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Daiko Nagato
is a Japanese musical producer, musical arranger, writer and composer. He's more known as a founder of music company Being Inc., which provided million seller hits during the 1990s and with his music company provided more than 80 theme songs for anime television series Detective Conan. He was the charge recording producer for the following artist such as Boøwy, Loudness, TUBE, B'z, ZARD, WANDS, Maki Ohguro, DEEN, T-BOLAN, Mai Kuraki, Garnet Crow and Rina Aiuchi. Life and career 1978-1993 On 1 November 1978, he established music company, Being with Keisuke Tsukimitsu (later known as a main producer of band Lindberg), composer Tetsuro Oda and lyricist Tomoko Aran and others. In 1989, famous Japanese rock duo B'z debuted under Vermillion Records and by their debut as the first Being artist, he maintained his position officially in the Being Office. With the debut of band Zard in 1991 and following success of debuting and producing artist next two years, there was a temporal soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtsu
file:Otsu City Hall.JPG, 270px, Ōtsu City Hall is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 343,991 in 153458 households and a population density of 740 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Ōtsu is located on the southern and southeastern shore of Lake Biwa and occupies most of the southeastern portion of Shiga Prefecture. The city is "L"-shaped and stretches along the southwest shore of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. Ōtsu ranges from the densely populated alluvium depressions near the shore of Lake Biwa to sparsely populated hilly and mountainous areas to the west (Hira Mountains and Mount Hiei) and south of the city. Mount Hiei to the east forms the border of the city and Shiga Prefecture with Kyoto. Neighboring municipalities Shiga Prefecture *Kusatsu, Shiga, Kusatsu *Rittō, Shiga, Rittō *Kōka, Shiga , Kōka *Takashima, Shiga, Takashima Kyoto Prefecture *Kyoto *Uji, Kyoto, Uji * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideki Saijo
was a Japanese singer and television celebrity most famous for singing the Japanese version of the Village People's hit song " Y.M.C.A.," called " Young Man." In the 1970s, he was called with Goro Noguchi and Hiromi Go. Although the original version was camp, Saijō's version was intended to seriously inspire "young men." Career Saijō's career spanned over three decades. He gained popularity again in the 1990s in the anime ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' and by releasing a cover version of the Enrique Iglesias song "Bailamos." He also sang the theme song and became the character (specially created for the Japanese version — Lucky Mucho) in ''The Emperor's New Groove'' and also performed "Turn a Turn," the first opening theme song for ''∀ Gundam''. In the late 1990s, he also appeared on an episode of the original Japanese cooking show ''Iron Chef'' as a guest judge, for the Rice Battle, involving Iron Chef Japanese Masaharu Morimoto and Chinese chef Masayoshi Kimura. In 2003, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mi-Ke
Mi-Ke were an award-winning J-Pop idol group in the early 1990s. Formed as the chorus group for B.B.Queens under Being Inc. recording agency, they had several singles which made the music charts, and released a number of albums. Their music and onstage image were reminiscent of the 1960s. They also did a number of cover versions of older songs (some in English, some as Japanese translations) from the Beach Boys and from British Invasion groups. The name ''Mi-Ke'' is a Japanese phrase meaning "three colors," commonly used for multicolored cats. Costumes used in performances usually featured different colors or styles. Members *Keiko Utoku *Mami Watanabe *Haruka Murakami Biography In the 1990s, the group debuted as back-up chorus singers in the B.B.Queens band. On 14 February 1991, they debuted with the single ''Omoide no Kujuukurihama''. The group later went onto to win the Rookie of the Year award at various award ceremonies, including the Golden Discs Award and Nihon Record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Minamino
, also known as Nanno (ナンノ), is a Japanese actress and singer. She graduated from Horikoshi High School. She played Saki Asamiya in the second season of the live action ''Sukeban Deka'' TV series replacing fellow idol star Yuki Saitō. She is currently independent. She has previously worked for the S1 Company, Southern Field, Sweet Basil and K Dash Group talent agencies. History While attending the private Shoin High School in Kobe, Minamino successfully passed an audition in 1982. During the summer of her second year of high school, she moved to Tokyo where she attended Horikoshi High School along with fellow entertainers Miharu Morina and Minako Honda. Minamino and Honda met when they both took the entrance examination. Minamino made her debut television role in 1984 in ''Meimon Shiritsu Jōshi Kōkō''. She began working for the talent agency S1 Company at this time. Despite being a mostly unknown face in Japanese entertainment, Minamino was given an unusually large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Hamada
is a Japanese heavy metal and pop rock singer. Since her debut in 1983, Hamada has been known as the "Heavy Metal Queen" of Japan. Throughout her career, she has released 25 singles and 23 studio albums. Biography Early history Mari Hamada started singing when she joined a choir at elementary school and participated in recording TV commercial jingles while in junior high. While at Musashigaoka High School, she formed a punk rock band called "Mari Band". During her tenure at Aoyama Gakuin University, Hamada was a backing vocalist for the band "Hamachan" and the lead vocalist of the all-female rock band "Misty Cats"; the latter having recorded the demo song "Misty Blue" for the various artists album ''Kichijōji Yamaha Studio Take-1 Presents: 7th One Way Contest'' in 1982. 1980s In 1983, Hamada released her debut album '' Lunatic Doll ~ Ansatsu Keikoku'', which was produced by Daiko Nagato and Loudness drummer Munetaka Higuchi and released by Victor Entertainment under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuteru Maeda
