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1st Chō Berryz
is the first full-length album by J-pop group Berryz Kobo. It was released on July 7, 2004. It was associated with the Hello!Project. The group Berryz Kobo had several other albums after this and also collaborated with the anime series Inazuma Eleven for their closing theme song. Release is the first single taken from ''1st Chō Berryz''. It was released on March 3, 2004. The single ranked 18th in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. The second single, , was released on April 28, 2004, and debuted at number 25 in the weekly Oricon singles chart. The third single, . was released on May 26, 2004, under the Piccolo Town label (PKCP-5040). It was also released as a Single V, on June 9, 2004. Risako Sugaya and Momoko Tsugunaga are the "centre" members on this single. Its peak position on the Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berryz Kobo
was a Japanese idol girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudo, Yurina Kumai, and Risako Sugaya; Maiha Ishimura left the group in 2005. Berryz Kobo debuted with their first single in March of the same year. In 2007, Berryz Kobo became the youngest act ever to give a solo concert at Saitama Super Arena. In 2008, the group received the Best Asian Newcomer Award at the Asia Song Festival and a Cable Music Award at the 41st Japan Cable Awards ceremony. As of December 2014, the group had released 36 singles, nine studio albums, one EP and one compilation album. Berryz Kobo's combined CD and DVD sales exceeded one million copies in Japan alone. History 2002–2003: Hello! Project Kids All of the group's members were initially selected during the audition for Hello! Project Kids in 2002 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s in music, 1960s pop music, pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music"), a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s in the Japanese music scene. Japanese rock bands such as Happy End (band), Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-pop was further defined by New wave music, new wave and Crossover music, crossover Jazz fusion, fusion acts of the late 1970s, such as Yellow Magic Orchestra and Southern All Stars. () Popular styles of Japanese pop music include city pop and technopop during the 1970s1980s, and Eurobeat#J-Euro, J-Euro (such as Namie Amuro) and Shibuya-kei during the 1990s and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piccolo Town
is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies. Its subsidiaries include the talent agency Up-Front Promotion and Up-Front Works, a music production and sales company that manages such record labels as Zetima, Piccolo Town, and Hachama. Artists Up-Front Promotion All groups under Up-Front Promotion are collectively known as Hello! Project. Groups * Morning Musume * Angerme * Juice=Juice * Camellia Factory * Beyooooonds ** Chica#Tetsu ** Rain Forest River Ocean ** SeasoningS * Ocha Norma * Rosy Chronicle Soloists/Entertainers * Sayumi Michishige * Chinami Tokunaga * Risako Sugaya Trainees * Hello Pro Kenshūsei Up-Front Works Groups * Bitter & Sweet * Brothers 5 * Dream Morning Musume * Sharam Q * Up Up Girls Kakko Kari Soloists/Entertainers * Ai Takahashi * Airi Suzuki * Akira Inaba * Akira Kagawa * Chisato Moritaka * Chisato Okai * Eric Fukusaki * Erina Mano * Gen Takayama * Hirofumi Bannba * Jirou Sugita * Junko Yanagisawa * Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsunku
, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q. As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Coconuts Musume, Berryz Kobo, Cute, V-u-den, Aya Matsuura, and Maki Goto. He has also produced music for artists such as EE Jump and Sonim. Aside from musical acts, Tsunku has also produced soundtracks for anime and video game series such as '' Rhythm Heaven'' and '' ClassicaLoid''. The total sales of the singles he has written exceed 37.9 million copies, making him the fifth best-selling lyricist in Japan. History Tsunku later worked with Nintendo and J.P.ROOM to create the music video game, '' Rhythm Tengoku''. It was released for the Game Boy Advance exclusively in Japan on August 3, 2006, and later as an arcade machine on September 20, 2007. He also worked on ''Rhythm Tengoku Gold'' (Released in the US as '' Rhythm Heaven'' and in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai 2 Seichōki
