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Supernova to hold concert in Japan in December

Boy band Supernova will be holding a concert in Japan this coming December, according to the boys on Thursday.

The six-member band broke the news to Asia Economic Daily before going on stage of music cable channel Mnet’s “M! CountDown” where they will give their first performance for their second album “Time to Shine” released yesterday.

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Utada

Hikaru Utada known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese-American singer, song writer, and producer.

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Emiri Henmi

Emiri Henmi is a Japanese actress and singer. Her mother is the singer Mari Henmi.

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Emiri Henmi dating "Kamen Rider" actor

Talento Emiri Henmi (33) has a new boyfriend. This week’s Shukan Josei reveals that she is dating actor Kenji Matsuda (38), who played Zanki in the “Kamen Rider Hibiki” series.

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Utada to release singles collection before taking indefinite break

Hikaru Utada (27) has announced that she will release a new singles collection this fall, before taking an indefinite break from music at the start of next year. The singer, who started her career more than 15 years ago, explained that she has neglected part of her personal growth, so she felt that it was necessary to take a break.

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Ayumi Hamasaki teams up with Tetsuya Komuro

Pop star Ayumi Hamasaki (31) recently announced that she will release her 49th and 50th singles on consecutive weeks next month. On Sunday, it was learned that the first of those two songs, titled “crossroad,” will be a collaboration with producer Tetsuya Komuro (51).

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Utada’s blog receives 1 million views in 24 hours

TOKYO — Singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada, 27, announced on her official blog at 8 p.m. last Monday that she will suspend her musical activities for an indefinite period starting next year. Within the next 24 hours, access to her blog surpassed 1 million views.

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Ringo Shiina

Ringo Shiina , born Yumiko Shiina, is a Japanese singer-songwriter born on November 25, 1978. She works both as a solo musician and singer as well as a member of the band Tokyo Jihen.

On the Nekoyanagi Line website, she described herself as “Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya (新宿系自作自演屋, a person who performs in her own Shinjuku-style play?)”. She currently promotes herself as singer of light music and mood-songs, She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan’s top 100 musicians provided by HMV in 2003.

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Japan top 10 December 2009

japan top 10J-Pop Oricon Charts

  1. Kimi Ni Sayonara Wo, Keisuke Kuwata
  2. Truth ~ Saigo No Shinjitsu – w-inds.
  3. Mamoritai – White Wishes – BoA
  4. Setsugetsuka – the End Of Silence- Gackt
  5. Hurry Xmas – L’Arc~en – Ciel
  6. Noudouteki 3 Punkan – Tokyo Jihen
  7. Merry Christmas – Bump Of Chicken
  8. Kimi Ga Suki – Shota Shimizu
  9. Snow Prince – Snow Prince Gassho Dan
  10. My Girl – Arashi

Tokyo Jihen

tokyo jihen

Tokyo Jihen was formed as Shiina Ringo’s backing band at first. Shiina came to think that she wanted to work with a band while working on her last solo album, Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana. She began looking for members of her backing band to support her solo tour “Sugoroku Ecstasy” in the Autumn of 2003. The tour band was introduced as Tokyo Jihen during the tour for the first time, featuring guitarist Hirama, pianist HZM, drummer Hata, and familiar bassist Kameda. The musicians she selected became the core of what would become Tokyo Jihen.

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