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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] |
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] |
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] |
Tomoko Hada
Tomoko (ともこ, トモコ) is a female Japanese given name. Like many Japanese names, Tomoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 友子 - "friendly child" * 知子 - "knowing child" * 智子 - "wise child" * 朋子 - "friendly child" * 皆子 - "beautiful girl" * 詩子 - "poetic child" People with the name * , Japanese politician * , Japanese judge * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese judoka * , Japanese origami writer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese announcer * , Japanese actress and essayist * , Japanese motorcycle racer * , Japanese actress * , Japanese sprinter * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese politician * , victim of Minamata disease and subject of the photo ''Tomoko and Mother in the Bath'' * , Japanese singer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese artist * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese singer * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese singer, part of 1980s J-Pop duo BaBe * , Japanese painter * , Japanese voice actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumi Saito
Kumi may refer to: * Kumi (name), a Japanese name * Kumi District, a district in eastern Uganda * Kumi Town, a town in eastern Uganda ** Kumi University * Kumi Kumi, an illegal liquor brewed in Kenya * Kumi Lizard, a reptile that allegedly once lived in New Zealand * Kumi odori, a form of Ryukyuan dance * KUMI 415, a prison gang in the San Francisco Bay Area * KUMI (FM), a defunct radio station (89.9 FM) formerly licensed to serve Ramona, California, U.S. * KWPL-LD, a television station in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S., which held the call sign KUMI-LD in 2016 See also * Kumis is a fermented dairy product traditionally made from mare milk or donkey milk. * * Gumi (other) Gumi or GUMI may refer to: * Gumi, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Gumi, Nepal, a village development committee in Surkhet District, Bheri Zone, Nepal * Gumi, North Gyeongsang, a city in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea ** Gumi Un ... * Khumi (other) {{Disambiguation, call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Otaki
Yuko may refer to: * Yuko (judo) (''yūkō''), a score in judo competition * Yuko (Ukrainian band), a Ukrainian band * Yūko, a Japanese female given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Yuko, a Belgian band * Yuko people Yukpa is an Amerindian ethnic group that inhabits the northeastern part of the Cesar Department in northern Colombia by the Serranía del Perijá bordering Venezuela. Their territory covers the eastern areas of the municipalities of Robles ..., an Amerindian ethnic group * Yuko, a famous cosplayer See also * Yukou (Japanese citrus) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazons (J-pop)
The Amazons (Ancient Greek: ', singular '; in Latin ', ') were a people in Greek mythology, portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Heracles, the ''Argonautica'' and the ''Iliad''. They were female warriors and hunters, known for their physical agility, strength, archery, riding skills, and the arts of combat. Their society was closed to men and they raised only their daughters, returning their sons to their fathers with whom they would only socialize briefly in order to reproduce. Courageous and fiercely independent, the Amazons, commanded by their queen, regularly undertook extensive military expeditions into the far corners of the world, from Scythia to Thrace, Asia Minor, and the Aegean Islands, reaching as far as Arabia and Egypt. Besides military raids, the Amazons are also associated with the foundation of temples and the establishment of numerous ancient cities like Ephesos, Cyme, Smyrna, Sinope, Myrina, Magnesia, Pygela, et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Morio
is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Possible forms of the name include: *隆 - "prosperous noble" *喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman" *崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history" *孝 - "filial piety, serve parents" *貴志 *敬 Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana: *タカシ (katakana) *たかし (hiragana) People with the name *Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player *, Japanese rugby union player *Takashi Amano (天野 尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer *Takashi Aonishi (青西 高嗣), Japanese music artist * Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor *, Japanese volleyball player * Takashi Fujii (藤井 隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian *Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, born 1973), Japanese actor *Takashi Hara (原 敬, 1856–1921), Japanese politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunji Takenaka
Shunji (written: 俊二, 俊治, 俊嗣, 舜二 or 隼士) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentarian *, Japanese hurdler and sprinter *Shunji Kasuya (born 1962), Japanese racing driver *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese politician *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese general and physician *, Japanese subtitler and translator *, Japanese professional wrestler *Shunji Watanabe (born 1938), founder of Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe *, Japanese motorcycle racer Fictional characters *Kimura Shunji, a character in the South Korean television series ''Bridal Mask ''Bridal Mask'' () is a 2012 KBS2 period drama based on the popular Korean manhwa by Huh Young-man. Set in Seoul, Korea, during the 1930s Japanese colonial era, the sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masato Yamao
Masato (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008 * Masato Amada (born 1974), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese actor *Masato Hagiwara (born 1971), Japanese actor *Masato Harada (born 1949), Japanese film director and actor * Masato Hatanaka (born 1975), Japanese musician *Masato Hayakawa (born 1986), Japanese singer and musician * Masato Ichishiki (born 1971), author of the SD Gundam comics *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese anime director and screenwriter *, Japanese game developer and scenario writer * Masato Kawabata (born 1977), professional drifting driver * Masato Kitera, Japanese diplomat * Masato Kurogi (born 1989), Japanese football player for Cerezo Osaka *, Japanese judoka * Masato Morishige (born 1987), Japanese football player for F.C. Tokyo *Masato Nakamura (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideyuki Komatsu
Hideyuki (written: , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *Hideyuki Akaza (赤座 英之), Japanese urologist *, Japanese engineer and physicist *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese ice hockey player *Hideyuki Busujima Hideyuki Busujima (born 1952/1953) is a Japanese billionaire businessman, and the chairman and CEO of Sankyo, the pachinko machine company founded by his father Kunio Busujima. Hideyuki Busujima is the son of Kunio Busujima, who died in October ... (born 1952/1953), Japanese billionaire businessman *, Japanese drifting driver *, Japanese Go player *, Japanese composer *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese film director *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese writer *, Japanese writer and screenwriter *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese volleyball player *, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
