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Saori@destiny
Saori@destiny (born June 10, 1986) is a Japanese singer-lyricist. She made her independent debut on December 5, 2007, with the single "My Boy", followed by her major-label debut single "Sakura" on March 26, 2008 under D-topia Entertainment. During her time as a major-label artist, Saori was produced by former artist Terukado Ōnishi, and she released two studio albums and two EPs that time: ''Japanese Chaos'' (2008), ''Wow War Techno'' (2009), ''World Wild 2010'' (2010) and ''Domestic Domain'' (2011). After leaving D-topia in April 2012, Saori went on a two-year hiatus and returned in 2014 as Saoriiiii. On January 1, 2023, Saori announced that she has changed her stage name again to Saori Rinne (Japanese: さおり凛ね). Background Saori began her musical career by performing street lives in Akihabara. She signed to D-topia Entertainment after being accepted in an audition and meeting producer Terukado in Kyoto. She released two limited edition CDs, one containing the song '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Boy (Saori@destiny Song)
"My Boy" is the debut independent single of Japanese electronica singer Saori@destiny, released on December 5, 2007 on D-topia Entertainment, D-topia's independent subsidiary D-topia Independent. The single reached number 138 on the Oricon singles chart and only charted for one week. Background "My Boy" is Saori@destiny's first original song, which she initially distributed through hand-made CD-Rs at her Akihabara street performances in the summer of 2007. In December she finally made her debut as an independent artist, and it was decided that her debut song would be "My Boy". The version released on the D-topia Independent label as the "original mix" is considerably slower than the actual original mix, and the "connects since mix" is closer in sound to the original song. The Vocaloid (software), Vocaloid software instrument "Hatsune Miku" was used to provide backing vocals for the re-recorded versions of "My Boy", three months after its release to the public. This version of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domestic Domain
''Domestic Domain'' (stylized as ''Domestic domain'') is the second EP by Japanese electronica singer-lyricist Saori@destiny, released on June 15, 2011 under D-Topia Universe with distribution to be done by Universal Music Japan. This is Saori's first release from the label. The album debuted and peaked at the No. 176 spot in 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 ... albums chart for a week, however, ranking lower than her previous full-length album World Wild 2010. The track "Beatbop" is used in Attas3 Golf Club CM in September 2011. Ttkgb ghost for Bhangra Background Various Japanese record stores announced starting from April 2011 about a new Saori@destiny release to hit record shelves on June 15. Her official website was updated with a new design and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Wild 2010
''World Wild 2010'' (stylized as ''WORLD WILD 2010'' and pronounced as ''World Wild two-o-one-zero'') is the second full-length album by Japanese electronica singer and lyricist Saori@destiny. The album was released in Japan on April 14, 2010 by D-topia Entertainment. The album charted and peaked at its debut position of No. 35 in Oricon daily charts and No. 129 in Oricon weekly charts, selling 812 copies, though the album only charted for a week, making it her highest-charting release yet. This is Saori@destiny's current highest selling album. On June 30, 2010, the album was made available through iTunes internationally, making ''World Wild 2010'' the first ever D-topia album to be released and distributed worldwide. Background ''WORLD WILD 2010'' marks a change in Saori@destiny's previously-established musical style by incorporating foreign genres of dance music. Brazilian funk carioca and Indonesian funkot were advertised in the album's tagline, and greater emphasis is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-topia Entertainment
D-topia Entertainment (previously known as DTJ or D-Topia Japan) is a Japanese record label produced by Terukado Ōnishi, officially established in public prior to December 14, 2007. The label is dedicated to promoting girls' entertainment, particularly the music of female singers. It was formed as a business partnership between Avex Group, its co-area promoter, and Victor Entertainment, its distributing label. On September 9, 2010, D-topia announced that they had paired with Universal Music Japan to create a new label, D-Topia Universe, with distribution by Universal Music Japan. The label's first release was Aira Mitsuki's third full-length album, " ???", released on November 17, 2010. Musical style The label's tagline is . Originally the home of rock-pop idol group Harenchi Punch, the main focus of D-topia was originally very idol-centric. Towards 2009, the focus of the label gradually shifted to electronica acts starting with Mega Trance audition winner Aira Mitsuki. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura (Saori@destiny Song)
