is a
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
musical
arranger
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...
in distributors
Being Inc.
Being Incorporated, d.b.a. Being Giza Group, is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978 by musician Daiko Nagato. Being Inc. and its subsidiaries are the main supplier of the ...
, mainly in their label
B-Gram Records.
In 1988, he debuted as arranger in debut single "
Dakara Sono Te o Hanashite" by Japanese hard-rock band
B'z. Until 1998 his arrangement work has been involved with many Being artist including Manish, Wands and Zard.
Although Masao is no longer working for Being Inc., he sometimes provided producing job for various artist such as
Naomi Tamura
is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter who made her solo debut in 1994 with the song ''Jiyuu no Hashi''. She is best known for singing theme songs for popular Anime series such as ''Yuzurenai Negai'' for ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' and ''Yuragu ...
,
Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
,
Color Bottle and
Sonoda Band.
List of provided works as arranger
★ album ☆ single/coupling
B'z
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B'z ★
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Off the Lock
''Off The Lock'' is the 2nd studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z.
The band's first-ever "Live Gym" tour was in support of this album, and despite them being relatively new, tickets were sold out, a taste of what was to come.
It was the se ...
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Bad Communication
''Bad Communication'' is the first mini-album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1989. The song was the first hit song for B'z. The album also includes the band's first two "E-Style" versions of previous hits—in this case "Out of the Ra ...
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Wicked Beat
''Wicked Beat'' is the second Mini-Album for the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1990. The album sold 1,111,230 copies in total, reaching #3 at Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group ...
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Mars (B'z album) ★
*Love is, Seasons, Itsuka no Merry Christmas (Reprise) (
Friends (B'z album)
''Friends'' is the fourth Mini-Album for the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1992. The album sold 1,355,530 copies and reached No. 1 at Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that su ...
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The 7th Blues
''The 7th Blues'' is the seventh album released by Japanese hard rock band B'z, released on March 2, 1994.
Album information
The 7th Blues was released as a double album in March 1994 after their successful "PLEASURE LIVE-GYM '93 - JAP THE RIPPE ...
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*Teki ga Inakerya (
Loose (B'z album)
''Loose'' is the eighth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on November 22, 1995. The album sold 1,336,150 copies in its first week, becoming the duo's highest debut for a duo album. In total over 3,003,210 copies were sold, makin ...
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Lady-Go-Round
''Lady-Go-Round'' is the third single by B'z, released on February 21, 1990, and the only single from their 1990 album, '' Break Through.'' It was the first B'z song to chart, peaking at #39 at Oricon Charts
, established in 1999, is the holdi ...
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Kimi no Naka de Odoritai
is the second single by B'z, released on May 21, 1989.
The single did not chart on the Oricon Singles Chart and has since been played live very few times. It's the first song by the band to have a tie-in, being featured as the ending theme for ...
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Be There ☆
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Taiyō no Komachi Angel
is the fifth single by B'z, released on June 13, 1990. The song became the band's first single to reach #1, selling over 463,000 copies in Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that s ...
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Easy Come, Easy Go!
"Easy Come, Easy Go!" is the sixth single by B'z, released on October 3, 1990. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart, and also their first single to stay at number one more than two weeks. The single was re-released in ...
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Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night…
is the seventh single by B'z, released on October 24, 1990. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and infor ...
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Lady Navigation
"Lady Navigation" is the eighth single by B'z, released on March 27, 1991. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies stati ...
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Alone ☆
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Blowin' ☆
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Zero
0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation
Positional notation (or place-value notation, or positional numeral system) usually denotes the extension to any base of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system (or ...
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Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake o Kizutsukenai ☆
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Hadashi no Megami ☆
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Don't Leave Me ☆
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Motel
A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby. Entering dictionaries ...
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Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
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Zard
were a Japanese pop rock group, originally with five members, with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as its only constant member. Zard's work was sold under the record label B-Gram Records, Inc. Their most popular and successful songs are , , and " M ...
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Good-bye My Loneliness (song)
"Good-bye My Loneliness" is debut single by Zard and released 10 February 1991 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #9 rank first week. It charted for 15 weeks and sold over 209,000 copies.
Track list
All songs are written by Izumi Sa ...
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*Koi Onna no Yūutsu, It's a Boy (
Good-bye My Loneliness) ★
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Fushigi ne... ☆
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Mō Sagasanai ☆
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Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite
is the 4th single by Zard and released 5 August 1992 under B-Gram Records label. Zard made their first public debut with this song in TV program Music Station three times. The single debuted at #8 rank first week. It charted for 17 weeks and sold ...
