Ayumi Hamasaki, the popular diva in Japan releases her fourth single in 2005 titled “Bold&Delicious/Pride”. With a catchy funky song and a passionate ballad, along with two remixes, Hamasaki has again produced an excellent single full of emotions and energy which has definitely attracted many people’s attention at the end of this year.
Bold&Delicious/Pride
December 30th, 2005 by Rinoa · 10 Comments · 



Berryz Koubou
December 22nd, 2005 by Lainay · 112 Comments
Berryz Koubou is a pre-teen/teen Hello! Project group that currently consists of 7 members. They already have a whopping 9 singles, 2 albums, and 1 special short “best” album since early 2004. They are pretty much the most active Hello! Project group as of right now, and are getting more and more popularity with each new release.
HYDE’s debut: “evergreen”
December 16th, 2005 by Leanne · 10 Comments · 



In 2000, much to fans’ surprise, L’Arc~en~Ciel announced that they were going to be on a brief hiatus. hyde was the last of the members to release solo material, and his can be considered as the most experimental of the group. In October of 2001 he released his debut single as HYDE titled “evergreen”. No doubt many fans of the band were surprised at the direction HYDE had chosen for his solo project. Let’s see how the (then) new HYDE fairs.
YUI’s “LIFE”
December 4th, 2005 by spellcheck · 20 Comments · 



… Unlike her 1st and 2nd singles, “feel my soul” and “Tomorrow’s way” (respectively), “LIFE” is an upbeat song with a slight country feel. In addition, this song was chosen as the ending theme song of the popular Japanese anime “Bleach”. …
Ami Suzuki - A Fallen Idol Rising Again
December 4th, 2005 by Rinoa · 20 Comments
Ami Suzuki, the talented young artist, has gone through a lot of difficulties throughout her singing career. Nonetheless, Ami is definately one of the strongest voices the Japanese music industry has ever heard.