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Night Tempo
Jung Kyung-ho (; born February 14, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea), better known as Night Tempo (), is a South Korean future funk producer known for his ''Showa Groove'' series of remixes of 1980's Japanese city pop. Career Night Tempo gained attention for its revival of 1980s Japanese genre known as city pop, giving birth to the future funk subgenre of the vaporwave. His remix of Mariya Takeuchi's "Plastic Love" has received over 7 million views on YouTube. Night Tempo is active in the U.S. and Japan. He is a fan of ''Sailor Moon''. Under the title of the "Showa Idol Groove" series, he has released official re-edits of songs by artists from the 1980s, such as Wink and Anri. In 2018, he released his first original album, Moonrise. Their first major original album, Ladies In The City, was released on December 1, 2021. On February 1, 2022, the edited compilation "Japanese City Pop 100" was published. On September 25, 2022, it was announced that Night Tempo would provide a song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities by GDP, sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Paris metropolitan area, Paris, and London metropolitan area, London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the Government of South Korea, South Korean government. Seoul's history traces back to 18 BC when it was founded by the people of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. During the Joseon dynasty, Seoul was officially designated as the capital, surrounded by the Fortress Wall of Seoul. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Give Me Up
"Give Me Up" is a song by Italian singer Michael Fortunati released as a single in 1986. A pioneering work of Eurobeat, it has since been recorded by several Japanese artists including BaBe, Beni Arashiro, Melon Kinenbi, Yōko Nagayama, Nami Tamaki and W (on their 2004 album ''Duo U&U''). A remix was featured in the 2006 arcade game ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova'', with the original being featured in test versions of the 2008 arcade game '' UBeat''. BaBe version Japanese pop duo BaBe recorded a Japanese-language cover of "Give Me Up" as their debut single, released on February 21, 1987. Nami Tamaki version On March 25, 2009, it was covered by Nami Tamaki is a Japanese singer. As a teenager under the Sony Music Japan label, she had four top-ten albums, two of which reached number one. Her singles were used as theme songs for animated shows such as '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'', '' Gundam Seed De ... for her sixteenth single, and her first in 2009. It is based on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Records (Japan)
, commonly known as King Records, is a Japanese record company founded in January 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher Kodansha. It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is not owned by a multinational entity. The label's headquarters are in Bunkyo, Tokyo. The label's name is actually based from the now-defunct '' Kingu'' magazine published by Kodansha from 1924 to 1957. Sub-labels Its Starchild label, was managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialised in anime music and film. King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels Piccolo Town and Rice Music, and also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, Game Boy Advance, and MSX2 platforms. On February 1, 2016, King Records restructured Starchild and renamed it King Amusement Creative. Paddle Wheel Records is a division of King R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Nakayama
was a Japanese singer and actress. She made her debut in the 1985 drama ''Maido Osawagase Shimasu'', where her performance led to instant stardom. Nakayama released her debut single, " C", shortly after, and finished the year with her film debut in the blockbuster '' Be-Bop High School''. She became one of the most popular idols during its "Golden Age" in the 1980s. Nicknamed , Nakayama occasionally used the pseudonyms or when she wrote song lyrics. After pivoting towards a dance-oriented sound, she achieved five consecutive number one singles. Her best known songs from this period include " Waku Waku Sasete", " 50/50", " Catch Me" and " You're My Only Shinin' Star". In the 1990s, she wrote lyrics and recorded ballads, resulting in several platinum singles and her biggest sales: " Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." (1991), " Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" (1992) with Wands, and " Tada Nakitaku Naru no" (1994). Nakayama received positive reviews for her lead roles in '' Love Letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catch Me (Miho Nakayama Song)
is the 11th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written and produced by Toshiki Kadomatsu, the single was released on October 7, 1987, by King Records. A remix of the song by Korean DJ Night Tempo was released on streaming media on June 18, 2021. Background and release "Catch Me" was used as the opening theme of the Fuji TV drama series , which starred Nakayama. "Catch Me" became Nakayama's first No. 1 on Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...'s weekly singles chart and sold over 218,000 copies. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References External links * * * {{Authority control 1987 singles 1987 songs Songs in Japanese Japanese television drama theme songs Miho Nakayama songs Songs written by Toshiki Kadomatsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Matsubara
was a Japanese singer, songwriter, and television personality from Kishiwada, Osaka. She participated in the opening and ending theme songs of the TV anime '' Gu-Gu Ganmo'' under the name "Suzie Matsubara". Her 1979 debut song " Mayonaka no Door (Stay With Me)" became a hit, reaching number 28 on the Oricon chart, selling 104,000 copies according to Oricon survey, and selling 300,000 copies announced by Canyon Records. In addition, since around 2020, the song has become widely heard not only in Japan but also overseas thanks to the video sharing platform TikTok and the resurgence of city pop. Early life Matsubara was born 28 November 1959 in Kishiwada, Osaka in Japan. She spent her childhood in Hiraoka Town, Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka. She grew up in a family of four, including a father, a mother and a younger sister. Her father was a board member of a hospital and her mother was a jazz singer who had sung with the Japanese jazz band and comedy group Crazy Cats. Matsubara starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayonaka No Door
