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Little Glee Monster
Little Glee Monster (リトル グリー モンスター, Ritoru Gurī Monsutā) is a J-pop, Japanese girl vocal group, formed in 2013. The group currently consists of Asahi Kobayashi, Mayu Yoshida, Karen Koga, Mika Fujihira, Yumi Nagai, and Kamala Miyu Aida. They were signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan and released their debut single “Houkago High Five” in 2014. Their fifth album, ''Flava'', is their most successful album, peaking at List of Oricon number-one albums of 2019, number one on both Oricon and Billboard Japan, Japan's ''Billboard'' charts, and certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 100,000. In 2018, they won an award at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards for MTV Europe Music Award for Best Japanese Act, Best Japanese Act. In July 2022, following the extended absence and ultimate resignation of two original members for health reasons, Watanabe Entertainment and Sony Music jointly established the "Monster Groove Lab" to audition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Nagai
is the Japanese term for a bow. As used in English, refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer and the shorter used in the practice of and , or Japanese archery. The was an important weapon of the samurai warrior during the feudal period of Japan. It is typically shot with Japanese arrows known as . The most famous style of is an asymmetrically shaped long bow with a length of more than , characterized by the archer holding the part of the bow below the center to shoot the arrow. History Most of the excavated Jōmon period () bows are in length, while most of the Yayoi period () bows are in length. The bows in these periods were made from a single processed wood, and the bows with this structure were called and were used until the Nara period (710–794 CE). It is unknown when the asymmetrical came into use, but the first written record is found in the ''Book of Wei'', a Chinese historical manuscript dating to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animate (retailer)
is the retailing arm of MOVIC, M and is the largest retailer of anime, video games and manga in Japan. The first flagship store of Animate was opened in 1983 in Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, Japan. Retail stores Currently there are 118 Animate stores in Japan, four in mainland China (Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Chengdu), three in Taiwan (Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung), two in Thailand (Bangkok and Rangsit), and one in Seoul, South Korea. Animate opened a store in the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California, in summer 2023. Online stores Animate currently has two online stores: the animate Online Shop, which has been active since 2005, and animate International. Former stores *Sakaihigashi Station, Osaka *Los Angeles, California (closed in 2003) *Hong Kong (closed in 2020) Subsidiaries *Acos Co., Ltd. (株式会社アコス): A subsidiary specialized in costumes. **ACOS animate costume kan (ACOS アニメイトコスチューム館): A chain of costume shops by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero Academia
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a world where superpowers (called "Quirks") have become commonplace, the story follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy who was born without a Quirk but still dreams of becoming a superhero himself. He is scouted by the world's greatest hero, All Might, who bestows his Quirk to Midoriya after recognizing his potential, and helps to enroll him in a prestigious high school for superheroes in training. The manga spawned a media franchise, having inspired numerous spin-off manga, such as '' My Hero Academia: Smash!!'', '' My Hero Academia: Vigilantes'', and '' My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions''. The series has expanded into light novels, stage plays, and various types of merchandise and media, including numerous video games. It has also been adapted int ... [...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] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and was capable of holding of uncompressed stereo audio. First released in Japan in October 1982, the CD was the second optical disc format to reach the market, following the larger LaserDisc (LD). In later years, the technology was adapted for computer data storage as CD-ROM and subsequently expanded into various writable and multimedia formats. , over 200 billion CDs (including audio CDs, CD-ROMs, and CD-Rs) had been sold worldwide. Standard CDs have a diameter of and typically hold up to 74 minutes of audio or approximately of data. This was later regularly extended to 80 minutes or by reducing the spacing between data tracks, with some discs unofficially reaching up to 99 minutes or which falls outside established specifications. Smaller variants, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Music Recording Certifications
Music recording certifications are typically awarded by the worldwide music industry based on the total units sold, streamed, or shipped to retailers. These awards and their requirements are defined by the various certifying bodies representing the music industry in various countries and territories worldwide. The standard certification awards given consist of Gold, Platinum, and sometimes Diamond awards, in ascending order; the UK and Australia also have a Silver certification, ranking below Gold. In most cases, a "Multi-Platinum" or "Multi-Diamond" award is given for multiples of the Platinum or Diamond requirements. Many music industries around the world are represented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The IFPI operates in 66 countries and services affiliated industry associations in 45 countries. In some cases, the IFPI is merely affiliated with the already operational certification bodies of a country, but in many countries with lesser-de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serina Hasegawa
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__NOTOC__ Serina can refer to: Places * Serina, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the Province of Bergamo, Italy People * Serina (Battlestar Galactica), a character from the original Battlestar Galactica (1978) TV series * Serina (actress), a Japanese actress (born 1985) Other * Serina (grape), another name for the Austrian wine grape Blaufrankisch * ''Serina'' (gastropod), a genus of snail in the family Enidae See also * * Serena (other) Serena may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Serena (genre), a 13th-century Occitan poetic genre * ''Serena'' (1962 film), a British crime thriller * ''Serena'' (2014 film), an American drama film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaka Fukumoto
Manaka may refer to: *Manaka (given name) Manaka (written: 愛風, 舞菜香 or まなか in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Manaka Hayashi (born 2004), Japanese professional footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese shogi player ..., Japanese given name * Manaka (surname), Japanese surname {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maju Arai
Maju or MAJU may refer to: Education *Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan *Maju Institute of Education Development, an organisation under the Malaysian Indian Congress Transport * ''Maju'' (iron ship), a full-rigged ship built in 1874 *Maju railway station, West Bengal, India *Maju MRT station, a planned station in Singapore *Maju Expressway, Malaysia Other *Sugaar or Maju, a pre-Christian Basque deity associated with storms and thunder *Maju group, one of the factions in the 1987 Ming Court Affair in Sarawak, Malaysia People with the given name *Maju Herklotz (born 1975), Brazilian fencer * (born 1977), Japanese actress who portrayed Risa Fukami in ''Kamen Rider Agito'' *Maria Júlia Coutinho (born 1978), Brazilian television presenter *Maju Varghese (born 1978), American attorney and political advisor *María Julia Mantilla (born 1984), Peruvian actress * Maju Trindade (born 1998), Brazilian actress * (born 1998), Japanese singer, former member of Little Glee Monster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
