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True Hearts (Shouta Aoi)
"True Hearts" (stylized as "TRUE HEARTS") is the second single by Shouta Aoi, released on August 6, 2014. Background and release "True Hearts" is Shouta Aoi's second single released under his current stage name. The single was released on August 6, 2014 under the B-green label, along with the B-side "Burning Magic (BurniMagi)." Along with the regular edition, two limited edition versions of the single were released with alternate covers and DVD exclusives. The limited edition A version's DVD exclusive contains the music video for "True Hearts" and making-of footage, while the limited edition B's version includes a digest video for Aoi's first concert, ''Shouta Aoi 1st Live: Virginal''. Reception "True Hearts" reached #13 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and charted for 6 weeks. The song also debuted at #20 on the 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shouta Aoi
, is a Japanese singer and actor. Under the stage name Showta (stylized as "SHOWTA."), he debuted as a singer with the song "Negaiboshi" in 2006 and released his first studio album, ''Eve'', in 2008. In 2009, he left his agency and briefly released music independently under the pseudonym . After making his acting debut as Saki Hanajima in the ''Fruits Basket'' musical in 2009, Aoi has been involved in multiple musical theatre productions, including Sakuya Shiomi in '' Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade''. In 2011, he began voice acting and gained media attention after voicing Ai Mikaze from ''Uta no Prince-sama''. Since then, he has been recognized for roles such as Hideaki Tojo from ''Ace of Diamond'', Monet Tsukushi in the '' Magic-kyun! Renaissance'' series, Rui Minazuki from the '' Tsukiuta'' series, Louis Kisaragi from ''King of Prism'' series, and Licht von Glanzreich from ''The Royal Tutor''. In 2013, Aoi relaunched his singing career under his new stage name with the extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unlimited (Shouta Aoi Album)
''Unlimited'' (stylized as ''UNLIMITED'') is the debut studio album of Shouta Aoi and his second overall. The album was released on April 22, 2015. Background and release ''Unlimited'' is Shouta Aoi's debut studio album and the first under his voice acting stage name. The album compiles songs from his previous singles, "Virginal", " True Hearts", and " Himitsu no Kuchizuke", as well as his work in the stage play ''Margarita: Sengoku no Tenshi-tachi'', along with seven new original songs. The album was released on April 22, 2015 under the B-green label. The album was also released in two different limited edition versions with alternate covers and DVD exclusives. The limited edition A version's DVD exclusive contains the music video for "Unlimited" and making-of footage, while the limited edition B's version includes a short documentary and a dance lesson for the choreography featured in "Unlimited." Music Aoi called the album his "crystal" and created it with an image of a "je ... [...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] |
Broccoli (company)
is a Japanese media company that publishes manga, anime, video games and trading card games. It operates a chain of retailers in Japan called ''Gamers'' which carries similar products and accessories. Broccoli is best known for their ', ''Galaxy Angel'' and ''Aquarian Age'' franchises. History Satsuki Yamashita, the editor of Broccoli Books, explained that the company derived its president's desire to create a memorable name similar to that of Apple Inc. While trying to imagine of another fruit or vegetable, he arrived at broccoli. This coincidentally has the same name in nearly every language. On January 23, 2008, Broccoli announced it would be collaborating with leading industry retailer Animate to form a new company called "AniBro". Broccoli holds a minority 30% ownership of the company, which is managed by the CEO of Animate. Subsidiaries Gamers Broccoli owns a chain of retail stores, ''Gamers'', which distributes anime, manga, audio dramas, anime music CDs, figurines, sna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elements Garden
Elements Garden is a Japanese group of music composers, or a "music production brand" as they call themselves. They generally produce music for video games, anime and recording artists. They are attached to Aria Entertainment. The group was formed in 2004 by Noriyasu Agematsu, Junpei Fujita, Hitoshi Fujima and Daisuke Kikuta, former members of ''Feel'', a band of composers that similarly composed music for games and anime that disbanded shortly after Elements Garden's formation. Agematsu acts as the lead representative for the group. Elements Garden released their eponymous first album in August 2008, a compilation of various game theme songs produced over the past years. A second album, ''Tone Cluster'', was released the following year in September. Both albums were released under King Records. Members Current members * Noriyasu Agematsu (上松範康) – ''founding member - leader'' * Junpei Fujita (藤田淳平) – ''founding member'' * Hitoshi Fujima (藤間仁) – ''fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginal (Shouta Aoi Song)
"Virginal" is the debut single by Shouta Aoi, released on January 15, 2014. The song served as the ending theme song to the show ''Break Out'' for the month of January 2014. Background and release "Virginal" is Shouta Aoi's first single released under his current stage name. The song was used as the ending theme to the show ''Break Out'' for the month of January 2014. The single was released on January 15, 2014 under the B-green label, along with the B-side "Yume no Tsuzuki." Along with the regular edition, a limited edition version of the single was released with an alternate cover and a DVD exclusive containing the music video for "Virginal." Reception "Virginal" reached #8 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and charted for 4 weeks. The song also debuted at #22 on the 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 El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himitsu No Kuchizuke
is the third single by Shouta Aoi, released on December 3, 2014. "Himitsu no Kuchizuke" served as the ending theme song to the show ''Break Out'' for the month of December 2014, while the B-side, "Glitter Wish", was the theme song to the OVA ''This Boys Suffers From Crystallization''. Background and release "Himitsu no Kuchizuke" is Shouta Aoi's third single released under his current stage name. The song was used as the ending theme song to the show ''Break Out'' for the month of December 2014, while the B-side, "Glitter Wish", was the theme song to the OVA ''This Boy Suffers From Crystallization'', which Aoi also starred in as Ayumu Tamari. The single was released on December 3, 2014, under the B-green label, along with the B-side "Glitter Wish." Along with the regular edition, a limited edition version of the single was released with an alternate covers and a DVD exclusive featuring the music video for "Himitsu no Kuchizuke." Reception "Himitsu no Kuchizuke" reached #11 ... [...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] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriyasu Agematsu
is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer, as well as founding member of the musical group Elements Garden. He composed and arranged tracks on Nana Mizuki's singles ''Massive Wonders'' and '' Eternal Blaze'', ''"Brave Phoenix"'' on the single '' Super Generation'' and the track ''"Tears' Night"'' on the album '' Alive & Kicking'', composed the track ''Shin'ai'' and the music for ''"UNCHAIN∞WORLD"'' on the single ''Silent Bible''. He composed and arranged the music for the track ''"Heart-shaped chant"'' on the single '' Secret Ambition'' and the track '' Justice to Believe''. He composed the music for the track '' Mugen'' and the tracks ''"Trickster"'' and ''"DISCOTHEQUE"'' from the single ''Trickster''. Along with his fellow Elements Garden members, he is the composer and arranger for the ''BanG Dream! ''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Bird (EP)
is the debut extended play of Japanese singer Shouta Aoi and the first physical release under his new stage name from when he entered voice acting. The album was released on June 26, 2013 and compiles songs from Aoi's work with Broccoli. The album was produced by Elements Garden. Background and release ''Blue Bird'' is the debut mini album of Shouta Aoi and the first album release under his new stage name from when he entered voice acting. The album was released under Broccoli's music label, B-green, on June 26, 2013. Aoi selected the name ''Blue Bird'' for his album, which was meant to picture "flying" and "sending feelings" over to his fans and people who supported him over the years. He opted for a "simple" and "elegant" shot for the album's cover, which features him against a black background with lighting against him. The image itself was meant as a direct contrast to Aoi's typically "soft" image. Composition Aoi worked with Elements Garden while recording the album's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Singles
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