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Tomoya Kanki
, better known mononymously as Tomoya, is a Japanese musician and drummer of the band One Ok Rock. Life and career Tomoya is the eldest member of ONE OK ROCK. In junior high school, he belonged to the percussion group in a brass band club, playing various percussion instruments such as tambourine and xylophone. He formed a band in the fall of his first year in high school, and started the band in earnest. After graduated from high school, he came to Tokyo and studied at a technical college. Tomoya attended ESP Musical Academy where one of his lecturers who was in a band introduced him to a band they had played with earlier that was looking for a drummer. That band was One Ok Rock and after a period of playing as support, he formally joined a month before their major debut. He often updates the One Ok Rock blog. Tomoya and Ryota Kohama composed the song "Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps, Deeper Deeper" together. On June 9, 2017, he announced that he had gotten married. He has th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dürer Kert
Dürer Kert is a music venue in Budapest, Hungary, that plays a significant role in the music life of the city. It started operating in 2008 under Ajtósi Dürer sor but had to move to Újbuda due to property development of the building. History The building on Ajtósi Dürer sor used to be a Sacré Coeur Girls' School, later functioned as a socialist party school and then was occupied by Eötvös Lorand University. When the university moved out, an Israeli businessman bought the property in 2007. The building and the practice studios that belonged to it were subsequently rented out to Dürer Kert since 2008. From 2014, the club had a five-year contract to rent the space, but had to fight to keep their tenant rights every year, as property developers envisioned the space as a living quarters and an office building. It was also suggested at one point that the property would host the Capital Circus of Budapest. In 2018, the building was acquired by 's property development busines ... [...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] |
Japanese Rock Drummers
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Musicians From Hyōgo Prefecture
A musician is someone who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate a person who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters, who write both music and lyrics for songs; conductors, who direct a musical performance; and performers, who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer (also known as a vocalist), who provides vocals, or an instrumentalist, who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians can specialize in a musical genre, though many play a variety of different styles and blend or cross said genres, a musician's musical output depending on a variety of technical and other background influences including their culture, skillset, life experience, education, and creative preferences. A musician who records and releases music is often referred to as a recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1987 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Ok Rock Discography
The discography of the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock consists of ten studio albums, two EPs, and thirty-one singles. One Ok Rock was formed in Tokyo, Japan in 2005, and currently consists of Takahiro Moriuchi (vocals), Toru Yamashita (guitar/leader), Ryota Kohama (bass), and Tomoya Kanki (drums). One Ok Rock have sold more than 3 million records worldwide. Their 2012 single "The Beginning" is the most popular song by the band, having reached more than 220 million views on their YouTube channel, further skyrocketing One Ok Rock's popularity. The song was chosen as the theme song for the live action movie adaptation of ''Rurouni Kenshin''. It peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 45 weeks and also charted at number 5 on the Oricon charts. Later in 2013, "The Beginning" won " Best Rock Video" and " Best Video from a Film" from the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2013 and " Best Your Choice" in Space Shower Music Video Awards. Their seventh studio albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Excluding Zoomusicology, zoomusicological instruments and the human voice, the percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments.''The Oxford Companion to Music'', 10th edition, p.775, In spite of being a very common term to designate instruments, and to relate them to their players, the percussionists, percussion is not a systematic classificatory category of instruments, as described by the scientific field of organology. It is shown below that percussion instruments may belong to the organological classes of idiophone, membranophone, aerophone and String instrument, chordophone. The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as the timpani, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and '' The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine '' Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Billboard''s parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan": and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country. In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from ''Billboard'', launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 music chart. As of 2025, the list of charts compiled by ''Billboard Japan'' also included an albums chart named ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums, physical-sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales and Top Albums Sales, download-only-based charts Download Songs and Download Albums, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryota Kohama
, better known by his stage name Ryota, is a Japanese musician who is best known for being the bassist of the rock band One Ok Rock. He was in the hip-hop dance group Heads along with Toru Yamashita (guitarist of One Ok Rock) before they disbanded in 2002. Kohama is the brother-in-law of Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. He married her younger sister Michelle Lavigne, and they have a daughter together. Early life and career Kohama was born in Osaka before moving to Tokyo. Toru Yamashita, a fellow member from One Ok Rock, is his childhood friend. They formed a hip-hop dance group HEADS when they were fifth and sixth graders with Takuya Uehara and Kohei Nakamura. They were also active before their debut and participated in dance competitions around the years of 1995–1999. They debuted with a single titled "Screeeem!" in July 2000, and it was followed by the second single "Gooood or Bad!" in November, which was produced by a popular musician under the label Amuse, Inc. The dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
