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Taira Hibiki, Racing Driver
A friend of ours was talking about the recent Las Vegas Grand Prix race which peaked our interest so we looked it up and found that Okinawa has its very own racing driver too! His name is Taira Hibiki and he was the previous champion of the 2020 F4 Japanese Championship. We love that he…
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OKIDOKI Featuring CHOUJI & Grace Aimi
Here’s the champuru mix we’ve been waiting for and we’ll make it our theme song to close out 2023: OKIDOKI featuring CHOUJI and Grace Aimi! Oh, and we can’t forget the special treat of Deigo Musume too! OKIDOKI is produced by Bigknot Records and is newly arranged from the Okinawan minyou song “Kokoro no Furusato”…
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Canae’s New Single “Usukaji” & Lead Actress!
Canae from i-Dushi recently released a new digital single “Usukaji (潮風-うすかじ-)” and get this, it’s the ending theme of a film she’s starring in! Yup, not only is she a talented artist of classical and shimauta pops, we can now add acting too! The film is “Nandekane Tsurumi” (Tsurumi is a ward in Yokohama Japan…
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Amuro Namie’s Catalog on Streaming Services Go Poof!
Ryukyu Shimpo is reporting that Amuro Namie’s entire catalog of albums, singles, etc. have disappeared from streaming platforms. We checked Apple Music and sure enough, although her page is still there all of her music is gone. In addition to streaming platforms like Apple Music and Spotify, her music videos have also disappeared from YouTube.…
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Koza Machi Channel (YouTube)
You’re in for a treat. Koza Machi Channel (コザまちチャンネル) on YouTube created a special cultural program “Tatta Futari no Kai (A meeting for two)” featuring top musicians/artists Maekawa Shuken “Gen-chan” and Yonaha Toru. As you can see from the screenshot, they don’t only play sanshin but also dance and talk story too. The program comes…
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Orange Range’s New Single “Hi! Moshimoshi…Natsudesu!”
Despite the sad news of their Instagram account being hacked, Orange Range presses forward with a new single “Hi! Moshimoshi…Natsudesu!” released on 11/6 and it’s a banger!
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YU-KA’s New Single “Crystals”
YU-KA‘s star continues to rise with her new single “Crystals” released on 10/30. The single is the theme song for the J-drama “Tatoe Anata wo Wasuretemo” and is a beautiful ballad befitting the drama. Something she’s doing different for this song is releasing an English version too!
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HY’s New Single “LOVE”
HY recently released a new digital single “LOVE” on 11/6! The single has been chosen to be the theme song for the Haisai Project (ハイ祭プロジェクト) which is a collaboration between entertainment professionals creating an event together with children. The name of the project is a play on the word haisai using hai in katakana and…
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The Mark of Empire (YouTube)
Located to Japan’s extreme south, the Ryukyu Archipelago was the setting for the small but vibrant Ryukyu Kingdom that emerged 600 years ago. Peter travels to its idyllic island settings to see how the Ryukyu identity is finding new meaning today as he visits a tattoo studio reviving an almost-lost traditional style, goes on a…
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