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Speed Star (album)
''Speed Star'' is the second studio album by Japanese singer/voice actress Aya Hirano, released by Lantis on November 18, 2009. On September 1, 2009, the album was announced to be released, on her official website. The album includes her three singles "Unnamed World", "Set Me Free/Sing A Song!" and "Super Driver", but does not include her collaboration single with Tsunku, " Namida Namida Namida". The single from the album, "Super Driver" was used as the opening theme of the 2009 anime adaptation of '' Suzumiya Haruhi'' series. The first-press limited edition came with a DVD which included the music video of its title tune "Speed Star". The album sold over 20,000 copies in its initial week, debuting at No. 4 on the Oricon weekly album charts. Track listing #Stereotype (Inst.) #Super Driver #Sing A Song! #Oh! My Darlin' #Kiss Me #Mizutamari (水たまり) #Ano Hana no Yo ni (あの花のように) #Aishite (アイシテ!) #VOXX #Set Me Free #Lock-On #Speed Star #Unnamed World "U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Hirano
is a Japanese actress and singer associated with the voice acting agency Grick. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor in television commercials, she appeared in her first voice acting role in the anime television series '' Angel Tales'' (2001). In 2006, she became known for her role as Haruhi Suzumiya in the ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' franchise, winning the Voice Acting Award at the 2007 Tokyo Anime Awards, the Best Newcomer Award at the 1st Seiyu Awards in 2007, and the Best Lead Actress award at the 2nd Seiyu Awards in 2008. In addition, she also provided the voice of Misa Amane in ''Death Note'', Konata Izumi in '' Lucky Star'', and Lucy Heartfilia in ''Fairy Tail''. In 2010, Hirano began transitioning her acting career to television and stage plays, starring in '' Konna no Idol Janain!?'' (2012) and ''Muse no Kagami'' (2012). In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Hirano was regarded as an idol voice actor and is notable for being a voice actor who was able to c ... [...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] |
Lantis (company)
was a Japanese company that served as a music publisher label for Japanese musicians, anime soundtracks and video game soundtracks. It was established on November 26, 1999, and became a subsidiary of Bandai Visual in May 2006, itself a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. In February 2018, it was announced Lantis would be merged with Bandai Visual into a new company called Bandai Namco Arts. The reorganizing took effect on April 1, 2018. Lantis only remains as a label from the new company. Lantis merger with Bandai Visual In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called Bandai Namco Arts. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1, 2018. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company. Sublabels Lantis is composed of four labels: * Lantis (main label, formerly distributed by King Records, currently self-distributed) * Glory Heaven (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan) * Kiramune (self-di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riot Girl
''Riot Girl'' is the debut studio album by Japanese singer/voice actress Aya Hirano. It was released on 16 July 2008. It contains songs from her entire non-character song discography up until her 2008 single, "Unnamed World." It contains 7 all-new songs and the A-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company ... songs from her first 7 singles (with the exception being the B-side of Unnamed World instead of the A-side). The album made its debut on the Oricon charts at number 6, selling approximately 23,000 units in its first week of sales. Track listing Re-release Bonus Tracks External links Information on Lantis' website * http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=2008&month=07&week=4&submit5.x=23&submit5.y=14 References {{Authority control 2008 ... [...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] |
Unnamed World
"Unnamed World" is a CD single by Japanese singer and voice actress Aya Hirano. It was released on April 23, 2008 and was produced by Lantis. The song "Unnamed World" is the ending theme song for the anime ''Nijū Mensō no Musume''. Track listing # "Unnamed World" #* Vocals: Aya Hirano is a Japanese actress and singer associated with the voice acting agency Grick. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor in television commercials, she appeared in her first voice acting role in the anime television series '' A ... #* Composer: Katsuhiko Kurosu #* Arranger: nishi-ken # "Maybe I Can't Good-bye" # "Unnamed World" (off vocal) # "Maybe I Can't Good-bye" (off vocal) References 2008 singles Aya Hirano songs Lantis (company) singles 2008 songs {{2000s-Japan-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsunku
, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q. As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Coconuts Musume, Berryz Kobo, Cute, V-u-den, Aya Matsuura, and Maki Goto. He has also produced music for artists such as EE Jump and Sonim. Aside from musical acts, Tsunku has also produced soundtracks for anime and video game series such as ''Rhythm Heaven'' and ''ClassicaLoid''. The total sales of the singles he has written exceed 37.9 million copies, making him the fifth best-selling lyricist in Japan. History Tsunku later worked with Nintendo and J.P.ROOM to create the music video game, '' Rhythm Tengoku''. It was released for the Game Boy Advance exclusively in Japan on August 3, 2006, and later as an arcade machine on September 20, 2007. He also worked on ''Rhythm Tengoku Gold'' (Released in the US as ''Rhythm Heaven'' and in Europe as ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namida Namida Namida
is a CD single by Japanese singer and voice actress Aya Hirano. It was released on October 8, 2008, and produced by Lantis. The song is used as the ending theme song for the anime ''Hyakko''. Track listing # #* Vocals: Aya Hirano #* Lyrics: Tsunku #* Arranger: Hirata Shiyōitirō # "WIN" #* Vocals: Aya Hirano #* Lyrics: Tsunku , known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q. As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Coconut ... #* Arranger: Daichi Hideyuki Suzuki # # "WIN" (off vocal) References 2008 singles Aya Hirano songs Lantis (company) singles Songs written by Tsunku 2008 songs {{2000s-Japan-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzumiya Haruhi
is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. It was first published in 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan with the novel ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', and has since been followed by 11 additional novel volumes, an anime television series adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation, four manga series, an animated film, two original net animation series and several video games. After the anime adaptation airing in 2006, publishing company Kadokawa Shoten received offers for licensing the novels and their adaptations. The novels are licensed for English language release in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, for young readers by Yen Press and the anime adaptation was licensed for North American distribution by Kadokawa Pictures USA division which then sub-licensed production and distribution to Bandai Entertainment. The anime is currently licensed by Crunchyroll. Plot Kyon is a student at North High ... [...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] |
2009 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2009. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2009 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 albums Albums An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ... 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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