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Koichi Fujita
was a Japanese guitarist, lyricist, composer, record producer, and businessman. He was known for producing for Kiyotaka Sugiyama, Carlos Toshiki, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Momoko Kikuchi, and Lazy. Biography Early life and career Fujita was born on March 20, 1947, in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As a child, he loved playing football, but spent most of his days alone because his mother died and his father remarried. He attended Chiba Prefectural Chiba High School where he heard a Beatles record, and bought an electric guitar. He was scouted by Watanabe Productions and debuted in 1967 as a member of Out Cast. He served as the guitarist after the previous guitarist, Shuichi Katagiri, left the band shortly before the band's debut. He left in the summer of 1967 after writing three songs, and would form The Love with Yuji Takamiya, Arai Hideo, Yasufumi Tajima (known as "Fumio Shimada" and "Heckel Tajima"), and Hiroshi Kobata. The band dissolved in 1969. Production career In 1980, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiba (city)
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people per km2. The city has an area of . Chiba City is one of the Kantō region's primary seaports, and is home to Chiba Port, which handles one of the highest volumes of cargo in Japan. Much of the city is residential, although there are many factories and warehouses along the coast. There are several major urban centres in the city, including Makuhari, a prime waterfront business district in which Makuhari Messe is located, and Central Chiba, in which the prefectural government office and the city hall are located. Chiba is famous for the Chiba Urban Monorail, the longest suspended monorail in the world. Some popular destinations in the city include: Kasori Shell Midden, the largest shellmound in the world at , Inage Beach, the first artific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshitsugu Nishihara
was a Japanese music project led by producer Koichi Fujita from 1983 to 1995. With the help of composers Tetsuji Hayashi, Tsunehiro Izumi, and Hiroshi Shinkawa, the project had three different bands with three different lead vocalists: Kiyotaka Sugiyama (1983–1985), Carlos Toshiki (1986–1991), and Masahito Arai (1993–1994). Under Fujita's directions, recordings were performed by studio musicians and production handled by the project's production team. The project has been described as helping form the city pop sound, especially with the project's usage of summer and sea themes. Background The name Omega Tribe was suggested by Hawaiian DJ Kamasami Kong, who described the name as a combination of the Greek letter omega (Ω, ω), meaning "last", and "the last race". The name, according to Sugiyama himself, was at the bottom of the list of candidates. The members liked the name ykes, but Fujita chose the name Omega Tribe as he liked how it could be interpreted as relating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omega Tribe (Japanese Band) Members
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Omega Tribe may refer to: * Omega Tribe (British band) * Omega Tribe (Japanese band) Omega Tribe (Japanese: ; sometimes stylized as Ωmega Tribe) was a Japanese soft rock and city pop project that was led by producer Koichi Fujita, with the bands being handled by industry veterans Tetsuji Hayashi, Tsunehiro Izumi, and Hiroshi Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Chiba Prefecture
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Japanese Record Producers
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Japanese Male Composers
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Japanese Composers
This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date. Not true actually: * Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443) * Yatsuhashi Kengyo (1614–1685) * Uragami Gyokudō (1745-1820) * Hiromori Hayashi (1831–1896) * Nakao Tozan (1876-1956) Shōka, Lied, Children's song * Isawa Shūji (1851-1917) * Sakunosuke Koyama (1864-1927) * Teiichi Okano (1878-1941) * Rentarō Taki (1879–1903) * Tadashi Yanada (1883–1959) * Nagayo Motoori (1885-1945) * Kōsaku Yamada (1886–1965) * Shinpei Nakayama (1887-1952) * Ryūtarō Hirota (1892-1952) * Tamezō Narita (1893-1945) * Kan'ichi Shimofusa (1898-1962) * Yūji Koseki (1909-1989) * Yoshinao Nakada (1923-2000) Classical and Contemporary Others * Koga Masao (1904-1978) * Masaru Sato (1928-1999) * Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931-2021), 20th-21st-century music producer and BGM composer * Koichi Sugiyama (1931-2021) * Isao Tomita (1932-2016) * Takeo Watanabe (1933-1989) * Yasuo Kuwahara (1946–2003) * Joe Hisaishi , known professionally as , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Deaths
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Mixi
is an online Japanese social networking service. It was founded in 1999 and is owned by Mixi, Inc. (). As of September 2012, Mixi had about 14 million monthly active users, with about 8.6 million of those on smartphones. Mixi, Inc. was founded by Kenji Kasahara in 1999 as a limited liability company and became a Japanese corporation in 2000. The company changed its name to Mixi, Inc. from E-Mercury, Inc. in February 2006 to align its name with the social networking service, and was updated to MIXI, Inc. in 2022. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo. They also publish the popular mobile freemium game ''Monster Strike'', the family photo-sharing app FamilyAlbum, and various other communication services. Overview The focus of Mixi is community entertainment, that is, meeting new people based on common interests. Users can send and receive messages, write in a diary, read and comment on others' diaries, organize and join communities, and invite their friends. Research indicates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai No Corrida (song)
"Ai No Corrida" (lit. ''Love Race'') is a song by the English singer and multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, written by Jankel and Kenny Young. The title is based on the Japanese title of the erotic film ''In the Realm of the Senses''. It was first recorded in 1980 and featured on Chaz Jankel's debut album ''Chas Jankel (album), Chas Jankel'' for A&M Records. Quincy Jones's 1981 recording of the song was a top 30 hit in the United States, and won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals in 24th Annual Grammy Awards, 1982. Original version and name origin "Ai No Corrida" is a song written by Chaz Jankel and Kenny Young, first recorded in 1980 and featured on Jankel's self-titled debut album for A&M Records. is the Japanese word for "love", while ''Corrida'' is the Portuguese word for "race". Charts Cover versions Quincy Jones version The song was covered by Quincy Jones in 1981 on his album ''The Dude (Quincy Jones album), The Dude'', with vocals by Dun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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