Takeshi Hayama
is a Japanese musical arranger and guitarist under Being Inc. records. Biography In 1978, he debuted with his own blues band under Trio Records. In 1990s he entered to Being recording agency. Takeshi becomes the main arranger of Japanese singer-songwriter Maki Ohguro. Along with Masao Akashi they were the most busy arrangers during 90s. During the same period time he provided arrangements for another Being artist as Zard, Deen or Wands as is under charge of arranging famous million-sells hits as Makenaide, Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai, Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara or Anata Dake Mitsumeteru. After establishment of Giza Studio he continued providing arrangements for artist as Aiuchi Rina, U-ka Saegusa in dB or Aya Kamiki. Takeshi appears sometimes as a supportive guitarist in hills PanKoujou Live. Since 2012, he's a music teacher of rock and pop department in Senzoku Gakuen of Music. In celebration of his 60 birthday, he held special live with former vocalis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japanese Pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced '' kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on ''Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other tren ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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U-ka Saegusa In DB
was a Japanese pop rock band formed in Osaka in 2002. The band consists of lead vocalist U-ka Saegusa, lead guitarist Yūichirō Iwai, lead bassist Taku Ōyabu, and drummer Keisuke Kurumatani. Signed to Giza Studio, the band released four studio albums before disbanding in 2010. They're known for performing the several theme songs for the Japanese anime series, ''Case Closed''. One of the songs, " Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho made", became the band's best-selling single, selling approximately 34,000 copies nationwide. Band members Final line-up * – lead vocals (2002-2010) * – lead guitar, backing vocals (2003-2010) * – lead bass (2003-2010) * – drums, percussion (2003-2010) Former members * (2002) History The band formed in 2002 around lead vocalist Yūka "U-ka" Saegusa, the band's first three singles were all featured in the anime ''Cheeky Angel''. Its first hit single was "Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made", a theme song of the pop ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heart Ni Hi Wo Tsukete
is the 42nd single by Zard, released on 10 May 2006 by the B-Gram Records label. This single is not included in any studio album, but was released on their compilation album, '' Golden Best: 15th Anniversary'', in 2006. The single reached #10 in the charts in its first week. It stayed in the charts for nine weeks and sold over 24,000 copies. This was the last single released by Izumi Sakai before her death. Track listing All songs were written by Izumi Sakai and arranged by Takeshi Hayama # #*composer: Aika Ohno Aika may refer to: Arts and media * ''Aika'' (album), a 1996 album by Finnish singer-songwriter Aki Sirkesalo *''Agent Aika'', a 1997 anime OVA produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Fantasia *AIKA Online, an MMORPG *Aikakone or Aika, a Finnish mu ... # #*composer: Izumi Sakai # (piano instrumental version) # (original karaoke) [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Get U're Dream
"Get U're Dream" is the 32nd single by Japanese band Zard and released September 6, 2000 under the B-Gram Records label. The composer of Get U're Dream, Aika Ohno self-cover this single in her cover album Silent Passage. The single opened at #4 the first week. It charted for eight weeks and sold over 241,000 copies. Track list All songs are written by Izumi Sakai and composed by Aika Ohno #Get U're Dream #*arrangement: Takeshi Hayama #* Michael Africk, Aika Ohno and Izumi Sakai participated in chorus part #**the song was used in NHK's Sydney Olympics as theme song #Get U're Dream (version 2) #*arrangement: Akihito Tokunaga #**compared to first version, this arrangement has rock feel #Get U're Dream (version 3) #*arrangement: Yoko Blaqstone Yoko Ishiguro, known professionally as Yoko Blaqstone, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, lecturer, and the owner of Japanese independent record label Piza Studio. Based in Osaka, Japan, she has worked with a range of popula ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Don't You See! (Zard Song)
"Don't You See!" is the 19th single by Japanese rock band Zard. It was released on 8 cm CD on January 6, 1997 under B-Gram Records. The single reached No. 1 rank first week and would go on to chart for 14 weeks, selling more than 600,000 copies. The song was written by the band's vocalist, Izumi Sakai and would serve as the second closing theme song for ''Dragon Ball GT is a 1996–1997 Japanese anime television series based on Akira Toriyama's ''Dragon Ball'' manga. Produced by Toei Animation, the series premiered in Japan on Fuji TV and ran for 64 episodes from February 1996 to November 1997. Unlike t ...''. Following Sakai death in 2007, it would be ranked as her sixth best song on the Oricon polls. Track list References {{authority control 1997 singles Zard songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Dragon Ball songs Songs written by Izumi Sakai Japanese-language songs Songs written by Seiichiro Kuribayashi 1997 songs B Zone singles ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Just Believe In Love
"Just Believe in Love" is the 14th single by Zard and released 1 February 1995 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #2 rank first week. It charted for 11 weeks and sold over 656,000 copies. Track listing All songs are written by Izumi Sakai and arranges by Takeshi Hayama #Just Believe in Love #*composer: Michiya Haruhata #**the song was used in TBS drama ''Yureru Omoi'' as theme song #Ready, Go! #*composer: Daria Kawashima , known before as Miki Kawashima, is a Japanese musical composer, singer-songwriter, lyricist under Being Inc. records. Biography In 1986, she debuted as ''Miki Kawashima'' with the single Silk no Kuchibiru under CBS Sony label. Three years, she ... #Just believe in love (original karaoke) Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/BGDH-1042 References 1995 singles 1994 songs Zard songs Songs written by Izumi Sakai Songs written by Michiya Haruhata Japanese television drama theme songs B Zone singles {{1990 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ai Ga Mienai
