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Yukinojō Mori
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese lyricist, composer and poet who is affiliated with Amuse, Inc. He has written over 2,500 songs for numerous artists such as Kyosuke Himuro, Takuro Yoshida and Junichi Inagaki and theme songs for anime series including ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''Kinnikuman''. Early life Mori grew up in Tokyo, Japan, and often played music in high school with the members of the rock band Yonin Bayashi. His younger brother is Hideharu Mori, keyboardist of the rock band Picasso. Mori was influenced by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and glam rock. While witnessing David Bowie's theatrical performance at Shibuya Public Hall in 1973, Mori thought rock music to be reminiscent of kabuki. Deciding to pursue not only music, but also his own expression and performance, Mori took the stage name "Yukinojo" which is used in kabuki. Mori attended the English Department of Sophia University before dropping out and making his professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft have had a great impact on popular music. Bowie studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. He released a string of unsuccessful singles with local bands and David Bowie (1967 album), a self-titled solo album (1967) before achieving his first top-five entry on the UK singles chart with "Space Oddity" (1969). After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the alter ego Ziggy Stardust (character), Ziggy Stardust. The success of the single "Starman (song), Starman" and its album ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Japan
is a Japanese Rock music, rock band from Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki (musician), Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi (musician), Toshi. Starting as a predominantly power metal, power/speed metal band with heavy Symphonic metal, symphonic elements, they later gravitated towards a progressive metal, progressive sound with an emphasis on ballads. Besides being one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label, the group is widely credited as one of the pioneers of visual kei, a movement among Japanese musicians comparable to Western glam rock, glam. Originally named , they released their debut album ''Vanishing Vision'' (1988) on Yoshiki's own Extasy Records one year after finalizing their line-up including bassist Taiji (musician), Taiji, lead guitarist Hide (musician), Hide and rhythm guitarist Pata (musician), Pata. They achieved breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second and major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hide (musician)
, known professionally as hide, was a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1987 to 1997 and rose to prominence in Asia as a solo artist from 1993 to 1998, until his death. He also formed the United States–based rock supergroup (music), supergroup Zilch (band), Zilch in 1996. Hide sold millions of records, both solo and as a member of X Japan. X Japan rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, credited as founders of the Japanese visual kei movement. When they disbanded in 1997, he focused on his solo career which started four years prior and went on to enjoy significant popularity. At the height of his fame, while recording his third studio album and about to launch an international career with the newly formed Zilch, he died in 1998 of what was ruled a suicide by hanging. He was seen as an icon for Japanese youth rebelling against their country's conformist so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese musician, singer and composer. He is best known for his work on anime, video game and ''tokusatsu'' soundtracks. Kageyama first rose to prominence as a teenager in the 1970s as lead singer of the rock band Lazy. Following their breakup in 1981, Kageyama began a solo career. He struggled until finding major success in the mid-1980s, when he started singing theme songs for anime and ''tokusatsu'' television shows. The music to such programs is called anison in Japan, and Kageyama became immensely popular, earning the nickname . Kageyama's best known works include the title tracks for ''Dengeki Sentai Changeman'' and '' Hikari Sentai Maskman'', "Saint Shinwa ~Soldier Dream~" for ''Saint Seiya'', and " Cha-La Head-Cha-La" for ''Dragon Ball Z''. Lazy reunited in 1997, and Kageyama briefly worked with Masaaki Endoh as the duo Metal Brothers before they formed the anison supergroup JAM Project in 2000 with several other vocalists. Career While still a high school stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha-La Head-Cha-La
is a song by Japanese musician and composer Hironobu Kageyama, released as his sixteenth single. It is best known as the first opening theme song of the ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime television series. Columbia released the single on vinyl, cassette and mini CD on May 1, 1989. It is coupled with the first ''Dragon Ball Z'' closing theme, performed by Manna. "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" opened the first 199 episodes of the television series and the first nine films of the film adaptations. The single has sold 1.7million copies. It has been re-recorded in many other languages, with an English version performed by Kageyama himself that was released on his third greatest hits album entitled ''Hironobu Kageyama Best Album 3: Mixture'' in 1996. Background and recording "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" Hironobu Kageyama received the offer to record the opening theme song to ''Dragon Ball Z'' from the director of Columbia Records. With his background in a rock band, Kageyama said this director had previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadistic Mika Band
