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Asako Toki
is a Japanese singer-songwriter and lyricist. Born to jazz saxophonist Hidefumi Toki, she was the lead vocalist for the rock band Cymbals between 1997 and 2003. Following Cymbals' breakup, Toki began her solo career with the release of ''Standards'' in 2004 and made her major label debut under Avex's Rhythm Zone with ''Talkin'' in 2007. To date, she has released nine original albums and eight cover albums, many of which are performed in both Japanese and English. Named the “Queen of City Pop” by publications including Natalie, Toki has been praised for her contemporary interpretation of the genre and her contributions to its revival in the 2010s. Career On February 25, 2004, Toki released her first solo album ''Standards'' which was co-produced by her father. It contained covers of songs such as Rodger & Hammerstein's " My Favourite Things" and Earth, Wind and Fire's "September". Her first original album ''Debut'', was released on September 7, 2004 and failed to chart. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tofubeats
, known professionally as Tofubeats, is a Japanese singer, record producer, and DJ. Kawai began producing music at the age of 14, under the name "DJ Newtown". He initially distributed his music online through websites such as 2channel and YouTube. He later released music with Maltine Records, a Japanese netlabel, before signing with the Warner Music Japan sublabel Unborde in 2013. Kawai also manages HIHATT, a label he launched in 2018. The video for his song "No. 1" featuring G.Rina was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Dance Video ( in 2014), and his album titled ''First Album'' for the Grand Prix at the 2015 CD Shop Awards. Discography Albums ; Mini-albums # ''Future'' (14 June 2011) ; Remix albums # ''Lost Decade Remixes'' (19 September 2013) # ''First Album Remixes'' (28 January 2015) # ''Positive Remixes'' (20 January 2016) # ''Fantasy Club Remixes & Instrumentals'' (27 July 2018) # ''RUN Remixes'' (4 September 2020) # ''Reflection Remixes'' (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōta Komatsu
(born October 30, 1973) is a Japanese bandoneón player. He has cooperated with Japanese violinist Taro Hakase in his own album ''La Trampera'' (2001), and with Bajofondo Bajofondo is a Río de la Plata-based music band consisting of eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay, which aims to create a more contemporary version of tango and other musical styles of the Río de la Plata region. It was founded in the ear ... in their album Mar Dulce. External links Official websiteRyōta Komatsu on Sony Music Online Tango musicians Japanese bandoneonists Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists 1973 births Living people Tango in Japan Musicians from Tokyo {{Japan-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Skytree
is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010Tokyo Sky Tree beats Tokyo Tower, now tallest building in Japan The Mainichi Daily News, 29 March 2010 and reached its full height of in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the , and the third in the world after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyouge Mono
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in the Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Morning'' from 2005 to 2017 and collected into 25 volumes by publisher Kodansha. ''Hyouge Mono'' won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2009. It also won the Grand Prize at the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes in 2010. The manga was adapted into an anime television series in 2011. Plot During the Sengoku period in Japan, while the shadow of Oda Nobunaga still looms over the land, the warlord Furuta Shigenari, Furuta Sasuke loses his soul to the Japanese tea ceremony, tea ceremony. While war shakes the world around him, he faces his own conflict between his desire for promotion and his love for his meibutsuki, art. Characters ; : :A vassal of Oda Nobunaga. He is an aesthete, a person who holds a dear appreciation of art and beauty. He is obsessed with the form of Oribe ware, glazed pottery, tea, and architecture. He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Duke
"Sir Duke" is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album ''Songs in the Key of Life''. Released as a single in 1977, the track topped the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Black Singles charts, and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart, his joint biggest hit there at the time. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 18 song of 1977. The song was written in tribute to Duke Ellington, the influential jazz legend who had died in 1974. The lyrics also refer to Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Wonder re-recorded the song for the 1995 live album '' Natural Wonder''. Background Wonder wrote the song as a tribute to Duke Ellington, the jazz composer, bandleader, and pianist who had influenced him as a musician. Wonder had already experienced the death of two of his idols (Dinah Washington and Wes Montgomery) after attempting to collaborate with them. After Ellington died in 1974, Wonder wanted to write a song acknowledging musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katamori Damacy''
