Tag Archives: Singer

Japanese Visual Kei Air Band Break Onto the International Music Scene?

Today, I would like to introduce an article about a visual kei band, which is grabbing attention of people in Japan. This very unique air band is called “Golden Bomber”, and…

New Idol Singer form YouTube

  Otaku-idols, Sweets-idols, and Korean idols… Now Japan is full of many kinds of idols. And this time, a new-type of idol has been born thanks to YouTube. Her stage…

“God of Toilet” A Song that Makes Japan Cry

  “There is a beautiful beautiful goddess in the toilet…” A Japanese singer song writer, Kana Uemura’s latest single, “Toire no kamisama (God of Toilet)” has met a lot of…

Wasabi Stories vol.171: “Would You Give Up Your Life?”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Would You Give Up Your Life?” Today’s story-teller is musician [W:Eikichi Yazawa]. It was a great article. The story was his autobiography, from…

Wasabi Stories vol. 140: “A Heartwarming Lie”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “A Heartwarming Lie” Today’s story-teller is Shusuke Michio, a novelist. The story is about what happened at a club in [W:Shinjuku] one day….

Compare J-pop musician Utada’s Japanese and English Songs

  Hikaru Utada is a Japanese pop musician who sold her debut album total of 9.9 million copies at the age of 16 in 1999. Since she has some English…

Wasabi Stories vol.122: “You can not buy muscles with money LOL”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “You can not buy muscles with money LOL” Today’s story teller is a music journalist, Yoichi Shibuya. The theme was music performers and…

“Too Cute to be Real” Beckii Cruel – British Girl Pop in Japan

  Beckii Cruel (born Rebecca Flint) was a regular 14 year-old girl from Isle of Man debuted as sing & dance idol in Japan last fall. She loves Japanese anime,…

The Medals of Honor – Hosho

  Today, the Government of Japan issue Medals of Honor (Hosho) to 677 individuals and 20 groups for their achievement in various fields. Starting in 1882, the Medals of Honor…

Falling into a Toy Box Like Music : J-artist Shugo Tokumaru

  Playing over 100 kinds of music instruments and un-music instruments, Shugo Tokumaru, a Japanese singer song writer, does recording to mixing all alone. Since his debut album “Night Piece”…

X JAPAN Releases All English Album

  This summer, Japanese legendary heavy metal band, X JAPAN will release all-English album in the world. For those who say “what is X JAPAN??”, let me briefly explain about…

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