is the debut single by Japanese singer Miki Matsubara, released on November 5, 1979 (Shōwa 54). The song saw a resurgence in popularity in 2020, 41 years after its original release. Composition and release Matsubara recorded "Mayonaka no Door" when she was 19 years old; two years prior to her debut, she had moved from her hometown of Osaka to Tokyo and performed in clubs in the city. Tetsuji Hayashi, the composer of the song, created a track that followed the emerging "new music" style that drew influences from Western music, a genre that would come to be known as city pop. The song's particular use of the English phrase, "Stay with Me", was noted by ''Billboard'' as grabbing "the interest of non-Japanese listeners" while paying homage to its Western influence. In an interview with ''The Japan Times'', Hayashi praised the upcoming singer's voice, saying: "I didn’t expect her to have a very mature voice, much more than her actual age, but it was jazzy... even sexy." The son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuka Kudo
, known by her maiden name , is a Japanese singer, actress and former idol, born in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan. She was a member of Onyanko Club between May 1986 and September 1987 and went on to have a successful solo career with 11 number-one hits. Biography Kudo began her singing career at the age of 14 as a member of three-piece pop unit Seventeen Club consisted of runners-up from the 1984 Miss Seventeen Contest organized by Japanese teen magazine ''Seventeen'', which Shueisha publishes. They had two singles released by CBS/Sony Records in 1985. Their first single "Su Ki Futari Tomo!" was released on 21 January 1985, and was used in television advertisements for snack food products "Suzuki Kun" and "Sato Kun" manufactured and sold by S&B Foods. The second single "Baajin Kuraishisu (Virgin Crisis)" was released on 25 August 1985. Its lyrics were written by Sunplaza Nakano-kun, who was a lead singer of Japanese rock band Bakufu Slump. Kudo later said that she hated the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arashi No Sugao
is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo, released as a single by Pony Canyon on May 3, 1989. Although the song is one of Kudo's most recognizable hits, as well as widely considered to be her breakout hit, and despite the fact that it was included on the compilation album ''Harvest'', released later that same year, it was never featured on any of Kudo's studio albums. At the fourth Japan Gold Disc Awards, "Arashi no Sugao" was one of the five recipients of the award for Best Single of the Year. In 2015, DAM asked their users to select their favorite Shizuka Kudo songs to sing karaoke to and compiled a top ten list; "Arashi no Sugao" was ranked number seven. Composition and critical reception The song was written by Yoshiko Miura and composed and produced by Tsugutoshi Gotō. Lyrically, the song explores themes of scorned love and vulnerability. Miura describes a protagonist's volatile state of mind after being abandoned by a condescending lover, to whom she vows to "raise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Saito (actress)
Yuki Saito (; born September 10, 1966, in Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress, singer and narrator. She attended Kanagawa Prefectural Shimizugaoka High School (now Yokohama Seiryo Sogo High School). She is well known in Japan for being a member of LDS Church, as she refuses to work on Sundays. Saito used a fake cigarette while filming the 1986 film '' Koisuru Onnatachi'' due to her beliefs. In 1985, after making her singing debut with her single '' Sotsugyō'' and her debut album, '' Axia'', she was cast in the lead role of Saki Asamiya in the first ''Sukeban Deka'' television drama series. She later revisited that story by playing Saki's mother in the 2006 movie, ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop''. She has starred in and been cast in many television and film dramas and comedies, and has also done voice-over narration work. Saito has released 21 singles and 13 original albums. She has also released a live album, eight "best of" compilation albums, and has been featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VAP (company)
(initials of Video & Audio Project) is a Japanese entertainment company, headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. Artists * Momoko Kikuchi * Omega Tribe, in its incarnations in the 80s and early 90s, including: ** Sugiyama Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe *** In addition, Sugiyama was the lead singer of Omega Tribe in the early-to-mid-80s and, upon the band's dissolution in 1985, was signed to VAP as a Solo act until 1990 and again from 2000 to 2010. ** 1986 Omega Tribe ** Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe * Coldrain (2008–2017) * Concerto Moon * Eastern Youth * Edge of Spirit * Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas (2010–2017) * Galneryus * Girls on the Run * Aya Hisakawa * Nightmare (Japanese band) (2006–2011) * Nobuyuki Hiyama * Last Alliance * Maximum the Hormone (2002–2018) * NoisyCell * Hajime Mizoguchi * Toshiyuki Morikawa * Yuji Ohno (LUPINTIC Label) * Ogre You Asshole * Pay Money to My Pain * Saber Tiger * Momok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Omega Tribe
was a Japanese band from Tokyo, Japan. Originally formed as , the original 1986 formation consisted of Japanese Brazilian vocalist Carlos Toshiki, rhythm guitarist Shinji Takashima, lead guitarist Teruka Kurokawa, and keyboardist Toshitsugu Nishihara. Kurokawa's departure from the band in March 1988, as well as its outdated year, caused the band to be renamed to Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe, with American vocalist Joey McCoy officially joining the band in July 1988. Part of the Omega Tribe (music project), Omega Tribe project by producer Koichi Fujita, the band was created by Fujita as a way to continue the project after the disbandment of S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe the previous year; Takashima and Nishihara had previously been in that band, and had expressed opposition to their disbandment. As 1986 Omega Tribe, the band released two albums, ''Navigator (1986 Omega Tribe album), Navigator'' (1986) and ''Crystal Night'' (1987), both of which reached the top three on the Oricon Album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
