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Jinsei×Boku=
''Jinsei×Boku='' (人生×僕= ''Jinsei Kakete Boku wa'', lit. ''Life Times Me Equals'') is the sixth studio album by the Japanese rock band, One Ok Rock. It was released on March 6, 2013 and reached first place on the Oricon weekly chart. This album brought ONE OK ROCK to worldwide popularity, especially after the first single, "The Beginning", was selected as official soundtrack in the live action adaptation of ''Rurouni Kenshin''. The song peaked at #2 on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 45 weeks. The next single, " Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps", was featured on the '' DmC: Devil May Cry'' ("Nothing Helps") game and used for Suzuki Swift TV commercials ("Deeper Deeper"). A DVD special bundled with the album released for limited pre-order only, consist of an acoustic performance in the studio of "The Beginning" and "The Same As...". The song "The Beginning" can be heard in the 2012 film ''Rurouni Kenshin''. "Clock Strikes" was featured in the PS3/ PS4 Sega game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Ok Rock
(stylized in all caps as ONE OK ROCK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. Originally five members, the band currently consists of vocalist Takahiro Moriuchi, guitarist and bandleader Toru Yamashita, bassist Ryota Kohama, and drummer Tomoya Kanki. Former members include drummer Yu Koyanagi and guitarist Alexander “Alex” Reimon Onizawa. They play varied styles of music, with songs ranging from alternative rock and emo to post-hardcore and pop rock. One Ok Rock was affiliated originally with Amuse, Inc. ever since their debut in 2007. The band left Amuse on April 1, 2021 and established their own management agency, named 10969 Inc. In the United States, they are signed with record label Fueled by Ramen. The band's name comes from "one o'clock", the time that the band used to practice their music on weekends. They chose to play at one o'clock in the morning because it was cheaper to use the rehearsal space during such hours. However, noticing that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zankyo Reference
is the fifth studio album by the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. It was released on October 5, 2011. Their single "Re:make" was used in Recochoku Co, Ltd. commercial, while "No Scared" was used in the '' Black Rock Shooter: The Game'' PSP video game. The song "Lost and Found" was used for the theme song of ''Milocrorze: A Love Story'' movie. Track listing Notes * : "Coda" is an instrumental song. * : The song title, "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h.", came from their friends' initial name. Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Zankyo Reference''. One Ok Rock * Takahiro "Taka" Moriuchi — lead vocals * Toru Yamashita — guitar * Ryota Kohama — bass guitar * Tomoya Kanki — drums Additional musicians * Yasuko Murata — viola (9) * Yoshie Furukawa — cello (9) * Kazoo — piano (9) Design * Kazuaki Seki — art direction * Daichi Shiono — design * Rui Hashimoto — photography Production * Kenichi Arai — recording * Hideki Kodera — recording * Mitsuru F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beginning (One Ok Rock Song)
"The Beginning" is the seventh single released by Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. The title track was used as the theme song for the live-action movie of ''Rurouni Kenshin''. The first pressing comes with a sticker. It received a digital download single certification of Gold from the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 100,000. It peaked at #2 on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 45 weeks. The song also reached 5th place on the Oricon chart and charted for 20 weeks. Composition and lyrics According to vocalist Taka, the demo of "The Beginning" was made on a piano before '' Zankyo Reference'' was released. The lyrics then written in mid-2012 after they were asked to make a song for a new live adaption of the popular manga ''Rurouni Kenshin'' that his friend, Takeru Satoh, was the lead actor. "The Beginning" is an emotional track with a powerful and loud sound, tells about a person's struggle to never give up and change for the better for the loved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35xxxv
''35xxxv'' (read as ''thirty five'' or ''Sātīfaibu'') is the seventh studio album by the Japanese band One OK Rock. It was released on February 11, 2015. This is their first album recorded abroad, primarily in the US. The song "Mighty Long Fall" was the theme song of the 2014 sequel film '' Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno'', while "Heartache" was used for the third film, '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends''. "Mighty Long Fall" peaked at #2 on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 17 weeks. The limited version of pre-order album bundled with a DVD of the acoustic performance of the band for the songs "Mighty Long Fall" and "Decision" sold out immediately before the end of 2014. On February 28, 2015, the album peaked at #11 on ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums. This chart is for new and upcoming musicians, which is usually a stepping stone towards ''Billboard'' 200 or ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On the same week, it peaked at #43 on ''Billboard'' Independent Albums. Then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps
"Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps" is the eighth single by Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK. It was released on January 9, 2013 under A-Sketch label. It peaked at #3 on ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100. The single also charted at second place on the Oricon charts and stayed for nine weeks. "Deeper Deeper" was featured in Suzuki Swift Sport commercial in Japan, while "Nothing Helps" was used in the Japanese version of the PS3/Xbox 360 video game '' DmC: Devil May Cry''. Composition and lyrics "Deeper Deeper" is a fast tempo song, composed by drummer Tomoya alongside bassist Ryota and mixed by John Feldmann. It starts with loud bass and drum beats as vocalist Taka's throat-clear and screams amplify the intro. The song's lyrics were written by Taka and invites listeners to keep pushing life by exploring something new, because being trapped in comfort and silence will only make life feel less meaningful. The second track "Nothing Helps" written in all English lyrics. It was composed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu-ray
The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name "Blu-ray" refers to the blue laser (which is actually a violet laser) used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Conventional or pre-BD-XL Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50 GB) being the industry standard for fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States plus three or four stops in Canada annually each summer from 1995 until 2019. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States and the longest-running touring music festival to date in North America. Following the first Warped Tour, the skateboard shoe manufacturer Vans became the tour’s main sponsor, when it then became known as the Vans Warped Tour. Vans toured Australia in 1998-2002 and again in 2013. Although Vans continued as main sponsor and lent its name to the festival, other sponsors also participated, with stages or other aspects of the festival being named after them on occasion. Warped Tour was conceived by Kevin Lyman as an electric alternative rock festival, but later began focusing on punk rock music. Although it was primarily a punk rock festival, it covered diverse genres over the years. Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman said that the 2018 Vans Warped Tour would be the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Shop Awards
The is an annual set of music awards presented in Japan. It is sponsored by All-Japan CD Shop Clerks Union and awarded based on votes by CD shop clerks from all over Japan. It is referred to as a "music edition of Japan Booksellers' Award". Abstract There is a problem that, there are many high quality Japanese songs are underappreciated and not popular enough. To solve this problem, the CD shop clerks from whole country built this award to recommend music for guests. All Japanese CD shop clerks could vote via internet, mobile phone and fax. In the first round, everybody could recommend three albums, top20 albums could go into second round. And the voter would vote three of them and determine the final results. Frome 2019, the award set "red" and "blue" of Grand Prix, while "blue" is awarded for new artist. Winners Japanese music Grand Prix 2015 The albums nominated for the 2015 Grand Prix after the first half of 2014 were: * ''Overtone'' by Keytalk * '' Minna Normal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega
is a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, respectively. Its division for the development of both arcade games and home video games, Sega Games, has existed in its current state since 2020; from 2015 to that point, the two had made up separate entities known as Sega Games and Sega Interactive Co., Ltd. Sega is a subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings. From 1983 until 2001, Sega also developed video game consoles. Sega was founded by American businessmen Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart as on June 3, 1960; shortly after, the company acquired the assets of its predecessor, Service Games of Japan. Five years later, the company became known as Sega Enterprises, Ltd., after acquiring Rosen Enterprises, an importer of coin-operated games. Sega developed its first coin-operated game, ''Periscope'', in 1966. Sega wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rurouni Kenshin
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work against the bakufu, Hitokiri Battosai disappears to become Himura Kenshin: a wandering swordsman who protects the people of Japan with a vow never to take another life. Watsuki wrote the series upon his desire to make a Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga different from the other ones that were published at the time, with Kenshin being a former assassin and the story taking a more serious tone as it continued. The manga revolves around themes of wikt:atonement, atonement, peace, and Romance (love), romance. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from April 1994 to September 1999. The complete work consists of 28 ''tankōbon'' volumes, while years later it was reprinted into 22 ''Tankōbon#Kanzenhan, kanzenban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica (''hentai'' and '' ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and mang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama Arena
is an indoor arena located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five-minute walk from the closest station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway. As one of the largest concert venues in the Kantō region, it is a frequent location for artists to end their tours. The spacious stage allows for more complex set design and lighting, but the reasonable size makes it easier to sell out than the Tokyo Dome. History The Yokohama Arena was opened on April 1, 1989. At the exact day was held the opening celebration concert where performed renowned Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya, and the three upcoming days were additional dates of her concert tour. Many notable Japanese music acts performed at the arena, alphabetically: AKB48, Namie Amuro, Aqours, B'z, Babymetal, Buck-Tick, °C-ute, Gackt, The Gaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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