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Wired Life
"Wired Life" is the fifth single by Japanese recording artist Meisa Kuroki. It was released on August 31, 2011, four months following the release of "One More Drama", as the second single from Kuroki's forthcoming second studio album. The single was issued in three formats: limited CD+DVD edition, limited ''Blue Exorcist'' edition and standard CD-only edition. Overview The title track was written and produced by Nao'ymt. The song speaks about one's battle with oneself's "entangled" life. Kuroki explained, "(with this song) I wanted to show a different side of me as an artist, other than dancing." "Wired Life" served as ending theme to the Tokyo Broadcasting System, TBS anime ''Blue Exorcist''. In a press release, the show's producer commented, "I am truly honored to have this song featured on ''Blue Exorcist''. Kuroki's strength and charm resembles that of the anime's protagonist, Rin Okumura, and I'm thankful that 'Wired Life' has captured the spirit of the show." "Upgrade U!", w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meisa Kuroki
Satsuki Shimabukuro (Japanese: 島袋 さつき, ''Shimabukuro Satsuki'', b. 28 May 1988 in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan), better known by her stage name Meisa Kuroki (Japanese: 黒木 メイサ, ''Kuroki Meisa''), is a Japanese actress, model and singer. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. She made her acting debut in 2004. She has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine '' JJ'', among others, and is the current Japanese representative for Epson and Giorgio Armani. She has appeared in numerous television dramas, commercials, films, and stage productions. Biography Early life and career Kuroki was born Satsuki Shimabukuro in Okinawa, Japan. While in her second year of junior high school in Okinawa, Kuroki was discovered by a fashion scout and subsequently began modeling, initially modeling exclusively for the popular fashion magazine '' JJ''. While studying at the Okinawa Actors School, from which she graduated in 2007, she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unlocked (Meisa Kuroki Album)
''Unlocked'' is the second studio album by the Japanese singer, model and actress Meisa Kuroki. It was released on February 15, 2012 in 3 different editions: 2 limited CD+DVD editions (Type A comes with Music videos and Making-of and Type B with the live concert "The Magazine Show") and a Regular edition. Limited editions comes with a 40-pages photobook. Singles The album has three singles. The first single of the album is the song "One More Drama", released on April 13, 2011. The single reached #18 in Oricon's Weekly chart with a total of more than 5,000 copies sold. The second single is the song " Wired Life", released on August 31, 2011. The single reached #12 in Oricon's Weekly chart and sold more than 15,000 copies. At the date, is her most successful single. The song was chosen as ending theme song for the anime ''Ao no Exorcist is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is operating independently from the United States-based Sony Music Entertainment due to its strength in the Japanese music industry. Its subsidiaries include the Japanese animation production enterprise, Aniplex, which was established in September 1995 as a joint-venture between Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, but which in 2001 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was prominent in the early to mid '90s producing and licensing music for animated series such as ''Roujin Z'' from acclaimed Japanese comic artist Katsuhiro Otomo and Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' animated series. Until March 2007, Sony Music Japan also had its own North American sublabel, Tofu Records. Releases of So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More Drama
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Exorcist
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the inheritor of Satan's powers. When Satan kills their guardian, Rin enrolls at True Cross Academy to become an exorcist under Yukio's tutelage in order to defeat his father Satan. The manga has been serialized in Shueisha's ''Jump Square'' magazine since April 2009, with individual chapters collected in 28 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of November 2022. Viz Media has licensed the manga for North American production, with the first volume released in April 2011. Aniplex of America also released the anime's DVDs in English regions. The series was adapted into an anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures, and broadcast from April to October 2011. An anime film, '' Blue Exorcist: The Movie'', premiered in December 2012. A second season, titled ''B ... [...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] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System
formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network and radio network . It has a 28-affiliate television network called JNN (Japan News Network), as well as a 34-affiliate radio network called JRN (Japan Radio Network). TBS produced the game show ''Takeshi's Castle'' and has also broadcast the ''Ultra Series'' programs and '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan. TBS is a member of the Mitsui ''keiretsu'' and has substantial relations with The Mainichi Newspapers Co. despite the Mainichi's lack of shareholding. History * May 1951 - was founded in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. * December 25, 1951 - KRT started radio broadcasting (1130 kHz, 50 kW, until July 1953) from Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and the frequency changed to 950 kHz. * April 1955 - KRT started TV broadcasting (JOKR-TV, Channel 6) from Akasaka-Hitotsukicho, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Miyahara
Jeff Miyahara (born February 4, 1977) is a Japanese-Korean record producer and songwriter based in Tokyo, Japan. Beginning his career in the music industry in 1999, he has worked with many Japanese artists such as JUJU, Kana Nishino, Namie Amuro, TVXQ, Weather Girls, as well as international artists like Boyz II Men, Girls' Generation, and Timbaland. He has accrued many Oricon rated No. 1 Digital Download hits, including "Kimi No Subete Ni" by Spontania ft. JUJU and JASMINE's "sad to say". He was awarded several Gold Disc Awards by the Recording Industry Association of Japan in 2005, 2008, 2009, and was titled Nikkei Entertainment's "Hitmaker of the Year" in 2010. He has sold over 40 million units to date. In 2009, Miyahara signed a deal witUM360(Universal Music 360, the management division of Universal Music Japan) after the success of his 2008 breakout hit "Kiminosubeteni", a hip-pop track he produced for Spontania featuring JUJU, which sold over 5 million digital downloads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuhiko Okamoto
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and singer affiliated with Raccoon Dog. He won the Best New Actor Award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and Best Supporting Actor Award at the 5th Seiyu Awards. Voice acting career In an interview held at the Anime Expo, when answering what inspired him to become a voice actor, Nobuhiko Okamoto mentioned that he has always been a big fan of ''Slam Dunk (manga), Slam Dunk'' and thought the character Rukawa was really cool, so he wanted to be like him. In the third Seiyu Awards held on March 7, 2009, he won the award for best rookie actor for his portrayals of List of A Certain Magical Index characters#Accelerator, Accelerator in ''A Certain Magical Index'', Shin Kanzato in ''Persona: Trinity Soul'', and Ryuji Kuhoin in ''Kure-nai'', when he graduated from university. In the fifth Seiyu Awards held on March 5, 2011, he won the award for best actor in a supporting role for his portrayals of List of Maid Sama! characters#Takumi Usui, Takumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June (singer)
Hyun Jun (주현준, born January 2, 1987), better known as June, is a solo R&B singer under Sony Music Japan. He is Korean by birth, but his career consists of producing mostly Japanese music and original soundtracks for anime. His biggest contribution to Japanese music has been through his two biggest singles for the soundtracks of popular ''shōnen'' anime during the early 2000's. His first single, "Baby It's You", was used as the ninth ending theme for the anime '' Bleach''. His second single, "Pride of Tomorrow", was the second ending theme for the anime '' D.Gray-Man.'' Early life and career Growing up, June was an aspiring musician. His career started in intermediate school where he says he started singing. He was able to continue to sing until he finally made it in the music industry during his freshman year of high school. From there, he was eventually able to step into Japanese music and joined with Sony Music Japan where his career truly began. 2004–2006 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
