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is an annual music show in Japan sponsored by Yomiuri TV. It is broadcast on Yomiuri TV and Nippon Television. Details Other winners This is a partial list of artists who have won awards other than a Grand Prix. * 2007 Newcomer Award: Cute, Uruma Delvi are a Japanese husband and wife duo who recorded the song " Oshiri Kajiri Mushi", or "bottom-biting bug." The song was intended to encourage people who live in big cities to spontaneously interact with each other. The video debuted in June 2007 on ..., Leah Dizon, Jyongri, Satomi Takasugi *2009 Gold Artist: AKB48, BIG BANG, Kumi Koda, GIRL NEXT DOOR, JUJU, AAA, Kana Nishino. References External links * {{Japanese Music Award Shows Awards established in 2003 2003 establishments in Japan Japanese music awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri TV
JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the , itself a subsidiary of Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings. FYCS is partially controlled by the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate and forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Nippon Television Holdings, the owners of Kantō region flagship Nippon Television, which owns a 20% share in the company. Founded as on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. It also claims the highest viewing ratings in the Kansai region as of 2024. History Early years Nippon TV applied for TV broadcasting licenses in Osaka and Nagoya after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuna Ito
is an American-born former pop singer and actress who was active in Japan. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, " Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the popular 2005 film '' Nana''; she also starred in the film, portraying Reira Serizawa. In 2006, Ito reprised her role as Reira for the sequel of the film singing the theme song, "Truth". In 2007, Ito released her debut album, ''Heart'', which debuted atop the Oricon chart. Early life and education Ito was born to a South Korean mother and a Japanese father. She was raised in Oahu, Hawaii. From a young age, Ito dreamed about becoming a singer. She was inspired by the powerful vocals of Celine Dion. At the age of fifteen, she was offered a recording contract, but turned it down. She later explained: "They saw me as a girl and not a singer." Initially, when Ito told her parents of plans to become a singer they disapproved of her choice. Her parents wanted Ito to attend school and meet a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satomi Takasugi
is a Japanese pop singer, race queen, and former gravure idol. She is signed to Avex Trax sub-label Rhythm Zone and represented by the talent agency, Platinum Production. She is a former member of the avex girl group With, with fellow gravure idols Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Iori, and Kana Hoshino. Biography In 2001, Takasugi was discovered in Shibuya by the Platinum Production agency. While still in high school at the age of 16, in 2002 Takasugi along with Chinatsu Wakatsuk, Iori, and Kana Hoshino formed the gravure idol group With. As well as serving as gravure idols, the group also sang on the Avex label. The group went on to release a photobook but disbanded soon after, having little success. In 2006, Takasugi made her first live performance at "Rhythm Nation 2006" sponsored by Avex, playing a cover of Yoshiyuki Osawa's "Soshite Boku wa Tohō ni Kureru". The song was later released promotionally on the radio and other media. Takasugi became part of Rhythm Zone, a sub-label of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyongri
Jyongri (; born August 30, 1988) is a Japanese pop singer of Korean ancestry currently signed with EMI Music Japan. Biography Background and early life Jyongri attended Osaka International School, and is fluent in both English and Japanese. She began learning to play the piano at the age of eight. It was not until Jyongri was eleven when she decided to become a singer; she started writing her own lyrics at this age. In 2004, when she was fifteen years old, she attended a five-week-long summer program at the Berklee College of Music. During this period Jyongri started to write her own music. Jyongri started working on her musical activities in June 2006 after graduating from Osaka International School. Jyongri was a student in Waseda University, a popular choice among other famous celebrities around the world. ''Close to Fantasy'' (2006–2007) In September 2006, a music video for a ballad titled "Wherever" started airing on music video channels, despite the fact that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Dizon
Leah Donna Dizon (born September 24, 1986) is an American former singer, model and media personality.Leah Dizon Official Blog – Profile After moving to in early 2006 to pursue an entertainment career, she made her recording debut on later that same year. Early life and career 1986–2004: Childhood and youth Leah Donna Dizon was born in , Nevada, on September 24, 1986. Her ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruma Delvi
are a Japanese husband and wife duo who recorded the song " Oshiri Kajiri Mushi", or "bottom-biting bug." The song was intended to encourage people who live in big cities to spontaneously interact with each other. The video debuted in June 2007 on the children's music video program ''Minna no Uta''. Videos typically remain in rotation for two months on ''Minna no Uta'', but Oshiri Kajiri Mushi is the longest-running video on the program as it aired continuously for over five months. The song climbed up to number 8 from outside the top 100 on Oricon, the singles chart in Japan, and steadily climbed the charts to number 6 in the Fall of 2007. The cartoon bug featured in UrumaDelvi's music video stars in his own anime series. In 2013, UrumaDelvi teamed up with Ryuichi Sakamoto of Yellow Magic Orchestra and David Byrne of Talking Heads to make a music video set to the song "Psychedelic Afternoon". The music video was part of a series of 3 videos produced by Zapuni in order to raise m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cute (Japanese Idol Group)
