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Rimi Natsukawa Selection
''Rimi Natsukawa Selection'' is the fourth compilation album released by Rimi Natsukawa on . It was only released outside Japan, in Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia and Hong Kong. It reached #1 on the Taiwanese album charts, charting for more than 60 weeks and selling over 42,000 copies. Content Tracks #1-#9 are recordings from 2001–2003, and are taken from ''Minamikaze'', '' Tida: Tida Kaji nu Umui'' and ''Sora no Keshiki''. " Kana yo Kana yo" is from 2004's ''Kaze no Michi'', "Tokotowa no Uta" and "Kokoro Tsutae" are from 2005's ''Ayakaji no Ne''. This is the first album appearance for Natsukawa's songs "Hagushichao" and " Sayōnara Arigatō (Ama no Kaze)," which were released as singles in December 2005 and August 2006, respectively. "Hagushichao" was placed on the album as a bonus track (the album is currently the only Natsukawa album featuring the song). The Taiwanese version came with a DVD attached, featuring three music videos. One of them, "Tsuki nu Kaisha," wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimi Natsukawa
is a Japanese singer. She is best known for her 2001 single " Nada Sōsō." Childhood Natsukawa was born in Ishigaki, the largest city in the Yaeyama Islands chain. From a young age she enjoyed singing, and wanted to be a singer after hearing her father sing Yaeyama folk songs, such as and . From age 7, she practiced two hours a day with her father to become an enka singer. At 9, she won a local singing contest (the ). Natsukawa continued to win competitions, and in 1984 won the MBS TV show 's grand prize. In 1986, she won the 's grand prize, and was the youngest person to win this prize at the time. Pony Canyon debut Natsukawa, by chance, was scouted shortly after winning the competition at 13 years old. She moved to Tokyo, and started preparing for her debut. She debuted later in 1989 as an enka singer with the name "Misato Hoshi," under Pony Canyon. She released three singles in three years, and did not find much success. Natsukawa felt defeated after this, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiichi Kyōda
Seiichi (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese cult member *, Japanese politician *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese philosopher *, Japanese art director *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese video game designer *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese academic, historian and writer *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese general *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese inventor *, Japanese writer *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese poet and painter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player and soldier *, Japanese aikidoka *, Japanese philologist *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese politician *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese actor *, American musician *, Japanese educator *, Japanese scientist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryoko Moriyama
(born January 18, 1948) is a Japanese folk singer and actress. Her father is Hisashi Moriyama, a pioneer of Japanese jazz. Her son Naotarō Moriyama is a singer. Her first cousin Hiroshi Kamayatsu is also a musician. She is known as the ''Japanese Joan Baez'', or the ''Queen of college folk''. Her songs tend not to become best sellers but her most famous song is "Satokibi Batake". This song is about a tragedy during the Battle of Okinawa. The song's full version is 10 minutes. When this song was first released, it was thought to be too long to air on the radio, but now the song is popular in Japan. Every summer, NHK air a shorter version as a symbol of the 'No War Campaign'. In the song, an imitative word 'Zawawa' is repeated 66 times, because of this, it is often called 'Zawawa'. Moriyama often called "Satokibi Batake" 'Zawawa' as a joke. Her 1969 recording of "Kinjirareta koi" ("Unpermitted Love") sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. A more recent hit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begin (band)
is a Japanese pop rock group from Ishigaki Island in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... Their sound contains many elements of traditional Okinawan music, and prominently features the sanshin. History The members of Begin – ( sanshin, vocals), (guitar), and (piano) – are all from Ishigaki Island. They have been friends since elementary school. They also attended the same senior high school but upon graduation all intended to go their separate ways. One day, Eishō gathered the members together again and they began to focus on music. On December 5, 1988, they sang at a friend's wedding, calling themselves "Begin" for the first time. Soon they began to become famous. they have released 22 singles, 24 album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyndi Wang
Cyndi Wang Hsin-ling (; born 5 September 1982) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. Wang debuted her musical career as she released her debut album, ''Begin...'' (2003). Besides her musical career, Wang has starred in many TV dramas, including ''The Car Is In Pursuit'' (2000), ''Westside Story'' (2003), ''Heaven's Wedding Gown'' (2004), and '' Smiling Pasta'' (2006). She started her first tour in 2016, and second in 2019. Wang has been active in the Taiwanese music scene for more than eighteen years and at one point, she was one of the top female popstars in the Mandopop industry, regularly selling over a million copies of her every album across the Asia continent. She is widely known as one of the Mandopop Princess or The Taiwanese Sweetheart. Career Wang graduated from Okazaki Arts School and completed a drama course at Hwa Kang Arts School. Her father is ''Waishengren'' from Qingdao; while her mother is Hakka. Wang is a Buddhist, and has one younger brother. After their pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Leong
