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Haikara’s ‘Dreams’
Following the release of their third album “San”, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR will be releasing a new single on August 1, 2007, called “Dreams”. Tenth single release from HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR features a brand new ballad about the sadness of breaking up. Single also appears as the outro theme to anime series “Darker Than…
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ORANGE RANGE’s ‘Orange’
Following the 7/18/07 release of their single, “Ikenai Taiyou”, ORANGE RANGE will be releasing two discs of their greatest hits. The title of the discs will simply be “Orange”. Greatest hits collection from Orange Range includes their complete singles up until their 2006 album “Orange Range.” Split into type A and type B with different…
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ORANGE RANGE’s ‘Ikenai Taiyo’
ORANGE RANGE’s latest single, “Ikenai Taiyou”, will be released on Wednesday, July 18, 2007. New single release from Orange Range features a retro pop killer sound! Limited edition includes bonus DVD with footage from the band’s March 2007 performance at Zepp Tokyo. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and…
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Digging Yanawarabaa
Currently collecting a lot of play counts on my iPod and in iTunes is “Haikei (maru maru) san” from an indies J/O-pop duo (Rio Aizato & Yuu Ishigaki) from Ishigaki called Yanawarabaa. The song also happens to be the theme song for a Yukie Nakama drama called “Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta!”. Talk about making…
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Amuro collaborates with ‘Golden Eggs’ – Tokyograph
Her new album, “Play”, hits record store shelves on June 27, 2007, and so far 2007 is looking like a great year for Amuro. Amuro collaborates with ‘Golden Eggs’ Namie Amuro is collaborating with the computer-animated series “The World of GOLDEN EGGS”, which has become increasingly popular among young people. Amuro will appear as a…
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melody. Takes It Up a Notch for 2007
She’s one of my favorite J-Pop artists and it looks like 2007 is going to be a big year for the Hawaii-born melody. With the release of her forthcoming single “Love Story” (video) looming ahead of us at the end of this month, melody.’s been busy as the VJ for an NHK music show called…
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Cocco’s 6th Album Out in July 2007!!!
Excited! Almost a year after the release of her current album, 2006’s “Zansaian” (VICL-61954), Cocco will be releasing her sixth original album in July of this year (7/25). Titled “Kirakira”, the album will have a total of 18 tracks (!). [Via bounce.com.]
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Keith Nakaganeku and Calabash at Borders This Week!
Want to hear one of the most beautiful voices on the island? How about a chance to listen to Hawaiian, Japanese and Okinawan music at the same place? Well, you’ll get all of those great things if you step away from your Mac/PC and head on over to the Borders at Victoria Ward Centre this…
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Rimi Natsukawa’s ‘Video Clip Collection’ and ‘Umuikaji’ Hits Stores on March 9th
Victor Entertainment will release a new Rimi Natsukawa DVD on March 9th titled “Video Clip Collection” which will be her third DVD release but her first collection of PVs (promotion videos). Beginning with her first single (under the Victor label) “Yuubae ni Yurete” on to her latest “Furusato”, there are a total of 11 videos…
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Congrats to DA PUMP’s KEN!
Moving to the same dance beat as fellow ‘Pumper YUKINARI (28), it looks like KEN’s (27) marriage in 2006 to an unnamed female (after nine years together) produced their first baby girl, Kairi. In 2004, YUKINARI married former talent Natsu Nishida (24) and they have a baby girl. [Via nikkansports.com.]
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