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62nd Japan Record Awards
The was held on 30 December 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Best Album Award, Songwriting Award, Composition Award, Merit Award, and Planning Award were not presented. Presenters * Riho Yoshioka * Shinichiro Azumi (TBS Announcer) Winners Grand Prix * LiSA – ** Artist: LiSA ** Lyrics: LiSA, Yuki Kajiura ** Composition & arranger: Yuki Kajiura ** Producer: Yuki Kajiura Excellent Work Awards * Daichi Miura – "I'm Here" * Junretsu – "Ai wo Kudasai ~Don’t you cry~" * Little Glee Monster - "Ashiato" * Nogizaka46 – " Sekaijū no Rinjin yo" * DISH// - "Neko ~The First Take Ver.~" * AKB48 - "Hanarete Ite mo" * Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Haha" * Da Pump - "Fantasista" * LiSA - "Homura" Best New Artist * Naoki Sanada New Artist Awards * Naoki Sanada * Novelbright * Mameshiba no Taigun * Rin-ne Best Vocal Performance * Kōhei Fukuda Special Achievement Award * Uru * ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'' * NiziU * Seiko Matsuda * Kenshi Yonezu Special Lifetime Achievement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New National Theatre Tokyo
The is Japan's first and foremost national centre for the performing arts, including opera, ballet, contemporary dance and drama. It is located in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. Since 1997 more than 650 productions were staged. There are about 300 performances per season with approximately 200,000 theatergoers. The centre has been praised for its architecture and state-of-the-art modern theatre facilities, which are considered among the best in the world. In 2007, the NNTT was branded with the advertising slogan: ''Opera Palace, Tokyo''. Background The construction of the NNTT was completed in February 1997. Its first public performances took place in October of that year. The Tokyo Opera City Tower is connected to the theatre. It has concert halls, an art gallery, a media-art museum, office space, many restaurants and shops. The combined complex of the skyscraper tower and the theatre is called the "Tokyo Opera City". Besides the public performances, various enterprises are under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with its own theater and performing daily so fans could always see them live (which is not the case with usual pop groups giving occasional concerts and seen on television). This "idols you can meet" concept includes teams which can rotate performances and perform simultaneously at several events and "handshake" events, where fans can meet group members. Akimoto has expanded the AKB48 concept to several girl groups in Mainland China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines. AKB48 have been characterized as a social phenomenon. They are among the highest-earning musical acts in Japan, and are the fifth-best-selling girl group worldwide. For example, their 2012 sales from record and DVD/Blu-ray releases reached $226 million, earni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhisa Hattori
was a Japanese classical composer who also wrote music for anime films, television series and OVAs. Hattori was a respected composer in Japan; his style was classical, although he was experienced and respected in many other genres, such as New Age, Jazz, etc. He was the son of Ryoichi Hattori and the father of Takayuki Hattori, both musical composers as well. Besides being a composer, he was a producer and music supervisor for many years and had his own publishing company, Hattori Music Publishing. He was also a pianist, judge and chairman for the Tokyo music festivals. Biography Hattori was born in Tokyo, Japan. In 2000, his life and musical works were honored in an hour-long Japanese television special. He has conducted many famous orchestras, but most of his own compositions are performed by the acclaimed Tokyo Pops Orchestra. In 1989, Katsuhisa Hattori and his son, Takayuki Hattori, who is also a composer, produced the first orchestrated ''Final Fantasy'' music CD for cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōhei Tsutsumi
(born Eikichi Watanabe, 28 May 1940 - 7 October 2020), was a Japanese composer, record producer and arranger. Tsutsumi began his career as a songwriter about 1966, and he came to prominence as a composer of Ayumi Ishida's chart-topping hit "Blue Light Yokohama" in the late 1960s. He has released nearly 3,000 compositions to date, over 500 of which have entered the Japanese Oricon singles chart. Tsutsumi is the most commercially successful composer of the Japanese popular music of last five decades, selling over 76 million units on the country's singles chart from 1968 onwards. Two of his compositions won the grand prix of Japan Record Award— "Mata Au Hi Made" performed by Kiyohiko Ozaki in 1971 and "Miserarete" by Judy Ongg in 1979. Tsutsumi himself has also won the awards for best songwriting category five times. Recognized for his long-term contribution to establish Japanese popular music, Tsutsumi received the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon by the Government of Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiyo Azusa
Michiyo Azusa ( ja, link=no, 梓みちよ) (4 May 1943 - 29 January 2020) was the stage name of Michiyo Hayashi , a Japanese singer and actresses known for her 1963 song ''Konichiwa Akachan'', or ''Hello Baby''. Born in Fukuoka, Hayashi trained at the Takarazuka Music School, adopting her stage name when she started her singing career. As well as hits like ''Konichiwa Akachan'', ''Futari De Osake Wo'' and ''Merankorī'', she performed in a number of musical films, including ''Dorufutzzau desu yu! Zen'in Totsugeki'' of 1969, and continued to produce music into the 1990s, performing ''Konichiwa Akachan'' at the 1992 Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Her music spanned a wide range of styles from tango to J-pop. Career Michiyo Hayashi was born in Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu in Japan on 4 May 1943. She went to Takarazuka Music School and from there joined Watanabe Productions, adopting the stage name Michiyo Azusa. In 1963, Azusa released ''Konnichiwa Akachan'',, also known in English as ''Hello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenshi Yonezu
