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Aimyon
is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She is from Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. Her agency is ENS Entertainment, and her label is unBORDE under Warner Music Japan. Career Aimyon was influenced to become a singer-songwriter in part because of her grandmother, who herself aspired to be a singer or actress, and her father, who worked as an audio engineer; she grew up with music and started writing songs when she was in middle school. She began writing lyrics when she was in her second year of middle school, and around the same time, her father gave her an electric guitar; however, it was not the acoustic guitar she wanted, so she quit within a month. When she was in her third year of middle school, an English teacher who was an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) left her an acoustic guitar when they left Japan. At first, she looked at the instruction book by herself and challenged things that seemed easy, and she covered songs by Yutaka Ozaki and Spitz. Aimyon began penning son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marigold (Aimyon Song)
is the fifth single of Aimyon, and was preleased on August 8, 2018. The song was performed on the ''69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' television special. After that, it occupied first place in the Oricon Streaming Chart for 20 successive weeks. It reached 200 million plays on streaming services in February 2020 as reported by ''Billboard Japan''. Music video The music video, showing Aimyon in a shaded room and skateboarding in the streets, was filmed in Shanghai and directed by Tomokazu Yamada. Yamada commented that "Our inner feelings change by the colours and lights of the townscape. We filmed the video to showcase wanting to advance those unchanging feelings toward someone. They become the light, the shadows and the atmosphere." It has more than 200 million views on YouTube. It was also used in a Japanese commercial for Google Search Google Search (also known simply as Google) is a search engine provided by Google. Handling more than 3.5 billion searches per day, it has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
The was the 2018 edition of NHK's television special Kōhaku Uta Gassen, held on December 31 live from NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan). It was broadcast in Japan through NHK General Television and NHK Radio 1, and worldwide through NHK World Premium. This is the first edition that was broadcast in NHK BS4K and BS8K, and the final edition in the Heisei Period. Comedian Teruyoshi Uchimura and NHK announcer Maho Kuwako hosted for the second time. Suzu Hirose and Sho Sakurai hosted for the first time. The white team won the event. The final Heisei Kōhaku This is the 30th and last edition of the program in the Heisei Period, due to the abdication of Emperor Akihito, scheduled for April 30, 2019. The Kōhaku has already undergone a transition of periods. The 39th edition (last of the Showa Period) was held a week before Hirohito's death, and the 40th edition was the first ever in Heisei. The show will go through a new era transition in 2019, with the 70th edition being the first to be h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishinomiya
270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of 4800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Nishinomiya is an important commercial and shipping city in the Kansai region with the third largest population in Hyōgo Prefecture. Nishinomiya is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball championship is held. Geography Nishinomiya is located in southeast Hyōgo Prefecture between the cities of Kobe and Osaka. It is bordered by Osaka Bay to the south, the cities of Amagasaki, Itami and Takarazuka along the Mukogawa and Nigawa rivers to the east and by a part of the Rokkō Mountains and Kobe to the north. The city can be divided into two areas: a mountainous area in the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unborde
Unborde (アンボルデ ''anborude''; stylized as unBORDE) is a Japanese record label established on December 21, 2010 as a sublabel of Warner Music Japan. The label is currently led by Ryoma Suzuki, Rip Slyme's producer. Current roster As of June 2022: * Aimyon * chelmico * Genie High * Shinsei Kamattechan * Yu Takahashi * Team Shachi * Suda Keina * Tempalay * tofubeats * Wanima Former artists * Akasick (2015-2017) * Androp (2010-2016) * Natsuko Kondo (2010-2012) * Anri Kumaki (2011-2012) * Band Janaimon (2015-2017) * Q;Indivi+ (2010) * The Beatmoss (2012-2013) * The Privates (2014) * Passepied (2012-2016) * Dadaray (2017-2018) * Rip Slyme (2010-2018) * Tensai Band (2015-2017) * Livetune (2016) * Gesu no Kiwami Otome (2014-2018) * Indigo la End (2014-2018) * Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (2011-2019) * Yonige (2017-2020) * Roe (2018-2021) * Hakubi (2020-2021) * Capsule (2013-2021) **Yasutaka Nakata (2016-2021) Unborde All Stars (2016) Lineup * Akasick * Androp * Capsule * Gesu no Kiwame O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK network and by some overseas (mainly cable) broadcasters who buy the program. The show ends shortly before midnight. Before the show began broadcasting on television in late 1953, the show was held on 3 January and only consisted of a radio broadcast. The program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The "red" team or is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the "white" team or is all male (or groups with male vocals). At the end of the show, judges and the audience vote to decide which group performed better. The honor of performing on ''Kōhaku'' is strictly by invitation, so only the most successful singing acts in the Japanese entertainment industry can pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UnBORDE