"" is the 15th single by Zard and released 5 June 1995 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #2 rank first week. It charted for 11 weeks and sold over 721,000 copies. Track list All songs are written by Izumi Sakai. # #*composer: Masazumi Ozawa (Pamelah)/arrangement: Takeshi Hayama #Teenage Dream #*composer: Seiichiro Kuribayashi/arrangement: Masao Akashi #*Deen Deen may refer to: People * Deen (singer), singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina * Deen Castronovo, American musician * James Deen, American pornographic actor * Paula Deen, American chef and TV personality Other uses * Dīn (also ''Deen''), an Arab ...'s ''Teenage dream'' self-cover # (original karaoke) #Teenage dream (original karaoke) #*coupling's karaoke songs came back again after two singlesOfficial track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBDJ-1003 References 1995 singles Zard songs Songs written by Izumi Sakai 1995 songs B Zone singles {{1990s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sayonara Wa Ima Mo Kono Mune Ni Imasu
"" is the 16th single by Zard and released 28 August 1995 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #1 rank first week. It charted for 8 weeks and sold over 551,000 copies. Track list All songs are written by Izumi Sakai. # #*composer: Seiichiro Kuribayashi/arrangement: Takeshi Hayama #**the song was used in movie (based from dorama) ''Shiratori Reiko de gozaimasu!'' as theme song # #*composer: Izumi Sakai/arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda # (original karaoke) # (original karaoke)Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBDJ-1006 References 1995 singles Zard songs Songs written by Izumi Sakai Oricon Weekly number-one singles 1995 songs Songs written by Seiichiro Kuribayashi B Zone singles {{1990s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kimi Ni Aitaku Nattara
Kimi may refer to: People * Kimi Djabate (born 1975), Bissau-Guinean Afro-beat/blues musician * Kimi Katkar (born 1965), Indian Bollywood actress and model * Kimi Koivisto (born 1992), Finnish ice hockey player * Kimi Räikkönen (born 1979), Finnish Formula One driver * Kimi Sato (born 1949), Japanese classical composer * Kimi Verma (born 1977), Indian actress Kirandeep Verma *, Japanese women's basketball player Other uses * Kimi Records, an Icelandic independent record label and distribution company * Kimi (record label), a Japanese record label founded in 1990 * ''Kimi'' (film), an American thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh * Kimi Finster, fictional character in the animated Nickelodeon show ''Rugrats'' * KIMI (FM), a radio station licensed to Malvern, Iowa, United States * Kimi Station, a train station in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan * Kimi (kabane) was an ancient Japanese hereditary title denoting rank and political standing (a ''kabane'') that wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iki Mo Dekinai
"" is the 24th single by Zard and released 4 March 1998 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #3 rank first week. It charted for 10 weeks and sold over 240,000 copies.Official rankings (in Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/products/123589/1/ Track list Usage in media *Iki mo Dekinai: the song was used as opening theme for anime television series Chūka Ichiban! References 1998 singles Zard songs Songs written by Izumi Sakai Songs written by Tetsurō Oda 1998 songs B Zone singles {{1990s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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My Friend (Zard Song)
"" is the 17th single by Zard and released 8 January 1996. The single debuted at #1 rank first week. It charted for 21 weeks and sold over a million copies and became third highest-selling single in her career. When she died, it was elected as her third best song on the Oricon polls. The song is best known as the 4th Ending theme for ''Slam Dunk'' anime. Track list All songs are written by Izumi Sakai. # #*composer: Tetsurō Oda/arrangement: Takeshi Hayama #**the song is used as the fourth closing theme song of the anime series ''Slam Dunk'' # #*composer: Mitsuyoshi Yonezawa/arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda is a Japanese professional wrestler who is currently wrestling in the Independent circuit in Japan. Since debuting in 1993, Ikeda has worked for a number of promotions in Japan, including Battlarts, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noa ... # (original karaoke) # (original karaoke) Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBDJ-1011 References ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eien No Yume Ni Mukatte
is the fourth studio album by Japanese J-pop singer and songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 9 November 1994 under B-Gram Records. The album consist of four previously released singles, ''Anata Dake Mitsumeteru'', ''Shiroi Graduation'', ''Natsu ga Kuru'' and ''Eien no Yume ni Mukatte''. All of these four singles become her big hits which sold more than 400,000 copies, except of Anata Dake Mitsumeteru and Natsu ga Kuru which sold more than million copies. The album reached No. 1 in its first week on the Oricon chart. The album sold 1,583,000 copies. It's her the first album which reached million sold copies. It got rewarded with Gold disc by ''Recording Industry Association of Japan''. Track listing All tracks arranged by Takeshi Hayama. In media *Anata dake Mitsumeteru: ending theme for Anime television series ''Slam Dunk'' *Eien no Yume ni Mukatte: opening theme for Tokyo Broadcasting System Television program ''Count Down TV'' *Natsu ga Kuru: opening theme for Tokyo B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |