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Tokyo Friends

August 4th, 2006 by Aprilis · 115 Comments · ★★★★☆

Tokyo Friends is about four girls who moved to Tokyo in serach for their dreams. They all spend their night working at a local pub call ‘Yume no Kura’. During the day, they search for ways to fulfill their dreams. This dorama also focus on the people around the girls’ lives and their dreams.

OLIVIA - a little pain

July 4th, 2006 by Rinoa · 37 Comments · ★★★★½

Indies princess, OLIVIA released her first single since her hiatus in 2004 titled ‘a little pain’. After such a long hiatus, Olivia Lufkin returned back with an excellent single and managed to gain the attention of Japan again.

JAM PUNCH Tour 2005

June 29th, 2006 by Aprilis · 7 Comments · ★★★★½

Otsuka Ai’s debut national tour, JAM PUNCH Tour 2005, was released on DVD on July 27, 2005. The DVD includes footage from the June 1 concert filmed at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A. Two versions are available: the normal edition, which includes only the concert; and the deluxe edition, which includes the concert and extra offshot scenes from the tour.

BLUE BIRD

June 26th, 2006 by Rinoa · 9 Comments · ★★★★½

J-Pop Diva, Ayumi Hamasaki is well known for her exciting and lively summer singles. This year was certainly no exception. Her 40th single was announced to be released in June as a multiple A-track release. Following up the tradition of her summer singles, the songs are upbeat, colourful and contain a summery theme.

Ai Otsuka - Frienger

April 30th, 2006 by eyn · 15 Comments · ★★★★★

“Frienger”, Ai Otsuka’s 11th single, was released on April 12, 2006, approximately 7 months after the release of her 10th hit single, “Planetarium“. For those of you who are curious about the title, “Frienger” is a word combining “friend” and “ranger”, which relates how a friend is like a ranger who will always fight for you whenever you’re in trouble.