Tomoyasu Hotei, also known simply as Hotei, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and actor. With a career spanning more than 40 years, Hotei claims record sales of over 40 million copies and has collaborated with acclaimed artists from around the world. Hotei first rose to prominence in the 1980s as the guitarist for Boøwy, one of Japan's most popular rock bands, before starting a solo career.
Final Fantasy VII is a role-playing video game by Square as the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy series. Released in 1997, the game sparked the release of a collection of media centered on the game entitled the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. The music of the Final Fantasy VII series includes not only the soundtrack to the original game and its associated albums, but also the soundtracks and music albums released for the other titles in the collection. The first album produced was Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack, a compilation of all the music in the game. It was released as a soundtrack album on four CDs by DigiCube in 1997. A selection of tracks from the album was released in the single-disc Reunion Tracks by DigiCube the same year. Piano Collections Final Fantasy VII, an album featuring piano arrangements of pieces from the soundtrack, was released in 2003 by DigiCube, and Square Enix began reprinting all three albums in 2004. To date, these are the only released albums based on the original game's soundtrack, and were solely composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu; his role for the majority of subsequent albums has been filled by Masashi Hamauzu and Takeharu Ishimoto.
The Gazette, formerly known as Gazette, is a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in Kanagawa in early 2002. The band is currently signed to Sony Music Records.
F.T. Island, is a South Korean rock band formed by FNC Entertainment in 2007. The band currently consists of main vocalist Lee Hong-gi, bassist Lee Jae-jin, and drummer Choi Min-hwan. Guitarist Oh Won-bin left the band in 2009 and was replaced by Song Seung-hyun. Former leader Choi Jong-hoon left the band and retired from the entertainment industry on March 14, 2019, while Seung-hyun left the group on December 31, 2019, to pursue his acting career.
Stacked Rubbish is the third studio album by Japanese rock band the Gazette. It was released on July 4, 2007, in Japan and on August 24 in Europe. It was later re-released in Europe and North America on August 14, 2015, by JPU Records.
"Cassis" is a maxi-single and major label debut by The Gazette released on King Records, initially released as an A-type and a B-type, the A-type containing a music video for the song "Cassis", the B-type containing a bonus track. After these had both gone out of print, a regular type was released, containing only the A-side song and the B-side song.
"Reila" is the seventh maxi-single by The Gazette, released on March 9, 2005. It was released by PS Company in 3 types.
"Pledge" is a maxi-single featuring a winter ballad by the Japanese rock band the Gazette. It was released on December 15, 2010 in two editions; the "Optical Impression" edition, "Auditory Impression" edition. The first edition has two types, A and B. Type A includes two songs "Pledge" and "The True Murderous Intent", and a DVD containing the music video and making for the song "Pledge". Type B also includes two songs, and a DVD which contains three songs of their latest concert. The second edition comes with a bonus track "Voiceless Fear. This is winter ballad song".
Traces Best of 2005–2009 is the second compilation album by The Gazette, featuring songs from 2005 to 2009 like "Reila", "Cassis", "Shadow VI II I", "Regret", "Filth in the Beauty", "Hyena", "Burial Applicant", "Guren", "Leech", "Distress and Coma", "The Invisible Wall", and "Before I Decay". It peaked at the nineteenth position on the Oricon charts.
Toxic is the fifth studio album by Japanese rock band the Gazette. It was released on October 5, 2011 in Japan and includes four singles: "Shiver", "Red", "Pledge", and "Vortex". The album scored number 3 on the Oricon Daily Charts and number 6 on the Oricon Weekly Charts, selling 25,412 copies in its first week.
Division is the sixth studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band the Gazette, released on August 29, 2012, in Japan by Sony Music Records, and released on October 1, 2012, in Europe by JPU Records as the label's first release. It is a double album, the first disk containing alternative metal and nu metal songs and the second disk containing industrial metal songs in the limited edition, including 14 songs, the first CD has mostly Japanese titled tracks, while the second CD has only English titled tracks, and a DVD with the promotional videos "Ibitsu" and "Derangement" each disc has their own name. The regular edition includes 12 songs. Is the first release that does not include promotional singles since their sixth EP Gama.
Beautiful Deformity is the seventh studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band the Gazette, released on October 23, 2013 in Japan by Sony Music Records and in the UK, Europe and Russia by JPU Records. It includes the single Fadeless.
Best II is the fourth compilation album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori.
Dogma is the eighth studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band the Gazette, released on August 26, 2015, in Japan and September 4, 2015, in the US by Sony Music and October 2, 2015, in the UK, Europe and Russia by JPU Records.
Disorder is the debut album by Japanese rock band the Gazette, released on October 13, 2004 by PS Company, including the single "Zakurogata no Yūutsu" (ザクロ型の憂鬱). The first printing, called Premium Gazerock, was limited. The regular edition went on sale as soon as the limited edition was sold out. It was re-released on May 3, 2006 and January 1, 2010.
Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey is the fourth Japanese and eighth overall studio album by South Korean boy band BTS. The band's first full-length Japanese offering in two years since Face Yourself (2018), the album was released on July 14, 2020, through Universal Music Japan and Big Hit Entertainment. The album contains Japanese versions of songs from Love Yourself: Answer (2018), Map of the Soul: Persona (2019), and Map of the Soul: 7 (2020), as well as four new tracks: two instrumentals, "Intro: Calling" and "Outro: The Journey", and two original songs, lead single "Stay Gold", and "Your Eyes Tell" which was written by Jungkook. Previously released 2019 single "Lights" was also included.
Traces Vol.2 is the second greatest hits album by the Japanese band the Gazette, released on March 8, 2017 on Sony Japan, in celebration of the band's 15-year career. Unlike the previous greatest hits album, Traces Best of 2005-2009, this time the band re-recorded the songs.
Mass is the tenth studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band the GazettE, which saw release on May 26, 2021, in the US and Japan by Sony Music Records and in the UK, Europe and Russia by JPU Records. Before the album was released, the single "Blinding Hope" was released on March 10, 2021.
"Undying" is the twenty-third single by Japanese rock band The Gazette, released on April 27, 2016, in two editions. In Japan, it was released by Sony Music and in other regions by JPU Records.
"Ugly" is the twenty-second single by Japanese rock band The Gazette, released on November 18, 2015, in two editions. It is the third movement of the band's project Dark Age and was not included on any album, despite being strongly related to Dogma. In Japan, it was released by Sony Japan and by JPU Records in Europe.