Unborde (アンボルデ ''anborude''; stylized as unBORDE) is a Japanese record label established on December 21, 2010 as a sublabel of Warner Music Japan. The label is currently led by Ryoma Suzuki, Rip Slyme's producer. Current roster As of June 2022: * Aimyon * chelmico * Genie High * Shinsei Kamattechan * Yu Takahashi * Team Shachi * Suda Keina * Tempalay * tofubeats * Wanima Former artists * Akasick (2015-2017) * Androp (2010-2016) * Natsuko Kondo (2010-2012) * Anri Kumaki (2011-2012) * Band Janaimon (2015-2017) * Q;Indivi+ (2010) * The Beatmoss (2012-2013) * The Privates (2014) * Passepied (2012-2016) * Dadaray (2017-2018) * Rip Slyme (2010-2018) * Tensai Band (2015-2017) * Livetune (2016) * Gesu no Kiwami Otome (2014-2018) * Indigo la End (2014-2018) * Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (2011-2019) * Yonige (2017-2020) * Roe (2018-2021) * Hakubi (2020-2021) * Capsule (2013-2021) **Yasutaka Nakata (2016-2021) Unborde All Stars (2016) Lineup * Akasick * Androp * Capsule * Gesu no Kiwame O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutaka Ozaki
was a popular Japanese musician. He is ranked at No. 23 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians by HMV. Biography He was born in Tokyo Setagaya Ward SDF Central Hospital to Kinue and Kenichi Ozaki. He has one older brother, Yasushi. Early in life, he was hospitalized with intestinal torsion and bronchitis which subsequently weakened his internal organs. In 1973 he began studying martial arts and continued training throughout his life. In January 1975 he began playing piano and in March of that year, he wrote his first poem. His first live performance was in 1978 at his school's cultural festival. He was discovered by producer Akira Sudo and signed to CBS Sony in 1983. He debuted in December 1983 while he was still in high school with his hit single and his album . He gained tremendous support from his younger fanbase with his devastating live performances along with his unique lyrics that expressed dreams and love or the meaning of life. He represented the angst of adolescence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Broadcasting System
, or JOLF, is a Japanese radio station in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, next to the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Founded in 1954, it is together with Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, the flagship station of the National Radio Network. Nippon Broadcasting System is a subsidiary of Fuji Media Holdings and both companies are affiliated with the Fujisankei Communications Group. It is also the main company of the Nippon Broadcasting Group. Nippon Broadcasting System was instrumental in the creation of several companies including Fuji Television in 1957, Pony Canyon in 1966 and the Fujisankei Communications Group in 1967. Nippon Broadcasting System is also the home of the long-running radio program ''All Night Nippon''. From July 15, 1954, to September 30, 1967, the station used the abbreviation "NBS" derived from Nippon Broadcasting System. Since October 1, 1967, it has used the call sign JOLF and identified itself with the last two letters "LF". In 1990, Nippon Broadcasting System ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy & Chris
Betsy and Chris, Elizabeth Wagner (born September 4, 1952) and Christine Rolseth (June 25, 1952-February 16, 2021), were a folk music duo from Hawaii and Idaho respectively who sang in the Japanese language, and had a string of hits in Japan from 1969 to 1972. They originally came to Japan as members of The Sound of Young Hawaii in 1969. Hedwig von Trapp The Trapp Family (also known as the von Trapp Family) were a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their native Austria during the i ... was Elizabeth Wagner's singing teacher. Christine Rolseth died on February 16, 2021 from a kidney disease associated with diabetes. Singles * White is the colour of lovers ( :jp: 白い色は恋人の色 ) 1 Oct 1969 #2 on the Orion Charts. * Like a Flower (花のように) 10 Feb 1970 #9 on the Orion Charts. * It's Summer, and you ... (夏よおまえは) 1 June 1970 #18 on the Ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarō Okamoto
was a Japanese artist, art theorist, and writer. He is particularly well known for his avant-garde paintings and public sculptures and murals, and for his theorization of traditional Japanese culture and avant-garde artistic practices. Biography Early life (1911–1929) Taro Okamoto was the son of cartoonist Okamoto Ippei and writer Okamoto Kanoko. He was born in Takatsu, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 1927, at the age of sixteen, Okamoto began to take lessons in oil painting from the artist Wada Eisaku. In 1929, Okamoto entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (today Tokyo University of the Arts) in the oil painting department. Time in Europe (1929–1940) In 1929, Okamoto and his family accompanied his father on a trip to Europe to cover the London Naval Treaty of 1930. While in Europe, Okamoto spent time in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Paris, where he rented a studio in Montparnasse and enrolled in a lycée in Choisy-le-Roi. After his parents returned to Japan i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Of The Sun
The is a building created by Japanese artist Tarō Okamoto. It was known as the symbol of Expo '70 and currently is preserved and located in the Expo Commemoration Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The tower has three faces on its front and back. History The tower was built for Expo '70 and housed in the Festival Plaza building known as "Big Roof" designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. The tip of the tower projected out of the Big Roof's ceiling due to the height of the building. After the completion of the tower projecting through the Big Roof, a Japanese science fiction writer, Sakyo Komatsu, looked at it and said he associated it with a sexual description in a Japanese novel, ''Season of the Sun'', where a character broke through a sliding paper door. The creator of the tower, Taro Okamoto, heard about it, and named the tower as the "Tower of the Sun". The tower was open to the public and visitors could enter inside during the expo, yet it was closed after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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