Fish Leong (born Leong Chui Peng on 16 June 1978) is a Malaysian singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 20 million records to date, she has achieved popularity and success in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia. Early life and breakthrough Leong was born in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. R&B singer Z-Chen is her older cousin. She debuted her singing career in Taiwan and signed to Rock Records in October 1997. She then adopted the English name "Fish", because the last character of her Chinese name "茹" sounds the same as "魚" (fish) in Cantonese. She was discovered by Jonathan Lee, who later also became her godfather. She received Mandarin training upon arriving in Taiwan as her mother tongue is Cantonese. Her debut album, '' Grown Up Overnight'', was released in September 1999, but had many promotions cancelled due to the 1999 Taiwan earthquake. Her singing career managed to take off after the release of her second album, ''Courage'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shima Uta (The Boom Song)
is a 1992 song by the Japanese band The Boom. It was written by the lead singer, Kazufumi Miyazawa, based on his impressions from visiting Okinawa for a photo shoot. It is the band's best selling song, well known throughout Japan and Argentina, and one of the most widely known songs associated with Okinawa although the band members are all from Yamanashi Prefecture. The song uses a mix of modern pop and rock styles as well as min'yō. Okinawan musical instruments and Okinawan vocabulary have been incorporated into the song. The song itself was used in an advertising campaign for the Xi brand awamori. Origin In a 2003 interview for fRoots, Miyazawa explained that he got the idea for the song after speaking with Okinawan survivors of the US invasion of Okinawa during World War II. In another interview, Miyazawa explained that most Okinawan casualties were not caused by American troops, but by Japan's instructions to commit suicide rather than surrender. While the song does n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joi Chua
Joi Chua (, born 3 August 1978) is a Singaporean female pop singer. Her most famous songs are "Waiting for a Sunny Day" (《等一个晴天》), "Watching the Sunrise With Me" (《陪我看日出》), the Chinese version of "Nada Soso" and "Wind Chimes" (《风铃》). She is also well known in Mainland China and Taiwan. Early life Chua was educated at Raffles Girls' Primary School, Clementi Town Secondary School, and Singapore Polytechnic majoring in optometry. Her original major was business administration, but she shifted her major into optometry 3 months later. She was influenced by her elder brother to pick up singing from a young age. She joined and led the choir in her Secondary school and later joined budding singers in The Ark, a café with live performances, which molded the most important part of Chua's singing career. Her mother died when she was 19. Both her mother and one of her aunts died from breast cancer. " 蔡" ("Chua" or "Tsai", pinyin: Cài) is her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Pin-Yuan
Huang or Hwang may refer to: Location * Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City * Yellow River, or Huang River, in China * Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China * Huang (state), state in ancient China. * Hwang River, in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea People * Emperor of China, titled as Huángdì (皇帝) * Huang (surname) (黄 / 黃), Chinese surname with several Vietnamese variants * Hwang (surname) (黃), (皇), a common Korean family name Other uses * Huang (jade), a jade arc-shaped artifact that was used as a pendant * Fenghuang, mythological birds of East Asia * Huang, a character in the anime cartoon ''Darker than Black'' * Hwang Seong-gyeong, a character in the ''Soulcalibur'' video game series * Huang (Coca-Cola), a brand of Coca-Cola * Huang Harmonicas, a Chinese-based manufacturer of harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Sōsō
is a song written by Japanese band Begin and singer Ryoko Moriyama. It was first released by Moriyama in 1998, but achieved popularity through the cover version by Rimi Natsukawa in 2001. Ryoko Moriyama version The song first appears in Ryoko Moriyama's discography in 1998, as a track on her album ''Time Is Lonely'', an album which did not even break the top 100 Oricon albums chart. Moriyama re-released the song as the second A-side of the single "Satōkibi-batake/Nada Sōsō" in 2001, after Rimi Natsukawa's version had become popular. In 2003, a single featuring a special live version featuring Moriyama, Begin and Natsukawa was released. Background, writing Moriyama and Begin met after performing at live events together in the late 1990s. Moriyama asked Begin to write her an Okinawan-style song. The song's title on the demo tape she received was "Nada Sōsō," an Okinawan language phrase meaning "large tears are falling" (to compare, the Japanese phrase would be ). When M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
