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Best (Akina Nakamori Album)
''Best'' is the second greatest hits album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori, released on April 1, 1986 by Warner Pioneer. Background It contains all the singles released between 1982 and 1985: from the "Slow Motion" to "Solitude". The singles " Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" and "Solitude" were recorded in the album for first time. Although " Meu amor é..." was included in the studio album '' D404ME'', the original version was recorded for first time as well. Promotion Singles Sand Beige (Sabaku e) is the twelfth single released on 16 June 1985. It's her second A-side song with the far east rhythm instrumentation. The small part of the refrain performed in the Egyptian dialect. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the seventh best sold single in 1985. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 2 and stayed at number 8 in the yearly chart. It has received three awards: award in the 11th ''Nihon TV Ongakusai'', in the 18th ''Japan Cable Awards'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akina Nakamori
is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow Motion (Akina Nakamori song), Slow Motion" was released to moderate success, peaking at number thirty on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. Nakamori's popularity increased with the release of her follow-up single, "Shōjo A", which peaked at number five on the Oricon charts and sold over 390,000 copies. Her second album ''Variation (Hensoukyoku), Variation'' became her first number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, staying in that position for three weeks. She made her acting debut in 1985 with an appearance in the Japanese romance movie '':ja:愛・旅立ち, Ai, Tabidachi''. After an extended hiatus from 2010 to 2014, Akina released two compilation albums, ''All Time Best: Original'' and ''All Time Best: Utahime Cover'', both of which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of Japan
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969. The RIAJ's activities include promotion of music sales, enforcement of copyright law, and research related to the Japanese music industry. It publishes the annual ''RIAJ Year Book'', a statistical summary of each year's music sales, as well as distributing a variety of other data. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, the RIAJ has twenty member companies and a smaller number of associate and supporting members; some member companies are the Japanese branches of multinational corporations headquartered elsewhere. The association is responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in Japan. RIAJ Certification In 1989, the Recording Industry Association of Japan introduced the music recording certification systems. It is awarded based on shipment figures of com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukkai (1984)
is the ninth single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Masao Urino and Masayoshi Takanaka, the single was released on July 25, 1984 by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the second single from her sixth studio album ''Possibility''. Background The B-side "Kore kara Naturally" was featured in the compilation albums ''Complete Single Collection: First Ten Years'' and ''Mou Hitori no Akina''. Earlier live and TV performances of the song were known for Nakamori's black outfit and backwards bend. Nakamori performed the song on the 35th ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'', making her second appearance on NHK's New Year's Eve special. Nakamori has re-recorded "Jukkai (1984)" for the 2006 compilation ''Best Finger 25th Anniversary Selection''. In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine . Chart performance "Jukkai (1984)" sold 611,500 copies and became Nakamori's fifth No. 1 hit on Oricon's singles chart and was ranked No. 6 in Oricon's 1984 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōsui Inoue
is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, guitarist and record producer, who is an important figure in Japanese music. "Hailed as the Bob Dylan of Japan .. He is renowned for his unique tone, eccentric lyrics, and dark sunglasses which he always wears. Under the stage name Andre Candre, Inoue debuted in 1969 and released a single "Candre Mandre" by CBS Sony Records. After he changed his stage name and signed onto Polydor, he recorded his first studio album '' Danzetsu'' in 1971, and the album was acclaimed by critics. Inoue gained recognition as a folk-rock singer-songwriter through his 1973 '' Kōri no Sekai'' album, which became the first long-playing record that sold more than a million copies in Japan alone. His early work has been compared with the music of Paul McCartney and Roy Orbison. Mark Anderson writes in the ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture'', "His music was smart, melancholy and melodic. ..Inoue's work of the early 1970s ..is widely thought to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazari Ja Nai No Yo Namida Wa
is the 10th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Yōsui Inoue, the single was released on November 14, 1984, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the lead single from her seventh studio album '' Bitter and Sweet''. Background Producer Yūzō Shimada was initially not impressed with the song when he listened to the demo version, but he changed his mind and approved it as a single when songwriter Inoue performed it with Nakamori in a live studio recording. Inoue recorded "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" on his 1984 self-cover album '' 9.5 Carats''. Nakamori has re-recorded the song for the 1995 compilation ''True Album Akina 95 Best'' and the 2002 self-cover compilation '' Utahime Double Decade''. In 2002, she performed the song on the 54th ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'', making her first and final appearance on NHK's New Year's Eve special since 1988. Chart performance "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" became Nakamori's sixth No. 1 on Oricon's wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukihide Takekawa