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*Dareka ga Matteru, Sayonara Ienakute, Ano Hohoemi wo Wasurenai de, Dangerous Tonight, Tooi Hi no Nostalgia, So Together
Hold Me ★
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In My Arms Tonight
"In My Arms Tonight" is the 5th single by Zard and released 9 September 1992 under B-Gram Records label. It was released one month after previous single "Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite" and one week after album "Hold Me (Zard album), Hold Me". The singl ...
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Stray Love ☆
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Kimi ga Inai
"" is the 7th single by Zard and released 21 April 1993 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #2 rank first week. It charted for 15 weeks and sold over 802,000 copies.
Track list
All songs are written by Izumi Sakai, composed by Seiic ...
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Yureru Omoi
"Yureru Omoi" is the 8th single by Zard and released 19 May 1993 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #1 rank two weeks. It charted for 20 weeks and sold over 1,396,000 copies and became second highest-selling single in her career. Whe ...
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*Season, Anata wo Suki dakedo, Listen to me, I want you, Futari no Natsu (
Yureru Omoi
"Yureru Omoi" is the 8th single by Zard and released 19 May 1993 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #1 rank two weeks. It charted for 20 weeks and sold over 1,396,000 copies and became second highest-selling single in her career. Whe ...
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Mō Sukoshi, Ato Sukoshi... ☆
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Oh My Love
"Oh My Love" is a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that appeared on Lennon's '' Imagine'' album in 1971.
Information
The song was originally written with different lyrics and demoed in 1968 after sessions for the album ''The Beatles''. Th ...
(whole album) ★
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Kitto Wasurenai
"" is the 10th single by Zard and released 3 November 1993 under B-Gram Records label. It was released two months after previous single "Mō Sukoshi, Ato Sukoshi...". The single debuted at #1 rank first week. It charted for 15 weeks and sold over 8 ...
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Kono Ai ni Oyogi Tsukarete mo/Boy ☆
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Konna ni Soba ni Iru no ni
"" is the 12th single by Zard and released 6 August 1994 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #1 rank first week. It charted for 12 weeks and sold over 788,000 copies.
Track listing
All songs are written by Izumi Sakai, composed by Se ...
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*Ima Sugu Ai ni Kite, High Heel Nugi Sutete, Forever you, Mou Nigetari Shinai wa Omoide kara, Hitomi Sorasanaide (
Forever You) ★
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Take Me to Your Dream ☆
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Teenage Dream ☆
*Love ~Nemurezu ni Kimi no Yokogao Zutto Miteita~, Mitsumete Itai ne (
Today Is Another Day
''Today Is Another Day'' is the 7th album of Zard and was released on July 8, 1996 under B-Gram Records label. Izumi Sakai produced the next four albums.
Charting performance
The album reached #1 rank first week. It charted for 40 weeks and sold ...
) ★
*Ai de Anata wo Sukuimashou
Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita ★
*
Tsubasa wo Hirogete ☆
Manish
Manish (''also'' Maneesh) (Devanagari: मनिष ''or'' मनीष) is a common Hindu masculine given name that literally means "The God of the Mind" or the one who has controlled and mastered one's mind (representing an intellectual, geniu ...
*Koe ni Naranaide Itoshii ☆
*Kimi ga Hoshii Zenbu ga Hoshii ☆
*Dakedo Tomerarenai ☆
*Mou Dare mo Me wo Kinishinai ☆
*Kirameku Toki ni Torawarete ☆
*Best Friend ☆
*True Heart ★
Wands (band)
(stylized as WANDS) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 and active until 2000 under the label B-Gram Records. In 2019, the band reunited with a new vocalist, Daishi Uehara, and two former members, Shibasaki and Kimura, under the D-Go recordin ...
*Sabishisa wa Aki no Iro ☆
*Toki no Tobira ☆
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Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
is the 25th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama and a collaboration with the band Wands. Written by Show Wesugi, Nakayama, and Tetsurō Oda, the single was released on October 28, 1992, by King Records.
Background and release
"Sekaij ...
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*Glass no Kokoro de, Sono Mama Kimi he to, Kodoku e no Target (
Toki no Tobira
is the first full-length studio album by Japanese rock band Wands, released by B-Gram Records on April 17, 1993. It features the No. 1 singles "Toki no Tobira", "Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara", and "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto", the latter c ...
) ★
*Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawasou ☆
Tube
Tube or tubes may refer to:
* ''Tube'' (2003 film), a 2003 Korean film
* ''The Tube'' (TV series), a music related TV series by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom
* "Tubes" (Peter Dale), performer on the Soccer AM television show
* Tube (band), a ...
*Remember me, Summer Girl, Hey Baby, Melody Kimi no Tame ni (Summer City) ★
BAAD
*Kimi ga Suki to Sakebitai ☆
*Donna Toki demo Hold me Tight ☆
*Do you wanna hold me? ☆
Keiko Utoku
is a Japanese singer and songwriter under UK Sweet label.
