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Yō Hitoto
is a Japanese-Taiwanese pop singer. Early life Yo Hitoto's mother was Japanese, and her father was a Taiwanese businessman (顏惠民). Tae Hitoto is her older sister. Her father died when she was very young, and her mother died when she was 16. Soon after she was born in Tokyo, Hitoto moved to Taipei, and after she completed kindergarten in Taipei, she moved back to Tokyo and she has lived there ever since. Hitoto is her mother's maiden name, which she changed to when she moved back to Japan. She can speak four languages: Japanese, English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese. Career To date, Hitoto has released eleven single CDs and four albums. She graduated from the department of Environmental Information of Keio University and participated in the Keio University a cappella group, K.O.E., during her days as a student. She used to have live concerts on the street with fellow K.O.E. members before she met Yōichi Kitayama, a member of the famous Japanese a cappella group the Gospell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks (the "Magic Notes") in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until October 1, 2002, when it became . On October 1, 2010, the company returned to its current name. Outside Japan, the company operated formerly as the Savoy Label Group, which releases recordings on the SLG, Savoy Jazz, and continues to operate as Denon. It also manufactured electronic products under the Denon brand name until 2001. In 2017, Concord Music acquired Savoy Label Group. Nippon Columbia also licensed Hanna-Barbera properties in Japan until those rights were transferred to Turner Home Entertainment sometime in 1997. Currently, these rights are owned by Warner Bros. Japan LLC. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuichi Murakami
(January 1, 1951 – March 9, 2021) was a Japanese jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ... drummer and session musician. Career Murakami was born in Nishinomiya. He first learned to play French horn, but switched to classical percussion as a teenager before settling on the drum kit. He worked extensively as a sideman on jazz sessions in the 1970s and 1980s, with, among others, Sadao Watanabe (musician), Sadao Watanabe, Yosuke Yamashita, Kazumi Watanabe, Masayoshi Takanaka, Jun Fukamachi, Akira Sakata, and Takashi Kako. He founded the group Ponta Box (featuring sidemen Masahiro Sayama and Masatoshi Mizuno), which recorded three albums for JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, JVC Victor and appeared at the 1995 Montreux Jazz Festival, and has recorded several album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Births
Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ** The First Battle of Amgala (1976), First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara. February * February 4 ** The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. ** The 7.5 1976 Guatemala earthquake, Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured. * February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
45th Japan Record Awards ...
The 45th Annual Japan Record Awards took place on December 31, 2003, starting at 6:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS. Award winners *Japan Record Award: **Max Matsuura (producer), BOUNCEBACK (composer) & Ayumi Hamasaki (songwriter, singer) for "No way to say" *Best Vocalist: **Kiyoshi Hikawa *Best New Artist: **Yo Hitoto References External linksOfficial Website {{Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards 2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Otsuka
is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit " Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks. A piano player since age four, Otsuka composes and co-produces her own songs, as well as writes her own lyrics. Her music ranges from upbeat pop/rock music to ballads. Every year, Otsuka also has her own ''Love is Born'' tour to mark the anniversary of being in the music industry and her birthday in September. All of the ''Love is Born'' concerts take place in Japan, ending in her hometown of Osaka. On ''Love is Born 5th Anniversary'' in 2008, Otsuka held a leg of the concert in Taiwan, where she performed a Chinese version of her song "Planetarium". In 2009, Otsuka held 3 ''Love is Born 6th Anniversary'' concerts in Japan, as well as two concerts in Taiwan. In 2012, Otsuka debuted as the vocalist of the band Rabbit. She sold 7 million copies in Japan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Nakashima
