Green is the twelfth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on July 3, 2002. The album sold 800,120 copies in its first week, about 40,000 copies more than previous studio album Eleven and sold 1,131,788 copies overall.
The buk is a traditional Korean drum. While the term buk is a native Korean word used as a generic term meaning "drum", it is most often used to refer to a shallow barrel-shaped drum, with a round wooden body that is covered on both ends with animal skin. Buk are categorized as hyeokbu which are instruments made with leather, and has been used for jeongak and folk music.
Kazutoshi Sakurai is a Japanese musician. He composes and writes almost all of the songs for his band Mr. Children, in addition to writing lyrics and singing for his solo project group Bank Band. In 2006, Sakurai ranked #8 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time" and in 2007 was voted #4 as the "ideal father image" by Oricon. Also, in 2009, he was chosen as one of the Young Global Leaders in World Economic Forum. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded AP Bank, where he personally provided 1 million dollars of seed money to launch and fund the nonprofit lending group which finances environmentally friendly projects.
Taiko no Tatsujin, literally translating to English as Taiko Master, is a series of rhythm games created by Namco. In the games, players simulate playing a Taiko drum in time with music. The series has released games for the arcade and for console and mobile platforms including PlayStation 2, Advanced Pico Beena, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android and Japanese Feature phones.
Su Meng is a classical guitarist. She was born in Qingdao, Shandong. She started studying classical guitar in 1997 under the tuition of Chen Zhi of the Central Conservatory of Music. In 2006 she was under full scholarship of Manuel Barrueco of the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. She has also performed in a quartet formation with Wang Yameng, Li Jie, and Chen Shanshan。Currently she is concertizing as a soloist and also in duo with Wang Yameng, as the Beijing Guitar Duo.
Miyaviuta -Dokusou- (雅-みやびうた-歌～独奏～) is the fifth studio album by Miyavi. It was released on September 13, 2006. It was produced by Hideki Tsutsumi and reached number 25 on the weekly Oricon Style chart.
Yihan Chen is a Chinese pianist and composer living in Plainfield, Indiana.
Kukui is a Japanese band consisting of Haruka Shimotsuki and Myu. They have produced songs for anime and games, most notably the Rozen Maiden anime series.
Ayane is a female Japanese singer from Saitama Prefecture who has performed theme songs for games and anime. She made her major singing debut in 2004 with the single KIZUNA～絆. Her first album ARCHIVE LOVERS was released in 2007. She is attached to 5pb. Ayane, previously known by her real name as Junko Hirata, was a member of the band platoniX with Tatsuya "Tatsh" Shimizu.
Song for a Bride is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda.
Fang Man （Chinese:方满) is a Chinese-born composer who lives in the United States.
Wang Qiang is a Chinese composer.
Rhythm of the Wave is a Taiwanese film spoken in Mandarin, first released in 1974 by Cine Art Film Company (文藝影業公司).
Beijing Dream is a 2002 Mandarin Chinese-language rock album by Thin Man band. It was released on Jingwen Records on 15 July 2002.
Takeshi Saito , better known by his stage name Neko Saito , is a Japanese violinist, conductor, composer and music arranger. Saito is the leader of the Saito Neko Quartet, and is known for his many collaborations with musician Ringo Sheena.
Shiena Nishizawa is a Japanese pop rock singer from Saitama, signed to FlyingDog under Victor Entertainment. She won the Grand Prix in the first FlyingDog Audition in 2014. She released her debut single "Fubuki" in 2015, and her first album Break Your Fate in 2017.
Suzuhito Yasuda , is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He is known for his manga series Yozakura Quartet and for illustrating the light novel series Durarara!! and Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, all of which have been adapted into anime series. He is also the character designer for the Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor video game series and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth.
Delight is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Rina Aiuchi. It was released on May 31, 2006, through Giza Studio. The album consists of four previous released singles: "Akaku Atsui Kodou (赤く熱い鼓動)", "Orange★Night", "Glorious/Mind Place" and "Miracle". The "Orange★Night" single version is not included in this album, instead it has received new mix under title "La La La Lovin' you Mix". The album charted at #4 on the Oricon charts in its first week. It charted for seven weeks.
