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Precious (Yuna Ito Song)
"Precious" is the third single by Yuna Ito. It is the theme song to the movie Limit of Love: Umizaru (starring Hideaki Ito and Ai Kato) and was released on May 3, 2006. Both "I'm Free" and "Secrets" are more up-beat songs than "Precious". "Precious" reached a peak of #2 on the daily charts and #3 on the weekly charts. The following week, her single stayed high on the charts and was #3 for the second week in a row. Her sales jumped from 39,000 copies the first week to 44,000 copies the second week. In two weeks, it has already surpassed the sales of her last single, "Faith/Pureyes". This single has been billed as a double b-side single due to the fact it has 2 b-sides. On the half-yearly charts of 2006, "Precious" was the 2nd most-downloaded song, 3rd most-downloaded ringtone, 5th most-downloaded PV, and overall (combined ranking for all 3 categories) ranked 2nd. The PV (promotional video) for the title track "Precious" was shot in New Zealand, where Ito and her staff stayed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuna Ito
is an American-born former singer and actress who was active in Japan. She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Hawaii. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, "Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the popular 2005 film ''Nana''; she also starred in the film, portraying Reira Serizawa. In 2006, Ito reprised her role as Reira for the sequel of the film singing the theme song, "Truth". In 2007, Ito released her debut album, ''Heart'', which debuted atop the Oricon chart. Biography Early life and music interest Ito was born to a Korean-Japanese mother and a Japanese father in Los Angeles, California. She has a younger brother, Johnny. Her family later moved to Oahu, Hawaii. From a young age, Ito dreamed about becoming a singer. She was inspired by the powerful vocals of Celine Dion. At the age of fifteen, she was offered a recording contract, but turned it down. She later explained: "They saw me as a girl and not a singer." Initially, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart (Yuna Ito Album)
''Heart'' is the debut album of artist Yuna Ito, released on January 24, 2007. It comes in a CD version, and a limited CD+DVD Version, that includes a 32-special-page-booklet and music videos. ''Heart'' debuted at number 1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts for Japan. Track listing #"Workaholic" #"Endless Story" (''Nana Movie Theme'') #"Losin'" (''AXN's Lost - Season 2 - Theme'') #"Know-how" #"Precious (Yuna Ito song), Precious" (''Limit of Love - Umizaru - Movie Theme'') #"Tender Is the Night" #"Fragile" #"Nobody Knows" #"Faith/Pureyes, Faith" (''KTV CX's Drama Unfair title theme'') #"Stay for Love" #"Truth (Yuna Ito song), Truth" (''Nana2 Movie Theme'') #"Perfume" Bonus tracks: #"Precious" (wedding extended ver.) Limited DVD edition #"Truth" (original version) #"Stuck on You" #"Faith" #"Losin'" #"Precious" (Special Version) #"Endless Story" (The Memories) Sales Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) Singles References External linksYuna Ito's official site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-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 trends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith/Pureyes
"Faith/Pureyes" is the second single released by Yuna Ito. It's a double a-side single that features the two songs "Faith" and "Pureyes". "Faith" is a dark, emotional ballad whereas "Pureyes" is more of an up-beat, pop tune. "Faith" was the ending theme for the Japanese drama, "Unfair", whereas "Pureyes" was featured in the Bioclen Zero contact lenses CM. "Faith/Pureyes" debuted at #4 but fell down the charts in the following days. It ultimately placed at #6 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 music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ... Weekly Charts and sold close to 23,000 copies its first week. Track listing # Faith # Pureyes # Faith: Instrumental # Pureyes: Instrumental Live performances *March 3, 2006 — Music Station *March 3, 2006 — Music Fighter Charts Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuck On You (Yuna Ito Song)
"Stuck on You" is Yuna Ito's fourth single since her debut. This is her first single since her largely successful May 2006 single "Precious" and her first single in which the main track is not a ballad. Overview Both this single and her following single, "Losin'", were limited to 70,000 copies each. "stuck on you" was described as "hot" single for the summer while "losin'" was a "cool" single for the fall. For those who bought both singles, they would receive a special invitation to Yuna Ito's first tour, an invitation-only tour called "Yuna Ito 1st Invitation". The B-side to this single is "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", a Nancy Sinatra cover. Commercial endorsements While the A-side, "stuck on you," had no commercial endorsements, the B-side, "These boots are made for walkin'," was featured in the Japanese car company Daihatsu's CM for their new car called the COO COO or coo may refer to: Business * Certificate of origin, used in international trade * Chief operating off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umizaru
