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No Way Man
"''No Way Man''" ( ja, ノーウェイマン, Noo Wei Man) is the 54th single (music), single (second to last in the Heisei Period) by the Japanese idol girl group, AKB48. It was released in Japan by King Records (Japan), King Records on November 28, 2018. The single features Sakura Miyawaki as both the lead singer and choreographic center. This is the last single to feature Sakura Miyawaki, Hitomi Honda, and Nako Yabuki, the three winning contestants of Produce 48, before they began their activities in Iz*One. This single also marked the last performance of Miyu Takeuchi before her departure from the group. The song ''No Way Man'' has been redone by AKB48 Team SH's in Chinese language, Chinese in 2019, and MNL48's in Filipino language, Filipino in 2022. Background & release Announcement of the single was announced through the group's Showroom (streaming service), Showroom channel on September 24, 2018. It revealed the participating members from across the AKB48 Group based i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with its own theater and performing daily so fans could always see them live (which is not the case with usual pop groups giving occasional concerts and seen on television). This "idols you can meet" concept includes teams which can rotate performances and perform simultaneously at several events and "handshake" events, where fans can meet group members. Akimoto has expanded the AKB48 concept to several girl groups in Mainland China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines. AKB48 have been characterized as a social phenomenon. They are among the highest-earning musical acts in Japan, and are the fifth-best-selling girl group worldwide. For example, their 2012 sales from record and DVD/Blu-ray releases reached $226 million, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKB48 Team SH
AKB48 Team SH (also known as 冲吧少女组合/Chong Ba Shaonu Zuhe) is a Chinese idol group based in Shanghai, China and an official sister group of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was established in 2018 after the dissolution of AKB48's relationship with the girl group SNH48 back in 2016. History On April 10, 2018, the application process was opened for the formation of Team SH, in which 38,066 girls registered by May. The applications were reviewed, and the second round consisted of interviews that were held in six cities. A third round was conducted in Shanghai, of which 62 girls were finalists and performed in singing and dancing. On July 25, it was announced that 34 members have been selected for the first generation of Team SH. Two of the members, Liu Nian and Mao WeiJia had previously participated in the idol competition show ''Produce 101''. Members On August 8, 2018 AKB48 Team SH posted the list of members on Weibo. Bolded names indicate captain. Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Down TV
(also known as CDTV) is a Japanese late-night music television program, broadcast on TBS since 1993. The program is shown weekly, and features a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, live performances from musicians and music information. It is presented by three CGI-animated hosts. History The show was created after a gap the broadcast of the long-run TBS countdown show The Best Ten (1978–1989). A top 100 music countdown show called (presented by Kuniko Tamada and Masayuki Watanabe) begun airing on TBS networks from October 1992, however received low ratings in its targeted youth market (due to its early airing time, 8pm, and the at average 10pm returning home time of the target audience). The show finished airing in March 1993. The show was re-branded, becoming ''Count Down TV'' and airing from April 1993 onwards. Some of the rebranding changes were later broadcast times, CGI hosts and imagery, along with only airing the top 40 chart rank-ins. The format has r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon TV
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 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri TV
JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the subsidiary of the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate; Yomiuri TV forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kantō region flagship Nippon TV, which owns a 15.89% share in the company. Founded as on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. History Early years Nippon TV applied for TV broadcasting licenses in Osaka and Nagoya after it began broadcasting in 1953, but the Ministry of Post declined the application on the grounds that "Nippon TV is a Tokyo channel, and applying for licenses in other regions is an act of crossing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Hits Kayosai
is an annual music show in Japan sponsored by Yomiuri TV. It is broadcast on Yomiuri TV and Nippon Television. Details Other winners This is a partial list of artists who have won awards other than a Grand Prix. * 2007 Newcomer Award: Cute, Uruma Delvi, Leah Dizon, Jyongri, Satomi Takasugi is a Japanese pop singer, race queen, and former gravure idol. She is signed to Avex Trax sub-label Rhythm Zone and represented by the talent agency, Platinum Production. She is a former member of the avex girl group With, with fellow gravure ... *2009 Gold Artist: AKB48, BIG BANG, Kumi Koda, GIRL NEXT DOOR, JUJU, AAA, Kana Nishino. References External links * * {{Japanese Music Award Shows Awards established in 2003 2003 establishments in Japan Japanese music awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Miyazaki
is a Japanese singer, actress and former member of the idol girl group AKB48 where she was active in Team A. She also participated in the Korean-Japanese show Produce 48. Biography In 2007, Miyazaki passed an audition for AKB48 and became a kenkyūsei (trainee) for the group's 5th generation. On July 13, 2008, she was promoted to Team A along with four other girls. On October 22, 2008, when AKB48 released the 10th single " Ōgoe Diamond", Miyazaki was listed among the performers on the A-side track for the first time. In February 2009, Miyazaki changed her talent agency to Horipro. In the AKB48 general election for that year, she ranked 18th and was put on the A-side team for the group's 13th single. She still have the record of being shortly senbatsu (1 year after she debuted in AKB...) On July 10, 2009, for an event dedicated to the Nattō Day, Miyazaki with Tomomi Itano and Tomomi Kasai formed a subunit called Nattō Angel. At the event, they sang the self-titled trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Booklet
Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes) are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets that come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for cassettes. Origin Liner notes are descended from the program notes for musical concerts, and developed into notes that were printed on the inner sleeve used to protect a traditional 12-inch vinyl record, i.e., long playing or gramophone record album. The term descends from the name "record liner" or "album liner". Album liner notes survived format changes from vinyl LP to cassette to CD. These notes can be sources of information about the contents of the recording as well as broader cultural topics. Contents Common material Such notes often contained a mix of factual and anecdotal material, and occasionally a discography for the artist or the issuing record label. Liner notes were also an occasion for thoughtful signed essays on the artist by another party, often a sympathetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eien Pressure
is the 29th major single by the Japanese female idol group AKB48, released in Japan on December 5, 2012. Background The sixteen members that were featured in the title track were decided in the AKB48 rock-paper-scissors tournament held in September along with their position at Nippon Budokan. The overall winner of the tournament was Haruka Shimazaki, who sang the lead vocals for the song and took up the center position during its performances, and it is also her first solo center. The single was released in five versions: Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, Type-D, and Theater Edition. The third tracks of the DVDs that come with Types A, B, and C are music videos for the songs that placed, respectively, first, second, and third in the recently held Music Video Request, in which fans could vote for a song to get a music video. Its music video was directed by Eiki Takahashi (also director of Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō). It premiered on MTV Japan. This is also the first single where Kojima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKB48 Group
, or AKB48 sister groups, shortened to 48 Group, 48g, refers to the sister groups of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. Based on the same concept "idols you can meet", it currently consists of 5 sister groups in locations across Japan and 7 sister groups in major Asian cities overseas from Indonesia to India. The Japan-based sister groups not only release their own singles, but also perform on some of the AKB48 singles and events. They also send participants in the AKB48 annual events such as the AKB48 general election. The sister groups outside Japan release local-language versions of the AKB48 singles. In their early development, they are often supported by temporary, concurrent members of AKB48, such as Jurina Matsui and Miyuki Watanabe. History AKB48's first sister group, SKE48, was formed in 2008 with its theater in Sakae, Nagoya. SDN48 ("Saturday Night"), NMB48 (" Namba") and HKT48 (" Hakata") were later formed. NGT48 was launched in 2015, and is located in Niigata. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
