMCK- お菓子かし刑事の歌 (Sweet detective's song)
YMCK and the sweet detective make a special plan. I didn't make that up that's what the description says haha. This song is from YMCK's 3rd album family genesis now available. I love the detectives little dance. The funniest part is the end when they all say dieto! haha. Is it me or does the detective remind you of Reborn from hitman reborn. Read More......
Check out Halcali and no.1 soul sets performance of Konya wa boogie back! off their joint album.
I love Halcali I honestly haven't heard of soul set till now. From what Ive listened to they're pretty good. I feel like there should be more to the beat of this song though its a little plain to me.
Im not sure exactly what music show this is of but it was in september. Read More......
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11:30 AMTuesday, September 22, 2009
This November, the five-member boy band Arashi will celebrate their 10th anniversary. In celebration NTV has announced an "Arashi Challenge Week" for this fall. The group's members will appear on the network's major shows for a full seven days, culminating in a live broadcast special.
At least one Arashi member is scheduled to appear on each of the programs, which range from "Zoom In!! SUPER" in the morning to "NEWS ZERO" at night. The other shows include "Jinsei ga Kawaru Ippunkan no Fukaii Hanashi," "Majotachi no 22 Ji," "Guruguru Ninety-Nine," "Kinyo Roadshow," "Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen," and "Gyouretsu no Dekiru Houritsu Soudanjo." The total running time of all of the shows is expected to be more than 50 hours. Thats alot of Arashi but whos complaining.
On the last day, all five members will appear on a live special. The special is planned to include a new segment of the "Can we get to Tokyo Bay by boat?" series. The series experiments with boats made from different materials, such as toy building blocks, but has always ended with the boats sinking. The special will also feature musical performances by the group and some past video footage. I'm looking forward to watching. Read More......
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9:59 PMSaturday, September 19, 2009
Singer and model Anna Tsuchiya (25) announced on her blog on today that she is currently pregnant. She and the father, a stylist named Yamato (who is three years younger), are expecting to register their marriage soon.
Yamato has been Tsuchiya's stylist for many years now. Their relationship apparently started about 2 years ago. Tsuchiya is said to be three months pregnant now(seen in the pic above), with the baby due in spring. Doesn't she look very motherly?
Tsuchiya was previously married to model Joshua for two years (2004-2006). They also had one son together. Joshua unfortunately suddenly passed away last year at the age of 25.
I just want to say, congrats to Anna and Yamato and I hope they will have a beautiful and healthy baby together!Read More......
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11:46 PMWednesday, September 16, 2009
Singer Namie Amuro's new live DVD "namie amuro Best Fiction tour 2008-2009," has topped the Oricon weekly charts for the week of September 15-21 in DVD and Blue-ray sales. This is her first time to hit number 1 spot on both these charts. She has also received record sales of a DVD from a female artist, having sold 1.55 million copies, in only about a week, since the DVD went on sale September 9.
Namie Amuro has been singing and performing for about 17 years now and is still going. It's an amazing accomplishment in a pop culture world, which is highly competitive, and where singers are just a fad and don't last even a year.
I love her personality, her music, dance and her style. Plus, she looks amazing for being over 30! Congrats Amuro! Hope you continue to have more success in the future. I will always support you!
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6:18 PMSunday, September 13, 2009
Japanese actor Eita Kagayama (26) and Kaela Kimura (24) are currently dating. Their relationship was revealed in the latest issue of Josei Seven, which included pictures of the pair together. The couple confirmed the news via their agency.
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9:45 PMFriday, September 11, 2009
Do As Infinity has not produced an album for almost four and a half years since their "Need Your Love" album. Finally, they have returned and will be releasing their 7th album "Eternal Flame, which will be out on the same day as the VAMPS single, September 30th. It will also be in CD+DVD format.
The album will include the singles Umareyuku Monotachi e and MERAMERA along with 10 new tracks, making 12 in total. Two of their songs will be featured in an anime and a drama. "Saigo no GAME will be the opening theme to anime "Hikaru no Go: Selection" "Piece Of Your Heart" will be the opening theme to the drama Genki no Derukoi.
The CD+DVD version will come with a first-press bonus of a documentary included on the DVD. The first-press extra included in the CD-only version will be a bonus track.
