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Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002.
"Lotus" is a song recorded by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on 23 February 2011, by their record label J Storm. The single is used as the theme song to the drama Bartender starring Arashi member Masaki Aiba. It was released in two editions: a regular edition containing two bonus tracks and instrumental versions of all the songs released in the single, and a limited edition containing a bonus track along with a DVD with a music video of the single.
"Meikyū Love Song" is a song recorded by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on November 2, 2011, by their record label J Storm. "Meikyū Love Song" was used as the ending theme song to the drama Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de starring Arashi member Sho Sakurai. The single debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon weekly charts. According to Oricon, the single sold 614,131 copies and ranked number seven on its list of best-selling singles.
Super Best Records: 15th Celebration is the second greatest hits album by Japanese singer Misia. It was released to commemorate Misia's 15th anniversary as a recording artist by Ariola Japan on February 20, 2013, one day shy of her actual 15th anniversary. The three-disc set was released in Blu-spec CD2 format and each disc was remastered by a different music engineer. The compilation includes four reworked tracks, the singles "Koi wa Owaranai Zutto", "Deepness" and "Back in Love Again", and the new song "Holiday", which was released as a promotional single for the album.
"Koi" is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino. It was released on 5 October 2016 through Victor Entertainment and Speedstar Records as Hoshino's ninth single, and served as the theme song for the TBS television series The Full-Time Wife Escapist, in which he starred alongside Yui Aragaki.
"Doors " (Doors〜勇気の軌跡〜) is the 53rd single by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on November 8, 2017 under their record label J Storm. "Doors " was used as the theme song for television drama Saki ni Umareta dake no Boku starring member Sho Sakurai, and "NOW or NEVER" was used in a Puzzle & Dragons commercial.
Finally is the seventh compilation album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro. It was released on November 8, 2017, by Dimension Point in three physical formats, alongside limited edition goods. Additionally, Finally is also Amuro's final musical release before she retired from the music industry on September 16, 2018.
"Ai no Katachi" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Misia, featuring Hide from Greeeen on the chorus backing vocals. It was released digitally by Ariola Japan on July 31, 2018, while the physical single was released on August 22, 2018. The song was written and composed by Greeeen and produced and arranged by Seiji Kameda. It is the theme song of the TBS drama series Gibo to Musume no Blues.
The discography of Japanese singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu consists of five studio albums, two Vocaloid albums, and thirteen singles.
Nogizaka46 has released thirty-one singles and six albums, as well as numerous music videos and concert performance videos. Million-selling singles have included "Influencer" and "Synchronicity", each of which won a Japan Record Awards Grand Prix, as well as "Kaerimichi wa Tōmawari Shitaku Naru" and "Sayonara no Imi". Album releases include the studio albums Tōmei na Iro, Sorezore no Isu, Umarete kara Hajimete Mita Yume, and Ima ga Omoide ni Naru made. The group also released a compilation of "under" songs, written for members who perform at concerts but are not part of the main selection group for promoting singles, with the title Boku dake no Kimi: Under Super Best. They released the 10-year-anniversary greatest hits album, titled Time Flies.
Official Hige Dandism, commonly abbreviated Higedan (ヒゲダン), is a Japanese pop rock band formed in Shimane, Japan in 2012 by Satoshi Fujihara, Daisuke Ozasa, Makoto Narazaki and Masaki Matsuura.
Japanese boy band JO1 has released two studio albums, one video album, seven singles, twenty promotional singles, and eleven music videos with Lapone Entertainment. Formed through reality competition show Produce 101 Japan, JO1 debuted in 2020 with single Protostar and Japan Hot 100 number-one song "Infinity". The single made the group the seventh Japanese artist who managed to sell over 300,000 copies in the first week with a debut single. It was followed by single Stranger and its lead track "Oh-Eh-Oh", both peaked atop Oricon Singles Chart and Japan Hot 100, respectively. The group's first studio album The Star (2020) reached number two on the Japan Hot Albums chart.
The Book is the debut extended play (EP) by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on January 6, 2021, the same date with their single "Kaibutsu", accompanied the second season of Beastars, "Encore" serves as a promotional single of the EP. Ayase, a member of the duo, also released the cover version of The Book, on the same day as the EP, titled Mikunoyoasobi, recorded by Hatsune Miku, exclusively at Tower Records Japan.