J-pop, natively also known simply as pops, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional Japanese music, but significantly in 1960s pop and rock music, such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys, which led to Japanese rock bands such as Happy End fusing rock with Japanese music in the early 1970s. J-pop was further defined by new wave groups in the late 1970s, particularly electronic synth-pop band Yellow Magic Orchestra and pop rock band Southern All Stars.
Mai Kuraki is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and producer. Kuraki debuted in 1999 with the single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow". In 2000, she released her debut album, Delicious Way, which debuted at number-one and sold over 2,210,000 copies in its first week. Kuraki is one of a few female artists in Japan to have their first four studio albums to debut at top of the Oricon album chart.
Deen is a Japanese popular music band that formed in 1992. Members frequently changed until the release of the first album, and from there Deen has had four members: vocalist and lyricist Shuichi Ikemori, keyboardist and leader Koji Yamane, guitarist Shinji Tagawa and drummer Naoki Uzumoto. In January 2000, Utsumoto and in March 2018, Tagawa left the group. The band has sold over 15 million compact discs.
SunSet Swish is a three piece Japanese band. They are also known by their initials SSS. The band is part of Sony's SME Records label. Their first album, Anata no Machi de Aimashō (あなたの街で逢いましょう), was released on 15 November 2006. Their music have been used for a variety of anime series, namely: 2nd ending theme for the anime Ookiku Furikabutte, ending theme for Beet the Vandel Buster, 2nd ending theme for CODE GEASS, and the 6th and 21st ending themes of Bleach.
Yuko Oshima is a former member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She is also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, she sang on the title tracks for all of AKB48's singles since "Aitakatta" in October 2006. She placed among the top two of the annual AKB48 general elections from 2009 to 2013.
"Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi" is the 9th single released by Japanese punk/rock singer Hitomi Takahashi under the Sony Records label, and is her first release for 2008 and since her graduation from high school. This single was released over seven months after her album Bamboo Collage, and over eight months after her last single. Tsuyoku Nare
Tomomi Itano is a Japanese self-producing recording artist, songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. Her talent agent is Horipro. In 2011 she debuted solo with a single titled "Dear J", which was followed the same year by "Fui ni", and later by "10nen Go no Kimi e" (2012) and "1%" (2013).
Hideaki Tokunaga is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actor.
"Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon " is a single release by Japanese boy band Arashi. "Ashita no Kioku" was used as the theme song for the drama The Quiz Show 2 starring Arashi member Sho Sakurai, and "Crazy Moon " was used as the theme song for Kose's Esprique Precious cosmetics line commercial. The single was released in three editions: a regular edition containing a bonus track and instrumental versions of all the songs released in the single, and two limited edition both containing a DVD with a music video of one of the A-side tracks.
"Keshin" is the twenty-fourth single by Japanese artist Masaharu Fukuyama. It was released on 20 May 2009. Keshin was used as the drama Majo Saiban's theme song. "Kiss Shite" (KISSして) is a self-covered version of KOH+ single and "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka " (追憶の雨の中) is taken from his performance in Daikanshasai 2008. This single was released in three different versions – Limited Towel version, Limited DVD version and Normal version.
Zankyō is the tenth studio album by Japanese artist Masaharu Fukuyama. It was released on 30 June 2009. It reached the number 1 spot on the Oricon chart with sales of 260,917.
This is the discography of South Korean rock band F.T. Island. They debuted in 2007 with Cheerful Sensibility.
The discography of AKB48 consists of 56 singles, 8 studio albums, and 32 stage albums. The major singles have title tracks that are sung by a selection of the AKB48 singers, some of whom are from AKB48's sister groups. Some of the singles are considered annual "election singles", that is, they contain ballots for a popularity contest to determine the line-up for the next single. Other singles have line-ups that are determined by rock-paper-scissors tournaments that are held annually. The group was created and currently produced by Yasushi Akimoto, who also writes the lyrics for all of the group's songs.
"Your Seed/Bōken Rider" is a Hey! Say! JUMP single. The single was released on July 23, 2008. It peaked at #1 on the weekly Oricon charts and sold 208,113 copies in total.
"Arigatō " is a single by Hey! Say! JUMP. It was released on December 15, 2010.
Misaki Iwasa is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 and enka singer. Her nickname is Wasamin. Her talent agency is Nagara Productions. She was also a member of the sub-unit Watarirouka Hashiritai 7.
"Ashita e" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Misia, from her tenth studio album Soul Quest. A live version of the song was released as a charity single to benefit relief efforts following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami through Ariola Japan on April 27, 2011.
Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE? is Morning Musume's 55th single, and the first to be released under the name of Morning Musume '14. It was released on January 29, 2014 in 6 editions: 2 regular and 4 limited editions.
"Ashita, Haru ga Kitara" is a song by Japanese entertainer Takako Matsu from her debut album, Sora no Kagami (1997). It was released on March 21, 1997, through BMG Japan as her debut single. The song was written by Yūji Sakamoto and Daisuke Hinata, while Hinata produced the song. Following the wrap-up of the drama Long Vacation, she decided to give singing a try upon the suggestion of one of its directors.
"Ashita wo Yume Mite (明日を夢見て)" is the 35th single by Zard and released 9 April 2003 under B-Gram Records label. After one year, ZARD released new single. The single debuted at #4 rank first week. It charted for 8 weeks and sold over 62,000 copies.