"sakura" is the debut major single (second overall) of Japanese singer Saori@destiny, released on March 26, 2008, in Japan by D-topia Entertainment. The title track is a cover of Kyogo Kawaguchi's song of the same name. The single debuted and peaked at number 108 in 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 ... charts. Track listing Chart performance References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakura 2008 singles 2008 songs Victor Entertainment singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aira Mitsuki
is a Japanese singer. She debuted on August 8, 2007 with "Colorful Tokyo Sounds No. 9" and released her debut album, ''Copy'' on September 3, 2008. Musical background and releases Aira was chosen as the winner of Mega Trance 2007 from 6,325 applicants. She released her debut single, "Colorful Tokyo Sounds No. 9", on August 8 of the same year. A song from the single was selected as the official theme for the Transformers Café, based on the ''Transformers'' film, in Roppongi. Aira performed at an MTV-sponsored event for the film on July 25. Her first album, ''Copy'', was released on September 3, 2008. It was released in two different versions: a 12-track album and a 16-track album. The albums differ in that track 8 on the 12 regular edition album is the original version of "High Bash", while the Yakenohara version appears on the extended edition, and the songs "Star Fruits Surf Rider", "Rock'n Roll Is Dead", and "Romantic Rope" are included in the extended version. Additionall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements by talent agencies, while maintaining a parasocial relationship with a financially loyal consumer fan base. Japan's idol industry first emerged in the 1960s and became prominent in the 1970s and 1980s due to television. During the 1980s, regarded as the "Golden Age of Idols", idols drew in commercial interest and began appearing in commercials and television dramas. As more niche markets began to appear in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it led to a significant growth in the industry known as the "Idol Warring Period." Today, over 10,000 teenage girls in Japan are idols, with over 3,000 groups active. Japan's idol industry has been used as a model for other pop idol industries, such as K-pop. Sub-categories of idols include gravure idols ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wotagei
, also known as , refers to a type of dancing and cheering gestures performed by wota, fans of Japanese idol singers (and thus seen as Akiba-kei), involving jumping, clapping, arm-waving and chanting slogans. Wotagei is performed at concerts, or at events such as anime and manga conventions and meetings of idol fan groups, and it is thought to have developed from the ōendan, organised cheering squads common at sporting events in Japan. Wotagei is particularly associated with fans of Hello! Project and AKB48 idols, as well as fans of anime and game voice actresses (seiyuu), who often perform theme songs for the series in which they appear. Chants There are specific actions associated with "wotagei", such as physical poses and chants (shout or yell). Cheers The "Call" is commonly used shout or yell :* "urya" and "oi" Mixing The most commonly used chant is known as the mix, which follows a set rhythm and is typically shouted during the introduction and instrumental breaks o ... [...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] |
Denpa
, also or , is a Japanese term for individuals or persons who may feel disconnected or dissociated from the people around them. They may entertain wild fantasies and persecutory delusions or other strong beliefs, and their speech or actions may seem strange or incoherent to outside observers. "Denpa" literally means "electromagnetic wave", and the original sense of ''denpa-san'' was of someone who thought they were receiving voices, thoughts, or instructions directly to their mind via electromagnetic radiation. It is often used as a term to describe a subgenre of horror in anime, manga, Japanese visual novels, such as ''Chaos;Head'', and ''Ultimate Otaku Teacher'', as well as light novels such as ''Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl'' and '' Denpa teki na Kanojo'' that share characteristics with this term. The term was originally tied to the Fukagawa series of killings in 1981, in which a man killed four people (women and children) due to paranoia and resentment of his emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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