‘4- Entertainment’ Archives
Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, and more in the concerts as Vocaloid
Hatsune Miku is already a well known anime character in Japan and in the world of anime fans. It's natural for anime fans that characters should have reality and fans often think as if the characters are alive in this real world. That desire is already realized in the concerts. Some many know it but for anime beginners it could be a hard [...]
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 [...]
Sushi Chef, Jiro, becomes a documentary film by American Director, David Gelb
Some months ago, a new unique film reached my attention. That was a film making story about a famous Japanese Sushi Chef, called JIRO. He runs a small sushi restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, the name of it is Sukiyabashi Jiro. But the Sushi restaurant is always full of sushi lovers who made reservations for dinner some [...]
Nada Sou Sou covered by Terresa Bright, Kealii Reichel, and Hayley Westenra
A song of Okinawa by Rimi Natsukawa is one of my favorites among Japanese songs. This is really good in original version, however, it's also nice to hear in covered version by some foreign artists. Firstly, Okinawa is small islands situated in the south part of Japan being far from the main island. It's a tropical weather place just like [...]
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 [...]
Cyril Takayama, the top magician of Japan
In the recent several years, a young magician called Cyril Takayama suddenly appeared in Japan. What he shows us through TV programs is beyond our comprehension. Once we see his magic, the impression we get often binds us to be like a speechless doll. We can't judge if what he does is just magic we know or human super power. For [...]
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 [...]
Nausicaa, Summer, One Summer’ Day by Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi composed many masterpieces. Among them, probably the most acclaimed works are his film music. Many of good films can't get enough understanding without good background music. Movie directors in Japan, including even the genius director, Hayao Miyazaki, were very lucky that they all lived in the same time with Joe [...]
