175R is a Japanese ska punk band from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.
Janne Da Arc was a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in Hirakata, Osaka in 1991. Although inactive since 2007, Janne Da Arc officially announced that they disbanded on April 1, 2019. The band's name is often seen shortened to either "Janne" (ジャンヌ) or "JDA".
Miki Imai is a female Japanese pop singer and actress. She won the award for best newcomer at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Inuji ni Seshi Mono.
THE JAYWALK is a Japanese rock band best known in the West for the intro theme of the videogame Road Avenger.
Eikichi Yazawa is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and important figure in Japanese popular music.
Off Course was one of Japan's most influential folk rock bands. It was formed in early 1969 by Kazumasa Oda and Yasuhiro Suzuki. It broke up in 1989 after a February 26 farewell performance at Tokyo Dome.
Do As Infinity: Final is the last live-recorded concert of Japanese band Do As Infinity before they disbanded in 2005. It took place in Budokan on November 25, 2005. The third disc contains bonus tracks featuring various live recorded songs from Do As Infinity's past live shows.
Show-Ya is an all-female heavy metal/hard rock band from Japan, founded in 1981. The group disbanded in 1998, but reformed with the original line-up in 2005 for the 20th anniversary of their first release. The music of Show-Ya is deeply rooted in classic rock and in their albums and live shows they have covered songs from The Beatles, The Doors, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and AC/DC. Their music evolved from the pop rock of their first offerings to the heavy metal of their most successful albums, Outerlimits and Hard Way.
"Swanky Street" is a maxi single by the Japanese rock band The Pillows. The song was included on their 1997 release Please Mr. Lostman. "Swanky Street" was featured ending music on an Asahi TV music program.
Sophia was a Japanese rock band formed in 1994 by vocalist Mitsuru Matsuoka, guitarist Kazutaka Toyota, bassist Yoshio Kuroyanagi, drummer Yoshitomo Akamatsu and keyboardist Keiichi Miyako. Currently signed to Avex Trax since 2011, they made their major debut in 1995 on Toy's Factory. They changed over to Toshiba EMI in 2004, and Universal Music Japan in 2009.
"White Summer and Green Bicycle, Red Hair with Black Guitar." is a song and single by the Japanese, alternative rock band The Pillows. Neither the single nor Thank You, My Twilight were released outside Japan.
Ryuichi Kawamura is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, actor, author and race car driver. He is best known as lead singer of the rock band Luna Sea. After the band disbanded in 2000, Kawamura continued his successful solo career. In 2005 he formed Tourbillon with fellow Luna Sea member Inoran and Hiroaki Hayama. He has recently rejoined Luna Sea, as they reunited in August 2010.
"It's for You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles for Cilla Black for whom it was a UK Top Ten hit in 1964. The song is mainly a McCartney composition.
Nico Touches the Walls is a Japanese rock band formed in 2004. The band members are: Mitsumura Tatsuya, Sakakura Shingo, Furumura Daisuke & Tsushima Shotaro. In the same year, they won the Lotte Prize at the Yamaha Teen Music Festival. Rising quickly, they signed to "Senha & Co." before signing to Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records in 2007. Their debut single, in a major label, "Yoru no Hate", was released in February 2008.
Once upon a time in the pillows is a 20th anniversary collection released by The Pillows on June 3, 2009.
Back to Budokan is a live album CD and DVD by the hard rock band Mr. Big, released on October 16, 2009 in Europe and October 27, 2009 in the USA. The performance was recorded at Budokan in Tokyo, Japan Jun 20, 2009.
My First Story is a Japanese rock band from Shibuya, Tokyo. Formed in 2011, the band currently consists of vocalist Hiroki Moriuchi, guitarist Teruki Nishizawa, bassist Nobuaki Katou, and drummer Shouhei Sasaki. Their debut album My First Story (2012) caught people's attention and put them in lineups of major music festivals. Their fourth studio album Antithese (2016) ranked 4th on Oricon chart, and directed their first Nippon Budokan live show, gathering 12,000.
Daria Kawashima is a Japanese musical composer, singer-songwriter, lyricist under Being Inc. records.
