L'Arc-en-Ciel is a Japanese rock band, founded in Osaka in 1991. With a reported 40 million records sold, they were the first Japanese act to headline at Madison Square Garden. In 2003, they were ranked 58 on a list of the top 100 Japanese pop musicians by HMV Japan. While they first got their start as a visual kei band, they have not had any association with the movement since their major label debut in 1994.
Dream were a Japanese pop girl group signed to the Avex Trax label since 2000 and Rhythm Zone since 2009. The group was formed as a result of a 1999 talent contest called "Avex Dream 2000". Originally a three-piece group consisting of Mai Matsumuro, Kana Tachibana, and Yu Hasebe, the group has undergone many changes since its debut in 2000 on the Avex Trax label, and none of the original trio remain. The original trio sold over 950,700 records, and in total the group has sold over 1,100,000 records over the span of 10 years.
Kumiko Kōda, known professionally as Koda Kumi, is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs.
High and Mighty Color was a Japanese rock band active from 2003 to 2010. They had two vocalists; a male and a female.
Yui, stylized as YUI or yui, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress. Born and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, she played live at various locations in her hometown before being noticed by Sony Music Japan when she was 17 years old, and released her debut single months later. Her singles, however, were only met with moderate success until the breakout "Good-bye Days", which charted for 44 weeks on Oricon and marked her as one of the Japanese music industry's rising stars.
"Amazing" is the 11th single of the Japanese band High and Mighty Color, released on December 11 2007.
Mugen Kigen is the ninth single by Japanese soloist misono. The single charted low on the Oricon charts, taking #32 for the week, and remaining on the charts for two weeks.
Alive/Physical Thing is Japanese singer/songwriter Koda Kumi's forty-fifth single and was released on September 16, 2009. It debuted at #1 on Oricon, making it her eighth number-one single, and charted for seven weeks.
CNBLUE is a South Korean pop rock band formed in 2009. The band consists of Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Jong-hyun, Kang Min-hyuk (drums), and Lee Jung-shin (bass). First bassist Kwon Kwang-jin left the band after they released their debut Japanese extended play Now or Never in 2009, and was replaced by Lee Jung-shin.
Diamond is the first Japanese album by the South Korean girl group 4Minute. It was released in Japan on December 15, 2010. It was released in two editions, regular CD only, and limited CD+DVD. The limited edition includes a 52-page photobook that highlights some of their single releases and Japanese debuts. The album sold 7,060 copies in Japan, peaking at the #27 spot in the Oricon weekly charts. The Korean edition of the album was released in January 25, 2011, but doesn't includes the Korean songs from their debut EP "For Muzik".
Dejavu is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. It was released on March 2, 2011, one month after her single "Pop Diva". Just like her previous albums, beginning with Best ~first things~ (2005), Dejavu topped the Oricon charts at #1 and remained on the charts for twenty-four weeks.
Night of Fire is the 5th single by Japanese band Dream. The song itself is a cover of the Eurobeat classic, previously recorded in English by the Italian artist Niko in 1999 and composed by Bratt Sinclaire, which also appeared in the popular anime and manga series, Initial D. The single reached #20 on the weekly Oricon charts in 2000. A promotional video for the single was released on the DAYDREAM DVD and VHS. Dream's version features Japanese lyrics by group member Mai Matsumuro. The single was simultaneously released on the same day as the Super Eurobeat Presents Euro Dream Land album.
Believe in You is the 7th single by Japanese band Dream, It was the last release to bear the group's three-silhouette logo. The video single was released on April 4, 2001. The single reached #36 on the weekly Oricon charts and charted for two weeks. Believe in you was used as an ending theme for the NTV show ZZZ Romihi.
"In My Head" is a song by the South Korean rock band CN Blue. It is their major debut single in Japan under Warner Music Japan and fourth single overall. The song was written by Kenji Tamai and Yoshifumi Kanamaru and composed by Jung Yong-hwa. It was released on October 19, 2011 in 3 different editions: CD+DVD, Regular edition and Lawson store limited edition. A Korean version of the song was released on the group's third mini-album Ear Fun.
Code Name Blue is a Japanese album by the South Korean rock band CNBlue. It was released in August 29, 2012 as the group's third Japanese album and their first major album under Warner Music Japan.
Best of 4Minute is the first Japanese compilation album by the South Korean girl group 4Minute. It is composed of all the Japanese tracks released by the group since their debut in Japan. It was released on September 26, 2012 in three different editions: 2 limited CD+DVD and a Regular edition.
"The End of the Dream/Rouge" is the sixteenth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on December 12, 2012. It is the band's first double A-side single and their first after returning to Universal Music Group. It reached the number 6 position on the Oricon chart, number 7 on Billboard's Japan Hot 100, and also ranked number 6 on Count Down TV.
The discography of Every Little Thing, a J-pop duo formed in 1996 by Mitsuru Igarashi, Kaori Mochida and Ichiro Ito, consists of eleven studio albums, six compilation albums, five remix albums, and numerous singles and videos, many of which were commercially successful. The band debuted with their single "Feel My Heart" on August 7, 1996, which peaked at number twenty-four on the Japanese Oricon charts. Their first number one single was "For The Moment", released on June 4, 1997. Their most successful year was 1998, in which they released their 8th single "Time Goes By" which topped the charts and sold more than a million copies. Their second studio album Time to Destination released that year sold more than 3.5 million copies in Japan, their best-selling album to date. Number one singles of the band include "Forever Yours" (1998), "Fragile" (2001), Untitled 4 Ballads (2002) and "Koibumi" (2004).
E.G. Time is the third studio album by Japanese collective unit E-girls, released digitally on December 24, 2014, and physically on January 1, 2015 by Rhythm Zone and Avex Music Creative Inc. The record was produced by Exile Hiro's, and created by a variety of producers, composers and songwriters outside and from Japan, namely Clarabell, Yasutaka Nakata, Fast Lane, T.Kura, amongst others. It was distributed in 10 different formats, with various artwork sleeves and musical and visual material. E.G. Time also serves as the final record for numerous vocalists and performers in the band.
My One is the twenty-fifth single by the Japanese hip-hop group Lead, becoming their first release of 2015 on March 4, 2015. The single continued their string of top releases, taking the #6 slot for the week on Oricon and remaining on the charts for three weeks.
