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Ren'ai Hunter
is the 49th single by the J-pop group Morning Musume, released in Japan on April 11, 2012. Background "Ren'ai Hunter" is the second single for the 10th generation members and the last single by Morning Musume to feature Risa Niigaki. It also became the last single to feature Aika Mitsui, who would announce her graduation from the group due to a foot injury that was taking a long time to recover. Release details The single will be released in six versions: a regular edition and five limited editions. The Regular Edition and the Limited Editions D and E are CD-only. The Limited Editiona A, B, and C come with a DVD containing a special version of the music video for the title song. The Limited Edition E is a special version to commemorate Risa Niigaki's graduation from Morning Musume. It contains an additional song, performed by her. The song is a cover of "Egao ni Namida (Thank You! Dear My Friends)" from Aya Matsuura's 2002 album '' First Kiss''. As the group's producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Musume
, formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an amount of 64. Morning Musume was formed in 1997 by rock singer-songwriter turned record producer Tsunku, who later composed the vast majority of the group's songs over the decade. They are the lead group of Hello! Project that specialises in upbeat, pop-oriented music coupled with dance performance. The group produced several splinter groups, and often collaborates with other Hello! Project acts, including Country Musume, Berryz Kobo, Cute, Melon Kinenbi, and v-u-den. The group's name can be translated as "Morning Girls" or "Morning Daughters"; as the name suggests, it consists of members mostly in their late adolescence and early 20s. History 1997-1998: Formation and beginnings Japanese producer Tsunku started the group in 1997 throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine ''Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Billboard''s parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan": and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country. In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from ''Billboard'', launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 music chart. As of 2016, the list of charts compiled by ''Billboard Japan'' also includes an albums chart named ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums, sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales, Top Albums Sales, Top Jazz Albums Sales, and Top Classical Albums Sales, a radio-airplay chart named Radio Songs, an animation music Animation music is original music written specifically ... [...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] |
Haruka Kudo (singer) '', a Japanese media franchise
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Haruka may refer to: People *Haruka (given name), a Japanese given name *Haruka (model) (born 1975), Japanese fashion model Music * "Haruka" (Melody song) * "Haruka" (Scandal song) * "Haruka" (Tokio song) * "Haruka" (Yoasobi song) Other uses * ''Haruka'' (fly), a genus of flies in the family Pachyneuridae *Haruka (satellite) or HALCA, a Japanese decommissioned radio telescope satellite *Haruka (train), a Japanese passenger train service * '' Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time'', a video game series and media franchise *Haruka (citrus), a Japanese citrus cultivar See also *''Haruka Seventeen is a ''seinen manga, seinen'' manga by Sakuya Yamazaki which was serialized by Kodansha in ''Weekly Morning'' from 2004 to 2006. It was adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama, TV drama which aired on TV Asahi in 2005. Plot Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaki Sato , Tanzania
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Masaki may refer to: Name * Masaki (given name), a unisex Japanese given name * Masaki (surname), a Japanese surname Places * Masaki, Ehime, a town located in Iyo District, Japan * Masaki Art Museum, a museum in Tadaoka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan that opened in 1968 * Masaki Station (other) * Masaki, a suburb in Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayumi Ishida (singer)
(born 7 January 1997) is a Japanese pop singer and dancer. She is a tenth-generation member and sub-leader of the pop group Morning Musume. Biography Early life Ayumi Ishida was born on 7 January 1997, in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Prior to debuting in Morning Musume, she was as back-up dancer for Dorothy Little Happy. 2011–present: Debut in Morning Musume On 29 September 2011, at a concert at Nippon Budokan, which was part of ''Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe: Takahashi Ai Sotsugyō Kinen Special'', it was announced that Ishida had passed the auditions alongside three other girls: Haruna Iikubo, Masaki Satō and Haruka Kudō, and would join Morning Musume. In October 2012, Ishida was announced as a member of the new Satoyama Movement unit, Harvest, alongside, Erina Ikuta, Masaki Satō and Akari Takeuchi. In March 2013, Ishida was announced as a member of the new Satoumi Movement unit, Plumeria. On 31 December 2018, she became sub-leader of Morning Musume alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruna Iikubo
