Yōko Nagayama (長山洋子 Nagayama Yōko; born January 13, 1968 is a Japanese enka singer, former J-pop singer, and actress.
Inugami Circus-dan (犬神サーカス団) are a Japanese rock band. The band's name literally translates to The Dog-God Circus Troupe. Their visual element consists of the female singer wearing a kimono, and the rest of the band wearing military-style uniforms. They also wear Gothic and Kabuki style make-up.
Mimori Yusa,, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Although she has had a very prolific career, Yusa became popular for her song "Kuro", which was featured on the NHK television program Minna no Uta from December 2005 until January 2006. She was also in the group Love, Peach & Trance.
Yui Sakakibara is a Japanese voice actress, choreographer, dancer and singer. She appeared on Kōhaku Uta Gassen as back ground dancer behind Ami Suzuki in 1999 and 2000. She used to use the name Mayo Hinano and others in her previous voices. She is also credited as FES from "Phantasm" (ファンタズム) band in Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate anime series, which is a stage name of her character Ayase Kishimoto from Chaos;Head.
SunSet Swish is a three piece Japanese band. They are also known by their initials SSS. The band is part of Sony's SME Records label. Their first album, Anata no Machi de Aimashō (あなたの街で逢いましょう), was released on 15 November 2006. Their music have been used for a variety of anime series, namely: 2nd ending theme for the anime Ookiku Furikabutte, ending theme for Beet the Vandel Buster, 2nd ending theme for CODE GEASS, and the 6th and 21st ending themes of Bleach.
Depapepe (デパペペ) is a music group originating from Japan. The acoustic guitar duo is composed of Takuya Miura and Yoshinari Tokuoka, who formed in 2002.
"Ai am Best" is the first 'Best of' compilation album by Ai Otsuka. The album contains 13 pre-2006 tracks with the respective music video for each. "Ai am Best" was released on March 28, 2007. The title of the album is a pun on her first name, Ai, which is pronounced like the English word "I".
The Nimaime is the second album from the J-pop group Melon Kinenbi, containing five of their singles, released on December 1, 2004. Since Tsunku was inactive at the time, it was produced by the other members of Sharam Q instead. Its highest ranking on the Oricon weekly chart was #28, and it charted for two weeks.
Kousuke Atari is a Japanese pop singer. He is a self-trained musician, and performs in the shimauta (island-song) style of his hometown.
Yorico, real name Yoriko Takano, born May 13, 1984, is a female Japanese singer-songwriter from Utsunomiya. She is mostly known for her songs used in Japanese television shows, including several that had made the Oricon charts, and for her song "Break the Cocoon", which was used as ending theme in the anime series Speed Grapher.
Tsubaki (つばき) is a Japanese rock band composed of three members.
Koi no Jubaku (恋の呪縛) is the fifth single by Berryz Kobo. It was released on November 10, 2004.
"Natsu no Yoru wa Danger!" is the sixth single by Japanese girl group Melon Kinenbi. It was released on June 19 2002, and its highest position on the Oricon weekly chart was #14.
Mega Melon is a "greatest-hits" album by Japanese girl group Melon Kinenbi. It was released on December 10, 2008, little under a year after the release of their last album, Melon Juice. It reached a peak position of #122 on the Oricon weekly chart. As part of the tenth anniversary of Hello! Project "Mega Best Series", it was released as a 2-disc CD + DVD package. It is the second "single best" compilation, including the more recent singles since the first, Fruity Killer Tune, was released in 2006.
Love Is Beautiful is the tenth album by Japanese band Glay. The album was released on January 31, 2007. It reached #1 on Oricon charts with 193,530 sales.
Mikihiko Renjō was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize.
Kanon Tani is a Japanese child actress and tarento. In 2012, she received the official certificate of Guinness World Record for most people on a runway.