is a manga series by Shūhō Satō which was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1998 to 2001. Yōichi Komori is credited with the original idea for the series, and he also did the research to make the series more authentic. The series focuses on Daisuke Senzaki, an officer in the Japan Coast Guard, and tells the stories of shipwreck rescues and other incidents where the coast guard plays a role. The plotlines in the series were drawn from incidents and accidents which actually happened while the manga was being written (similar to the "ripped from the headlines" tagline used by various ''Law & Order'' series). The manga has been adapted into two NHK high-definition specials, four films, and one drama series In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of Music Recording, music recordings. Although the origins of music videos date back to musical short, musical short films that first appeared, they again came into prominence when Paramount Global's MTV based its format around the medium. These kinds of videos were described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip" or simply "video". Music videos use a wide range of styles and contemporary video-making techniques, including animation, live action, live-action, documentary film, documentary, and non-narrative approaches such as Non-narrative film, abstract fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endless Story
"Endless Story" is the first single by Yuna Ito, released under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. "Endless Story" was used in the movie ''Nana'' in which Yuna played the character Reira Serizawa. "Endless Story" peaked at #2 on both the daily and weekly charts its first week, and reached #1 on the daily charts on multiple occasions, but was unable to reach #1 on the weekly charts. At the end of 2005, "Endless Story" was named the "Best Love Song of 2005" by the Oricon magazine. It holds the record for the most downloaded debut song for a female artist. On 24 January 2007, according to an Oricon blog, "'Endless Story' was still charting, and at no.144 for that week, and now 471,099 copies are sold". This song has a sample from Faith Hill's "If I'm Not In Love", which is clear on both songs verses, and similarities to "Endless Story"'s English parts. Track listing #"Endless Story" #"Journey" #"Endless Story" (instrumental) #"Journey" (instrumental) Charts Oricon Sales Chart (Ja ... [...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] |
Japan Cable Awards
are an annual set of music awards, sponsored by the . The awards are presented annually since 1968 and are based on requests from the audience received by cable broadcasters. The awards is finished in 2017, Kiyoshi Hikawa, who is a Japanese enka singer, keeps the record for most Grand Prix. List of Grand Prix winners Winners in other categories This is a partial list of artists who have won in other categories. * AKB48 (Excellent Music Award and Special Award, 2011. Cable Music Excellence utstanding PerformanceAward, 2012, 2013) * Berryz Kobo (Cable Music Award, 2008) * Cute (Cable Music Award, 2007) * Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Cable Music Excellence utstanding PerformanceAward, 2013) Most Wins Overall Including enka is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern ''enka'', however, is a relatively recent musical form, which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ''ryūkōka'' music, p ... and pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truth (Yuna Ito Song)
"Truth" is Yuna Ito's 6th single and last of 2006. This is her second single to be a part of the Nana franchise, the first being "Endless Story". Overview Truth was a sweeping ballad, making it her first ballad since Precious which was released on May 3, 2006. This single will be the ending theme to the movie Nana II, a movie which stars Mika Nakashima and Yuna Ito. The PV for "Truth" was filmed in Scotland at Eileen Donan Castle as well as the performance to the b-side song Take Me Away that was used in the movie. Track listing # Truth # Take Me Away # Endless Story "Endless Story" is the first single by Yuna Ito, released under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. "Endless Story" was used in the movie ''Nana'' in which Yuna played the character Reira Serizawa. "Endless Story" peaked at #2 on both the daily ...: Little Big Bee Lovespell Remix # Truth: Instrumental Live performances *November 26, 2006 - MelodiX! - "Truth" *December 8, 2006 - Music Station - "Truth" *Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Singles
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