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Follow The Nightingale
"Follow the Nightingale" is a song by Kokia, released as her 18th single on November 21, 2007. The song, along with the single's B-side "Say Goodbye & Good Day," were used as the opening and ending theme songs for the Nintendo DS game ''Tales of Innocence''. The song was featured on Kokia's sixth studio album, '' The Voice''. "Say Goodbye & Good Day" was present as a bonus track on the French edition, but not on the Japanese edition. "Say Goodbye & Good Day" also features on Kokia's 2009 greatest hits collection '' Coquillage: The Best Collection II''. Kokia chose the theme of the single's cover to be of an oasis, with the theme that "all animals, people and trees need water to survive." Composition Kokia likens the song to "Chowa Oto" from her ''Trip Trip'' album. She described the song as being like a magnificent film's soundtrack, such as Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. She also describes the song as being "like a horse running through a great plain." "Follow th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokia (singer)
is a Japanese singer and songwriter performing under the stage name Kokia (styled KOKIA). Her most well known songs are (which reached number 2 in Hong Kong when it was covered by Sammi Cheng) and " The Power of Smile" (which topped at No. 8 in the singles chart). She is also recognized for her numerous contributions to anime/game soundtracks, the most notable being " Ai no Melody/Chōwa Oto (With Reflection)" for the film '' Origin: Spirits of the Past'', " Follow the Nightingale" for the game ''Tales of Innocence'', " Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi" for the anime '' Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino'', and "For Little Tail" for the game ''Tail Concerto''. Kokia often performs in Europe, basing her activities in Paris and releasing music through Wasabi Records, a subsidiary of Kazé. Biography Early life, Pony Canyon debut Kokia was born in 1976. She started playing the violin when she was two and a half years old, but preferred the family piano. Often instead of playing with toys, Kokia pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemaga
was a Japanese video game magazine founded in 1984 as ''Beep'' and published by SB Creative. During its history, it was known variously as ''Beep'', ''Sega Saturn Magazine'', ''Dreamcast Magazine'', and finally ''Gemaga''. When it ended publication in May 2012, it was the longest-running Japanese game magazine. History The magazine was started by Softbank Publishing in 1984 as a monthly publication under the name ''Beep'' to cover video games for home computers, arcade machines and gaming consoles. Its original layout was inspired by the men's magazine ''Popeye''. The original ''Beep'' magazine was discontinued on 8 March 1989. The editor-in-chief, Yoji Kawaguchi pitched a new format to SoftBank: two separate magazines, one which covers games for Sega Mega Drive, and one which is dedicated to the upcoming Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The publisher was more interested in Nintendo, since it was more popular in Japan than Sega, but agreed to start with the Mega Drive-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Songs
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] |
2007 Singles
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokia (singer) Songs (born 1981), basketball player and coach
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Kokia may refer to: * ''Kokia'' (plant), genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae * Kokia (singer), Japanese singer-songwriter * Uri Kokia Uri Kokia ( he, אורי קוקיה; born May 14, 1981) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for Ironi Ramat Gan of the Liga Artzit. Kokia played as a center/power f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichi Nozaki
is a Japanese anime music producer currently affiliated with Victor Entertainment. His hired works include Savage Genius and Yuki Kajiura. Staff in * '' .hack//Liminality'' (music producer) * '' .hack//SIGN'' (music producer) * '' Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution'' (music producer, ending theme arrangement) * '' The Big O'' (music producer) * ''Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto'' (music producer) * '' Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040'' (music producer) * ''Burst Angel'' (music producer) * ''Chocotto Sister'' (music producer) * ''Excel Saga'' (music producer) * ''Gear Fighter Dendoh'' (music producer) * ''Hand Maid May'' (music producer) * ''Jubei-chan'' (music producer) * '' L/R: Licensed by Royalty'' (music producer, opening theme arrangement) * '' Madlax'' (music producer) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO'' (music producer) * ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' (music producer) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer'' (music producer) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' (m ... [...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] |
Taisuke Sawachika
Taisuke (written: 泰介, 泰輔, 泰右, 泰舗, 泰佑, 退助, 大介, 大輔 or 太亮) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese politician *, Japanese professional baseball player {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai No Melody/Chōwa Oto (With Reflection)
AI is artificial intelligence, intellectual ability in machines and robots. Ai, AI or A.I. may also refer to: Animals * Ai (chimpanzee), an individual experimental subject in Japan * Ai (sloth) or the pale-throated sloth, northern Amazonian mammal species Arts, entertainment and media Works * ''Ai'' (album), a 2004 release by Seraphim * '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence'', a 2001 American film * ''A.I. Rising'', a 2018 Serbian film * '' AI: The Somnium Files'', a 2019 video game * ''American Idol'', televised singing contest * ''The American Interest'', a bimonthly magazine (2005–2020) * ''I'' (2015 film), an Indian Tamil film (initial title: ''Ai'') Other uses in arts and media * A.i. (band), a Californian rock–electroclash group * All in (poker), wagering one's entire stake * Appreciation Index, a British measure of broadcast programme approval * The Art Institutes, a chain of American art schools * Non-player character, in gaming (colloquially, ''an AI'') Business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)
is Kokia's 9th single, released on May 21, 2003. It is Kokia's second most commercially successful single after " The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss," due to being used as the daytime TV drama Itoshiki Mono e's theme song. Background This single was the Kokia's first to be released under Victor Entertainment management, after being managed under Gai Records for her second album ''Trip Trip'' and Pony Canyon , also known by the shorthand form , is a Japanese mass media publishing company founded on October 1, 1966. The company publishes mainly physical home media on compact discs, including music, films and TV shows and video games. It is affiliate ... for her debut '' Songbird''. Previous to this single, Kokia had found severely limited chart success. Despite releasing two albums and 8 singles, only one of these had charted at all, "Aishiteiru Kara" at #99. Promotion Other than "Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)" being featured in Itoshiki Mono e, the single was promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power Of Smile/Remember The Kiss
"The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss" is Kokia's 10th single, released on September 24, 2003. It is currently Kokia's most commercially successful single, after being used as the Kao ''Essential Damage Care'' shampoo commercials in 2003, featuring actress Yūko Takeuchi. Background This single was the second of Kokia's to be released under Victor Entertainment management, after being managed under Gai Records for her second album ''Trip Trip'' and Pony Canyon for her debut '' Songbird''. "The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss" was Kokia's first single released after her long-charting hit "Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)," which had been used as the daytime TV drama Itoshiki Mono e's theme song. Despite the song barely breaking the top 50 Oricon chart, it managed to sell 26,000 copies. And is listed as gold on the RIAJ Japanese chart database Promotion Other than through Kao commercials featuring "The Power of Smile," the single was promoted in a variety of ways. Kokia was featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jump Festa
is an annual party or exposition in Japan, all about manga and anime, sponsored by Shueisha, publisher of the various ''Jump'' anthologies which are Weekly Shōnen Jump, Jump Square, V Jump, Saikyō Jump and Shōnen Jump+. The exposition was started in 1999, and is held for two days in December with over 100,000 people attending every year. New manga, anime, films, games, and merchandise are introduced during this event. Manga artists of popular current and former ''Jump'' series are often on hand, and many of them have panels where they answer questions. The festival's mascot is named and was designed by Akira Toriyama. Although the focus of the event is around Shueisha's Jump properties, game designers, such as Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, and Square Enix is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate, best known for its ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', ''Star Ocean'' and ''Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
