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Best Of Wands History
''Best of Wands History'' is the third and final greatest hits album by Japanese pop-rock band Wands. It was released on 9 June 2000 under B-Gram Records label. This album consists of selected singles and album pick-ups with vocalists Show Uesugi and Jiro Waku. The album reached #17 in its first week and sold 16,000 copies. The album charted for 4 weeks and sold more than 37,000 copies.Oricon rankings. title=Best of Wands History / WANDS , newspaper = Oricon http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25861/products/123552/1/ Track listing References 2000 compilation albums Wands (band) albums B Zone compilation albums Japanese-language compilation albums {{Japan-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wands (band)
(stylized as WANDS) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 and active until 2000 under the label B-Gram Records. In 2019, the band reunited with a new vocalist, Daishi Uehara, and two former members, Shibasaki and Kimura, under the D-Go recording label. In the span of 29 years, the band has had three lead vocalists and changed instrumental members five times. Members Wesugi period * (1991-1996)- vocalist, lyricist, composer, arranger * (1991-1992)-keyboardist, composer, arranger * (1991-1996)-guitarist, composer, arranger * (1992-1996)-keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger Waku period * (1997-2000)-vocalist, lyricist, arranger * (1997-2000)-guitarist, lyricist, composer, arranger * (1992-2000)-keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger Uehara period * (2019-)- vocalist, lyricist * (1991-1996, 2019-)-guitarist, composer, arranger * (1992-2000, 2019-)-keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger Career 1991–1996: Commercial success with Show Wesugi The band was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aika Ohno
Aika may refer to: Arts and media * ''Aika'' (album), a 1996 album by Finnish singer-songwriter Aki Sirkesalo *''Agent Aika'', a 1997 anime OVA produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Fantasia *AIKA Online, an MMORPG *Aikakone or Aika, a Finnish musical group *''Aika'', a character from the video game ''Skies of Arcadia'' *''Aika'', a 1984 Indian short film directed by Gulzar (lyricist) * "Aika", a song from the album '' Unified'' by Super8 & Tab People * Aika (singer), Japanese singer/songwriter *, Japanese gravure idol and professional wrestler *Aika Hakoyama (born 1991), Japanese synchronized swimmer *Aika Kobayashi (born 1993), Japanese singer and voice actress *, is a former member of the Japanese idol group HKT48 *, is a Japanese singer *, is a Japanese YouTuber and singer *, is a Japanese singer and songwriter Other uses *''Aika'', an ancient name of Troia (FG) Troia (also formerly Troja; nap, label= Foggiano, Troië; grc, Αῖκαι, Aîkai; la, Aecae) is a town and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wands (band) Albums
A wand is a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, ivory, or metal. Wand or magic wand may also refer to: People *Günter Wand, a German orchestra conductor and composer *Hart Wand, an early white American blues musician and composer from Oklahoma City * John W C Wand, an Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, Australia *Seth Wand, an American football offensive tackle * Walter Rudi Wand, a German judge *Wand Bewossen, a military figure in Ethiopian history *Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist Music * Wand (band), an American psychedelic rock band *Wands (band), a 3-member Japanese rock music group *Wand Records, a record company *" The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)," a song by The Flaming Lips *Magic Wands (band), a band from Los Angeles, CA Media *WAND (TV), an NBC affiliate in Decatur, Illinois * Magic Wand (software), a word-processing program for CP/M-based computers first released in 1979 *Nyko Wand, a 3rd-party alternative to the Wii Remote * Magic Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Utoku
is a Japanese singer and songwriter under UK Sweet label. Biography Keiko made her debut with a chorus part in the band B.B.Queens then joined with J-pop female band Mi-Ke from 1991 to 1993, before starting a solo career. As a child, Utoku listened to a lot of music, including music made by Momoe Yamaguchi. She has written and sung many songs, such as "Wasurenagusa", and Sonic the Hedgehog fans remember her for her vocal work in the original version of the ''Sonic CD is a 1993 platform game for the Sega CD developed and published by Sega. The story follows Sonic the Hedgehog as he attempts to save an extraterrestrial body, Little Planet, from Doctor Robotnik. Like other '' Sonic'' games, Sonic runs and ...'' video game's opening and closing themes in Japan and Europe, "Sonic – You Can Do Anything" and "Cosmic Eternity – Believe In Yourself" in 1993. At recent dates, she has released 15 singles, 5 digital singles, 4 studio albums, 1 mini and 2 best albums.Discograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Bit…
''Little Bit…'' is the second Extended play, EP by Japanese rock band Wands (band), Wands. The album includes two previously released singles, "Koiseyo Otome" and "Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawasou." The album was released on October 6, 1993 under B-Gram Records label. It reached #2 on the Oricon chart for first week, with 483,350 sold copies. It charted for 20 weeks and sold 951,660 copies.Oricon rankings http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25861/products/268565/1/ Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Little Bit... 1993 EPs Wands (band) albums B Zone EPs Japanese-language EPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Nakayama