, was a Japanese girl group associated with Hello! Project and produced by Tsunku. Cute consisted of Maimi Yajima, Saki Nakajima (singer), Saki Nakajima, Airi Suzuki, Chisato Okai, and Mai Hagiwara, who were all members of Hello! Project Kids prior to the group's formation. The original member line-up also consisted of fellow Hello! Project Kids members Megumi Murakami and Erika Umeda, as well as Kanna Arihara (a member of Hello Pro Kenshusei, Hello Pro Egg, Hello! Project's trainee group), prior to their departure. After releasing a string of independent hits, Cute made its major label, major debut in 2007 with "Sakura Chirari" and that year won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. In 2008, the group was nominated for the main Japan Record Award, the Grand Prix, its song being named one of the year's best songs. All of the group's major label, major-label single (music), singles debuted in the top 10 of the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. History 2002–2004: Formation an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuke Kamiji
is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. In the music world, he is known simply as . Biography Kamiji graduated from Yokohama Senior High School. He belonged to the baseball club while in school, and played catcher. He and Daisuke Matsuzaka played together for one year, and when Matsuzaka joined the club, it was Kamiji who first practiced with him. Kamiji assumed uniform number 2 from autumn of his junior year, but handed it over to freshman Yoshio Koyama (currently with the Chunichi Dragons) because of a serious injury to his right elbow during practice. After high school, Kamiji attempted to enter university on a sports scholarship, but gave it up after the injury to his elbow. He then decided to make his way as an actor. He made his debut in the serial drama "LXIXVXE" on TBS in 1999. By this time, Daisuke Matsuzaka had made world headlines in the pros, and it was reported in several Japanese sports journals that his "former wife" had debuted as an actor. Kamiji ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Nishiyama
Maki Nishiyama (西山茉希, Nishiyama Maki; born November 16, 1985) is a Japanese model, and actress. Her best-known modeling work has been with the Japanese fashion magazine, ''CanCam''. Career In 2005, Nishiyama started her career as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine ''CanCam'' under an exclusive contract. She has also appeared in television advertisements for several companies, from Nivea-Kao in 2006 to McDonald's Japan in 2009. She played a role in a TV drama, '' Moon lovers'' (Tsuki no koibito) in 2010. She played the role of Nabiki Tendo in the ''Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected in 38 volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves a ...'' live-action special aired in December 2011. Television References Living people 1985 births Japanese actresses Japanese female models Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jero
Jerome Charles White Jr. (born September 4, 1981), better known by his stage name , is an American enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent who is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history. In 2018, Jero announced that he was taking an indefinite hiatus from his music career to focus on a career in computers. Biography Jero began singing Enka at the age of six and continued to study the Japanese language all throughout high school and college. Jero: Japan's First African-American Enka Singer, February 12, 2009 He also studied Japanese for some time at the Kansai Gaidai University school of foreign languages. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSP (band)
was a Japanese popular music group consisting of two female singers: Ai and Saki. They have released ten singles and two studio albums. They are officially described as a "Hip-hop/ R&B Dance Unit." History Originally from the Kansai region, the band was formed as the result of an audition contest called "Real Street Project," held by Sony Records. RSP was selected out of over 5000 competitors to win a record deal and become formally released. They debuted with the single "A Street Story" in December 2006, which made the Kansai top ten list in sales. The band was featured in a television documentary, and later played a major part in producing a television program entitled "Street Dance Drama." In August 2007, the band released their second single, "Lifetime Respect: 女編" (''Onna Hen''), which derives from the song "Lifetime Respect" by Miki Dōzan and includes samples from the earlier work. The band describes their version as an "answer-song." This second single debuted at # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiji Wentz
is a Japanese singer, entertainer, actor, and a member of the singer-songwriter duo WaT. Early career Born in Mitaka, Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a German Americans, German American father, Wentz became involved in the entertainment industry at a very young age. Wentz initially started as a model at the age of four and made his acting debut as the role of Chip in the Four Seasons Musical Troupe production of ''Beauty and the Beast (musical), Beauty and the Beast''. He became famous as a child actor as a regular on the NHK television show, , where he played bass guitar and piano at the age of ten. During live performances, he played the Double bass, acoustic bass as well as the Electronic keyboard, keyboard. He started learning the guitar from the age of 17. He is featured in the popular rock band Luna Sea's music video for their 1996 single "In Silence (song), In Silence". He originally wanted to be a fashion model, but was too short to become one.Gendai.netこの人物の� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
