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2017 In Japanese Music
The year 2017 in Japanese music. Events *68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Number-ones * Oricon number-one albums * Oricon number-one singles * Hot 100 number-one singles Awards *59th Japan Record Awards * 2017 MTV Video Music Awards Japan Albums released January February March April May June August September October November December Debuting Debuting groups *=Love * 100% * 22/7 *Atarashii Gakko! * Blackpink * Brats *Cellchrome *Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu * CY8ER *Cynhn *Dimlim * Exo-CBX * Faky * Last Idol *Leetspeak Monsters * Lovebites *Mellow Mellow * Migma Shelter * Monsta X * NCT 127 *NGT48 *Novelbright *Pentagon * Pink Babies *Pink Cres. *Polkadot Stingray *Qyoto *SF9 *The Rampage from Exile Tribe * Roselia * SudannaYuzuYully *TRCNG * Twice * Up10tion *Winner *Yorushika Debuting soloists * Adieu * Asca * Beverly * Haru Nemuri * Hiroomi Tosaka * Junna * Keina Suda * Masaki Suda * Nao Tōyama * Rena Nōnen * Sayuri * Shiina Natsukawa * Shuta Sueyos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Music
In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (''ongaku''), combining the kanji 音 ''on'' (sound) with the kanji 楽 ''gaku'' (music, comfort). Japan is the world's largest market for music on physical media and the second-largest overall music market, with a retail value of US$2.7 billion in 2017. Traditional and folk music Gagaku, hougaku The oldest forms of traditional Japanese music are: * , or Buddhist chanting * , or orchestral court music both of which date to the Nara (710–794) and Heian (794–1185) periods. Gagaku classical music has been performed at the Imperial court since the Heian period. Kagura-uta (神楽歌), Azuma-asobi (東遊) and Yamato-uta (大和歌) are indigenous repertories. Tōgaku (唐楽) and komagaku emerged during the Tang dynasty (618–907) via the Korean Peninsula. In addition, gagaku splits into kangen (管弦) (instrumental music) and bugaku (舞楽) (da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band-Maid
Band-Maid (stylized as BAND-MAID® until 2016) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2013, consisting of singer Saiki Atsumi, guitarist/singer Miku Kobato, lead guitarist Kanami Tōno, bassist Misa, and drummer Akane Hirose. The band combines a rock sound with a maid image modeled on Japanese maid cafés. They are currently signed to Pony Canyon, and their most recent full-length album ''Unseen World'' was released in 2021. History Early years The band formed in July 2013. Guitarist/singer Miku Kobato, formerly an employee of a Japanese maid café, envisioned forming a band that juxtaposed the maid image with rock music. Kobato recruited lead guitarist Kanami Tōno after an Internet search. Tōno had performed as a singer-songwriter and suggested her occasional backing drummer Akane Hirose for the new band. Hirose in turn suggested bassist Misa, with whom she had attended music school. On July 24, 2013 they had their first live performance at the PP Audition held at Osaka Deep, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradio
is a Japanese funk rock band. Their name is an acronym for "Break the Rule And Do Image On" and means that they will break the rules of everyday life, and while having a wonderful image all around, they will make a new good place. The members call their fans Funky Party People (FPP). History In 2010, The Movie Archives' Takaaki Shingyoji and Yuki Tanabe formed BRADIO with Soichi Ohyama (ex-Gold End), Ryosuke Sakai (ex-Gold End), and Takahiro Kitazawa (ex-Awesome Dude). That same year in December, they released their first demo and played in their first live concert. In April 2012, they released their second demo. In June 2012, Takahiro left the band and they were left with the line up that lasted until 2018. They signed with D&S Records and released their first mini album, ''Diamond Pops'', in October 2013. Bradio released their second mini-album, ''Swipe Times'', in July 2014 under Hero Music Entertainment. Their first single "Otona Hit Parade/Step In Time" was released in No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks (the "Magic Notes") in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until October 1, 2002, when it became . On October 1, 2010, the company returned to its current name. Outside Japan, the company operated formerly as the Savoy Label Group, which releases recordings on the SLG, Savoy Records, Savoy Jazz, and continues to operate as Denon. It also manufactured electronic products under the Denon brand name until 2001. In 2017, Concord Music acquired Savoy Label Group. Nippon Columbia also licensed Hanna-Barbera properties in Japan until those rights were transferred to Turner Japan sometime in 1997. Currently, these rights are owned by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rie Murakawa
is a Japanese voice actress, singer and radio personality from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She is currently affiliated with Stay Luck. She is known for her roles as Hotaru Ichijō in ''Non Non Biyori'', Escha Malier in '' Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky'', Ram in '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' and Anzu in '' Hinamatsuri''. Murakawa made her solo debut as singer on June 1, 2016 with the double A-side single "Sweet Sensation/Baby, My First Kiss", released under the Nippon Columbia record label. Her stints hosting the radio programs '' Etotama Radio ~ Soruraru Kure Nya! ~'' and '' Non Non Biyori Web Radio Non Non Dayori Repeat! Nanon'' led her to winning the Best Funny Radio (Rookie) and Best Comfort Radio (General) awards at the 2nd Aniraji Awards in 2016. She released her first solo album in January 2017, and she released her second solo album in February 2018. Biography Early life Murakawa was born in Saitama Prefecture on June 1, 1990. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Rockets GT
was a Japanese idol girl group formed in 2012. They participated in the 2015 Tokyo Idol Festival. Their single "Let’s Go!!" reached the 15th place on the Weekly Oricon Singles Chart The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In J .... They disbanded after their final tour on February 24, 2020. Discography Albums Singles DVDs Notes References External links * Japanese idol groups Japanese girl groups Musical groups established in 2012 Musical groups disestablished in 2020 2012 establishments in Japan 2020 disestablishments in Japan {{Japan-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Ok Rock
