Nobuo Tsukahara, better known as Nobuo Hara (November 19, 1926–June 21, 2021) was a Japanese jazz saxophonist and…
Nobuo Tsukahara, better known as Nobuo Hara (November 19, 1926–June 21, 2021) was a Japanese jazz saxophonist and bandleader. Hara was born in Toyama. He played in a military band during World War II and in a Tokyo officers' club after the war. He took leadership of the ensemble Sharps and Flats in 1952, which he would lead until the 1980s. This band recorded copiously and appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival. Sharps and Flats accompanied Chiemi Eri and included sidemen such as Masato Honda, Norio Maeda, Shotaro Moriyasu, and Akitoshi Igarashi. Hara died of pneumonia on June 21, 2021, in Tokyo.
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Tappi Iwase (岩瀬 立飛, Iwase Tappi), sometimes credited professionally as TAPPY, is a Japanese musical composer. He is…
Tappi Iwase (岩瀬 立飛, Iwase Tappi), sometimes credited professionally as TAPPY, is a Japanese musical composer. He is best known for his contributions to the Metal Gear and Suikoden franchises. Iwase studied music with Dick Grove at the Grove School of Music prior to its closure in 1991. Iwase is credited with composing all of the music for Metal Gear Solid, with the exception of the ending theme "The Best Is Yet to Come", whereas the music for the cinematic scenes was composed by Gigi Meroni. This includes the well-known main theme to Metal Gear Solid, arrangements of which were subsequently used in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The use of his theme song was discontinued from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots onward due to allegations that its melodies were plagiarized from a classical piece by Russian composer Georgy Sviridov.
Mao (マオ; born October 23) is a Japanese male singer, known for being the lead singer of visual kei rock band SID and…
Mao (マオ; born October 23) is a Japanese male singer, known for being the lead singer of visual kei rock band SID and writer of all the lyrics. SID became popular in Japan in mid-2010 with the album Hikari, which includes the anime songs "Monochrome no Kiss" and "Uso" with lyrics written by Mao. He began a solo career in 2016 using the name Mao from SID, debuting at the top 10 of Oricon charts. On July 3, 2021, he was appointed ambassador of his hometown, Kurume.
Ricky (born October 20, year unknown) is a Japanese musician originally from Saitama Prefecture. He is known as the…
Ricky (born October 20, year unknown) is a Japanese musician originally from Saitama Prefecture. He is known as the vocalist of bands Dasein and R*A*P, and became the full-time vocalist of Rider Chips in 2005. Ricky, who claims to have the full name Ricky Astrovich Primakov, also claims that he is an extraterrestrial, specifically one from the planet Iscandar, a planet from the Space Battleship Yamato metaseries. In 2009, he began a solo project with the release of "Yugaidoku Song" (唯我独SONG), and later in 2009 he released the album R☆POP. In 2010, Dasein, which went on hiatus in 2003, released a new single to announce a new tour that Ricky became a part of after his tour ended.
Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (関口 和之, Sekiguchi Kazuyuki; born December 21, 1955 in Niigata Prefecture) is a Japanese musician…
Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (関口 和之, Sekiguchi Kazuyuki; born December 21, 1955 in Niigata Prefecture) is a Japanese musician, best known for playing the bass guitar for Southern All Stars. As a solo artist, he has played ukulele. He is a fan of Hawaiian music, and is the founder of the annual Ukulele Picnic music festival in Hawaii. For over thirty years, Sekiguchi has worked with Akira Sakuma in the Momotaro Dentetsu video game series as a music composer.
Akio Togashi (富樫 明生, Togashi Akio; born May 15, 1961 in Hokkaidō), better known by his stage name m.c.A • T (エムシーエーティー…
Akio Togashi (富樫 明生, Togashi Akio; born May 15, 1961 in Hokkaidō), better known by his stage name m.c.A • T (エムシーエーティー, Emu Shī Ē Tī; "Microphone Controller Akio Togashi") is a Japanese musician, rapper, singer and record producer with Avex Trax. He graduated from Hokkaido Sapporo Tsukisamu High School and the Hokkaido University of Education. His debut single as m.c.A·T, "Bomb A Head!," released in 1993 on Avex Trax, has since been re-released as "Bomb A Head! Returns!" in 2003 featuring DA PUMP and as "Bomb A Head! V" in 2004 as the opening theme of Tenjho Tenge. He has also produced several of DA PUMP's releases, and like DA PUMP's ISSA, is a fan of the Kamen Rider Series. He has performed various songs for the series, collaborating with RIDER CHIPS on "The people with no name," the second ending theme for Kamen Rider 555, and on the single "Kamen Rider no Uta" (仮面ライダーのうた, Kamen Raidā no Uta) and with Rin' on "Flashback," the theme song for Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Fighting Demons, as well as provided the voice for the Ghost Driver in Kamen Rider Ghost. He has also collaborated with Avex Trax artists such as AAA, Ayumi Hamasaki, Nami Tamaki, Namie Amuro, Toshinobu Kubota, and most recently Manabu Oshio on the single "Beastie Life" released late 2007. Several other artists he has worked with appear on the second disc for his latest album Music Conductor A·T.
Keiko Terada (寺田恵子, Terada Keiko; born 27 July 1963) is a Japanese rock singer. She was co-founder and lead singer of…
Keiko Terada (寺田恵子, Terada Keiko; born 27 July 1963) is a Japanese rock singer. She was co-founder and lead singer of the successful Japanese female hard rock and heavy metal band Show-Ya from 1982 to 1991, before going solo. On her solo albums she expanded from hard rock and heavy metal to blues, pop and soul. Terada's trademark for many years was a fake rose tattoo she wore above her right breast. She was inspired by Bette Midler's film The Rose, in which Midler played a Janis Joplin-like character. She maintained over the years a relevant presence in both Japanese TV and Radio, both alone and as member of other bands. She is now member of the reformed Show-Ya and of the special group Nishidera Minoru.
Chiaki Satō (佐藤 千亜妃, Satō Chiaki; born September 20, 1988) is a Japanese actress and musician. She was the vocalist and…
Chiaki Satō (佐藤 千亜妃, Satō Chiaki; born September 20, 1988) is a Japanese actress and musician. She was the vocalist and guitarist for the band Kinoko Teikoku. She was born in Iwate Prefecture, and attended the private Yakumo Gakuen High School in Tokyo.
Meg; born October 3, 1980), stylised in all caps, is a Japanese recording artist, record producer, model and fashion…
Meg; born October 3, 1980), stylised in all caps, is a Japanese recording artist, record producer, model and fashion designer from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She is signed with Starchild Records, a division of King Records. Between 2003 and 2013 she created over a dozen albums and two dozen singles. She started a fashion brand called "Cheryl" in 2004, and both a cosmetic brand, "baw," and a restaurant, café Maison de Ruban, in 2014.
Kahoru Kohiruimaki (小比類巻かほる, Kohiruimaki Kahoru; nicknamed Kohhy, born on March 16, 1967) is a Japanese singer who…
Kahoru Kohiruimaki (小比類巻かほる, Kohiruimaki Kahoru; nicknamed Kohhy, born on March 16, 1967) is a Japanese singer who debuted in 1985. She had great success in the next ten years with around thirty singles, fifteen original albums and various compilations. Kohiruimaki is the most well known in the West for the song "Ai yo kienaide", the first opening theme song from the anime series City Hunter in 1987, and for the ending theme song for the OVA Gall Force in 1986. Kahoru Kohiruimaki’s sixth album Time The Motion was recorded at the studio of the iconic Prince, Paisley Park in Minnesota,in the US, in 1989. Two of the tracks were written and produced by Prince and Levi Seacer, Jr. Kahoru Kohiruimaki’s manager, Seijiro Udo, had promoted Prince’s Japanese concerts on the Lovesexy Tour, and Udo had asked Prince to provide some tracks for Kohiruimaki, leading to the recording of the two tracks, Mind Bells and Bliss.