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Ryukyu History Drama “Amawari: The Last Hero”
We last posted in 2021 about the Ryukyu Historical Drama “Shō En Ou”, and for 2024 RBC is following it with the drama “Amawari: The Last Hero“. With an all-Okinawan cast (yes, that includes the famous actor Yamada Takayuki too!), the drama stars Sakumoto Takara as Amawari and Higa Rino as Momotofumiagari. And, like the…
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Wow, We are Amazing! “Ai wo Tateru” Hits 1,500 Views 😘
Looks like we caught the attention of the Okinawa Film Office as they happily (and surprisingly) announced on their Instagram account that their short film “Ai wo Tateru” hit 1,500 views on YouTube! Just the English-subbed version alone is over 200 views. Our hope is this is the push we need to make more subtitled…
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Anly Announces Her Marriage
Speaking on Anly, she announced on social media that she is getting married. She still plans to hold live concerts and continue as a musician but now she’ll be doing it at her own pace. We wish her and her partner the best!
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Fender Guitars ❤️ Okinawan Musicians
We’ve known that Fender Guitars Japan showcased musician Anly before, and for their Stratocaster’s 70th anniversary one of the special events featured Okinawan veteran musicians Shimabukuro Masaru (BEGIN) and NAOTO (ORANGE RANGE)! On our last trip to Japan, we mulled over visiting their first ever flagship store in Harajuku (Fender Flagship Tokyo), but ended up…
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Orion Beer or is it Orion Wine?
Never one to sit on their case of original Orion Beer, our favorite Okinawan beer company is always coming up with new items whether drinkable or wearable. And now, they have their very first wine: Southern Cross Winery made with passion fruits! The design on the wine bottle is by local artist DENPA. So on…
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Seven Oops “Seven Pops” Album Music Video features Utasha Nishihara Kazuki
On its own, Seven Oops‘s “Seven Pops” MV (yup, a music video of their entire new album!) is amazing enough but adding an appearance from Yaeyama utasha Nishihara Kazuki is icing on the cake. He appears on the second song “Play Ball”. We don’t recall ever seeing a band do this before and the result…
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Awich’s Playlist of My Life
GQ Japan’s YouTube channel has been amazing at showcasing artists from Okinawa. It’s featured OZworld and now we have Awich presenting her ‘playlist of my life’. We think it’s so awesome that she included songs from Okinawan artists SPEED and Cocco and super cute that she included her own songs too in a way to…
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OZworld’s Playlist of My Life
If it seems you’re seeing a lot of OZworld lately let’s just say that it’s a good thing as we’re seeing the rise of a very talented artist from Okinawa. He’s been featured on GQ Japan’s YouTube channel before and this time it’s to share the “Playlist of His Life”. The last song mentioned on…
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Kuroshima Yuina in Netflix’s “The Parades”
Actress Kuroshima Yuina (NHK’s “Chimudondon”) is part of the cast of an upcoming Netflix film “The Parades“. It’s set to be released on 2/29 — we can’t wait to watch it!
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Nakama Yukie’s Dream Comes True
Actress Nakama Yukie’s dream comes true as her upcoming film “Step” is set for a 2025 release. Her dream was to star in a movie that was entirely filmed in Okinawa and it has come true. The theme of the film is dance and what better way to showcase it then having two young actors…
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