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Engaged (song)
"Engaged" is the twenty-third single by Japanese recording artist Alisa Mizuki. It was released on February 6, 2008, nearly two years and a half since "C'est la Vie" (2005) and five years since her last solo single " Shout It Out" (2003). The single was issued in two formats: CD+DVD edition and CD-only edition. The title track was written and composed by and served as theme song for the NTV drama ''Saitō-san'', starring Mizuki herself. CDJournal described "Engaged" as a "captivating ballad" and praised the intensity and emotion of Mizuki's vocal delivery. The B-side, "Anemone," was also produced by Takigawa but written by Mizuki, marking her first foray into songwriting since the song "Sky" from Mizuki's fourth compilation album '' History: Alisa Mizuki Complete Single Collection'' (2004). Chart performance "Engaged" debuted on the Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Mizuki
is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. Mizuki is represented by the talent agency Vision Factory. Born in Nerima, Tokyo to Japanese-American parents, Mizuki began modelling for magazines and appearing in commercials at the age of four. On March 21, 2015, she announced that she married Koji Aoyama, a president of a construction company. History She become a child model in 1980 and first appeared in television series in 1983, but made her official acting debut in 1991, in the Fuji TV drama ''Mō Dare mo Aisanai''. In 1992, Mizuki landed her first leading role in the Fuji TV drama ''Hōkago''. She later starred in the popular series ''Nurse no Oshigoto'', which, after producing four seasons, was also made into a film, ''Nurse no Oshigoto: The Movie'' (2002). Mizuki won the Japan Academy Award for Best Newcomer for her performance in ''Chō Shōjo Reiko'' (1991) and later earned a Japan Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in ''Bokunchi'' (2003). In May 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avex Group
is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi Hamasaki and internet sensation PikoTaro. It has also shifted into other business domains like anime, video games and live music events, partnering with Ultra Music Festival and hosting the annual A-nation. The company is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) '' keiretsu''. Name Avex is an acronym of the English words Audio Visual Expert. Since its foundation, its corporate name was Avex D.D., Incorporated, and ten years later it was changed to Avex, Incorporated. The current name, Avex Group Holdings, Incorporated, was adopted in 2004 as part of reconstruction process after Tom Yoda's resignation. Avex Group Holdings, Incorporated was used for the main subsidiaries, while the old name (Avex, Incorporated) was for entertainment components of the Group. In 2005, Avex, Incorporated became Avex Ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C'est La Vie (Alisa Mizuki Song)
is a single by Japanese recording artist Alisa Mizuki, featuring Japanese mixture rock band Asian2. It was released on September 28, 2005, nearly two years and a half since Mizuki's last single, " Shout It Out" (2003). The single was issued in two formats: CD+DVD edition and CD-only edition. The title track was produced by Asian2 and written by the band's two MCs 20 and Tatsu. It served as theme song for the film ''Tobi ga Kururi to'', starring Mizuki herself. CDJournal described "C'est la Vie" as a "lively and cheerful, brassy and rhythmic track about believeing in yourself." The B-side, "Sweet One Week," is a cover of a Koushoku Jinshu song of the same name, from their debut studio album ''Akarui Mirai Keikaku'', and is performed by Mizuki alone. "C'est la Vie" debuted on the 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 mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoshi No Hate
is the twenty-fourth single, and first re-cut single, by Japanese recording artist Alisa Mizuki. It was released on August 17, 2011, over three years and a half since "Engaged" (2008), as the first and only single from Mizuki's sixth studio album, ''SpeciAlisa''. The single was issued in two formats: CD+DVD edition and CD-only edition. The title track was written and composed by singer-songwriter Yuka Kawamura and served as theme song for the TBS drama ''Hanawake no Yon-shimai'', starring Mizuki herself. CDJournal described "Hoshi no Hate" as a "ballad about marriage and family ties" that is "well-suited for the drama series it is used in." The B-side, "Alisa in Wonderland," was produced by Micro from Def Tech and is also featured on ''SpeciAlisa''. The CD+DVD edition of the single includes the music videos for both songs. "Hoshi no Hate" debuted and peaked at number 117 on the Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout It Out (Alisa Mizuki Song)
"Shout It Out" is the twenty-second single by Japanese recording artist Alisa Mizuki. It was released on May 21, 2003, as the sixth and final single from Mizuki's fourth compilation album '' History: Alisa Mizuki Complete Single Collection''. The title track is a Japanese-language was written by Gorō Matsui and composed and produced by Incognito members Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick and Matt Cooper. The demo Maunick and Cooper sent Mizuki initially had English lyrics, however Matsui wrote Japanese lyrics for the song, at the request of Mizuki's team. The song served as theme song for the Fuji TV drama ''Diamond Girl'', starring Mizuki herself. The B-side, "Eternal Space," was written by Emi Miyamoto and composed by house trio GTS member Gee. CDJournal described "Shout It Out" as "resort music-esque" and "Eternal Space" as an "Eiichi Otaki-inspired summer track," noting that both songs showcased a "new and fresh" side of Mizuki. "Shout It Out" is Mizuki's third and last single to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony. Nippon Television Holdings forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. Nippon TV's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is sometimes contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX". It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Mizuki Complete Single Collection
Alisa is a female given name, a version of Alice in used in Russia, Finland, Estonia and other countries. Notable people with the names Alisa and Alissa include: Alisa People *Alisa Agafonova (born 1991), Ukrainian former competitive ice dancer *Alisa Ahmann (born 1994), German fashion model *Alisa Bellettini (1954-2016), American television producer *Alisa Bokulich, American philosopher of science *Alisa Buchinger (born 1992), Austrian karateka *Alisa Burras (born 1975), American former professional basketball player * Alisa Camplin (born 1974), Australian aerial skier *Alisa Childers (born 1975), American singer and songwriter *Alisa Chumachenko, Lithuanian entrepreneur *Alisa Craig (1922-2005), American novelist Charlotte MacLeod’s pen name * Alisa Drei (born 1978), Finnish former competitive figure skater *Alisa Durbrow (born 1988), Japanese model, actress, and singer *Alisa Efimova (born 1999), Finnish-Russian pair skater *Alisa Fedichkina (born 2002), Russian competitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Singles
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Mizuki Songs
Alisa is a female given name, a version of Alice in used in Russia, Finland, Estonia and other countries. Notable people with the names Alisa and Alissa include: Alisa People *Alisa Agafonova (born 1991), Ukrainian former competitive ice dancer *Alisa Ahmann (born 1994), German fashion model *Alisa Bellettini (1954-2016), American television producer * Alisa Bokulich, American philosopher of science *Alisa Buchinger (born 1992), Austrian karateka *Alisa Burras (born 1975), American former professional basketball player *Alisa Camplin (born 1974), Australian aerial skier * Alisa Childers (born 1975), American singer and songwriter * Alisa Chumachenko, Lithuanian entrepreneur * Alisa Craig (1922-2005), American novelist Charlotte MacLeod’s pen name *Alisa Drei (born 1978), Finnish former competitive figure skater *Alisa Durbrow (born 1988), Japanese model, actress, and singer *Alisa Efimova (born 1999), Finnish-Russian pair skater *Alisa Fedichkina (born 2002), Russian competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