is a Japanese actress and former pop singer. She is a former tenth-generation member and sub-leader of the pop group Morning Musume and former model for the Japanese fashion magazine '' Love Berry''. Biography Early life Haruna Īkubo was born on November 7, 1994, in Tokyo, Japan. 2009–2011: Modelling In 2009, Haruna won a special award at the exclusive auditions for the fashion magazine '' Love Berry''. She first appeared as a model in the June number of the magazine. Since the July issue, Haruna Iikubo adopted the stage name . She "graduated" from ''Love Berry'' (left the project) in the February 2011 number. 2009–2018: Debut in Morning Musume On September 29, 2011, at a concert at Nippon Budokan, which was part of ''Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe: Takahashi Ai Sotsugyō Kinen Special'', it was announced that Haruna Iikubo passed the auditions alongside three other girls: Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Satō and Haruka Kudō, and would be joining Morning Musume. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanon Suzuki
Kanon may refer to: Buddhism * Kanon, a Japanese name for Guanyin, a Buddhist spiritual figure Media and literature * ''Kanon'' (video game), a Japanese visual novel by Key, later adapted into anime series * ''Kanon'' (manga), a manga by Chiho Saito * ''Daimajin Kanon'', a Japanese tokusatsu television drama * '' Der Kanon'', an anthology of important German literature * The Kanon Award, one of the movie awards of Norwegian film festival Kosmorama People * Kanon (bassist) (21st century), Japanese bassist and member of An Cafe * Kanon (singer) (born 1980), Japanese singer * Kanon Fukuda (born 1995), Japanese singer and voice actress * Kanon Kasuga (born 2003), Japanese actress * Kanon Kimoto (born 1997), a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48 * Kanon Mori (born 1996), Japanese field hockey * Kanon Miyahara (born 1996), Japanese actress and karate performer * Kanon Shizaki, Japanese voice actress * Kanon Suzuki (born 1998), Japanese singer and member of Morning Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riho Sayashi
Riho Sayashi (鞘師里保 ''Sayashi Riho''; born May 28, 1998 in Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese dancer, actress, and singer. She is a former ninth generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume, along with Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Ikuta, and Kanon Suzuki, as well as a former member of the duo Peaberry. Her uncle, Tomoya Sayashi, is a former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League. In 2019, she became a touring member of Babymetal, including in their performance at Glastonbury Festival 2019. Biography Prior to joining Morning Musume, Sayashi was a student of Actor's School Hiroshima (ASH) whose graduates include Suzuka Nakamoto, Himeka Nakamoto, Perfume (Japanese band), Perfume, and Juice=Juice, Ruru Dambara. 2010: Early career Sayashi was one of the winners of the Jc&Jk actress audition and got a chance to perform in Morning Musume's ''Fashionable'' stage play. 2011–2015: Morning Musume Sayashi passed Morning Musume's ninth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erina Ikuta
is a Japanese pop singer, dancer, actress and former model. She is a ninth generation member of J-pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2011 along with Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki and Mizuki Fukumura. On 26 November 2014, she became Sub-Leader of Morning Musume along with member Haruna Ikubo and later on with Ayumi Ishida. Biography History Before Ikuta joined Hello! Project, she was a fashion model with Elegant Promotion, and had a blog where she posted photos of what she was doing and outfits she wore. Ikuta was selected from Morning Musume's ninth generation "Kyūki Audition" to join the group on 2 January 2011, with Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki, and Mizuki Fukumura. The new generation was officially revealed at the ''Hello! Project 2011 Winter: Kangei Shinsen Matsuri'' concert. She made her official debut on Morning Musume's 45th single "Maji Desu ka Ska!", released 6 April 2011. In August 2011, she replaced the graduated Saki Ogawa of S/mileage on the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuki Fukumura
is a Japanese singer, dancer, and actress. She is a ninth-generation member, current leader of the pop group Morning Musume as well as the current and seventh leader of Hello Project. Prior to becoming part of Morning Musume, Fukumura was known as a member of the second generation Shugo Chara Egg!, and for her role of Amulet Heart in the live action segment of '' Shugo Chara! Party!''. Career 2006–2010: Auditions, early career and Shugo Chara Egg! In 2006, a contest for the anime series ''Kirarin Revolution'' titled the "Kirarin Girl Contest 2006" was held. Fukumura, at age of 10, entered the contest and came in second place.- As a Hello! Project fan since early childhood, Fukumura had long dreamed of joining Hello Project. Her mother, being supportive, told her about the auditions for Hello! Pro Egg. She passed the audition and became an official member of Hello! Pro Egg on June 22, 2008, along with Rie Kaneko and Akari Takeuchi. The announcement and introduction of the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
