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D-51’s upcoming single: “Travelers Of Life”
Having put out a best-of album, February 2008’s “BEST OF D-51,” J-R&B duo D-51‘s next release for the year won’t be on store shelves until July 2nd. The single, “Travelers Of Life,” follows “Sepia” (released on 2008/2/6) and is currently featured in the Calpis Water CM starring popular actress Masami Nagasawa. Prior to “Travelers Of…
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Chitose Hajime sings “Climber’s High” image song – Tokyograph
Chitose Hajime’s next single ‘Hotaruboshi’ will be the image song for Masato Harada’s movie ‘Climber’s High,’ which is based on Hideo Yokoyama’s novel about the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. ‘Hotaruboshi’ was written, composed, and arranged by Sukima Switch’s Shintaro Tokita. The single will be released on July 2, three days before ‘Climber’s High’…
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TRIPLE-P’s 1st full-album to be released on 4/23!
Okinawan indies hip-hop duo, TRIPLE-P, will be releasing their first full-album, “TRIPLE-P in Wonderland,” on April 23. Prior to the full-album, they released two mini-albums and several singles and this time around they’ll be releasing the new album in a CD+DVD version as well as a CD-only version — both CDs will contain 15 tracks.…
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melody. blogs release of her new album, “Lei Aloha”
melody.’s latest album, “Lei Aloha,” was just released today and she shares a photo of herself with the CD on her official blog. “Lei Aloha” has a total of 14 tracks and includes an album version of her hit single “Haruka.” This is melody.’s fourth album — following 2007’s “READY TO GO!” — and I…
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Yu Yamada blogs from HEY!³
Model/Actress/Singer Yu Yamada has a new single, “leave all behind,” scheduled for release on April 23, 2008. To promote the upcoming single, she recently blogged about her appearance on the music show “HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP” which is still without an air date — she says she’ll post the date it’ll air as it…
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Orange Range does “Code Geass” opening, ending – Tokyograph
ORANGE RANGE will release its new single ‘O2 ~Oo Tsuu~’ on May 28. This will mark the first time ORANGE RANGE member YAMATO takes the lead vocal for a song. ‘O2’ will be the opening theme to the TBS anime series ‘Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2‘ that starts on April 6. In addition,…
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9 years, 3 months was well-worth the wait
Great, great, news folks. Namie Amuro’s latest (and very awesome) single, “60s 70s 80s,” will be at the top spot on Oricon’s weekly rankings chart dated for March 31. The single, which debuted at the second spot behind Kanjani Eight’s “Wahaha,” will be Amuro’s first single to hit the sweet spot in sales since 1998’s…
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After 2-1/2 years, Kiroro ready to go
After their announcement 2-1/2 years ago to resume Kiroro, the gals finally made good on their word with a concert celebrating their 10th anniversary at the Hamarikyu Asahi Hall on March 21. The duo’s last recorded single was 2005’s “Wasurenai de,” so we hope to hear news of a new single release now that they’re…
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Rankings, rumors, and theme songs
Yeah, we love rankings here at Karkaui.com and maybe an occasional rumor from time-to-time wouldn’t hurt either. So starting with rankings from Oricon, Aya Ueto was ranked #2 for having the most “kissable lips” and fashion-wise, two Uchinanchu ranked for the style that women wanted to copy this spring: Yui Aragaki #2 and tied for…
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YouTube: ORANGE RANGE’s ‘Kimi Station’ (PV)
ORANGE RANGE’s latest single “Kimi Station” — which is fantastic — was released less than a week ago and here’s the PV of it. I admire that they remain true to their roots in Okinawa and you’ll find that they often shoot their PVs on location there.
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