(stylized in all caps as ONE OK ROCK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. Originally five members, the band currently consists of vocalist Takahiro Moriuchi, guitarist and bandleader Toru Yamashita, bassist Ryota Kohama, and drummer Tomoya Kanki. Former members include drummer Yu Koyanagi and guitarist Alexander “Alex” Reimon Onizawa. They play varied styles of music, with songs ranging from alternative rock and emo to post-hardcore and pop rock. One Ok Rock was affiliated originally with Amuse, Inc. ever since their debut in 2007. The band left Amuse on April 1, 2021 and established their own management agency, named 10969 Inc. In the United States, they are signed with record label Fueled by Ramen. The band's name comes from "one o'clock", the time that the band used to practice their music on weekends. They chose to play at one o'clock in the morning because it was cheaper to use the rehearsal space during such hours. However, noticing that the Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambitions (One Ok Rock Album)
''Ambitions'' is the eighth studio album by Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. It was released on January 11, 2017 for the Japanese version album under the Japanese label A-Sketch and on January 13, 2017 for the international version under the American label Fueled by Ramen. The song "Always Coming Back" was featured in NTT Docomo's phone commercial series, "Kanjou no Subete / Nakama". After signing with Fueled by Ramen on September 11, 2016, they released the lead single "Taking Off" on September 16, 2016 that was used as a theme song for the Japanese movie "Museum", which starred Shun Oguri, and the second single "Bedroom Warfare" on November 18, 2016. The song "I was King" was released on December 15, 2016. On January 9, 2017, they released their single "We Are". Sold in both Limited and Regular editions, the album was available for pre-order on iTunes starting November 18, 2016. The Japanese Limited edition album features bonus tracks and a DVD of studio acoustic sessions, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMI Records Japan
EMI Records Japan was a Japanese record label which operated as a sublabel of Universal Music Japan. Established in April 2013, it was the successor of its previous entity as a company, EMI Music Japan. The sublabel's headquarters was located at Universal Music Japan's main office at Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo. In February 2014, the sublabel had been divided into two separate sublabels, EMI Records, which contains the combined Nayutawave Records and more than half of the EMI Records Japan roster, and EMI R, which consists of the remaining EMI Records Japan artists. In July 2014, EMI R was renamed to Virgin Records. History After the European Commission approved the acquisition of EMI by Universal Music Group on September 21, 2012, restructuring and rebranding of several EMI labels under Universal Music followed on September 28, 2012, as the merger was approved. On January 15, 2013, Universal Music Japan president Kazuhiko Koike took over as CEO of EMI Music Japan, effectively control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maaya Uchida
is a Japanese voice actress and singer who works for I'm Enterprise. She won the Best Rookie Actress Award at the 8th Seiyu Awards. She is best known for her roles such as Rikka Takanashi in ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'', Ranko Kanzaki in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'', Norman in ''The Promised Neverland'', Sharo Kirima in ''Is the Order a Rabbit?'', Lililuka Arde in ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'', Hiyori Iki in ''Noragami'', Rui Tachibana in ''Domestic Girlfriend'' and Katarina Claes in '' My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!''. She debuted as a singer in 2014 under Pony Canyon with the song "Soushou Innocence". Her best-selling single is youthful beautiful. With her rising success, she also participated in many music festivals and held one-man lives in large venues such as Yoyogi National Gymnasium two days with 13,291 capacity and Nippon Budokan with 14,471 capacity. As an actress, she debuted in ''Unofficial Sentai Akiba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontier Works
is a Japanese company specializing in the creation and distribution of media related to anime, such as producing OVAs, radio dramas, drama CDs, anime soundtracks, or other related products. The company was established in August 1990. Projects involved with Anime *''Air'' *''Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World'' *''Binbō Shimai Monogatari'' *''Comic Party'' *'' Esper Mami'' *'' Gun Parade March: Arata Naru Kōgen Uta'' *'' Hetalia: Axis Powers'' *''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' *'' Jewelpet Twinkle'' *'' Karin'' *''Maria-sama ga Miteru'' *''Marmalade Boy'' *''Oh, Suddenly Egyptian God'' *''Papuwa'' *''Saiunkoku Monogatari'' *''Saiyuki Reload'' *''tactics'' *''The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok'' *''To Heart'' *''To Heart 2'' *'' Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary'' *'' Wind: A Breath of Heart'' *''Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh'' *''No-Rin'' OVA *''Aki sora'' *''Mizuiro'' *''Saint Beast'' *''Utawarerumono'' Soundtracks *'' Lucky Star'' series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishō Taniyama
is a Japanese voice actor, singer and lyricist affiliated with Ken Production. He is also the vocalist and lyricist of the Japanese rock band Granrodeo under his stage name Kishow. He is the official Japanese dubbing voice for Fred Jones in the ''Scooby-Doo ''Scooby-Doo'' is an American animation, animated media franchise based on an animated television series launched in 1969 and continued through several derivative List of Scooby-Doo media, media. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the orig ...'' franchise. Filmography Anime Drama CDs Film Video games Live-action Other dubbing Discography ;Granrodeo * ''Ride on the Edge'' (2007) * ''Instinct (Granrodeo album), Instinct'' (2008) * ''Brush the Scar Lemon'' (2009) * ''Supernova (Granrodeo album), Supernova'' (2011) * ''Crack Star Flash'' (2012) ;Stella Quintet (Stella Quintet+) * ''Crescendo'' (single) (2006) * ''Stella Quintet Players Side'' (2007) * ''蒼穹のスコア ~The score in blue~'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
