Channel-Ai Community Blog - JPop reviews, articles

LET’S GO Rakuten Eagles

August 28th, 2006 by Lainay · 4 Comments · ★★★★½

DEF. DIVA actually made a 2nd single in March titled LET’S GO Rakuten Eagles, the official song of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles baseball team. It’s only being sold on the Rakuten Eagles official website.

ROMANS

August 25th, 2006 by Lainay · 3 Comments · ★★★★½

ROMANS, pronounces “romance”, is a one-shot group of the Hello! Project, consisiting of Rika Ishikawa and Mari Yaguchi (both former Morning Musume members), Mai Satoda of Country Musume, Hitomi Saitou of Melon Kinenbi, and Ayaka of Coconuts Musume. Their single was titled SEXY NIGHT ~Wasurerarenai Kare~ and was a great R&B and hip hop song. Take a look, you’ll love them!

Waracchaou yo BOYFRIEND

August 20th, 2006 by Lainay · 6 Comments · ★★★★★

Berryz Koubou is back with their 11th single, Waracchaou yo BOYFRIEND, which was released on August 2nd. Waracchaou yo BOYFRIEND is a very fun beach song, resembling that of American 50’s/60’s pop rock. It’s a great style for Berryz Koubou that I wouldn’t mind seeing in the future. Take a look!

Sakura and Otome Gumi

July 10th, 2006 by Lainay · 15 Comments · ★★★★½

In late 2003, the 15 members of Morning Musume was split up into two groups: Sakura Gumi and Otome Gumi. Each group released two singles. Morning Musume Sakura Gumi sang elegant ballads and wore a lot of pink, while Otome Gumi was very upbeat and young. Take a look!

Issai Gassai Anata ni A-GE-RU

May 19th, 2006 by Lainay · 7 Comments · ★★½☆☆

Biyuuden has released a new single on May 10th, titled Issai Gassai Anata ni A-GE-RU. This is definitely not your ordinary Biyuuden single: It’s an upbeat, cutesy pop song, not one of their usual mid-tempo mature songs. Will this style work for them? Let’s see!