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DEF. DIVA

October 16th, 2005 by Lainay · 11 Comments · ★★★½☆

DEF. DIVA is the newest Hello! Project unit. It contains 4 Hello! Project members: Natsumi Abe (solo artist, former Morning Musume), Aya Matsuura (solo artist), Maki Goto (solo artist, former Morning Musume), and Rika Ishikawa (leader of Biyuuden, former Morning Musume). Their first, and possibly last single, Suki Sugite Baka Mitai, will be released on October 19th of this year. Sound good? DEF.initely try out DEF. DIVA!

Gomattou

October 10th, 2005 by Lainay · 4 Comments

Gomattou is a one time unit in the Hello! Project. It consists of Maki Goto, Aya Matsuura, and Miki Fujimoto. Their style is very R&B. You should definitely give Gomattou a go! (and a mat, and a tou!)

Kurenai no Kisetsu

October 9th, 2005 by Lainay · 2 Comments · ★★★½☆

Biyuuden’s 5th Single, titled Kurenai no Kisetsu, was released on the 5th of October, 2005. Sound interested? Take a look!

Be My Last

October 9th, 2005 by Jason · 8 Comments · ★★★☆☆

Utada Hikaru’s 14th single, “Be My Last”, was released on the 28th of September 2005. This single debuted at the top position on the daily Oricon charts on its release day. “Be My Last” also managed to achieve the first position on the weekly chart, selling about 80,043 copies to date. By taking a look at the sales amount of Hikki’s earlier releases, one can notice that, compared to Hikki’s standards this single didn’t fare well, at all…

BoA’s “make a secret”

October 9th, 2005 by spellcheck · 4 Comments · ★★☆☆☆

After spending the summer in Korea performing her butt off to promote her 5th album “Girls on Top”, BoA has made her return to Japan with “make a secret”, released on August 31. Before the release of “Girls on Top”, she took some vocal lessons in New York to strengthen and define her voice. Fans have been wondering what BoA could possibly do to top her amazing performances in Korea this year, and this is her answer. …