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D404ME
is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 10 August 1985 under the Warner Pioneer label. The album includes renewed version of the smash hit " Meu amor é...". Background ''D404ME'' is the second studio album released in 1985, four months after her previous studio album ''Bitter and Sweet''. The initial number and letters from the album means . The music production team consist a various big hit makers during 80's period such as Aska from duo Chage and Aska, Joe Hisaishi, Takashi Tsushimi, Kiyoshiro Imawano from rock band RC Succession, Taeko Ohnuki or Tsugutoshi Gotō. In the earlier editions of newsletter from Nakamori's fanclub ''Milkyway'', was included prototype version of lyrics of "Nocturne" and "Blue Ocean".（1985）Nakamori Akina Fanclub「Milky House」Newsletter Ken-On Promotion Single It consists of one previously released single, " Meu amor é..." The single has received the highest claimed musical award in the 27th Japan Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Bitter And Sweet (Akina Nakamori Album)
''Bitter and Sweet'' is the seventh studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 3 April 1985 under the Warner Pioneer label. The album includes a renewed version of the No. 1 single "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa". Background ''Bitter and Sweet'' came half a year after her previous studio album, "Possibility". The music production team consisted of various semi-popular artists of the time frame, such as EPO, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Yousui Inoue, Akira Jimbo, Minako Yoshida and Aska (from the duo Chage and Aska). ''Yokan'' took on a new arrangement and was included on the mini studio album ''My Best Thanks''. The original version's final melody slowly fades away while in the mini studio version includes the sound of noise to follow final track from the mini album. In 1995 it was arranged for a lone piano, recorded for Nakamori's ''true album akina 95 best'', in which she essentially covered herself. With this album, Nakamori changes not just her visual appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken-On
is a talent management company in Japan. It was founded in October 1979. It is located in Roppongi. Subsidiaries * Ken-On Incorporated * Ken Kikaku Incorporated * MC Cabin Music Publishing * RAD Japan * Taisuke Management * Pin-ups Artists Actors Female Male * Ikki Sawamura * Sota Fukushi * Takashi Sorimachi * Toshiki Seto * Yutaka Takenouchi Next Generation Voice actors Musical artists Jointly managed groups and artists Former talents * Ayaka (under a stAtion) * Makiko Esumi * Nanami Hinata * Rosa Kato * Tomoko Kawase (under NinetyOne) * Shota Matsuda * Hiro Mizushima , known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. He appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and ''Zettai Kareshi''. Additionally, he was well kn ... (under a stAtion) * Hatsune Okumura References External links * {{Authority control Japanese talent agencies Mass me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Albums
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Albums
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopen ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
27th Japan Record Awards
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The 27th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1985, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS. Award winners *Japan Record Award: **Akina Nakamori for " Meu amor é..." ***1st runner-up: The Checkers for ジュリアに傷心 ***2nd runner-up: Anzen Chitai for 悲しみにさよなら *Best Vocalist: **Sayuri Ishikawa *Best Star: **The Checkers *Best New Artist: **Miho Nakayama *Best Album: **Yōsui Inoue for "9.5 carat" External linksOfficial Website Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards 1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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