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Nazo (album)
is the debut studio album of Japanese singer-songwriter Miho Komatsu. It was released on 3 December 1997 in Amemura-O-Town Record. Background The album includes two previously released singles, Nazo and Kagayakeru Hoshi. Several of her songs were originally written for other bands: "Sabitsuita Machine Gun De Ima Wo Uchinukou" for Wands, "Aoi Sora Ni Deaeta" for Arisa Tsujio as the ''Chūka Ichiban!'' anime theme song, "Kono Machi De Kimi to Kurishitai" for Field of View, and "Kimi ga Inai Natsu" for Deen. Charting performance The album reached number 5 in its first week, with 89,810 copies sold. The album charted for 40 weeks and it sold 400,000 copies altogether.http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/217885/products/40788/1/ , title = 謎 / 小松未歩 , newspaper = Oricon Track listing All songs were arranged by Masao Akashi (#1,#2,#7~#10) and Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow) (#3~#6,#11) Usage in media * Nazo was used as 3rd opening theme for Anime television series Detective Conan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Komatsu
is a former Japanese singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Kobe, Japan, Komatsu began her career as a songwriter, writing "Kono Machi de Kimi to Kurashitai" for Field of View. In May 1997, she released her debut single " Nazo", which served as the theme song to the Japanese anime series ''Case Closed''. The song peaked at number nine on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart in Japan and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). Her debut album of the same title (1997) peaked at number five on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart in Japan. After releasing her first compilation album ''Miho Komatsu Best ~once more~'' (2006), which peaked at number 21 in Japan, she retired from music industry with no announcement. As of May 2022, Komatsu has released eleven albums including eight studio albums, 26 singles, and two essay books. During her ten year career, she never made any television appearances and performed live. As a singer, Komatsu is perhaps best-known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masao Akashi
is a Japanese musical arranger in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label B-Gram Records. In 1988, he debuted as arranger in debut single " Dakara Sono Te o Hanashite" by Japanese hard-rock band B'z. Until 1998 his arrangement work has been involved with many Being artist including Manish, Wands and Zard. Although Masao is no longer working for Being Inc., he sometimes provided producing job for various artist such as Naomi Tamura, Maria, Color Bottle and Sonoda Band. List of provided works as arranger ★ album ☆ single/coupling B'z * B'z ★ *Off the Lock ★ *Bad Communication ★ *Wicked Beat ★ * Mars (B'z album) ★ *Love is, Seasons, Itsuka no Merry Christmas (Reprise) (Friends (B'z album)) ★ *The 7th Blues ★ *Teki ga Inakerya (Loose (B'z album))★ *Lady-Go-Round ☆ *Kimi no Naka de Odoritai ☆ * Be There ☆ *Taiyō no Komachi Angel ☆ *Easy Come, Easy Go! ☆ *Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night… ☆ *Lady Navigation ☆ * Alone ☆ * Blowin' ☆ *Zero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Written By Miho Komatsu
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Debut Albums
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Mainichi Broadcasting System
, or MBS, is a radio and television broadcasting company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN), Japan News Network (JNN) and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. It is a parent company of a television station named and a radio station named . MBS is also one of the major stockholders of TBS Holdings, BS-TBS, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, i-Television, TV-U Fukushima, Hiroshima Home Television, WOWOW., and FM802. History The was founded on December 27, 1950. NJB commenced radio broadcasting from the Hankyu Department Store on September 1, 1951, as the second commercial radio station in Japan. NJB founded on December 1, 1956 with Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). NJB was renamed "Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc." on June 1, 1958. On March 1, 1959, after selling all stocks of OTV to ABC, MBS started analog terrestrial television broadcasting independently from OTV, and made a network with Nippon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninpen Manmaru
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. It was serialized in the Enix magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' from 1995 to 1999. A 48-episode anime adaptation was produced by Shin-Ei Animation, directed by Tetsuo Yasumi, and broadcast on TV Asahi between July 5, 1997, and March 28, 1998. The official English name is ''Manmaru The Ninja Penguin''. Characters * * * Anime The anime uses two pieces of theme music. by Yumi Adachi is the series' opening theme while by Miho Komatsu is the series' ending theme. Staff *Written by: Mikio Igarashi *Chief animation director: Sueyoshi Yuuitirou *Art Director: Nakamura Takashi *Director of Photography: Itou Syuuiti *Editing: Okayasu Tadashi *Recording Director: Good Kobayashi Takashi *Music: Ootani Akihiro, Norio Ido *Producer: Kazi Makoto (TV Asahi), Tetsuya Watanabe (Dentsu), Katou Yoshio (SHIN-EI) *Director: Yasumi Tetsuo *Screenplay: Clear Yamazaki Department, Yasumi Tetsuo, Taeko Okina, Yonemura Shiyouz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Conan
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective fiction, detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its chapters collected in 102 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of September 2022. Due to legal problems with the name ''Detective Conan'', the English language releases from Funimation and Viz were renamed to ''Case Closed''. The story follows the high school detective Shinichi Kudo who was transformed into a child while investigating a mysterious organization and generally solved a multitude of cases by impersonating his childhood best friend's father and various other characters. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 1996. The anime resulted in List of Case Closed films, animated feature films, List of Case Closed OVAs, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnet Crow
Garnet Crow (stylized as GARNET CROW) was a Japanese pop/rock band formed in 1999 and associated with the Giza Studio record label. Members include Yuri Nakamura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Nana Azuki, and Hirohito Furui, with Nakamura leading on vocals. Music produced by Garnet Crow has its roots in the neo acoustic genre, and representative works include "Flying", "Yume Mita Ato De", and "Spiral". Despite prolific early singles, the band neither performed live nor appeared on TV prior to 2002. The mixed composition of Garnet Crow and Nakamura's deep vocals set the group apart from its contemporaries. Each individual member has also seen industry success: Nakamura and Azuki often share the limelight for Garnet Crow, but Okamoto has achieved a solo career and Furui is a sought-after music arranger – one of the highest paid in Japan. On March 30, 2013, the band announced their disbandment, with their final concert scheduled to be held on June 9, 2013. On June 9, 2013 they announced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirohito Furui
is a Japanese musical arranger and keyboardist in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label Giza Studio. In years 1999-2013 he was part of Japanese band Garnet Crow as arranger. In March 2018, he launched his own band project ''Again'', however in June 2019 changed into ''Alpha'' under independent label Freestyle. List of provided works as arranger ★ album ☆ single/coupling Miho Komatsu * Nazo ☆ * Kagayakeru Hoshi ☆ * Alive, My Soul ( Nazo) ★ *Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake ☆ * Koori no ue ni Tatsu yo ni ☆ *Chance ☆ * Anybody's Game ☆ * Miho Komatsu 2nd ~ Mirai ~ ★ * Sayonara no Kakera ☆ * Saitan Kyori de ☆ * Kaze ga Soyogu Basho ☆ *No Time No Fall, Holding; Holding on ( Miho Komatsu 3rd ~ everywhere ~) ★ *Style of my own ( Miho Komatsu 5 ~ source ~) ★ *Ashita wo Motezuni ( Miho Komatsu 6th ~ Hanano ~) ★ * Tsubasa wa Nakutemo ☆ * Suna no Shiro ☆ * Namida Kirare Tobase ☆ * I~Dareka... ☆ *Kokyou ( Miho Komatsu 7 ~prime number~) ★ * Anata ... [...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] |
Japanese Pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced '' kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on '' Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