is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture. He is best known for being the vocalist to the band Godiego as well as his solo career and his work as an author. Some of his compositions have been featured in video game, anime, films, and television drama soundtracks. These include the ''Galaxy Express 999'' film, ''Saiyūki'', ''Genesis Climber MOSPEADA'', ''Soul Blazer'', and ''Choushinsei Flashman''. One of his most popular songs was "Gandhara Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Vall ...", which was translated into foreign languages many times and changed more than once during the translation. His daughter Ai is also a musician and has been featured on the soundtrack of '' InuYasha Kanketsu-Hen''. References External links * * 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Inoue (musician)
(born 8 September 1953), is a Japanese keyboard player, composer and producer. He was the recipient of the 23rd Japan Record Awards arranger award. History Inoue was born in Tokyo. His father was the pioneering Japanese cello player Yoritoro Inoue (井上頼豊). In the late 1970s, he played in the fusion group PARACHUTE. He released his first of many solo albums in the early 1980s. He has also composed, arranged, and performed music for several films and OVAs, including SF Shinseiki Lensman, Lily C.A.T., and the Japan/West Germany 1984 film Windy Story. In the 1990s, he played in The Voice Project and on projects with Masako Kawamura. He has produced projects for Anri, Mikio Sakai, Yoriko Ganeko, Masako Kawamura, The Voice Project, Kyosuke Himuro, MOON CHILD, Furukawa Ten-sei, Sojiro, harpist Mai Takematsu, Minako Honda and the Yoshida Brothers. Discography As solo artist * ''Tokyo Installation'' As arranger With Yui Asaka * ''C-Girl'' * ''TRUE LOVE'' * ''恋のロッ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōji Tamaki
is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He has been well known as frontman of the rock band Anzen Chitai that debuted in 1982 and enjoyed a successful career, particularly during the 1980s. In 1993, he began his career as a solo artist, and since then he has experienced much critical acclaim. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Japanese vocalists, in 2014 he was ranked first by a panel of 200 experts for the best ever singing voice in Japan. Moreover, in June 2021 Koji was voted as the greatest active male Japanese singer, with 190 experts agreeing that he is a "living national treasure of music" and that he portrays an "unparalleled mass of expressiveness and emotion which only seems to get better with age". Biography As a vocalist and a songwriter of the band, Tamaki spawned multiple successful compositions which were mostly co-written by lyricists including Gorō Matsui and Yōsui Inoue, by the time that the group suspended their career in 1993. In 1987, Tamaki released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Wind
is the eighth single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Etsuko Kisugi and Kōji Tamaki, the single was released on April 11, 1984, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the lead single from her sixth studio album ''Possibility''. The single became Nakamori's fourth No. 1 on Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...'s weekly singles chart and sold over 543,900 copies. Track listing Charts References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Southern Wind 1984 singles 1984 songs Akina Nakamori songs Japanese-language songs Warner Music Japan singles Reprise Records singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuji Hayashi
Tetsuji Hayashi (林哲司, ''Hayashi Tetsuji''; born on August 20, 1949) is a Japanese composer, singer-songwriter, and arranger. Hayashi got his start after he was influenced by American pop music when he was kid. He started to compose and arrange for artists like Yukie Nakama, Momoko Kikuchi, Kiyotaka Sugiyama, and others during his career. He is credited for bringing the golden age of 80's J-Pop. Biography Hayashi was born as the youngest of five siblings, growing up listening to American pop music from an early age under the influence of his brother. By the time he was 20, he entered the Yamaha Music School, which was sponsored by the Yamaha music magazine ''Light Music'', which he would then go on to edit. After that, he began his activities as a composer and arranger, becoming his main activity in the 1980s. He composed song such as Anri's "Kanashimi ga Tomaranai," Akina Nakamori's "Kita Uingu," and Tomoyo Harada "Aijō Monogatari." He wrote songs such as Momoko Kikuchi's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinfa Kan
(born June 24, 1953) is Japanese lyricist of Korean descent. Biography Chinfa Kan was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan as a second-generation Zainichi. He graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu-Nishi Senior and Junior High Schools. While attending Waseda University, he took up tanka writing and participated in the college's short song festivals. Kan made his debut as a lyricist in 1979 with Ann Lewis' "Shampoo", which was composed, arranged, and produced by Tatsuro Yamashita. He then wrote numerous hit songs with Tetsuji Hayashi. Kan also wrote lyrics for artists such as Hiromi Go, The Checkers, Agnes Chan, Akina Nakamori, Kyōko Koizumi, Anri, Miho Nakayama, KinKi Kids, Mika Nakashima, and BoA. In 1984, Kan won the Best Lyrics Award for Mariko Takahashi's "Momoiro Toiki" at the 26th Japan Record Awards. A year later, he won the Grand Prix for Nakamori's " Meu amor é..." Kan also wrote screenplays for the films ''Inamura Jane'' (1990) and ''Tokyo no Kyūjitsu'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kita Wing
is the seventh single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Chinfa Kan and Tetsuji Hayashi, the single was released on January 1, 1984, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the lead single from her fifth studio album ''Anniversary''. Background Nakamori approached songwriters Kan and Hayashi after listening to Omega Tribe's 1983 single " Summer Suspicion". During the songwriting process, proposed titles included and before Nakamori settled with "Kita Wing", which she revealed was influenced by Yumi Matsutoya's . "Kita Wing" refers to the north wing of Narita International Airport's Terminal 1, with the lyrics referencing Japan Airlines Flight 401 flying to London Heathrow Airport via Anchorage. Nakamori, Kan, and Hayashi collaborated again on a sequel song titled , which was featured on Nakamori's sixth studio album ''Possibility''. Nakamori has re-recorded "Kita Wing" for the 2002 self-cover compilation '' Utahime Double Decade'' and the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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