CD Tracks
1. Eternal Flame
2. Saigo no GAME
3. Perfect World
4. Mei no Naki Kakumei
5. NAITA
6. Feelin' The Light
7. MERAMERA
8. Piece Of Your Heart
9. Kitakaze
10. his hometown
11. Honoo
12 Umareyuku Monotachi e
13. (Bonus Track) Tangerine Dream ~10th anniversary~ (first-press CD-only version)Read More......
Just an interesting find from my late night web-surfings - This is the music video GDragon created with Japanese boy-band w-inds. It's cool to see GDragon be apart of Japanese pop. I'm not familiar with w-inds though, I think they were popular 5 years ago, but maybe they're still big in Japan. I wasn't expecting the whole song to be in English, but it's kinda catchy..has a hint of disco.
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11:58 AMSaturday, September 5, 2009
Several Johnny's Jimusho idols will participate in a television mini-drama project on Fuji TV. Titled "0 Goushitsu no Kyaku," the show will consist of six stories, each lasting for a month. The weekly episodes will be 15 minutes long.
The drama is set in a city hotel called Point, where there is a strange "Room 0" that can reveal one's "grade" as a human being. Various guests with different circumstances visit the room, hoping to determine their own worth. The first story stars Arashi's Satoshi Ohno as a salaryman who visits the room with a kyabakura hostess, only to discover that she gets a higher grade than he does.
In the second story, Kanjani8's Ryuhei Maruyama and Shota Yasuda play a comedy duo. Although they get along well, they can't find success together, so they visit the room to measure themselves.
The rest of the stories will be led by Shigeaki Kato (NEWS), Shingo Murakami (Kanjani8), Keiichiro Koyama (NEWS), and Shigeru Joshima (TOKIO), in that order. Yu Yokoyama (Kanjani8) will appear throughout the entire series as the storyteller.
The project will start with Ohno's story on October 23. Fuji TV will air the show late on Friday nights, at 1:05am which is 12:05pm eastern time. Read More......
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10:10 PMWednesday, September 2, 2009
SMAP managed to come out on top of the weekly charts with their newest single, "Sotto Kyutto / Superstar." The song ended its first week with close to 105,000 in sales, overcoming the early lead taken by girl group AKB48's "Iiwake Maybe." The girls were not far behind at #2 for the week, with 91,000 copies sold. For SMAP, "Sotto Kyutto" is their 11th consecutive (22nd overall) #1 single. It is also their 44th consecutive top ten single, which puts them one ahead of B'z. Ayumi Hamasaki is currently the only other artist who has released 44 top ten singles.
Three "K-On!" character singles ranked highly, occupying the #3, #5, and #6 spots. Spitz came in at #7, while abingdon boys school took #8 and Buono! took #10.
On the album charts, Arashi kept the #1 seat with their "All the BEST! 1999-2009," which sold an additional 233,000 copies for the week. On the daily charts of August 31, in the album's 13th day on sale, the album reached 1 million in total sales, making it Arashi's first million-seller. It is also the first album of 2009 to break 1 million.
Acid Black Cherry's new album charted at #2 with 78,000 copies sold. A pair of best albums by Vocaloid virtual idol Miku Hatsune ranked #4 and #5. Other new releases in the top ten were a drama CD for "Hetalia: Axis Powers" (#6), a best album by capsule (#7), a soundtrack for "PLAYZONE 2009" (#8), and a mini-album by Hiroshi Kamiya (#9). source:tokyograph Read More......
Shiina Ringo released her fifth PV DVD last Wednesday, August 26th. The DVD is titled "Seiteki HEALING ~Sono Yon~. The DVD contains 6 PV's.
PV DVD List: 1. Shun 2. Ryuukou 3. Irokoi Sata 4. Ariamaru Tomi 5. Tsugou no ii Shintai 6. Marunouchi SADISTIC (EXPO Ver.)
I love Shiina Ringo! Her vocals are really beautiful and jazzy. She's so classy but can be a real bad-ass sometimes. Check her out in her new PV "Ryuukou." Love this song!
Seven months after the release of single "Last Snow," Matsushita Yuya will be releasing his 3rd single "Honesty/Negai ga Kanau Nara..." The single was released last Wednesday, August 26th. It came out in CD-only format and a limited CD+DVD version.
