Yōsui Inoue is a Japanese singer,lyricist,composer,guitarist and record producer,who is an important figure in Japanese music. He is renowned for his unique tone,eccentric lyrics,and dark sunglasses which he always wears.
Azumi Inoue is a Japanese singer. She graduated from Yugakkan High School in Kanazawa. She is best known for singing the opening and ending theme songs for the Hayao Miyazaki film My Neighbor Totoro:"Sanpo" and "My Neighbor Totoro". She is known for having a clear,light voice.
"Share the World / We Are!" (ウィーアー!) is Korean boyband Tohoshinki's twenty-seventh Japanese single and was released on April 22,2009 by Rhythm Zone. This is their sixth number one single in Japan,extending the record they set back in earlier in the year with "Bolero / Kiss the Baby Sky / Wasurenaide". The single has been labeled as a "One Piece single" since all three songs on the single at some point have been used as a theme song for One Piece.
Joe Inoue is a Japanese-American rock musician signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Ki/oon Records label.
Golden Best is the double-CD compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue. The album was released in July 1999,celebrating his 30-year career as a solo recording artist. It comprises 35 tracks spanning his works after 1972;the year he released his debut album Danzetsu under the renewed stage name.
9.5 Carats is the 12th studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Yosui Inoue,released in December 1984. It mostly features cover versions of the songs that Inoue wrote for other performers,except "Isso Serenade" which was released as a lead single in October 1984. It is the most commercially successful album for him,its sales are estimated to be 1.1-1.8 million copies.
Shugo Chara!,also known as My Guardian Characters,is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by the manga author duo,Peach-Pit. The story centers on elementary school girl Amu Hinamori,whose popular exterior,referred to as "cool and spicy" by her classmates,contrasts with her introverted personality. When Amu wishes for the courage to be reborn as her would-be self,she is surprised to find three colorful eggs the next morning,which hatch into three Guardian Characters:Ran,Miki,and Su.
"Stay the Ride Alive" is the thirty-seventh single released by Japanese musical artist Gackt on January 1,2010. The song was originally titled "Stay the Decade Alive",before being renamed "Stay the Ride Alive" in late November.
Shopping is the first album by InoueYosuiOkudaTamio,the duo consisting of Japanese singer-songwriters Yōsui Inoue and Tamio Okuda. It was released in February 1997 under For Life and SME,two different labels that Inoue and Okuda had contracted with,respectively.
Yoko Yazawa is a Japanese singer-songwriter,formerly the lead vocalist of The Generous. She is Eikichi Yazawa's eldest daughter,and her mother is one quarter American. While she was 12,she went to school in Los Angeles at the Ojai Valley School and Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. In 2010,she made her solo debut with her self-titled album. She is also featured on Joe Inoue's album Dos Angeles as a featured vocalist on the song "Animal";the two singers originally met in high school in Los Angeles. She is currently the lead vocalist for the group,Piggy Banks,formed in 2014.
In a Way is the debut mini-album by Japanese-American recording artist Joe Inoue,originally released on September 19,2007. The album only stayed on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts for one week,peaking at number 220.
Me! Me! Me! is the first full-length album by Japanese-American recording artist Joe Inoue,originally released as a standard release and a limited edition release containing a DVD of music videos on April 8,2009. Me! Me! Me! peaked at number 86 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts,remaining on the charts for only one week. As with all of Inoue's music,he mixes,arranges,and performs on every track.
"Hello!" is the debut single by Japanese-American recording artist Joe Inoue. It is the first single from his album Me! Me! Me!. The single peaked on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts at 189,remaining on the charts for only one week. The A-side was used as the theme song for the 21st Century Edison variety show and was also used in commercials for Glico's Pocky product. Both the title track and the B-side "One Man Band" appear on Me! Me! Me!.
"Closer" is the second single by Japanese-American recording artist Joe Inoue. The song was used as one of the opening themes of Naruto:Shippuden. "Closer" is the most successful of Inoue's singles,peaking at 22 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts and remaining on the charts for seven weeks. Both the title track and "Gravity" are included on Me! Me! Me!.
"Maboroshi" is the third single by Japanese-American recording artist Joe Inoue,and the last of his singles off of Me! Me! Me!. The single stayed on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts for 1 week and peaked at 156. The title track was used as a theme song for the Uchikuru!? variety show. Both the title track and "Party Night " are featured on Me! Me! Me!.
"Go!" is Japanese-American recording artist Joe Inoue's fourth single,and the first off of his second album Dos Angeles. Inoue worked with producer Mine-Chang on the single,which is described as an electro-pop tune.
"Kaze no Gotoku" is Japanese-American recording artist Joe Inoue's fifth single,and the second from his album Dos Angeles. The song was used for the opening theme of a season of the reruns of the anime Gin Tama known as Yorinuki Gin Tama-san. "Kaze no Gotoku" remained on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts for three weeks,peaking at 33. A variation of the song was included on Dos Angeles subtitled the "B.B.B. ver.","B.B.B." standing for the nonsense phrase "Buri Buri Bass".
Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin has released eleven studio albums,one compilation album,fifteen video albums,thirty-four music videos,and thirteen singles. Seven more singles and nine more music videos have been released by sub-units,including those by the band Babymetal released prior to March 2013. Studio albums are released annually,under the supertitle Sakura Gakuin [Year] Nendo.
Fujii Kaze is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician under Universal Music Japan. Raised in Satoshō,Okayama in Japan,he began uploading covers to YouTube since the age of 12. He released his first studio album,Help Ever Hurt Never in 2020,which reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart and number two on the Oricon Albums Chart. His second album,Love All Serve All,released in 2022 topped both the Japanese Billboard charts and the Oricon Albums Chart and has since been certified platinum in March 2022 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ),beating his debut’s gold certification in January 2021. Fujii was the first Asian act in history to debut a song in all 73 available countries and regions of Spotify Daily Viral charts.
