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Rakuen (other)
Rakuen (Japanese "paradise" 楽園 らくえん) may refer to: Music Albums * ''Rakuen'' (album), a 2004 album by Yui Horie *''Rakuen'', a 2001 album by Laputa Songs * "Rakuen" (Do As Infinity song), a 2004 single by Do As Infinity *"Rakuen", a 1996 song by The Yellow Monkey *"Rakuen", a 1999 song by Yuki Uchida *"Rakuen", a 2012 song by Arashi from ''Popcorn'' *"Rakuen", a 2021 song by Fujifabric Video games * ''Rakuen'' (video game), a 2017 video game developed by Laura Shigihara See also * " Lakuen", a 2000 single by Ken Hirai * Heaven (other) * Paradise (other) A paradise is a religious concept of an idealized place. Paradise may also refer to: Films and television Feature films * ''Paradise'' (1926 film), a film starring Betty Bronson and Milton Sills * ''Paradise'' (1928 film), a film by Denison Cl ... * 낙원 (other) * 楽園 (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakuen (album)
is Yui Horie's fourth solo album. Like sky, her third album, Rakuen also had a limited edition version with an alternate album cover and an exclusive photo book. The album includes the ending theme for the anime Jubei-chan 2, "Kokoro Harete Yo mo Akete" and the opening theme for the anime Sister Princess Re Pure Character's Part, "A Girl in Love" (used for DVD release only). Although the other sisters from Sister Princess Re Pure and even Ritsuko Okazaki, who wrote the song herself, have performed the latter song, the version on this album is the only full-length version ever recorded. The rest of the tracks are all original songs. It peaked at number 11 on the Oricon Albums Chart The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon A .... Track listing # クローバー♣ – 2:22 #* ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laputa (band)
Laputa was a Japanese Nagoya kei rock band, active from 1993 to 2004. The band chose its name from the flying island in ''Gulliver's Travels'' and tried to portray a similar unrealistic view of the world with their performance. Their 1997 album ''Emadara'' was named one of the top albums from 1989 to 1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine ''Band Yarouze''. History Laputa was formed in July 1993 by aki and Tomoi, high school friends who were previously in the band Ai SICK FACE together. Laputa recorded their two demos "Saddist no Yume" and "Naraku no Soko"(Okazaki Yukito from Eternal Elysium worked as an engineer.) in later 1993. extrax Laputa(1999) p.104 They met some success in 1995 in the visual indie scene with their first indie album ''Memai'', and shot a music video for Vertigo. They released a mini-album (Kurumeku Haijin) in 1996, and also released a live video (Hakoniwa) featuring performances from the concert at SHIBUYA ON AIR WEST from the Paradoxical Reality TOUR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakuen (Do As Infinity Song)
''Need Your Love'' is the sixth album from the Japanese band Do As Infinity. It was released on February 16, 2005. The first (pre-album) single release from ''Need Your Love'' was "Rakuen", also featured in the fourth movie in the '' InuYasha'' anime series. Several other songs from the album, including "For the Future" and "Be Free", have been featured on Japanese television, as well as ''Yotaka no Yume'' being featured as the opening theme of ''Zoids Genesis''. Five different editions of this album were released, CD, CD+DVD, CD+DVD+T-shirt Van design, CD+DVD+T-shirt Ryo design, and SACD. Track listing Chart positions External links ''Need Your Love''at Avex Network ''Need Your Love''at 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 ... 2005 albums Do As Infi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Monkey
The Yellow Monkey, sometimes abbreviated as , is a Japanese rock band originally active from 1988 to 2001, before officially disbanding in 2004. They announced their reformation in 2016. The band's name was derived from the ethnic slur that Japanese people look like monkeys, and that Asian people are said to be "yellow" in skin color. The Yellow Monkey is considered an important Japanese rock group, having achieved major success selling 10 million records, including 6.2 million singles. The group has had three consecutive number one albums, 18 top ten singles and in 2003 were ranked number 81 on HMV's list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. Outside Japan the band is best known for their song "Tactics", one of the many ending themes of the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' anime. History 1988–1994: The Beginning The Yellow Monkey has its roots in 1988, formed by Kazuya Yoshii when his previous band Urgh Police disbanded. When fellow heavy metal band Murbas disbanded, Yoshii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Uchida