CD Track list: 1. Honesty 2. Negai ga Kanau Nara... 3. Honesty -acoustic version- 4. Honesty -instrumental- 5. Negai ga Kanau Nara -instrumental-
Doesn't Yuya remind you a little of Se7en (in style of dancing and vocals)? Plus he's really cute =) Read More......
There are 48 members in this group! and you thought Super junior was alot of people.
As evidence of their growing popularity, the latest single by the idol group AKB48 ranked #1 on the daily charts, outperforming even SMAP's newest song. According to Oricon, AKB48's "Iiwake Maybe" had estimated sales of more than 57,000 copies in its first day, compared to less than 31,000 copies for SMAP's "Sotto Kyutto / Superstar." Both were released on August 26. Before this, AKB48 had never reached #1 on the daily or weekly charts. At this rate, "Iiwake Maybe" is on track to become their first chart-topper when the weekly sales numbers are published next week. SMAP, on the other hand, has already put out 21 number-one singles, including their last 10 releases before "Sotto Kyutto."
Meanwhile, popular anime series "K-On!" occupied the #3 to #5 slots with three new character singles. Last month, the show managed to become the first anime series to reach #1 with a character album.
Akb48- Iiwake Maybe
This video felt so long. Here's the shorten version of the beginning. Two girls have fight, one says sorry other says not good enough, then ride bikes to make up and sing. I won't lie to you I fast forwarded through most of that part, so sorry if this translation is lacking. Seriously though can we just get to the dancing, I was wondering if I clicked the right thing at first like what is this a drama.
On Thursday, New York Anime Festival officially confirmed that idol group AKB48 will be attending this year's convention (September 25-27) as a musical guest. Japanese media had been reporting since early July that the group was scheduled to perform in New York in September.
According to event organizers, AKB48 will participate in a Q&A session and an autograph signing. In addition, they will hold a short concert at the Jacob Javits Center on September 26, followed by a free concert at Webster Hall on September 27.
The announcement did not specify which members of AKB48 will be attending. More details should be coming soon. I now ill be their anyway (at the convention) so ill be sure to take lots off pictures and videos for you guys.I'll try to get an autograph but I seriously doubt it. I remember when T.M revolution came yeah that line was impossible and some people had even camped out the previous day! that's just to much for me. source:tokyograph, NYAF Read More......
Check out SMAP's new single Sotto Kyutto (superstar)
This song is very sweet but a tad bit boring to me, maybe I'm just not a ballad person?
If you don't know anything about SMAP here's some wiki knowledge for you "SMAP is a popular Japanese "idol" group, formed by Johnny's Entertainment office. Current members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki and Shingo Katori. (Please note, names are given here in Western personal name-family name order.) The members of SMAP have dominated the Japanese pop cultural landscape from their musical debut in 1991 until the present time (as of 2005), showing incredible longevity for a manufactured group. They produce not just numerous hit singles, but also star in numerous television variety shows, dorama, commercials, movies, etc. They are almost unrivaled in their immense popularity among younger, and especially female, Japanese." Read More......
Is it me or does it seem like alot of people are making comebacks lately.Sayaka Ichii (25), once a member of Morning Musume and Pucchi Moni, has come back to show business after nearly six years. Her management agency announced that she is officially active again as of August 25.
Ichii has been preparing her comeback for about half a year. Her training included acting lessons, as she is aiming to build a career as an actress. Although she wants to focus on acting, she will be active as a TV personality and may even resume singing. Ichii's official blog has already opened. Her first reappearance on TV will be on "Sunday Japon" on August 30. On September 5, she will participate as a model in the Tokyo Girls Collection.
Ichii joined Morning Musume in 1998 as a second generation member along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda. The following year, she also became part of Pucchi Moni with Yasuda and Maki Goto. She suddenly graduated from Morning Musume in 2000, then later started a solo singing career.
In 2002, she formed the group "Ichii Sayaka in Cubic-Cross" with guitarist Naoki Yoshizawa and Sharam Q keyboardist Taisei. However, she retired in November 2003 when she revealed that she was pregnant and getting married to Yoshizawa. She gave birth to the first of their two children in 2004. source:Oricon,tokyograph Read More......
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