is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in the Nana (2005 film), live action film adaptations of ''Nana (manga), Nana''. She has sold over 10 million records in Japan. Early life Born and raised in Kyushu, Mika was the youngest of three children. She grew up in the small town of Hioki, Kagoshima, where she has said there was "nothing there, only enka." She began listening to enka singer Eiko Segawa and studied classical Japanese dance, but as she loved dressing-up and make-up, she hoped to work in fashion magazines since she was too short to become a model. Nakashima decided not to attend high school after completing junior high and began working at the age of 15. Career 2001–2004: Debut, ''True'', ''Love'', and ''Music'' At the age of 17, she attended an audition not knowing w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Record Award For Best New Artist
The Japan Record Award for is awarded annually. Until the 10th Japan Record Awards it was called the New Artist Award. Starting with the 11th, it has been called the Best New Artist Award. All artists awarded the New Artist Award are automatically nominated for the Best New Artist Award. 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Japan Record Award References External links List of Best New Artist Award winners- TBS official website * - Sports Hochi , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fu ... {{Japanese Music Award Shows Japanese music awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cafe Lumiere
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino, among other hot beverages. Many coffeehouses in West Asia offer ''shisha'' (actually called ''nargile'' in Levantine Arabic, Greek, and Turkish), flavored tobacco smoked through a hookah. An espresso bar is a type of coffeehouse that specializes in serving espresso and espresso-based drinks. Some coffeehouses may serve iced coffee among other cold beverages, such as iced tea, as well as other non-caffeinated beverages. A coffeehouse may also serve food, such as light snacks, sandwiches, muffins, cakes, breads, pastries or donuts. Many doughnut shops in Canada and the U.S. serve coffee as an accompaniment to doughnuts, so these can be also classified as coffee shops, although doughnut shop tends to be more casual and serve lower-end fare which also facilitates take-out and drive-through which is popular in those countries, compared to a cof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Racing Association
The Japan Racing Association () is a public company established in Japan under a law to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities in the country. It was founded in 1954, according to the Horse Racing Law (競馬法 Keiba Hō) and the Japan Racing Association Law (日本中央競馬会法 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai Hō) and is operated under the strict oversight of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan). Facilities * Racecourses (競馬場 Keiba Jō) - All racecourses in Japan have one oval dirt course inside and one or two turf courses outside. Some also have jump courses. Only three (Tokyo, Niigata and Chukyo) are left-handed (counter-clockwise) and the others are right-handed (clockwise). ** Tokyo Racecourse (Fuchu, Tokyo) ** Nakayama Racecourse (Funabashi, Chiba) ** Kyoto Racecourse (Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto) ** Hanshin Racecourse (Takarazuka, Hyogo) ** Sapporo Racecourse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukitenshin
''Tsukitenshin 月天心'' is Yo Hitoto is a Japanese-Taiwanese pop singer. Early life Yo Hitoto's mother was Japanese, and her father was a Taiwanese businessman (顏惠民). Tae Hitoto is her older sister. Her father died when she was very young, and her mother died when she was ...'s (一青窈) first studio album. It peaked at number 4 on the Oricon Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 87 weeks. Track listing #"あこるでぃおん" (akorudion) Accordion #"もらい泣き" (morainaki) Sympathy Tears #"Sunny Side Up" #"イマドコ" (ima doko) Where Are You Now? #"犬" (inu) Dog #"月天心" (tsukitenshin) Moon in the Center of the Sky #"ジャングルジム" (jangurujimu) Jungle Gym #"心変わり" (kokoro gawari) Change of Heart #"アリガ十々" (arigatou) Thank You #"望春風" (Wangchunfeng - Chinese) (Boushunfuu - Japanese) References {{Authority control 2002 debut albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café Lumière
is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien for Shochiku as homage to Yasujirō Ozu, with direct reference to the late director's ''Tokyo Story'' (1953). It premiered at a festival commemorating the centenary of Ozu's birth. It was nominated for Golden Lion at the 2004 Venice Film Festival. The film, with an all-Japanese cast, is set in Tokyo, where it was shot. Plot The story revolves around Yoko Inoue (played by Yo Hitoto), a young Japanese woman doing research on Taiwanese composer Jiang Wen-Ye, whose work is featured on the soundtrack. The late composer's Japanese wife and daughter also make appearances as themselves. Cast * Yo Hitoto - Yoko Inoue (井上 陽子 ''Inoue Yōko'') * Tadanobu Asano - Hajime Takeuchi (竹内 肇 ''Takeuchi Hajime'') * Masato Hagiwara - Seiji * Kimiko Yo - Yoko's stepmother * Nenji Kobayashi - Yoko's father Reception ''Café Lumière'' was placed at 98 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s. In 2019, director St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
