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Shinichiro Ohta (musician)
is a Japanese musical composer, guitarist and vocalist of doa under Giza Studio label since 2004. He was a guitarist of rock bands Baad (1992–1999) and Rad Hammer (1999–2002). Biography In 1991, he successfully passed BAD (Being Artist Development) audition. In 1992, he debuted with rock band Baad who performed big anime theme song ''Kimi ga Suki da to Sakebitai'' which was used as an opening theme for Anime television series ''Slam Dunk''. With the beginning of the band's second period in 1996, Shinichiro has become the main composer of the band. Aside from band activities, he provided backing vocals for several artist such as a Zard, T-Bolan and Wands. In 1999, the Baad has disbanded and formed new indies band ''Rad Hammer'' with one of former members of Baad, Seiki Takayama. Red Hammer didn't last long as disbanded in 2002 due to unknown reasons. From 2003 to 2008, he was a regular support member as a guitarist and back vocalist during B'z's and later Zard live concerts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehime
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Tokushima Prefecture to the east, and Kōchi Prefecture to the southeast. Matsuyama is the capital and largest city of Ehime Prefecture and the largest city on Shikoku, with other major cities including Imabari, Niihama, and Saijō. Notable past Ehime residents include three Nobel Prize winners: they are Kenzaburo Oe (1994 Nobel Prize in Literature), Shuji Nakamura (2014 Nobel Prize in Physics), and Syukuro Manabe (2021 Nobel Prize in Physics). History Until the Meiji Restoration, Ehime Prefecture was known as Iyo Province. Since before the Heian period, the area was dominated by fishermen and sailors who played an important role in defending Japan against pirates and Mongolian invasions. After the Battle of Sekigahara, the Tokugawa ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today Is Another Day
''Today Is Another Day'' is the 7th album of Zard and was released on July 8, 1996 under B-Gram Records label. Izumi Sakai produced the next four albums. Charting performance The album reached #1 rank first week. It charted for 40 weeks and sold more than 1,650,000 copies. Track listing All lyrics written by Izumi Sakai.Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1009 In media *My Friend: ending theme for Anime television series Slam Dunk *Today Is Another Day: theme song for Anime television series Yawara! *Ai ga Mienai: commercial song of FT Shiseido is a Japanese multinational cosmetic company founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1872. Its product categories consist of: skin care, makeup, body care, hair care, and fragrances. The company is one of the oldest cosmetic companies in the world and ... *Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu: theme song for movie series "Shiratori Reiko de gozaimasu!" *Kokoro wo Hiraite: commercial song of Pocari Swea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tak Matsumoto Group
Tak Matsumoto Group (often abbreviated as TMG) was a supergroup consisting of members from several bands around the world. It includes Tak Matsumoto, Eric Martin, and Jack Blades. From July to September 2004, it presented its "Dodge the Bullet Tour" of Japan. After a single, an album, 20 shows and some videos, the band never performed again. In a 2016 interview with ''Rolling Stone India'', Martin said he asked Matsumoto every year about a possible reunion, to which Matsumoto always answered, "Let me think about it". Lineup ;Official members * Tak Matsumoto ( B'z) – guitar, leader * Eric Martin ( Mr. Big) – lead vocals * Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees, Shaw/Blades) – bass, backing vocals ;Support members * Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne, Seether, Whitesnake, Foreigner, Pride & Glory, Glenn Hughes, Sass Jordan, Slash's Snakepit) – studio drums * Cindy Blackman ( Lenny Kravitz) – studio drums * Chris Frazier (Whitesnake, Foreigner) – live d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koshi Inaba
(born September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama) is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a successful solo career, with five studio albums and five singles topping the Japanese music charts. He collaborated with Slash on single " Sahara" which was released in 2009. In 2017, he released a collaborative album, '' Chubby Groove'', with Stevie Salas under the name "Inaba/Salas". Early life Koshi Inaba was born and raised in Tsuyama, Okayama, and enrolled in Yokohama National University's Faculty for Education in 1983 to become a qualified mathematics teacher. Inaba made his musical debut in 1985 whilst still a student, contributing vocals to Toshiya "Ran" Matsukawa's album ''Burning ~Dedication to Randy Rhoads~'' under the stage name Mr. Crazy Tiger. He graduated in 1987 when he also formed a short-lived band. B'z and solo career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Bit…
''Little Bit…'' is the second Extended play, EP by Japanese rock band Wands (band), Wands. The album includes two previously released singles, "Koiseyo Otome" and "Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawasou." The album was released on October 6, 1993 under B-Gram Records label. It reached #2 on the Oricon chart for first week, with 483,350 sold copies. It charted for 20 weeks and sold 951,660 copies.Oricon rankings http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25861/products/268565/1/ Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Little Bit... 1993 EPs Wands (band) albums B Zone EPs Japanese-language EPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glorious Mind
"Glorious Mind" is Zard's 43rd and first posthumous single by Japanese band Zard. It was released single on December 12, 2007 through B-Gram Records label. Background The song was the last song recorded by Izumi Sakai before she died. Although the song was not complete at the time of Izumi Sakai's death, the chorus part had been recorded with assistance of Yuri Nakamura from Japanese pop band Garnet Crow. The extra minutes recorded in English were from another unrelated and unreleased song. The song was used as a 21st opening theme song of ''Detective Conan''. Oricon Charting The single debuted at number 2 on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts and sold over 84,000 copies in total. This became Zard's best performing single since 2002. Track listing All songs are written by Izumi Sakai , known professionally as , was a female Japanese pop singer, songwriter, and member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member who stayed in the group while others joined and left regularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomatteita Tokei Ga Ima Ugokidashita
is the 10th album of Zard and was released on January 28, 2004 under B-Gram Records label. Chart performance The album reached #2 rank first week. It charted for 20 weeks and sold more than 200,000 copies. The album was certified platinum in 2011. Track listing All lyrics written by Izumi Sakai.Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-9008 In media *Ashita wo Yume Mite: ending theme for anime television series Detective Conan *Sawayaka na Kimi no Kimochi: commercial song for Kao Corporation *Hitomi Tojite: theme song for Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ... program "Sport!" *Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita: theme song for drama "Igiari! Onna Bengoushi Ookano Rie" References {{Authority control Zard albums 2004 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimi To No Distance
is the Zard 11th and final studio album, released on September 7, 2005 under B-Gram Records label. The album consist theme songs used for anime television series Detective Conan. Although Sakai released singles in 2006, this was Izumi Sakai's last album before her death in 2007. Background Originally a candidate for the album title was to ”Sayonara Made no Distance”, for Izumi it was too negative and changed it later into ''Kimi to no Distance''. In the early productions of the album, ''Kimi to no Furueai'' was possible candidate for the movie theme of Conan, however it was later replaced with ''Natsu wo Matsu Sail no You ni'' and original song became the part of the album recordings. Eight out of thirteen songs has been composed by Aika Ohno, the main music collaborator since 2000. The music composers from her first half of 90's times as Oda Tetsuro (as a self-cover) and Seiichiro Kuribayashi provided each of them one song for the first time in few years and Akihito Tokunag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyō Wa Yukkuri Hanasō
is the 39th single by Zard and released 24 November 2004 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #5 rank first week. It charted for 7 weeks and sold over 33,000 copies. Track list All songs are written by Izumi Sakai #Kyō wa Yukkuri Hanasō #*composer: Aika Ohno/arrangement: Akihito Tokunaga #*Ohno, Aya Kamiki and Shinichiro Ohta (doa) were participating in chorus part #Awai Yuki ga Tokete #*composer: Hiroshi Terao/arrangement: Tokunaga #Ame ga Furidasu Mae ni #*composer: Yuuichirou Awai (U-ka Saegusa in dB)/arrangement: Takeshi Hayama is a Japanese musical arranger and guitarist under Being Inc. records. Biography In 1978, he debuted with his own blues band under Trio Records. In 1990s he entered to Being recording agency. Takeshi becomes the main arranger of Japanese sing ... #Kyou wa Yukkuri Hanasou (original karaoke)Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-4002 References {{authority control 2004 singles Zard songs Songs wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakegae No Nai Mono
"" is the 38th single by Zard and released 23 June 2004 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #4 rank first week. It charted for 6 weeks and sold over 46,000 copies. Track list All songs are written by Izumi Sakai # #*composer: Aika Ohno/arrangement: Satoru Kobayashi #*Aika Ohno, Shiori Takei and Shinichiro Ohta were participating in chorus part #**the song was used in BSvariety program ''Koisuru Hanikami'' as theme song # #*composer: Aika Ohno/arrangement: nightclubbers # (What a beautiful moment Tour Opening Ver.) #*composer: Akihito Tokunaga/arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda #**an orchestral version of song Eien used in live tour as opening ceremonial # (original karaoke) Cover The composer of Kakegae no Nai Mono, Aika Ohno Aika may refer to: Arts and media * ''Aika'' (album), a 1996 album by Finnish singer-songwriter Aki Sirkesalo *''Agent Aika'', a 1997 anime OVA produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Fantasia *AIKA Online, an MMORPG *Aikakone or Aika, a Finnish mu ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitomi Tojite
"" is the 36th single by Zard and released 9 July 2003 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #4 rank first week. It charted for 7 weeks and sold over 44,000 copies. Track list All songs are written by Izumi Sakai # #*composer: Aika Ohno/arrangement: Akihito Tokunaga #**the song was used in Fuji TV program ''Sport!'' as theme song # #*composer: Yuuichirou Iwai (U-ka Saegusa in dB)/arrangement: Yoshinobu Ohga is a Japanese musical arranger and guitarist in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label Giza Studio. In years 2000-2002 he was part of the Japanese soul band ''Nothin' but love'', in years 2004-2009 part of Japanese pop band ''OOM'' and ... # (original karaoke)Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-6002 References 2003 singles Zard songs 2003 songs Songs written by Izumi Sakai Songs written by Aika Ohno {{2000s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaze Ga Toori Nukeru Machi He
"" is the 21st single by Zard, released on 2 July 1997 by B-Gram Records. The single reached #3 in the charts in its first week, stayed in the charts for 8 weeks and sold over 281,000 copies. Track list Use in media *"Kaze ga Toori Nukeru Machi he" was used as campaigning song for Japan Racing Association of "'97 Summer JRA". *A cover of the coupling song "Tooi Hoshi wo Oshiete" by Sard Underground Sard Underground (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese musical group under the Giza Studio label. In September 2019, they debuted with their cover album ''Zard Tribute''. As a cover band of the Japanese artist Zard, their name is derived from Zard ... was used as the ending theme for the 2021 drama ''Nishiogikubo Mitsuboshi Youshudo''. References 1997 singles Zard songs Songs written by Izumi Sakai Songs written by Tetsurō Oda 1997 songs B Zone singles {{1990s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
