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TRF (band)
TRF (an abbreviation of Tetsuya Komuro Rave Factory) is a Japanese pop band. Its members are DJ Koo, Sam, Etsu, Yu-ki and Chiharu. History The band debuted as "trf" in the year 1993. During the period of 1994 to 1995, the band released 5 singles produced by Tetsuya Komuro, each selling over a million copies under the Avex record label. In 1995, their song "Overnight Sensation: Jidai wa Anata ni Yudaneteru" received a Japan Record Award. The following year, the band changed their name to an all-capital "TRF" with their single "Hey! Ladies & Gentlemen". Yu-ki has also done voice acting for a children's animation movie '' Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon'', for which she sang the opening theme song as well. She has also performed the opening song to the 2006 Tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Kabuto'' as well as several variants to it. Chiharu has worked on the choreography for J-Pop singer Shizuka Kudō, and has appeared in a drama as herself. Sam was married to popstar and ... [...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] |
Wangan Midnight
is a Japanese racing manga series written and illustrated by Michiharu Kusunoki. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Spirits'' in 1990, but was later serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1992 to 2008. The manga was compiled into 42 volumes published by Kodansha. A second manga series titled ''Wangan Midnight: C1 Runner'' was published from 2008 to 2012. A third manga series, ''Ginkai no Speed Star'', was published from 2014 to 2015. A fourth manga series, ''Shutoko SPL - Ginkai no Speedster'', started in 2016. The series has been adapted into several live action feature films, video games, and an anime television series. The anime was broadcast in Japan from June 2007 to September 2008 on the anime satellite television network Animax, animated by A.C.G.T and produced by OB Planning. In 1999, ''Wangan Midnight'' won the Kodansha Manga Award for the General category. Story The series revolves around street racing on Tokyo's , as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avex Trax Artists
This is a list of artists currently or formerly signed under the Avex Group and its sub-labels in Japan and in other Asian countries. International artists that are listed here have their music distributed in Japan by Avex Group or its sub-labels. Symbols * [] * () * ** A * AAA (band), AAA vex Traxbr>official site *Japan* * Acid Black Cherry otorodbr>official site *Japan* * After School official_site_*Japan* *_ Aiba,_Hiroki_vex_Traxbr>official_site_*Japan* *_Nanase_Aikawa">Aikawa,_Nanase_vex_Traxbr>official_site_*Japan* *_Aiba,_Hiroki_vex_Traxbr>official_site_*Japan* *_Nanase_Aikawa">Aikawa,_Nanase_vex_Traxbr>official_site_*Japan* *_Namie_Amuro">Amuro,_Namie_vex_Traxbr>official_site_*Japan* *_Alan_Dawa_Dolma.html" "title="Namie_Amuro.html" ;"title="Nanase_Aikawa.html" ;"title="Hiroki Aiba">Aiba, Hiroki vex Traxbr>official site *Japan* * Nanase Aikawa">Aikawa, Nanase vex Traxbr>official site *Japan* * Namie Amuro">Amuro, Namie vex Traxbr>official site *Japan* * Alan Dawa Dol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Best-selling Music Artists In Japan
The top music artists in Japan include Japanese artists with claims of 15 million or more record sales or with over 2 million subscribers. Japan is the largest physical music market in the world and the second largest overall behind the United States, and the biggest in Asia, according to International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Sources that provide the sales an artist or record company claim via press release, rather than certified or reported by reliable third parties such as Oricon, are denoted by a "†". Oricon Charts Oricon provides accumulated physical sales of all entries on its singles and albums charts (started in 1968 and 1970, respectively). Note that Oricon does not count sales of the records that did not enter or fell off of the charts, unlike Nielsen SoundScan. Therefore, it generally shows fewer numbers than reported sales via record labels, and may not reflect the real sales obtained by these artists. In addition, it excludes recording artists lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album
''Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-'' is a Luna Sea tribute album released on December 19, 2007. It collects cover version In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song release ...s of their songs performed by various artists. The release of the album coincided with Luna Sea's one-night reunion concert on December 24, 2007. Track listing References 2007 albums Tribute albums Luna Sea {{2007-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In Japan, physical sales decreased sharply in the 2000s, while download sales hit three to four times the amount of single sales. In November 2017, Oricon introduced its first digital songs chart, separate from its main physical singles chart. In November 2018, Oricon launched a streaming chart, and introduced a combined singles chart that utilizes physical single sales, downloads, and streams. Original Confidence Inc., the original Oricon company, was founded by the former Snow Brand Milk Products promoter Sōkō Koike in 1967. That November, the company began publishing a singles chart on an experimental basis. Entitled . The chart became official on January 4, 1968. Charts are published every Tuesday in Oricon Style and on Oricon's officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Lives In You
