‘People’ Archives
Yoshiki, the Leader of X JAPAN composed theme song for Golden Globe Award of America
Yoshiki of X JAPAN did it again. This time Yoshiki composed the theme song for Golden Globe Award of the United States for the first time in the history of Golden Globe Award. Yoshiki says that it's such an honor to do that, and he added that he never dreamed this kind of event over himself when he started X JAPAN. Yoshiki is already [...]
Baruto (Balt) ,Kaido Höövelson, got the champion on SUMO
Today a Sumo wrestler, Baruto ( Balt) got the victory in the 1st season of Sumo series in Japan. It's the first championship for Baruto, also for Sumo wrestler from Estonia. It's still in the middle of the champion battle race, as today is the 13th day of 15 day competition, he won championship with no loss without waiting for the final day [...]
Darvish reached the contract with Texas Rangers today
News says that a Japanese baseball pitcher, Yu Darvish, finally had an agreement on the contract with Texas Rangers with 60 million dollars for 6 years. Japanese fans seem very glad to know this news, although some of his fans would miss him as they can't see his pitching live in Japanese stadiums. Many Japanese players went across the [...]
SORA AOI 蒼井そら A popular Japanese girl in China
To be honest, I didn't know until recent days about Sora Aoi. Recently she often appears on international news on internet and she seems to be very famous ( or popular ) especially in China. I don't often watch TV in Japan, so she might be on Japanese TV programs sometimes but as far as I know, I've never seen her on TV. A news says [...]
Ayumi Hamasaki announced divorce
Ayumi Hamasaki, a Japanese female singer, was reported today to divorce her husband soon. Detail of the news is not enough. About a year ago, she got married an Austria born actor. The happy time for two of them were for 1 year only, and Ayumi Hamasaki expressed the reason for this result is because she does not want to leave Japan [...]
Yoshiki Radio from Los Angeles for X JAPAN fans
Some months ago last year, a news arrived from L.A and it said that Yoshiki of X JAPAN would have a radio program in L.A. I think it already started, as I didn't check it, I hope it's still running OK. I found one of the radio programs which was recorded with Toshi, the vocalist of X JAPAN, as a special guest. As far as I hear that, it [...]
Yu Darvish still in negotiation with Texas Rangers
Yu Darvish is really an expected pitcher in Japan. He debuted in the national high school games in Japan, and after joining the pro-league he never failed to show his guts in pitching and the results were always amazing each year. Personally, among the Japanese players in American major league teams, I think Hideo Nomo and Darvish are [...]
Homare Sawa, captain of Japanese women soccer team, got MVP of 2011 by FIFA
Homare Sawa got MVP prize by FIFA for 2011. It's a nice news for her and football fans in Japan, too. It's a little strange that she is now a very famous football player in spite that there hardly were Japanese people who knew her before the world cup of 2011. But it's a beautiful story to know how she got today's fame. In Japan, women [...]
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, A true beaty of music
Ryuichi Sakamoto is one of the best composers of Japan. Probably he and Joe Hisaishi are both admired highly by all Japanese people. Ryuichi Sakamoto's works are really touching in our heart and its range is really wide. Some may remember that he used to be a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, which was the first active Japanese band also in [...]
Akira Kurosawa and Takeshi Kitano
For movie fans, probably Akira Kurosawa is the most famous director among Japanese directors. Also recently Takeshi Kitano became popular with totally unique approach to movie fans. When Akira Kurosawa was still alive, these 2 masters talked about film making and their life. As you see, Takeshi Kitano also looks young and his face is still [...]