Biography
Keiko made her debut with a chorus part in the band B.B.Queens then joined with J-pop female band Mi-Ke from 1991 to 1993, before starting a solo career. As a child, Utoku liste ...
*Dokomademo Zutto ★
*Message ★
Miho Komatsu
is a former Japanese singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Kobe, Japan, Komatsu began her career as a songwriter, writing "Kono Machi de Kimi to Kurashitai" for Field of View. In May 1997, she released her debut single " Nazo", which served ...
*Dream in Love, Otogi Banashi, Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Kimi wo Uchinukou, Aoi Sora ni Deaeta, Kono Machi de Kimi to Kurashitai, Kimi ga Inai Natsu (
Nazo (album)
is the debut studio album of Japanese singer-songwriter Miho Komatsu. It was released on 3 December 1997 in Amemura-O-Town Record.
Background
The album includes two previously released singles, Nazo and Kagayakeru Hoshi. Several of her songs we ...
) ★
Maki Ohguro
is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter from Sapporo, Hokkaido under B-Gram Records label.
Biography
In 1989, she passed Being Inc.'s singers audition, the "3rd BAD".
In 1992, she debuted with the single "Stop Motion" released under B-Gram ...
*Stop Motion ☆
Field of View
The field of view (FoV) is the extent of the observable world that is seen at any given moment. In the case of optical instruments or sensors it is a solid angle through which a detector is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation.
Humans a ...
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Mou Ichido ★
Yumiko Morishita
*Tears ☆
*Somebody to believe ☆
T-BOLAN
T-Bolan is a Japanese rock band which debuted in 1991. Its members were vocal Arashi Moritomo, drummer Kazuyoshi Aoki, guitarist Takeshi Gomi, and bassist Hirofumi Ueno. The name of this band was inspired by T. Rex and its vocalist Marc Bolan.
B ...
*Just Illusion ☆
*So Bad ☆
*Only Lonely Crazy Heart ★
Mi-Ke
*Apple Love
*Swan no Namida
*Emerald no Densetsu
*Omoide no Nagisa
*Blue Night Yokosuka
*Blue Light Yokohama
Seiichirou Kuribayashi
is a former Japanese musical composer, keyboardist, singer-songwriter, bassist and guitarist under Vermillion records label.
Biography
During high school times at age of 16, he went studying English for 4 years in Los Angeles.
In 1987, Kuriba ...
*La Jolla ★
*Summer Illusion ★
*Kimi ga Inai ★
KIX-S
*Tobikiri Lonely Night
*Mou Ichido Dakishimete
*Too Late
V6 (band)
was a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. The group debuted on November 1, 1995, with the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the World Cup of Volleyball in 1995. Their first four singles, ...
*Jiyuu de aru Tame ni ☆
*Puzzle (A Jack In the Box) ★
*Over ☆
Akina Nakamori
is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow M ...
*Tomadoi, Good-bye Tears (credited with alias name Max Brightstone)
Siam Shade
Siam Shade (stylized as SIAM SHADE) was a five-piece Japanese rock band, formed in Tokyo in 1991. The classic line-up of Hideki on vocals, Natchin on bass, Kazuma and Daita on guitar, and Jun-ji on drums broke onto the visual kei scene alongsid ...
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1/3 no Junjō na Kanjō ☆
Fairy Fore
*Vivid (
Final Fantasy: Unlimited) ★
Nobuaki Kakuda
is a retired karateka and kickboxer.
Early life
After attending university, Kakuda opened a karate dojo in Kobe but was forced to shut it down after two years. He subsequently worked as a dishwasher, ramen chef, and construction worker. At age ...
*Gifuu Doudou! ☆
Tomomi Kahara
born on August 17, 1974 in Tokyo), is a Japanese pop singer. She is famous for working with Tetsuya Komuro who gave her much success in the 1990s, which led to her deep dip in popularity after 1999, the year in which she released her first no ...
*As a person ☆
*Be Honest ☆
*Blue Sky ☆
TUNE'S
*Dōbutsuen wa Taihen da ☆
Maria (band)
Maria (stylized as MARIA) was an all female Japanese pop rock band signed onto Sony Music Japan. The band consists of six members. They released their first single on March 8, 2006, titled "Chiisa na Uta". This song is used as the 3rd opening son ...
*Yurari Sakurazora
*Kanashimi Rensa
Yuko Nakazawa
is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is also a member of Japanese pop group Dream Morning Musume.
Biography
Yuko Nakazawa was born in Kyo ...
