Saturday, February 21, 2009
Name :Ai Otsuka
Also known as : Ai chin, Ai chan, AiO, Love
Born :September 9, 1982 in Osaka, Japan
Genre(s) Japanese Pop, Pop rock
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter, Composer, actress
Instrument(s) Piano
Years active 2003-present
Label(s) Avex Trax
Ai Otsuka is a female Japanese pop singer-songwriter and pianist from Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a popular artist on the avex trax label and is best-known for her 2003 hit Sakuranbo, which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 85 weeks
Name :Ai Otsuka
Also known as : Ai chin, Ai chan, AiO, Love
Born :September 9, 1982 in Osaka, Japan
Genre(s) Japanese Pop, Pop rock
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter, Composer, actress
Instrument(s) Piano
Years active 2003-present
Label(s) Avex Trax
Ai Otsuka is a female Japanese pop singer-songwriter and pianist from Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a popular artist on the avex trax label and is best-known for her 2003 hit Sakuranbo, which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 85 weeks
Friday, February 20, 2009
Name: Koda Kumiko
Also known as : Kuu(-chan)
Born : November 13, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan
Instrument(s) Singing
Years active 2000–Present
Label(s) Rhythm Zone
Genre(s) J-Pop, R&B, rock, J-Urban, dance, electropop
Occupation(s) Actress, singer, songwriter, spokesperson, voice actress
SM Entertainment
Orpheus Records
Associated acts BoA, Clench & Blistah, Daisuke D.I. Imai, Exile, Fergie, Heartsdales, Jhett, Km-Markit, Lisa, M-Flo, Mr. Blistah, Peabo Bryson, Show Luo, SMAP, Soulhead, Tatsuya Ishii, TRF, Tohoshinki
Kumiko Koda better known by her stage name Kumi Koda is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her Japanese Urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game Final Fantasy X-2.[1][2] Her popularity grew with the release of her fourth studio album Secret (2005), her sixteenth single "Butterfly" (2005), and her first greatest hits album Best: First Things (2005), reaching the number-three, number-two and number-one spot respectively.
Though her early releases presented a conservative, quiet image, since as early as 2003 Koda has adopted a sexier and more provocative style.Because of this image, she has become a fashion leader among young women, setting trends such as the ero-kakkoii style. She has also won many fashion awards such as, the "Best Jeanist Award" and the title of "Nail Queen" three times since 2006. Since the rise in her popularity, Koda has lent her face and songs to many advertisements. In 2006 and 2007, Oricon awarded with Koda the title of best-selling artist.
On January 31, 2008, a day after the release of her sixth studio album, Kingdom, Koda became the center of controversy when she made a comment on Japanese radio show, All Night Nippon.
Name: Koda Kumiko
Also known as : Kuu(-chan)
Born : November 13, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan
Instrument(s) Singing
Years active 2000–Present
Label(s) Rhythm Zone
Genre(s) J-Pop, R&B, rock, J-Urban, dance, electropop
Occupation(s) Actress, singer, songwriter, spokesperson, voice actress
SM Entertainment
Orpheus Records
Associated acts BoA, Clench & Blistah, Daisuke D.I. Imai, Exile, Fergie, Heartsdales, Jhett, Km-Markit, Lisa, M-Flo, Mr. Blistah, Peabo Bryson, Show Luo, SMAP, Soulhead, Tatsuya Ishii, TRF, Tohoshinki
Kumiko Koda better known by her stage name Kumi Koda is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her Japanese Urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game Final Fantasy X-2.[1][2] Her popularity grew with the release of her fourth studio album Secret (2005), her sixteenth single "Butterfly" (2005), and her first greatest hits album Best: First Things (2005), reaching the number-three, number-two and number-one spot respectively.
Though her early releases presented a conservative, quiet image, since as early as 2003 Koda has adopted a sexier and more provocative style.Because of this image, she has become a fashion leader among young women, setting trends such as the ero-kakkoii style. She has also won many fashion awards such as, the "Best Jeanist Award" and the title of "Nail Queen" three times since 2006. Since the rise in her popularity, Koda has lent her face and songs to many advertisements. In 2006 and 2007, Oricon awarded with Koda the title of best-selling artist.
On January 31, 2008, a day after the release of her sixth studio album, Kingdom, Koda became the center of controversy when she made a comment on Japanese radio show, All Night Nippon.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Maki Goto is a Japanese pop (J-pop) singer currently signed to the sublabel Rhythm Zone under the Avex Trax label. Before joining Avex, she was a soloist of Hello! Project and member of Morning Musume. She has performed in numerous Hello! Project subgroups such as Petitmoni, Akagumi 4, 7-nin Matsuri, Sexy 8, Gomattou and Nochiura Natsumi.
In 1999, Maki Goto was selected as the only member for the 3rd generation of Morning Musume. Their first single after Goto joined, "Love Machine" sold over a million copies, over nine times the amount of copies they had sold for their previous single. During her time in Morning Musume she was one of the founding members of Pucchi Moni and she started a solo singing career in 2001 with the single "Ai no BakayarÅ". Until her graduation from Morning Musume she was one of the leading vocalists in most of the songs released. Post-graduation she has mostly concentrated on her solo career and occasionally on limited time Hello! Project units such as Gomattou, Nochiura Natsumi, and DEF.DIVA. As time has passed, she has increasingly concentrated on acting in addition to singing. She has also performed at the Asia song festival 2005 in Pusan, Korea to represent Japan.
On October 28, 2007, during the last concert of her G-EmotionII ~How to Use Sexy~ tour, Goto suddenly announced to fans that she would be graduating from Hello! Project,[3][4] though she was also leaving UpFront Agency completely. Her graduation was said to be that she was overworked and overly stressed, causing her health problems. She also had different ideas of the direction of her career than what her agency had planned.[5] Because of her graduation, she would not be able to participate in the Hello! Project 2008 Winter concert tour, previously said to be because of "scheduling conflicts".
Goto's official blog reopened on March 25, 2008. Over the course of several entries, she revealed that she was in Los Angeles, California, taking singing and dancing lessons. In mid-June, rumours were confirmed that Goto signed under the label Rhythm Zone, an Avex Trax sublabel.
