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Film “Kiminisachiare yo” Stars Kobashigawa Tatsuru
(via Twitter) Coming to theaters this February is “Kiminisachiare yo” which stars Okinawan actor Kobashigawa Tatsuru (Waido from Okinawan Heroes) and fellow Okinawan actor and Waido cast member (the super cool) Tamayose Keiji. An interesting side note to the film is that it’s directed by Sakurai Keisuke who had a role in the NHK drama…
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Cocco’s “Onozomidori” Single
(via Twitter) What can we say? It’s Cocco and she’s just a power of creativity. On 11/30 Cocco released a digital single for her song “Onozomidori” and it’s available on all streaming platforms. She also has a very fun music video for it with lots of dancing. (And yes, there really is a dance version…
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When Apple Music Trolls You
We were pleasantly surprised to see Apple Music’s recommendation for “Essential Okinawa Albums”. Who knew that they were even keeping track and the recommendations are legit with BEGIN, Yonaha Toru, Nenes, Hajime Chitose, and not pictured: Aragaki Mutsumi, Oshima Yasukatsu, Ara Yukito, Natsukawa Rimi, and Oshiro Misako. It’s a mix of deep cut albums and…
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Anly’s “Kara no Kokoro” The F1rst Take (Audio Version)
(via Twitter) Coming up fast on the heels of the amazing YouTube premiere of Anly’s “Kara no Kokoro” on The F1rst Take is its audio release. The single is currently available on all streaming platforms. (And, haha, we were today years old when we noticed that they’re ingeniously using “1” instead of “i” for their…
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73rd NHK Kouhaku Uta-Gassen
(via Twitter) Despite talk of its demise, NHK’s 73rd Kouhaku Uta-Gassen is happening this year and we can cheer for two Uchinānchu who are making appearances on the music show. The first is the boy group JO1 with Yonashiro Sho and they’ll be singing “Infinity”. Next up isn’t a big surprise and we’re so proud…
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Nanaironote’s “Sanshin no Hana” Shimakutuba Version
Released a couple of weeks ago, Nanaironote recently did a shimakutuba cover (yup, not hougen), of BEGIN’s “Sanshin no Hana” featuring the talents of Tafuku Mami and Ishimine Airi (who in our opinion has one of the best voices in the industry). A few of the older but more recent Nanaironote covers didn’t quite catch…
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Awich on The First Take
It wasn’t long ago that Anly appeared on The First Take and a few days later we have Awich on the popular music YouTube channel. Awich sings a special TFT version of her breakout song “Remember”. If you love this version of the song, you should be able to find it released on all streaming…
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Amazon Smile Charity Raises $850 for HUOA in 2022
(Pictured: Hat In4mation Purple Bingata) There are many ways to donate to the Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA) and one of the easiest is to choose them as your AmazonSmile charitable organization. So every time you shop on AmazonSmile, you donate to HUOA! I think they just added their organization to AmazonSmile late this year…
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Actress Touma Ami Stars in the Anime Film “Lonely Castle in the Mirror”
(via Twitter) We’ve posted about actress Touma Ami before and just when it looked like she was just getting started it’s boom and her star is on the rise! On 12/23 she stars in the anime film “Lonely Castle in the Mirror” (we recently posted about Kizuki Minami singing the film’s theme song) and she’s…
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