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Music: New Rimi Natsukawa single is an iTunes Store exclusive
The iTunes Store (Japan) has an exclusive J-pop new single from Rimi Natsukawa, “Jidai/Wasurete Ikenai Mono”, the singer’s first release from her “Uta Sagashi 2007-2008” project. There’s a bunch of other stuff of Rimi’s available at the Japan iTunes Store but sadly, none to be found outside of that store. 😦 Come on iTunes Store,…
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Music: Japan Sanshin Melodies
While searching for new stuff on eBay I decided to take a little detour and did a search under “sanshin” in the hopes of finding something interesting. The search turned up a CD (among other items of course) with an image that caught my eye because pictured is a shamisen, not a sanshin. So I…
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Yuri Chinen stays on in Hey! Say! 7
On Monday, Johnny’s Jimusho held a press conference to announce the formation and debut of a new unit, named Hey! Say! JUMP (short for Johnny’s Ultra Music Power). The group is the largest Johnny’s act in history, featuring 10 members in all. JUMP is an expansion of the Hey! Say! 7 unit that formed earlier…
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Desktop: Canon Enjoy Photo (Yu Yamada)
The latest desktop from Canon’s Enjoy Photo Special Site featuring siblings Sakura (Yu Yamada), Ayame (Yu Aoi) and Kaede (Kaho) was taken at Zanpa Misaki in Okinawa. Also up for grabs is a screen saver available for Macs and PCs. [Via 壁紙fan!]
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Karakui.com
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Champuru posts a clip of Rinken Band
Sorry, kinda late on this one (and I’ll get around to answering everyone’s emails soon). Donna has a clip up of Rinken Band performing at this year’s Okinawan Festival in Waikiki, Hawaii.
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[Updated] ‘Hair change!’ – Yu Yamada
[Update] We’ve been had by Yu who was preparing for her first live event for the Shibuya Girls Collection. Yu Yamada (23) posted a pic (above) on her blog today showing off her new “hair change.” Although I believe Yu’s long hair was one of her trademarks, I think she looks cuter with short hair…
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Gackt gets ready to launch in 20 countries – Tokyograph
In October, Gackt will be making some of his releases available to 20 countries in North America and Europe. On the 19th, his two DVDs “THE GREATEST FILMOGRAPHY 1999-2006” (“~RED~” and “~BLUE~”) will be released simultaneously in the U.S. and Canada. These North American editions will reportedly include English lyrics he wrote for the songs.…
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YouTube: Yoshio Kojima
One of my daily routines every night is to check YouTube’s Most Viewed of the Day and I’ve been seeing a lot of clips from a Japanese comedian by the name of Yoshio Kojima. Lo and behold, he’s from Okinawa! A graduate of Waseda University, the comedian got his big break from his appearances in…
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SPEED MASTER
This song rocks! The song “SPEED MASTER” is a collaboration between J-pop group m.o.v.e and Okinawan J-rock group 8-BALL and is the theme song for a movie (think “Initial D”) of the same name starring Shunsuke Nakamura. I think the song as a collaboration is what really makes it much more powerful than if either…
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