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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] |
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] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and ''The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered optiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Call
Evan Call (born June 29, 1988) is an American composer and arranger working in Japan. He has composed music for multiple anime series such as ''Tokyo ESP'', ''Violet Evergarden'', and ''Appare-Ranman!''. Call is affiliated with the Japanese agency Miracle Bus, and was previously a member of the musical group Elements Garden. Biography Evan Call was born in California on June 29, 1988. As a teenager, Call was diagnosed with occipital neuralgia and had to take a break from going to school. During that time, he learned to play the guitar and took lessons about bluegrass music from a local teacher. Call later made a friend in his hometown who taught him about Japanese anime and video games, which prompted him to start composing orchestral music. He joined the choir club when he entered high school. After graduating, Call enrolled at the Berklee College of Music, where he majored in film scoring. After graduating from college, he debated if he should pursue a career in film music in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Aki Hata
is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist and composer. She is noted for having penned and composed songs for various anime and video games, including popular titles like '' Zettai Shōnen'', ''Azumanga Daioh'', ''Haibane Renmei'', '' Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu'', ''Rocket Knight Adventures'', ''Lucky Star'', the media franchise ''Love Live!'', and for various singers and voice actresses. She was a composer for Konami and Treasure Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions leg .... Aki Hata also sings herself. She is a member of the band Tsukihiko, providing the vocals and keyboard. Discography Solo works Albums * 1999-02-20: ''Kan'okejima'' * 1999-02-20: ''Sekai Nante Owarinasai'' * 2006-12-22: ''Roman Tsukira no Musumetachi ~BEST SONGS~'' * 2007-12-21: ''Reizoku Kaibi no Musumeta ... [...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] |
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] |
Junpei Fujita
is a Japanese arranger and composer, and a founding member of Elements Garden. His work includes composition and arrangement of some tracks of singles and albums of Nana Mizuki including albums ''Hybrid Universe'', ''Ultimate Diamond'' and ''Impact Exciter'' and singles " Wild Eyes", " Super Generation", " Junketsu Paradox", " Mugen" and ''Starcamp EP''. He also composed music for a track on Mamoru Miyano album ''Wonder'' and Mamoru Miyano single ''Refrain''. Along with other members of Elements Garden, he also worked on the soundtrack of the game ''Wild Arms XF'', and composed and arranged music for the game '' G Senjō no Maō'' and franchise ''BanG Dream! ''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before exp ...''. He also arranged music from the PC version of the visual novel '' Akaneir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
