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Hama Okamoto
is a bass guitarist and member of the rock band Okamoto's from Tokyo. He is represented with the agency Sony Music Artists. He is the eldest son of Downtown's Masatoshi Hamada and actress Natsumi Ogawa. His real name is . Equipment used * Fender Precision Bass made in 1968. *:Paddle peg which was adopted for only a few years from 66 years onboard. *American Shawstar AS-57 *:Made in the 1990s, the shield jack part glows like a tail lamp of an American car. *Honey JET68-B *:Has an inspired inspiration from Echo rocket base *Fender Precision Bass Hama Okamoto Model #4 *Fender Squier Katana made in 1985 Related bands *Okamoto's *Zutto Zuletellz *EdBUS Participating recordings ; 2009 ; 2010 ; 2011 ; 2012 ; 2013 ; 2014 ; 2015 ; 2016 ; 2017 Productions Live support *Yo-King *Hiroshi Fujiwara *Magokoro Brothers *Shigeru Suzuki×Ino Hidefumi *Gen Hoshino *The Bawdies The Bawdies is a Japanese rock band signed to the Seez Records label and the Getting Better sub-lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rip Slyme
Rip Slyme (often stylized as RIP SLYME) is a Japanese hip hop group composed of four Master of ceremonies, MCs (Ryo-Z, Ilmari, Pes & Su) and a Disc jockey, DJ, Fumiya. Their sound is influenced by old-school hip hop and other Rapping, western rappers such as The Pharcyde, De La Soul, Public Enemy (band), Public Enemy, Jurassic 5, the Beastie Boys, DJ Premier and Leaders of the New School. During their career, they have released two indie albums, ten major albums, one live album, one indies collection, and three best-of albums. They released six singles as an indie act, and 17 with a major label. On October 31, 2018, the group announced that they were suspending all activities. This announcement came six months after a tabloid alleged that Su was cheating on his wife and the group started conducting activities without him. Rip Slyme’s website has since shut down. Pes left the group as well in November 2017, but this was unknown to the general public until October 2021. On April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ino Hidefumi
is a Japanese jazz, and electronic musician. He releases his music solely on Innocent Record, a label he created with the concept of "One label, one artist.” Early life Ino was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan in 1970. He began to learn the piano around age 5 when his mother took him to a piano class on the pretext of going to a local sweet shop. During his time in secondary school at Totoro Junior High in Nobeoka, he specialised in brass instruments in the school's symphonic band. After graduating from Kobayashi Prefectural High School in Nobeoka he took two years out, during which he spent attending a university preparatory school in Fukuoka and frequenting the cinemas and second hand records shops. For a time Ino also attended a vocational school for piano tuners. Whilst working at various in places in Fukuoka such as offices, a clothes shop, and food stalls & coffee shops in Nagahama, he created a band dedicated to 60s music in which he took on vocals as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Suzuki
is a Japanese musician, songwriter and guitarist. He first became known as a member of the influential rock band Happy End in the early 1970s, before starting a solo career and becoming a prolific session musician. As of 2006, Suzuki had contributed to 588 recordings. In 2019, Suzuki's high school band Skye reunited and released their first album. Biography Before being invited to join Happy End in 1969, Suzuki was in a band called with his high school classmates Tatsuo Hayashi and Ray Ohara (Sadistic Mika Band). Happy End produced three albums, '' Happy End'' (1970), '' Kazemachi Roman'' (1971) and '' Happy End'' (1973), before officially disbanding on New Year's Eve 1972. Suzuki and Haruomi Hosono then formed with Hayashi, Masataka Matsutoya and Hiroshi Sato in 1973. They changed their name to a year later. Suzuki released his first solo album, '' Band Wagon'' which was recorded in Los Angeles with musicians from notable acts such as Little Feat, Santana and Sly and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomotaka Imamichi
, (born October 12, 1959) is a Japanese music producer, guitarist and songwriter from Tokyo, Japan. He first got his huge break in the Japanese music circuit in 1984 as the guitarist and primary songwriter for the rock band, Barbee Boys, although it is reported that he has been writing music himself since at least 1975 after being highly influenced by Toshikatsu Utsumi from the legendary folk band Carol. Musical career 1980s In 1984, Imamichi debuted as the leader and guitarist of the Japanese new wave band Barbee Boys, which he had formed in 1982. As the main songwriter, he composed most songs for the band, including hit singles such as "Me wo Tojite Oide yo" (lit. "Close your eyes and come here"), "Makeru Mon ka" (lit. "I Won't Give in"), and "Megitsune ON THE RUN" (lit. "Vixen On the Run"). In 1985, Imamichi (under the alias "Chakku Mūton," or "Chuck Mouton") composed "Ura Niwa no Gare-ji de Dakishimete" (lit. "Embrace Me in the Backyard Barage") for Seiko Matsuda's album en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negicco
is a female idol music group created in July 2003. It is composed today of three members: Nao, Megu and Kaede. The group is from Niigata, Japan, and was created for the promotion of the local green onion (Allium fistulosum): the word means "green onion" in Japanese. "Negicco" thus means "The green onion girls". The group is produced by Negi-pro Agency, and is signed to the T-Palette Records label. The single "Tokimeki no Headliner" number 20 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard Single (music), singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track down ... in November 2013 and ''Hikari no Spur'' reached the fifth place. Members Current members * * * Former members * * Discography Albums Mini-albums # ??/??/2009 : # 09/07/2010 : # 20/07/2011 : ''Get It On!'' Compilation # 22/02/2012 : ''Negic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Otsuka