The was a Japanese rock band formed in November 1971 by husband and wife duo Kazuhiko Katō and . In a time when it was still rare for women to sing in rock bands in Japan, the fact that the Katōs were a married couple was even more unusual. This, combined with their glam rock-influenced fashion, has been cited as ground-breaking for defying gender norms in the country. After releasing three studio albums and becoming the first Japanese rock band to tour the United Kingdom, the Sadistic Mika Band disbanded in November 1975 when the Katōs divorced. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked the band at No. 94 on their list of the "Top 100 Japanese Pops Artists". In September 2007, ''Rolling Stone Japan'' rated their 1974 album ''Kurofune'' at No. 9 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time". History After taking guitar lessons from Kazuhiko Katō, Mika Fukui of the folk duo Mika & Tonko starting dating The Folk Crusaders member. The two musicians married in V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMV Japan
HMV is an international music and entertainment retailer, founded in 1921. The brand is owned by Hilco Capital and operated by Sunrise Records, except in Japan, where it is owned and operated by Lawson (store), Lawson. The inaugural shop was opened on London's Oxford Street by the Gramophone Company, who had already established the His Master's Voice symbol on their sound equipment, and from 1909, as its own His Master's Voice (British record label), record label. In the 1960s, HMV became a chain across London, and expanded nationwide in the 1970s. It expanded internationally in the mid-1980s, and opened its 100th UK shop in 1997. In 1998, the retail operations were divested from EMI (successor to the Gramophone Company), to form what would become HMV Group plc. In 2007, HMV bought rival retailer, Fopp (retailer), Fopp, as well divesting its Japanese business. In April 2013, HMV was rescued by Hilco Capital for an estimated £50 million after falling into administration. In F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drifters (Japanese Band)
are a Japanese rock and roll band and comedy group. The band formed as Sons of Drifters around 1956 with members of two bands, Jimmy Tokita & His Mountain Playboys and Tokyo Western Boys. However, members in the group changed back and forth occasionally. Chosuke Ikariya became the group's leader in 1964. Although the band became famous as a comedy group under Ikariya, they took part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen as a musical band for the first time in 2001. Ikariya died of lymph node cancer in 2004 at the age of 72. The group is also known for its 40-second performance as an opening act for The Beatles' first-ever concert in Japan. Members * Chōsuke Ikariya — Leader, joined 1962 during the group's band era, died of lymph node cancer in 2004 * Cha Katō — Joined 1962 * Boo Takagi — Joined 1964 * Chū Arai — Joined 1964, left the group in 1974, died of liver failure in 2000 * Kōji Nakamoto — Joined 1965, died of Subdural hematoma, acute subdural hem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Kinomi
, born July 11, 1946, in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress and singer. Selected works * '' Kaze to Kumo to Niji to'' (1976) * ''Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi '' (1976 episode, 25) * '' Abunai Deka series'' * ''Otoko wa tsurai yo is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma, whose nickname is , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "''Tora-san''" by its fans. Spanning 48 installments rel ...'': '' Stage-Struck Tora-san'' * ''Yogoreta Eiyu'' * '' Furuhata Ninzaburo'' (1994 episode, 6) Singles * "Omaesan" * "Unebore Waltz" * "Izakaya" * "Nana" References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinomi, Nana 1946 births Actresses from Tokyo Living people People from Sumida Singers from Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watanabe Productions
is a multimedia management company in Japan dealing in recordings, films, television, music publishing and artist management as well as the main subsidiary of the Watanabe Production Group. Formed by bandleader Shin Watanabe and his wife Misa Watanabe in 1955, the company has become one of the most influential of its kind in Japan. It is referred to informally in Japanese as Nabe-pro (ナベプロ, ''nabepuro''). Talent clients Current * Sayaka Aoki * Mickey Curtis * D-Boys :* Hirofumi Araki :* Takahisa Maeyama :* Masashi Mikami :* Shuto Miyazaki :* Masaki Nakao :* Jun Shison :* Hiroki Suzuki :* Masahiro Usui :* Masato Wada :* Yuki Yamada * Ryo Fukawa * Taizo Harada * Nora Hirano * Ayako Imoto * Yuki Kashiwagi * Masaki Kaji * Yoshiko Kuga * Tamiyo Kusakari * Little Glee Monster * Sei Matobu * Akiko Matsumoto * Toshiaki Megumi * Shoko Nakagawa * Mie Nakao * Nokko * Rag Fair * Saori Seto * Yuichi Tsuchiya * Hitoshi Ueki Former * Osamu Adachi * Candies * Yuya E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singer-songwriter
A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk- acoustic tradition with a guitar, although this role has transmuted through different eras of popular music. Traditionally, these musicians would write and sing songs personal to them. Singer-songwriters often provide the sole musical accompaniment to an entire song. The piano is also an instrument of choice. Biography The label "singer-songwriter" (or "song-writer/singer") is used by record labels and critics to define popular music artists who write and perform their own material, which is often self-accompanied – generally on acoustic guitar or piano. Such an artist performs the roles of composer, lyricist, vocalist, sometimes instrumentalist, and often self-manager. According to AllMusic, singer-songwriters' lyrics are often personal but veiled by elaborate metaphors and vague imagery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
