Namie Amuro is a Japanese former recording artist, producer, songwriter, dancer, model, actress and entrepreneur who was active between 1992 and 2018. A leading figure of the Japanese entertainment industry since the early 90s, Amuro is known for breaking the youthful idol stereotype of J-Pop, changing the fashion trends and lifestyle of women in Japan, her experimentation across music styles, and for her visual imagery in music videos and live performances. Due to her career longevity, resilience, professionalism, efforts behind-the-scenes in the music industry, and her way of living, she is a pop culture icon in Japan and Asia. She has been referred to as "the diva of the Heisei era" and the "Queen of Japanese Pop", and has been recognized as having the influence and career impact domestically equivalent to artists such as Janet Jackson and Madonna in Western music and pop culture.
Itō, Ito, Itou, Itoh or Itoo is the sixth most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are 伊東 and 伊都. Notable people with the surname include:
The Peanuts were a Japanese vocal group consisting of twin sisters Emi Itō and Yumi Itō. They were born in Nagoya, Japan in January 1941. As monozygotic twins they had voices only slightly apart in timbre, which resulted in their singing together sounding like a solo artist utilizing double tracking or reverb).
AAA are a 5-member Japanese pop group signed to the label Avex Trax which debuted in September 2005. The name has the meaning of challenging everything, and the group is marketed by their label as a "super performance unit".
Yuna Ito is an American-born former singer and actress who was active in Japan.
Yuki Saito is a Japanese actress, singer and narrator. She attended Kanagawa Prefectural Shimizugaoka High School.
The discography of Japanese musician Yuna Ito consists of three studio albums, one compilation album and nineteen singles. Her debut album, Heart, was released in 2007 after six singles, including one of the two theme songs for the film Nana, "Endless Story" (2005), which also featured Ito in her acting debut, as well as "Precious" (2006), the theme song of the film Limit of Love: Umizaru. Both of these songs were very commercially successful, becoming certified Million by the RIAJ.
"A World to Believe In" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion, taken from her tenth English-language studio album, Taking Chances (2007). It was written by Tino Izzo and Rosanna Ciciola, and produced by the Grammy-winning producer, John Shanks. Re-recorded as a duet with the Japanese singer Yuna Ito, it was released as the second single in Japan from Taking Chances on 16 January 2008, and also as the lead single from Dion's Japanese greatest hits album, Complete Best (2008). The duet version was also included on Ito's album, Wish (2008). The song reached number three on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and number eight on the Oricon Singles Chart.
Complete Best is a greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released exclusively in Japan on 27 February 2008. It reached number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, was certified Gold by the RIAJ and has sold 173,100 copies in Japan in 2008.
Nana (ナナ) is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kentarō Ōtani. Based on the manga of the same name by Ai Yazawa, the film stars Mika Nakashima as Nana Osaki and Aoi Miyazaki as Nana "Hachi" Komatsu. The film was released on September 3, 2005.
Koi wa Groovy×2 is the twelfth single by Yuna Ito. The single was released on November 26, 2008, two months after her previous single Miss You. To date, this is the lowest charting single of Ito's career.
"Aitai Riyū/Dream After Dream " is a double A-side single by Japanese pop group AAA. It was released on May 5, 2010 via Avex Trax. The former was written by Kyasu Morizuki and the latter was written by Kenn Kato. Both songs were composed and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. "Aitai Riyū" is the theme song for the variety show that the group stars in Nihikime no Dojo. The single debuted at number-one on the Oricon Weekly Chart becoming their second number-one single and Komuro's forty-third. "Aitai Riyū" was one of 10 songs awarded a Japan Record Award in 2010.
Love: Single's Best 2005–2010 is American pop singer Yuna Ito's first greatest hit album. The album was released on December 8, 2010 under her label Studioseven Recordings. The album was released in three formats: CD-only, a limited CD+DVD version and a 2 CD version. The CD+DVD version contains all her PVs plus a special video. The 2CD version contains an extra CD with English covers that Yuna covered over her career.
Fairies (フェアリーズ) is a Japanese girl group, formed in 2011. They are managed by the talent agency Rising Production and produced by the Avex record label Sonic Groove.
Eighth Wonder is the eighth studio album by Japanese music group AAA, released on September 18, 2013. The album contains five singles that were previously released —"Niji", "Miss you/Hohoemi No Saku Basho", "Party It Up", "Love Is In The Air" and "Koi Oto to Amazora"— all of which made the top 10 on the Oricon weekly singles chart.
"Mamotte Agetai" is a song recorded by American recording artist Yuna Ito. The song will serve as her fifteenth Japanese-language single released by Studioseven Recordings. "Mamotte Agetai" has been described as a "ballad track which promises to be the hit of winter 2010". The leading track is the theme song for the Japanese drama Ōgon no Buta (黄金の豚) which premiered on October 20, 2010.
Sairi Ito is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency, Alpha Agency.
"Dōkoku" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo for her eighth studio album, Rise Me. It was released by Pony Canyon as the album's lead single on February 3, 1993. "Dōkoku" is the theme song of the CX getsuku television series Ano Hi ni Kaeritai, starring Momoko Kikuchi and Kudo herself as two sisters who fall in love with the same man. Kudo performed the song on the 44th Kōhaku Uta Gassen, marking her sixth consecutive appearance on the annual show. With over a million copies sold, "Dōkoku" remains Kudo's best-selling single to date. In 2015, DAM asked their users to select their favorite Shizuka Kudo songs to sing karaoke to and compiled a top ten list; "Dōkoku" came in at number two.
College Cosmos, is a Japanese idol girl group made up of university students. They released their debut single, Dreams are mean / I Want to Filter the Water of Words / We are not such things like symbols, on March 6, 2019.
"Danzen! Futari wa Pretty Cure" is the opening theme song of Futari wa Pretty Cure, the inaugural installment of the Pretty Cure magical girl franchise. Sung by Mayumi Gojo, two remixes of the song were later released.
