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Lyrics: BEGIN’s ‘Sanshin no Hana’
This song kept coming up in my blog stats so I’ll just make things easier by posting it. I romanized it in the style of the awesome Cherryblossom Garden site. (Tip: you can always try emailing me at karakuipress[at]gmail[dot]com and I’ll try my best to get the lyrics you’re searching for up on the blog.)…
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New Banner for Summer 2007
I liked the old one but I felt that it was time for a change. Image is from Internet-Okinawa.com’s flickr photostream.
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[Updated] Hitoe’s New Move: Yoga
Hitoe’s (26, ex-SPEED) official website from Avex hasn’t seen much action since 2005 now that her music career is on hiatus so I pulled the latest news on this talented artist from an entertainment site. While the other members of the group continue on with music-related careers (me, I’m in the hiro camp), Hitoe has…
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Identity ‘Roochoo nu Kwa’ Children of Loo Choo
A very big congratulations to the Ukwanshin Kabudan (out of Hawaii) team of Eric Wada, Norman Kaneshiro and Keith Nakaganeku, for their “Identity ‘Roochoo nu Kwa’ Children of Loo Choo” performance at the Uruma Shimin Geijutsu Gekijou Hibiki Hall on Saturday, June 16, 2007. It’s weird (well, not really that weird) that I found out…
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Yu Yamada’s Younger Brother to Make TV Drama Debut
Popular model/actress/singer Yu Yamada’s (22) younger brother, Shintaro (20), will be making his small screen debut on a TBS drama called “Yamada Taro Monogatari” which starts on July 6, 2007. The drama will also star Kazunari Ninomiya from the popular Johnny’s J-pop group Arashi. [Via Yahoo! Japan.]
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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…