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Miwa Yoshida
is a Japanese musician, and the lead singer for the band Dreams Come True. She is also a founding member with bassist Masato Nakamura and keyboardist Takahiro Nishikawa. Yoshida also fronts a Dreams Come True side-project, Funk the Peanuts, and has released two solo albums, ''Beauty and Harmony'' and ''Beauty and Harmony 2''. Both albums took their name from the English translation of the name Miwa. Life and music career In 2004, Yoshida married videographer Ken Sueda, who had shot several of Dreams Come True's Wonderland concert videos. Sueda died in 2007 of brain cancer, and it came out at the time that the marriage was never officially recorded. In March 2012, she announced that she had married Juon Kamata, the lead singer of the Japanese rock band Fuzzy Control A fuzzy control system is a control system based on fuzzy logic – a mathematical system that analyzes analog input values in terms of logical variables that take on continuous values between 0 and 1, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Births
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Musicians From Hokkaido
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Japanese Jazz Singers
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Living People
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Fuzzy Control (band)
is a three-piece Japanese rock band currently signed to DCT Records. They gained prominence in Japan after being featured as vocalists and musicians on Dreams Come True's singles "Good Bye My School Days" and "Sono Saki e". Fuzzy Control has played at the 2005 Summer Sonic Festival and their single "Think Twice" was used as the ending theme for the '' Mushiking: King of the Beetles'' anime. They also appeared at the 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, having been featured on Dreams Come True's "Sono Saki e". Members *: Vocals & guitar *: Drums & chorus *: Bass & chorus Discography Albums *''Chicken'' - September 27, 2003 *''First Control'' - July 21, 2004 *''2 "Twice"'' - August 24, 2005 *''Fuzzy Control'' - May 19, 2007 (Re-released December 19, 2009) *''4 Force'' - August 13, 2008 *''8 Single'' - August 13, 2008 *''The Gig'' - September 29, 2010 *''Super Family Control'' - October 19, 2011 *''Rocks'' - September 4, 2013 Singles *"Shine On" - June 21, 2003 *"Later" - May 24, 2004 *"L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikeda, Hokkaido
is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Tokachi has almost year-round blue skies, which results in warm summers and cold winters. In the summer, temperatures reach 30 degrees Celsius and in winter up to minus 30 degrees Celsius. The clear skies in winter make perfect ice skating conditions, and Ikeda is known for producing world class speed skaters. In the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, a speed skater from Ikeda won a silver medal for Japan. The main industry in Ikeda is producing Tokachi wine but there are also livestock and vegetable farming industries. Population As of April 30, 2017, Ikeda has a population of 6,933. Like many small towns in Hokkaido, Ikeda has a declining population. Geography Ikeda is located in central/East Tokachi. It has an area of 371.91 square kilometres. It is mainly flat, but has some small hills to the North of the town. From these hills can be seen the beautiful Hidaka Mountains on clear days. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Nishikawa
is a Japanese keyboardist, music producer, and businessman. He was a member of Dreams Come True from 1988 to 2002. While with the band, they released eleven studio albums and thirty-three singles. Nine of those albums and ten of the singles debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts. While Nishikawa was a member of the band, Dreams Come True won two ''The Television'' Drama Academy Awards for theme songs, once in 1995 and again in 1999. After he left the band, he was arrested and convicted twice for possession of illegal stimulants, once in October 2002 and again in February 2006. He opened a bar in Sapporo in 2009, where he regularly holds events themed around his former band, including after-concert parties. Nishikawa is also known by the nickname . His younger sister, , is a model. Biography Takahiro Nishikawa was born 26 May 1964. He attended and graduated from Hokkaido Otofuke High School in Otofuke, Hokkaido. In 1988, Nishikawa became a founding member of the band Dreams Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