"He Lives in You" is a song written and performed by Lebo M. and his South African Choir for ''Rhythm of the Pride Lands'', an album inspired by the film ''The Lion King''. It is performed twice in the The Lion King (musical), musical adaptation of the film, and a shorter version of the song was used for the opening of ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride''. The song was co-written by Mark Mancina and Jay Rifkin. ''The Lion King'' musical The song initially appears in Act I as ''They Live in You'', which is sung by Mufasa to his young son Simba. Mufasa explains that the Great Kings of the Past are watching over them from the stars above. If Simba ever feels alone, he can trust that the Great Kings are there, as Mufasa will also be one day. Later, in Act II, Rafiki finds a lonely and forlorn Simba in the jungle and explains to the lion that his father Mufasa lives on through the song ''He Lives in You''. In the musical, this serves as a reprise of ''They Live in You''. Simba follows R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happening Here
A happening is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was first used by Allan Kaprow during the 1950s to describe a range of art-related events. History Origins Allan Kaprow first coined the term "happening" in the spring of 1959 at an art picnic at George Segal's farm to describe the art pieces that were going on. The first appearance in print was in Kaprow's famous "Legacy of Jackson Pollock" essay that was published in 1958 but primarily written in 1956. "Happening" also appeared in print in one issue of the Rutgers University undergraduate literary magazine, ''Anthologist''. The form was imitated and the term was adopted by artists across the U.S., Germany, and Japan. Jack Kerouac referred to Kaprow as "The Happenings man", and an ad showing a woman floating in outer space declared, "I dreamt I was in a happening in my Maidenform brassiere". Happenings are difficult to describe, in part because each one is unique. One definition comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Gonna Crazy
"Crazy Gonna Crazy" (stylized as "CRAZY GONNA CRAZY") is a song by Japanese band TRF. The song was released on January 1, 1995 as their 8th single. Background and release "Crazy Gonna Crazy" was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. "Crazy Gonna Crazy" was released as the theme song to the show ''Gaman Dekinai!'' The single first was released on January 1, 1995, and then re-released on November 29, 2006. Reception "Crazy Gonna Crazy" peaked at #1 on Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and sold approximately 11.4 million copies combined with "EZ Do Dance." Track listing Cover versions ''Pretty Rhythm'' versions Japanese girl group Prizmmy released a cover of "Crazy Gonna Crazy" as their 9th single on October 30, 2013 in collaboration between Avex Pictures and the ''Pretty Rhythm'' franchise to honor TRF's 20th anniversary. The song served as the third opening theme song to the anime series '' Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live''. The single charted at #71 on the Oricon Weekly Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Meets Girl (song)
"Boy Meets Girl" (stylized as "BOY MEETS GIRL") is a song by Japanese band TRF. The song was released on June 22, 1994 as their seventh single. Background and release "Boy Meets Girl" was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. It is inspired by Eurobeat music, and it is composed of synths at 135 BPM. The song was featured in a Coca-Cola commercial. The single was first released on June 22, 1994, and then re-released on November 29, 2006. The fourth track on the single, "Boy Meets Girl (Twilight Mix "Tribute to Ayrton Senna")", is a tribute to Ayrton Senna after his death in 1994. Reception "Boy Meets Girl" peaked at #3 on Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. The song is one of TRF and Tetsuya Komuro's most identifiable songs and is credited for being one of the first to introduce the Japanese public to dance music. Track listing In popular culture A remix titled "Boy Meets Girl (Da! Da! Da! Remix)" was featured as the ending theme to the 2000 anime series ''UFO Baby''. The single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EZ Do Dance
"EZ Do Dance" (stylized as "EZ DO DANCE") is a song by the Japanese band TRF. It was released on June 21, 1993, as the band's second single. It was TRF's breakthrough hit and is credited with helping to introduce the general Japanese public to contemporary dance music. The song was given the Music Video Award at the 35th Japan Record Awards and has been used in video games such as ''Dance Dance Revolution X2'' and '' Just Dance Wii U''. "EZ Do Dance" also crossed over to the anime communities, where it is used as both the theme and insert songs in the ''Pretty Rhythm'' series and its spin-off, ''King of Prism''. Background and release "EZ Do Dance" was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. It is inspired by Eurobeat music, and it is composed at 140 BPM. The song was a tie-in for Bristol Meyers' Sea Breeze commercial. The single was first released on June 21, 1993, and re-released on November 29, 2006. "EZ Do Dance" was also the title track of TRF's third studio album of the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Live Episodes
A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the Sun. Rainbows can be full circles. However, the observer normally sees only an arc formed by illuminated droplets above the ground, and centered on a line from the Sun to the observer's eye. In a primary rainbow, the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted when entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it. In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, with red on the inner side of the arc. This is caused by the light being reflected twice on the inside of the drople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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