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a-nation ’07

August 29th, 2007 by Rinoa · 4 Comments

The summer season has arrived to a closure with the popular annual field live tour, a-nation. This music festival is organized by avex, where their most popular artists perform on stage. The performances were mobilized in 5 cities and 7 public performances spanning over 26 days. The last public performance was held in Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo. Around 45,000 people were present to this event.

Hitomi’s return to musicals

August 25th, 2007 by Rinoa · 4 Comments

J-Pop singer, Hitomi Shimatani has successfully attracted the attention of Japan, this time with her acting skills in the musical “Anne of Green Gables”. The plot of this musical is based on the infamous book written by the Canadian author, Lucy Montgomery in 1908.

glitter/fated

July 26th, 2007 by Rinoa · 10 Comments · ★★★★½

“glitter/fated” is the new single for summer of 2007, by the J-Pop Queen, Ayumi Hamasaki…

mink - e+motion

July 20th, 2007 by Amichan · 4 Comments · ★★★★½

mink is someone who rather requires a bit of an explanation. Her name is short for “made in Korea,” and she debuted in Japan by sending in her demos to avex Japan, because that was the industry she wanted to work in. Since then she has consistently worked her way up, released several singles, and two albums. She has a third album due out, so here I’ll provide a brief review of her second album to introduce her before the album is out.

Hamasaki and Nagase break up

July 18th, 2007 by Rinoa · 10 Comments

J-Pop Queen Ayumi Hamasaki and TOKIO vocalist and actor, Tomoya Nagase have announced the end of their relationship on the 13th July, 2007.