Matsudaira Katamori after the Meiji restoration was a samurai who lived in Bakumatsu period and the early to mid Meiji period Japan. He was the 9th ''daimyō'' of the Aizu Domain and the Kyoto Shugoshoku (Military Commissioner of Kyoto). He initiated and established the Shinsengumi in 1863 (initially named Mibu Roshigumi). During the Boshin War, he led Aizu Domain against the incipient Meiji government, but was severely defeated at the Battle of Aizu. Katamori's life was spared, and he later became the head ''kannushi'' of the Nikkō Tōshō-gū shrine. He, along with his three brothers Matsudaira Sadaaki, Tokugawa Yoshikatsu, and Tokugawa Mochiharu, had highly influential roles during the Meiji restoration and were called the "four Takasu brothers" (Takasu yon-kyōdai ). Early life Matsudaira Katamori was born in the Yotsuya district of Edo, on February 15, 1836, at the residence of the Takasu Domain He was the seventh son of Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, ''daimyō'' of Takasu, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Long Tomorrow
''For Long Tomorrow'' is the second studio album released by Japanese math rock band toe. Reception In an interview with ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' (popularly known as the ''Seattle P-I'', the ''Post-Intelligencer'', or simply the ''P-I'') is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The newspaper was f ...'', Cadence Wu of Blogcritics said that "Toe's second album may sound at times like an extension of their debut, but the level of experimentation in For Long Tomorrow provides the light, upbeat sound the band was looking for". Track listing References 2009 albums Toe (band) albums {{Japan-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toe (band)
Toe, stylized as toe, is a Japanese post-rock/math rock band from Tokyo. The group was founded in 2000, and consists of Kashikura Takashi (drums), Mino Takaaki (guitar), Yamane Satoshi (bass guitar), and Yamazaki Hirokazu (guitar). Detailed information Toe is currently one of four bands on the indie label Machu Picchu, which was formed by the members of Toe, along with the bands Mouse on the Keys, Enemies, and Tangled Hair. The vast majority of the band's music is instrumental. The band has changed their sound over their musical tenure by incorporating acoustic guitars, Rhodes piano, and vibraphones in their most recent releases. The band tours regularly in Japan. Their most recent studio EP, ''Our Latest Number,'' was released in 2018. In 2021 they contributed to the soundtrack for the anime series ''Sonny Boy''. Members * Yamazaki Hirokazu – guitar (2000-present) * Yamane Satoshi – bass (2000-present) * Mino Takaaki – guitar (2000-present) * Kashikura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nona Reeves
Nona Reeves () stylized NONA REEVES is a Japanese pop band founded in 1995 by musicians Gota Nishidera, Kensuke Okuda and Shigeru Komatsu. The name Nona Reeves derives from the respective name and surname of Nona Gaye and Martha Reeves. In 1996 Nona Reeves released their debut album ''SIDECAR'' under the independent label Giant Robot a division of Under Flower Records. In 1997 Nona Reeves released their first major single GOLF after joining the Warner Music Japan label. Following being signed to Warner the group released material consistently under various labels throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In 2009, following their eleventh album ''GO'' the group went on a four-year recording hiatus until 2013 with the release of ''Pop Station''. Nona Reeves have continued to consistently release new recorded material since 2014. History During his childhood Gota Nisihidera was enthralled by the works of Michael Jackson and George Michael of Wham! he had become a lover of western pop of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minna No Uta
, literally ''Everyone's Songs'' (English title: ''Songs for Everyone''), is a five-minute NHK TV and radio program which is broadcast several times daily. The program started on April 3, 1961. It is one of NHK's long-running programs. The program is generally used as filler between programs. While many of the episodes are aimed at children, a large percentage are not, so the program enjoys a wide audience. The program is used to introduce new songs from popular and new singers, as well as to highlight the talents of various animators and directors. A list of upcoming and currently airing episodes is listed monthly in magazines such as ''Animage'' and ''Newtype''. Songs introduced on Minna no Uta Listed alphabetically by title, with the artist or group in parentheses. 0–9 *"3-D Tengoku" (Psy-S) *"44 Hiki no Neko" (Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) A *"Aa Okashii ne" ( Tokyo Jidō Gasshōdan) *"After man" (Akemi Okamura) *"Ahiru no Gyōretsu" ( The Shaderacks, Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
