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Real World (album)
''Real World'' (stylised as REAL WORLD) is Kokia's 11th studio album, released on March 31, 2010. Kokia travelled to the Tunisian Sahara for inspiration for songs on the album. Because of this, much of the promotional material is themed around her trip to Tunisia, including the album booklet and the music video for "The Woman." Background Before the album, three digital singles were released over eight months. Dubbed the Life Trilogy (Life Trilogy ～いのちの3部作～), the three singles featured message songs for humanity. was the first of these, released in August. "Kimi o Sagashite" asked the question "What is life, and why does it disappear/why does the end come?" in its lyrics. The second single was , released in December. "Single Mother" was an autobiographical story about the unreplaceable bonds Kokia has to her mother. The final, , was released in March two weeks before the album's Japanese release. The song has a message that people have the power to change sadness ... [...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] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhisa Yamamoto
Yasuhisa is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yasuhisa can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *康久, "healthy, long time" *康尚, "healthy, still" *康寿, "healthy, long life" *靖久, "peaceful, long time" *靖尚, "peaceful, still" *靖寿, "peaceful, long life" *安久, "tranquil, long time" *安尚, "tranquil, still" *安寿, "tranquil, long life" *保久, "preserve, long time" *保尚, "preserve, still" *保寿, "preserve, long life" *泰久, "peaceful, long time" *泰尚, "peaceful, still" *泰寿, "peaceful, long life" *易久, "divination, long time" *易寿, "divination, long life" *恭久, "respectful, long life" The name can also be written in hiragana やすひさ or katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Itou
Masumi is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese hurdler * Masuumi Juma, a Japanese voice actor *Masumi Aya, a Japanese hammer thrower *Masumi Fuchise, a Japanese racewalker *Masumi Hayashi (other) *Masumi Itō, a Japanese singer and composer * Masumi Kuwata, a former Japanese right-handed pitcher * Masumi Mishina, a Japanese softball player *Masumi Mitsui, Japanese-Canadian veteran of World War I *Masumi Miyazaki, an actress * Masumi Okada, a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer *Masumi Oshima, Japanese writer *Masumi Uno, a Japanese watercolor painter *Sachiko Masumi (born 1984), Japanese long jumper Fictional characters * Masumi, the main character of ''Swan'' * Masumi, a character in the manga version of '' Candy Boy'' * Masumi Inou, in '' Search Guard Successor Foundation'' * Masumi Nishijima, in ''Future Diary'' * Masumi Sera, a character from '' Detective Conan'' * Masumi Ageo, the character of '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyohide Ura
Kiyohide (written: , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese politician *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese karateka {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...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] |
Oto No Tabibito
Oto, Ōtō, or OTO may refer to: People * Oto (name), including a list of people with the name *The Otoe tribe (also spelled Oto), a Native American people Places *Oto, Spain, a village in the Valle de Broto, in Huesca, Aragon * Otorohanga, a town in New Zealand, commonly abbreviated to "Oto" Japan *Ōtō, Fukuoka * Ōtō, Nara, merged into Gojō in 2005 * Ōtō, Wakayama, merged into Tanabe in 2005 United States *Oto, Iowa *Oto, Missouri * Oto Reservation, formerly located in southeastern Nebraska * OTO Homestead and Dude Ranch, Montana Other uses *''Greta oto'', a butterfly of family Nymphalidae *Ordo Templi Orientis, organization centered on the Law of Thelema * ''Oto'' (album), the third album by Fluke, released in 1995 * OTO Awards, a Slovak awards show *'' Otocinclus'', a genus of armored catfish ** Zebra oto *Oto-Manguean languages, a large family comprising several families of Native American languages ** Oto-Pamean languages *Oto Melara, an Italian defense company, fo ... [...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] |
Dragon Nest
''Dragon Nest'' ( ko, 드래곤네스트) is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG developed by Eyedentity and currently available in different regions and languages. Aside from boasting a non-targeting combat and skill system within instance dungeons, ''Dragon Nest'' also revolves around a rich story which is told in different points of view depending on the player's chosen class. ''Dragon Nest'' receives new content, balance patches and cash shop items on a monthly basis. Major expansions that include several new dungeons, Nests, new classes, multiple new features or remake of old ones, extensive class adjustments and a raise on the level cap take place every year. The game has over 200million players as of 2013, and had grossed () by 2012. From June 2012 to July 2015, the game was known as ''Dragon Nest 2.0''. From 2015 to 2016, the game was known as ''Dragon Nest R'' which stands for "Action Reverse, Stress Relieve, Content Reboot". From 2016 onwards, the game is known as ''Dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