*Futari Kurashi
Yoko Minamino
, also known as Nanno (ナンノ), is a Japanese actress and singer. She graduated from Horikoshi High School. She played Saki Asamiya in the second season of the live action ''Sukeban Deka'' TV series replacing fellow idol star Yuki Saitō. She ...
*Kiss-shite Loneliness ☆
*Natsu no Obaka-san ☆
Hiroko Anzai
(born February 9, 1979, in Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actress, model and gravure idol, who has appeared in various magazines and photo albums.
Her first photo album was released in 1996 and titled ''Mystic''. Fuji TV selected Hiroko as i ...
*Necessary ☆
*Andersen ☆
Under Graph Under Graph is a Japanese band that was formed in 1997.
Member profiles
*Vocals/Guitar: Naoto Matohara (真戸原 直人, Matohara Naoto)
**Birthdate:July 27, 1977
**Equipment:
***Gibson ES-325
*** Fender customshop '69stratocaster Black
***Shino ...
*Majimesugiru Kimi he ★
List of provided works as producer
Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
*
You Go!: We are Maria ★
*
Yurari Sakurazora ★
*
Day by day ★
Naomi Tamura
is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter who made her solo debut in 1994 with the song ''Jiyuu no Hashi''. She is best known for singing theme songs for popular Anime series such as ''Yuzurenai Negai'' for ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' and ''Yuragu ...
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Pearly Gate
''Pearly gates'' is an informal name for the gateway to Heaven (Christianity), Heaven according to some List of Christian denominations, Christian denominations. It is inspired by the description of the New Jerusalem in : "The twelve gates were ...
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Color Bottle
*Good Music ★
Hekiru Shiina
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She debuted as a singer at the age of 17. Her first voice role was Tenshiko in ''K.O. Beast'' in 1992. Some of her major voice roles include Hikaru Shidou in '' Magic Knight Rayearth'', Alpha in ''Yokoha ...
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Precious Garden ★
Manish
Manish (''also'' Maneesh) (Devanagari: मनिष ''or'' मनीष) is a common Hindu masculine given name that literally means "The God of the Mind" or the one who has controlled and mastered one's mind (representing an intellectual, geniu ...
*Manish ★
Sonoda Band
*Shift Rise
List of works as a supportive musician
B'z
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The 7th Blues
''The 7th Blues'' is the seventh album released by Japanese hard rock band B'z, released on March 2, 1994.
Album information
The 7th Blues was released as a double album in March 1994 after their successful "PLEASURE LIVE-GYM '93 - JAP THE RIPPE ...
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Love Phantom
*
Off the Lock
''Off The Lock'' is the 2nd studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z.
The band's first-ever "Live Gym" tour was in support of this album, and despite them being relatively new, tickets were sold out, a taste of what was to come.
It was the se ...
*
Mars (B'z album)
*
Loose (B'z album)
''Loose'' is the eighth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on November 22, 1995. The album sold 1,336,150 copies in its first week, becoming the duo's highest debut for a duo album. In total over 3,003,210 copies were sold, makin ...
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Survive (B'z album)
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Eleven (B'z album)
''Eleven'' is the eleventh studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on December 6, 2000. The album sold only 756,910 copies in its first week, becoming the first full-length studio album not to sell a million copies in its first week s ...
Gackt
, better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized as GACKT), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raise ...
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Re:Born
Wands
*Same Side
Television appearance
In
Music Station
is a Japanese music television program. Broadcasting live weekly on TV Asahi since October 24, 1986, it currently airs from 9PM-10PM on Fridays. The program is also colloquially known as , , and . The show is currently syndicated throughout th ...
as bassist:
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Manish
Manish (''also'' Maneesh) (Devanagari: मनिष ''or'' मनीष) is a common Hindu masculine given name that literally means "The God of the Mind" or the one who has controlled and mastered one's mind (representing an intellectual, geniu ...
: Kirameku Toki ni Torawarete
*
B'z: Fireball, Real Thing Shakes, Snow/Kizugokoro, LOVE PHANTOM, love me I love you, Negai, Itsuka no Merry Christmas, Odekakemashou, Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake wo Kizutsukanai, Zero, Be There
In online television Infinite Colors
*Third episode
Magazine appearance
From J-Rock Magazine:
*1996: Vol,8 (January), Vol.11 (April), Vol.14(June), Vol.19 (December)
*1997: Vol.20 (January)
From E-cube Magazine:
*2017/September Vol.186
From Sound&Recording Magazine:
*2003/May
References
External links
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*Twitter (launched on 25 April 2018
*Profile on Senzoku Gakuen of Musi
*Bassist Masao Akashi Blo
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1957 births
Being Inc. artists
Japanese composers
Japanese male composers
Japanese music arrangers
Japanese record producers
Living people