is the second full-length album by J-pop group Berryz Kobo, released on November 16, 2005. "Dai 2" (''the second'') is pronounced ''Dai ni''. The first pressing of the album was enclosed in a cardboard slipcase and included four double-sided photocards of the band. The album peaked at #19 on the Oricon weekly charts, charting for 3 weeks. This album was the last Berryz Kobo release to feature Maiha Ishimura, who Hello! Project#Former artists and groups, graduated from Hello! Project in 2005 in order to focus on her education. Ishimura's vocals are featured on the singles within the album; she is, however, not credited anywhere and does not feature on the cover. The seven remaining members of the band are depicted in school uniforms and carrying bookbags. ''Dai 2 Seichōki'' would be the first of an informal trilogy of three Berryz releases, each issued within one or two weeks of each other, to close out the group's second year of existence. Release is the first single taken to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ... and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets () and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has since then been used to represent all female recording artists at Up-Front Promotion. Until 2014, their songs were primarily produced by Tsunku. Hello! Project's main acts consist of Morning Musume, Angerme, Juice=Juice, Camellia Factory, Beyooooonds, Ocha Norma and Rosy Chronicle. Notable acts in the past associated with Hello! Project include Aya Matsuura, Maki Goto, Mini-Moni, W, Melon Kinenbi, Berryz Kobo, Cute, Country Girls and Magnolia Factory. Artists Yuko Nakazawa was Hello! Project's leader from April 15, 2001 to March 31, 2009. Ai Takahashi became the group's leader from April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2011. Risa Niigaki then became the leader from October 1, 2011 to May 18, 2012. After her departure, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inazuma Eleven (TV Series)
''Inazuma Eleven'' is a Japanese animation television series based on Level-5's video game series of the same name. The animated series was produced by OLM under the direction of Katsuhito Akiyama and consists of 127 episodes. The series aired on the TV Tokyo network from October 5, 2008 until April 27, 2011. The series was produced by Level-5 in conjunction with TV Tokyo and OLM. The first 26 episodes were formerly available in the United States on Hulu. The first three episodes were also formerly able to be freely viewed via the Nintendo 3DS eShop, which were released alongside the North American release of the first video game. Music Thirteen pieces of theme music are used through the entire series—six opening themes performed by T-Pistonz+KMC and seven closing themes. The opening theme for the first 26 episodes is "''Tachiagari-yo''". For episodes 27 to 54, the opening theme is "''Maji de Kansha!''". "''Tsunagari-yo''" is the opening theme for episodes 55 to 67. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single V
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Music videos use a wide range of style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risako Sugaya
is a former Japanese singer and actress. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the lead vocalists of the girl group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015. Career 2002–2004: Hello! Project Kids, 4Kids Sugaya was born in Kanagawa, Japan. In 2002, she auditioned for Hello! Project Kids with the song " Minimoni Hinamatsuri" by Minimoni. Her audition tape was aired on Morning Musume's variety show '' Hello! Morning''. She was placed in the group with 14 other girls. She made her first appearance as an angel in the 2002 film '' Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken!''; she also was one of the featured artists in the movie's ending song as a member of 4Kids. In 2003, Sugaya starred in the movie '' Hotaru no Hoshi'' (蛍の星), as Hikari, a fragile elementary school student who, with the help of her caring teacher, has a chance to be momentarily reunited with her deceased mother and overcome her emotional problems. She also starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoko Tsugunaga
is a Japanese former singer, actress, and radio personality. Tsugunaga joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids at the age of 10 and later became part of the girl groups Berryz Kobo and Buono! Following Berryz Kobo's hiatus, she became the playing manager of Country Girls. In 2017, Tsugunaga retired from entertainment to become a kindergarten teacher. Career 2002–2004: Hello! Project Kids and ZYX In 2002, Tsugunaga auditioned for Hello! Project Kids with the song "Koi wo Shicchaimashita!" by Tanpopo. Her audition tape was aired on Morning Musume's variety show ''Hello! Morning''. She was placed in the group with 14 other girls. In the same year, she starred in the movie ''Koinu Dan no Monogatari'' as the main character, Mao Morishita. In 2003, Tsugunaga appeared in the music video for Miki Fujimoto's " Boogie Train '03." She also became a member of the subgroup ZYX along with Mari Yaguchi from Morning Musume, Erika Umeda, Maimi Yajima, Saki Shimizu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
