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Namie Amuro’s ‘BEST FICTION’ wins Japan Record Awards Best Album
The Japan Record Awards were held on Tuesday. The big winner was EXILE, who added the top prize to their growing list of honors this year. Their song ‘Ti Amo’ was chosen for the Japan Record Award out of 12 nominees, which included artists such as Kiyoshi Hikawa, TVXQ, and Kumi Koda. For EXILE, this…
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Meisa Kuroki featured in Tohoshinki’s (DBSK) latest PV
UPDATE: First of all, thank you to @amy for providing a link (see comments below) to the full PV and after watching it, looks like Meisa’s not in it. I guess we’ll have to wait for the movie to make its road show start to see Meisa in her full ballet glory. 😀 Above clip…
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Rimi Natsukawa to tie the knot on New Year’s – Tokyograph
On Sunday, the official website of singer Rimi Natsukawa (35) announced that she is planning to get married on New Year’s Day. Her husband-to-be is percussionist Masaaki Tamaki (41), who has toured with artists such as TUBE and Masayuki Suzuki. Sankei Sports had scooped the story a day earlier with some details of the couple.…
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Daichi Miura’s new single to hit store shelves on 2/11/09
Former J-pop group Folder lead vocalist, Daichi Miura, will be releasing a new single titled “Your Love feat. KREVA” on February 11, 2009. The new single will be released almost seven months after his most recent single, “Inside Your Head,” which was released on July of this year. “Your Love feat. KREVA” will pair him…
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College student chosen to play Kamiji in documentary drama – Tokyograph
Fuji TV revealed in October that it is producing a special documentary drama titled ‘Kamiji Yusuke Monogatari,’ based on the life of rising male idol Yusuke Kamiji. The lead actor playing Kamiji has now been decided. 19-year-old Yuki Yoshida, a second-year student at a university in the Shiga prefecture, was chosen by audition for the…
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Chiaki (Syakari) posts pics of her sanshin
Chiaki, singer of the pop group Syakari, recently posted a couple pics of her sanshin on their official blog: しゃかりデジカメ日記. Originally from the band Diamantes, Chatan-born Chiaki started Syakari along with guitarist Masaru Kadekaru and former Rinken Band drummer Kazunari Uechi in 1998. Syakari’s “Kodou (コドウ)” from the 2005 album of the same title. Syakari’s…
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DA PUMP loses 1, gains 7 – Tokyograph
DA PUMP member YUKINARI is leaving the group, it was announced on Wednesday. His departure is effective as of Thursday. At the same time, the group will be adding seven more members, bringing its total size to nine. In July, member ISSA fractured his leg and had to receive surgery. Because of that, the group…
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HY’s “366日” used as the theme song to “Akai Ito”
If you should know the name of at least one indie label band from Okinawa along with all of the other things you’ve accumulated in your mind for 2008, know HY. The band, despite their continued popularity, remain unsigned to a major label (by choice) and have released a total of five albums in a…
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BENI’s “Mou Nidoto” PV
We blogged about BENI’s change of record label (from Avex to Universal) and name change (from Beni Arashiro to BENI) about a month ago and now we can finally see the fruits of that change in her first single “Mou Nidoto.” The song, if it’s any indication to where her music is headed from now,…
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Just in time for Xmas? Karakui.com updates our iTunes page
Genres icons from iTunes 8 Originally uploaded by kalphegor Looking for a Xmas gift for that Karakui.com *ahem* fan this season? How about an iTunes gift card? We just updated the page with lots of Okinawa-related artist goodness. Of note is the various artist collection “Respect Record Presents Okinawa Best Song Collection.” (And, since we…
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