ARB (Alexander's Ragtime Band) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1978. Its members are Ryo Ishibashi, Koya Naito, Ebi, and Keith. Mitsuhiro Saito from Bow Wow and Jean-Jacques Burnel from The Stranglers were also members for a period of time.
The 2011 Japanese animated television show Mawaru-Penguindrum uses several of the band's songs in the show. Remixed versions are covered by members of the show's vocal cast.
The Stranglers are an English rock band who emerged via the punk rock scene. Scoring 23 UK top 40 singles and 19 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving bands to have originated in the UK punk scene.
This article is a list of television-related events during 1984.
Kyoko Koizumi is a Japanese singer and actress. She is signed to Victor Entertainment.
Robert David "Dave" Grusin is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy Award and 10 Grammy Awards. In 1978, Grusin founded GRP Records with Larry Rosen, and was an early pioneer of digital recording.
Mark Eugene Gruenwald was an American comic book writer, editor, and occasional penciler known for his long association with Marvel Comics.
Yasuhiro Abe is a male Japanese popular music artist and composer. He made his debut on 1 November 1982 with the single We Got It!.
The Alfee is a Japanese folk rock band who debuted in 1974, and have been recording and touring since then, with 23 studio albums and 63 singles throughout their career. The band marked its 40th anniversary in 2014 with their 64th single.
Hideki Saijō was a Japanese singer and television celebrity most famous for singing the Japanese version of the Village People's hit song "Y.M.C.A.," called "Young Man." In the 1970s, he was called "New Big Three" with Goro Noguchi and Hiromi Go. Although the original version was camp, Saijō's version was intended to seriously inspire "young men."
Minako Kudo, better known as Minako Honda, later changed to Minako Honda., was a Japanese idol and musical singer. In 1985, she made her debut with the single "Satsui no Vacane".
Miyuki Nakajima is a Japanese singer-songwriter and radio personality. She has released 43 studio albums, 46 singles, 6 live albums and multiple compilations as of January 2020. Her sales have been estimated at more than 21 million copies.
Hiromi Go, is a Japanese singer, part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. His real name is Hiromi Haratake.
Yoshio Harada was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.
Inuhiko Yomota is a Japanese author, cultural essayist, translator and film historian. His real name is Goki Yomota.
Ann Lewis is a Japanese musician, popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
Keiichi Oku is a Japanese keyboardist, composer, and arranger. He was the keyboardist in the Japanese band Spectrum from 1979-1981. In 2009, he won the JASRAC International Award for the background music used in the Ashita no Nadja anime television series from Toei Animation.
Kaori Kishitani, formerly Kaori Okui, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the all-female rock band Princess Princess and currently the lead vocalist of the band Unlock the Girls. In addition to her career as a musician, she has written songs for several J-pop artists.