is a Japanese male singer-songwriter from Atsugi, Kanagawa. He is signed onto Sony Music Japan , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is oper .... He is also a leader of rock band Tube. He released the hits "Sobani Iruyo" and "Try Boy, Try Girl". References 1965 births Living people Japanese male singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters Tube (band) members Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists Japanese racehorse owners and breeders Musicians from Kanagawa Prefecture Being Inc. artists {{Japan-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiya Haruhata
is a Japanese musical composer, guitarist and music producer under Sony Music Entertainment. He is member of band Tube, began his solo actions around that same time. Since 1992 he has been composing songs for few Being Inc. artist such as Mai Kuraki and Zard. Michiya was given his own Signature Model Stratocaster from Fender in 2002., His song "Jaguar '08" was named the 31st best guitar instrumental by ''Young Guitar Magazine'' in 2019. Albums (soloworks, instrumental) #DRIVIN' （1986） #Smile on Me (1988) #GUITAR LAND （1990） #DREAM BOX （1991） #Moon （1992） #Real Time （1993） #J'S THEME (1993) #Color of Life （1995） #RED BIRD （2000） #Best Works 1987-2008 ~route86~ (2008) #Find My Place (2012) #play the life (2016) #rebirth (2018) #continue (2019) #kingdom of the heavens (2019) #spring has come (2022) Awards, rankings and sales Rankings, Continue was number 1 in Japan instrumental album sales in 2019. Continue won the 34th golden disk awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Akimoto
is a Japanese actress and singer, who has been active since 1982. She is represented by Staff-up Group. Her real name is , but she is also known as after her marriage with actor Atsushi Harada in 2003.明石家さんま が「俺が結婚式やったるわ」と発言したが未だに行われていない。夫妻共々「いつになったら開いてくれるんですか?」と問いかけ続けているようだ Filmography * ''Sudden Shock! Monster Bus'' (1988) as Reiko * ''Top Stewardess Monogatari'' (1990), series * ''Konoyo no Hate'' (1994) as Kyoko Tanabe (series) * ''Furuhata Ninzaburô'' (1996) as Hinako Mukai (series) * ''Gekai Hiiragi Matasaburō'' (1996) as Minae Aoshima (mini series) * ''Atashi wa Juice'' (1996) * ''Mōri Motonari'' (1997) as Kaori (serie) * ''Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 31'' (1997), TV Movie * ''Hasen no marisu'' (1999) as Aso, Kayoko * ''Romance'' (1999) as Kotaro's Woman * ''Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 13'' (2000), TV Movie * ''Tadaim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Mihara
is a Japanese politician, and was formerly a singer, actress, and racing driver. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Entertainment career Mihara made her debut as a teenager in the 1979 television series ''Kinpachi-sensei'', and began a singing career in 1980. Her first hit sold more than 300,000 copies. In 1987, she began competing in auto racing. Mihara drove a Toyota Corolla in the Japanese Touring Car Championship from 1990 to 1991, sharing the car with her husband Masahiro Matsunaga and Shinichi Yamaji. From 1992 to 1995, she raced in the Spa 24 Hours in Belgium, followed by the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship with Kumi Sato in 1996 and 1997; Mihara and Sato were co-drivers in the 1995 Spa 24 Hours. In 1998, she and Sato participated in the American Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Mihara remained involved in racing—particularly the JGTC's successor Super GT—after entering politics, serving as the secretary general of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-project
d-project is a Japanese cover band under the Giza Studio label. The band was formed to celebrate 25th anniversary of Zard's debut and in first album arranged popular songs. Famous arrangers and composed were grouped with guest vocalist Maki Ohguro and guest mc Ken. The first album ''d-project with ZARD'' was released on 30 May 2016. The album reached #33 rank first week and charted for 3 weeks. Discography d-project with ZARD All songs are originally written by 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. .... Compositions for each song by individual composers remains same.Official track list (in Japanese) http://www.bgv.jp/shop/detail_shop.php?item_id=6081 References External links *Official websit Japanese pop rock music groups Being Inc. artists {{J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Velvet
Sweet Velvet was a Japanese pop band under Giza Studio label, formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2001. Biography In 1998, the band formation began. As inspiration for music production they used French pop from the '60s. The band title Sweet Velvet came from the idea of their vocalist Mizuki having velvety voice. In 1999, along with bands New Cinema Tokage and Grass Arcade they debuted on 10 February as "Number One Artists" () on newly created Giza Studio label by distributors Being Inc. Their debut major single, ''I Just Feel So Love Again ~Soba ni Iru Dake de~'' was released in double formats: 8 cm and 12 cm maxi single. The song was used as ending theme for the anime television series '' Mamotte Shugogetten''. Later, the original composer of the song, Aika Ohno, self-covered it in her English cover album ''Shadows of Dreams''. In 1999 June, they released their mini album ''Sweet Velvet'' under indie label Garage Indies Zipping Association and single ''Flame of Love'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