is a Japanese singer and actress. She is affiliated with Big Apple Co., Ltd. Nakayama is nicknamed , and sometimes uses the pseudonyms or when she writes the lyrics. Biography History Nakayama was born in Saku, Nagano, Japan. Following her mother's remarriage, her family moved to Koganei, Tokyo. There, Nakayama attended Koganei Municipal Junior High School. Idol career After being discovered by a talent scout while shopping in Harajuku, she made her debut on 21 June 1985 with her single " C", as well as a starring role in the film '' Be-Bop High School''. Throughout her career as a singer and actress, Nakayama recorded 22 studio albums and scored eight No. 1 singles on Oricon's charts; two of them selling over a million copies each. She also starred in a Famicom Disk System dating sim made by Nintendo titled ''Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School'', in which she played a high school student trying to mask her true identity. Acting career In 1995, director Shunji Iwai cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekaijū No Dare Yori Kitto
is the 25th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama and a collaboration with the band Wands. Written by Show Wesugi, Nakayama, and Tetsurō Oda, the single was released on October 28, 1992, by King Records. Background and release "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" was co-produced by Daiko Nagato, who selected it from a stock of Tetsurō Oda's compositions. Takeshi Hayama gave it an 8-beat arrangement. The main single has Nakayama on lead vocals with Wands vocalist Show Wesugi on backing vocals. The B-side, "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Part II)", was rearranged as a slow ballad with the vocal roles reversed. The song was used as the theme song of the Fuji TV drama series , which also starred Nakayama. It was also used as a hold tone for a line of Sanyo cordless phones in 1995. "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" became Nakayama's seventh No. 1 and Wands' second No. 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart. It sold over 1,833,000 copies and was certified Quadruple Platinum by the RIAJ, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiichiro Kuribayashi
is a former Japanese musical composer, keyboardist, singer-songwriter, bassist and guitarist under Vermillion records label. Biography During high school times at age of 16, he went studying English for 4 years in Los Angeles. In 1987, Kuribayashi had started his career as an composer. ''Stay in my eyes'' (from album Summer Dream) music composition was provided to popular Japanese band ''Tube'' from 80s. On the same year, he joined to the special unit with Oda Tetsuro and vocalist of Tube, ''Nagisa no All Stars''. In 1989 he made his major solo debut with album ''La Jolla''. In years 1990–1993 he was a member of music group B.B.Queens as an back-vocalist and bassist. In years 1993–1994 he was member of rock band Zyyg. Meanwhile, as soloist and composer, he'd been providing numerous compositions for artist such as Zard, Maki Ohguro, Wands, Deen and Manish. In 1995 he created his solo project under the name Barbier with single ''Christmas Time''. In 1997 he held the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced '' kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on '' Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsurō Oda
is a Japanese composer, record producer, and singer-songwriter. Oda gained prominence as a songwriter in Japan during the late 1980s. He composed over 50 top-ten hit singles on the Japanese Oricon chart during the 1990s, including 12 that have sold over 1 million copies. At the commercial peak of his career, Oda produced a string of popular hit songs with artists such as Zard, Wands, Deen, and Field of View. He also discovered and collaborated with Nanase Aikawa, one of the best-selling Japanese female pop icons from the latter half of the 1990s. Oda has embarked on his own solo career since the 1980s, achieving mainstream success with the help of contributions from other artists. As a recording artist, he is best known for the chart-topping single "Itsumademo Kawaranu Ai o", which was released in 1992. In 1990, Oda won the 32nd Japan Record Award for the song " Odoru Pompokorin", co-written by Momoko Sakura and performed by B.B. Queens. Oda has been the third best-selling co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izumi Sakai
, known professionally as , was a female Japanese pop singer, songwriter, and member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member who stayed in the group while others joined and left regularly, Zard and Sakai may be referred to interchangeably. She was the best-selling female recording artist of the 1990s and has sold over 37 million copies of sales, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists in Japan, best-selling music artists in Japan of all time. Biography Born in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Sakai grew up in Hadano, Kanagawa. Her father was a driving instructor, and she had a younger brother and younger sister. After her death, a neighbor recalled how popular and beautiful Sakai had been in elementary school. She was also athletic, joining the track and field team in junior high and playing tennis in high school. Graduating from Shoin Women's College (now Shoin University) in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Atsugi City, Kanagawa, Sakai worked in a real estate company office for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