is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit " Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks. A piano player since age four, Otsuka composes and co-produces her own songs, as well as writes her own lyrics. Her music ranges from upbeat pop/rock music to ballads. Every year, Otsuka also has her own ''Love is Born'' tour to mark the anniversary of being in the music industry and her birthday in September. All of the ''Love is Born'' concerts take place in Japan, ending in her hometown of Osaka. On ''Love is Born 5th Anniversary'' in 2008, Otsuka held a leg of the concert in Taiwan, where she performed a Chinese version of her song "Planetarium". In 2009, Otsuka held 3 ''Love is Born 6th Anniversary'' concerts in Japan, as well as two concerts in Taiwan. In 2012, Otsuka debuted as the vocalist of the band Rabbit. She sold 7 million copies in Japan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charisma
() is a personal quality of magnetic charm, persuasion, or appeal. In the fields of sociology and political science, psychology, and management, the term ''charismatic'' describes a type of leadership. In Christian theology, the term ''charisma'' appears as the ''Spiritual gift'' (''charism'') which is an endowment with an extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit."Spiritual gifts". ''A Dictionary of the Bible'' by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford University Press Inc. ''Oxford Reference Online''. Oxford University Press. Accessed 22 June 2011. Etymology The English word ''charisma'' derives from the Ancient Greek word (), which denotes a "favor freely given" and the "gift of grace". The singular term and the plural term () both derive from the word (), meaning ''grace'' and ''charm''. In religious praxis, the Ancient Greeks ascribed ''personality charisma'' to their pantheon of gods and goddesses, e.g. attributing charm, beauty, nature, creativity, and fertility to the indiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hirai
is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Since his debut, Hirai has worked as a model, actor, composer, lyricist, singer, and brand ambassador. During his career, Hirai has released forty-seven singles and eleven studio albums as of January 2024. According to , his single '' Hitomi o Tojite'' (''Close Your Eyes'') became the best-selling single of 2004 in Japan,Oricon Annual Ranking 2004 while his compilation album '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
is a Japanese female Japanese idol, idol group. The group's name is officially shortened to . The group was created by 3B Junior, the third section of the talent agency Stardust Promotion. Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is considered a "little sister" group to another Stardust Promotion girl group, Momoiro Clover Z. Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is named after a fictitious school in Ebisu, Shibuya, Ebisu, a neighborhood in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was planned as a group of elementary and middle school students. However, this concept has changed as the members aged. The group currently uses "Forever a Middle-schooler" as their concept. The group was officially nicknamed "King of the School Play", and was advertised as being a group with very rough singing and dancing skills. Or, more accurately, the group's advertising slogan, slogan at the time was "Unarticulated dance and shaky vocals." However, the group has outgrown said slogan over time, and have since reached a point where they're praised for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puffy AmiYumi
Puffy (sometimes stylized in all-caps), also known as Puffy AmiYumi in the US, are a Japanese pop rock duo formed in Tokyo in 1995, consisting of singers Ami Ōnuki and Yumi Yoshimura. In the United States, they adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, who also performed under the name Puffy. The duo sings in Japanese, English, and Mandarin Chinese. Both Ami and Yumi were scouted by Sony-affiliated talent agencies and put together in the mid-1990s. Most of their work was produced or co-written by Tamio Okuda, Okuda Tamio and Andy Sturmer, formerly of the bands Unicorn (Japanese band), Unicorn and Jellyfish (band), Jellyfish, respectively. The duo's first single, ''Asia no Junshin'' (1996), sold one million records. They gained mainstream success in Japan in 1998 following the release of their album, ''Jet-CD, Jet'' and continued with several more full-length releases (totaling 15 million sales in Japan). In 2004, an animated series featuri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is an nine-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates). The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more than 10 million physical copies. Hey! Say! JUMP originally debuted with ten members, the largest group in Johnny's Entertainment, Johnny's history. In 2011, Ryutaro Morimoto was indefinitely suspended from the group following an underage smoking scandal. On April 11, 2021, Keito Okamoto announced that he would be leaving the group in order to pursue an acting career but would be remaining under Johnny & Associates. History Formation During a KAT-TUN spring concert on April 3, 2007, Yuya Takaki, Daiki Arioka, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuto Nakajima and Yuri Chinen were announced to become part of a temporary group called Hey! Say! 7. The name refers to the Heisei period during which all members were born, as well as to the year 2007 as the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