is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and illustrator who began releasing Vocaloid music under the stage name in 2009. In 2012, he debuted under his real name, releasing music with his own voice. He has sold at least 4.2 million physical copies and more than 7 million digital copies in Japan. Biography Early musical career Kenshi Yonezu was born on March 10, 1991, in the rural part of Tokushima, Japan. As a child, Yonezu found it difficult to communicate with other people, especially his father. Yonezu typically felt that his mother understood him. He was diagnosed with high-functioning autism after the age of 20. Yonezu's first foray into music was in 2006 during his second year of junior high school, where he formed a band with his friend Hiroshi Nakajima, called Late Rabbit Edda, to play for the school culture festival. He worked as the vocalist, songwriter and occasional guitarist, while Nakajima was the guitarist. In late 2007, he set up a website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiko Matsuda
, known professionally as , is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter, known for being one of the most popular Japanese idols of the 1980s. Since then, she is still actively releasing new singles and albums, doing annual summer concert tours, winter dinner shows, high-profile TV commercials and movies, and makes frequent TV appearances and radio broadcasts. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal Idol" by the Japanese media. In January 2011, the Japanese music television program Music Station listed her as the 2nd best-selling idol of all time in Japan, with 29,510,000 records sold. She placed right behind pop group SMAP and ahead of Akina Nakamori, her biggest rival from the 1980s, who was listed in third place. In 2016, however, Ian Martin of ''The Japan Times'' compared her output unfavorably with that of Hikaru Utada, describing Matsuda as "first and foremost an idol rather than an artist. Her legacy is best expressed in singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NiziU
NiziU ( ja, ニジュー; ko, 니쥬), stylized as NIZIU, is a Japanese girl group formed by JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The group is composed of nine members: Mako, Rio, Maya, Riku, Ayaka, Mayuka, Rima, Miihi, and Nina. NiziU was formed through the reality-survival program ''Nizi Project'' (2020) and debuted on December 2, 2020, with the release of their debut single " Step and a Step". Career 2020: Formation and debut On January 29, 2019, JYP Entertainment announced their plans of creating a Japanese girl group, under their vision " K-pop 3.0", "Globalization by Localization." Auditions for this new girl group took place in eight Japanese cities, Hawaii, and Los Angeles, for females aged between 15 and 22 years old. NiziU was formed through ''Nizi Project'', featuring 20 contestants and was aired weekly on Hulu Japan from January 31 to June 26, 2020. It was distributed internationally through JYP Entertainment's official YouTube channel. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimetsu No Yaiba
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who strives to become a demon slayer after his family was slaughtered and his younger sister, Nezuko, turned into a demon. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 23 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It has been published in English by Viz Media and simultaneously published by Shueisha on their ''Manga Plus'' platform. A 26-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Ufotable aired from April to September 2019. A sequel film, '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train'', was released in October 2020 and became the highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film of all time. An 18-episode second season of the anime series aired from October 2021 to February 2022. It featured one original episode, re-edited the ''Mugen Train'' film into six episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uru (singer)
is a Japanese singer-songwriter who is signed to SMAR. She keeps her personal information secret. In 2020, she became one of five recipients of the Special Achievement Award at the 62nd Japan Record Awards The was held on 30 December 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Best Album Award, Songwriting Award, Composition Award, Merit Award, and Planning Award were not presented. Presenters * Riho Yoshioka * Shinichiro Azumi (TBS Announcer) W .... Discography Album Singles Promotional singles Awards References External links * * （August 11, 2015–October 8, 2018） * * * (September 25, 2020–) * {{Authority control Japanese women pop singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mameshiba No Taigun
, stylized as MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN, is a Japanese idol, Japanese alternative idol girl group formed through the reality survival show ''Monster Idol'' which featured on TBS Television (Japan), TBS Television's variety show ''Wednesday's Downtown'' in 2019. They debuted on December 19, 2019, with "Restart (Mameshiba no Taigun song), Restart". History Mameshiba no Taigun was formed on December 18, 2019, through the final of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TBS's reality survival show ''Monster Idol''. While Hanae, Nao, Aika and Miyuki were contestants on the show, Hanae was also a member of WACK (music company), WACK's trainee group Wagg. They released their debut single, "Restart (Mameshiba no Taigun song), Restart", on December 19. A fifth member, Kaede, who was also a contestant on the show, was added to the group's line-up on December 25. On January 1, 2020, the members' stage names were revealed. The group's second single, "Rocket Start", and third single, "Daijōbu Sunris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novelbright
is a five-member Japanese rock band formed in 2013 and mainly active in Osaka. the band currently consists of vocalist Yudai Takenaka, guitarists Kaito Yamada and Sôjirô Oki, drummer Negi and bassist Keigo. History 2013–2016: Formation and early career In July 2013 it the group was formed with its original members, including Yudai, as a copy band of One Ok Rock. In July 2016, Kimunii and Takuya withdrew. 2017–2019: ''Skywalk'' and ''EN.'' In January 2017, Kaito, Sôjirô and Negi. joined the group. It was independent record label Emperor Mode. The band's first single under Morning Light, was released on 5 January 2017. The band's second single Count on me, was released on 13 August 2017. The band's third single Like a hawk Flying in the Night Sky, was released on 25 December 2017. The band's single Walking with you, was released on 30 August 2018. The band's second single To Hikari, was released on 27 September 2018. In October 2018, The band's first mini alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