(born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. Following her debut in the drama '' Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta'' (1992), she received her first lead role in the 1994 drama adaption of '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time''. Uchida became a popular teen idol and began a short-lived music career with the single "Tenca wo Torou! (Uchida no Yabou)", which made her the first female singer in ''Oricon'' history to have their first single debut at the summit. Uchida made her film debut starring in the 1995 adaption of ''Boys Over Flowers''. By the late-1990s, Uchida began to shed her idol image and concentrated on her television career. Uchida is best known as a character actress, recognized for her roles in '' Bambino!'' (2007) and '' Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon'', which ran for seven seasons starting in 2012. She returned to the silver screen after ten years with '' Welcome to the Quiet Room'' (2010), earning praise for her performance. Biography Uch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popcorn (Arashi Album)
''Popcorn'' is the eleventh studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on October 31, 2012 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition. Though both versions contains a single CD and the same track list, the first press edition features special packaging of 24P photo booklet ''Until The Popcorn Pops'' and bonus stickers. With more than 750,000 units sold, the album was certified for Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). It was released digitally on February 7, 2020. Album information Both the first press and regular versions contain a CD with sixteen tracks. However, the first press edition comes with a 36P lyrics booklet while the regular edition comes with only a 32P lyrics booklet. The album jacket cover for both versions are also different. Songs "Popcorn" includes four of the group's previously released singles: " Meikyū Love Song", " Wild at Heart", "Face Down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujifabric
is a Japanese rock band formed in 2000. While their music can be mostly categorized as alternative rock or power pop, their music usually consists of an eclectic mix of genres, including jazz, disco and progressive rock. Name origin Before the band made their formal debut they were originally known as , in homage to the textile company which former band drummer, Takayuki Watanabe's, father owned. Just before moving to Tokyo and reforming the band, the spelling was changed to .Smith, D. ''Keikaku'': Fujifabric Retrieved August 24, 2007 History Formation and indie period (2000-2004) Originally a consisting of several |
Rakuen (video Game)
''Rakuen'' is a 2017 adventure video game, created by Laura Shigihara. It was built using the RPG Maker XP engine and released on May 10, 2017. It is a sprite-based exploration game, in which text boxes serve as the primary conduit for communication. The name "''Rakuen"'' is translated from Japanese as "paradise." The game is currently available for Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, and Nintendo Switch. The game has an estimated run time of around 10–12 hours and is completely free of combat. On May 10, 2022, the fifth anniversary of the game's release, Shigihara announced on her live Twitch channel that the game was in the process of being ported to mobile operating systems. A Nintendo Switch port, developed by Leeble Forest, was released on March 23, 2023. A direct spinoff, '' Mr. Saitou'', was released on March 24, 2023. Plot A boy is laid up in a hospital ward and is visited by his mother every day. The mother brings a book with her to read to him, called ''Rakuen.'' It is a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakuen
, stylised as "LAKuEN", is a song by Japanese singer Ken Hirai. It was released on January 19, 2000 as his eighth single, and became his biggest hit since his debut in 1995. Background and development "Lakuen" was Hirai's first release in two years, since the single "Love Love Love" in 1998. Hirai's debut single "Precious Junk" in 1995 charted at number 50 on Oricon's singles charts, but since then he had not charted on Oricon's singles chart. The popularity of this song managed to revitalise Hirai's career. Promotion and release The song became popular after intense radio play from FM stations across Japan. Hirai's follow-up album ''The Changing Same'', released in June 2000, debuted at number one on Oricon's albums chart, and became certified for over one million copies sold. Hirai performed the song three times on TV Asahi's ''Music Station'': first on March 10, 2000, followed by on the 2000 New Year's special on December 29, and a week before the release of his sixth alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |