Monday, April 13, 2020

PrizmaX disbanded



I am sure most EBiDAN fans already know about this, since once again I am pretty late about these news. As you can read in the titel of this post PrizmaX disbanded this year, to be exact the disbanded on March 27th 2020. Not too long ago they announced that Yuuki will leave the group and then pretty suddenly it was announced that all of them are disbanding. I don't know what's the reason for this and to be honest I am quite disappointed because it hasn't been that long since Kevin, Hidetoshi and Fuminori were added to the group. I feel like they didn't even try a lot. However I do like each member a lot so I do hope it was the right decision for them to make. Also hope that all of them have a bright future and do what they love. Maybe we will see some of them in the music industry again.
Wishing them all the best.

What do you think about their disbanding?

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Ryuichiro Sakata to graduate from 10JinActor


On April 1st will be the release of 10JinActors new mini album "Kimi ni Okuru Bye Bye" and it will be the last cd with 10 members, since Sakata will be leaving the group shortly after. He has a farwell live on both the 1st and 2nd of April and after that won't be a part of the group anymore. I am not sure if he will still continue with either SakataKento or DOGUN or what his plans after leaving are. I do like him a lot so I am very sad seeing him leave but I hope he will finde what makes him happy. I kinde wish he would keep doing music, even as a solo artist, he is great performing live and his voice is great too. However even if he get's out of the entertainment scene completely I wish him all the best for his future and many good years for him to come. 

[Fan Report] Family Fes 2020 ~Shimizu Shota Birthday Live~


Yes another report. While I was in Japan I went to severel lives again and maybe this time will actuelly write about more then just two. We will see. So right now I wanna share my expirience of this live with you. 
Seeing Shimizu Shota live has been a dream of mine since years already but somehow I never managed to travel to Japan at the right time, didn't get a ticket or it just wasn't possible for whatever reason. However this year I finally got a ticket to a concert of his and I was super happy about it.
As you can see this was a Family Fes, means he is not the only one to perform but there was also Mirei Touyama, Thelma Aoyama and Miliyah Kato performing at this concert.
I was super lucky with my ticket 'cause I got a pretty good number and since this was a suprisingly small venue I had an awesome standing place and could see everything and everyone on stage super well. 


Before the actual concert started was the performance of the opening act called "Oshiro Miyu". I didn't knew her before but she has a stuning and powerful voice and she was a little weird too but in a very cute and funny way. She sang three songs and then the main concert started.
The first one to perform was Mirei Touyama. I do like her music and her song "Negai ~Ano Koro no Kimi He~" is one of my favorite songs of all time. That's also the song she started of with and guys I wasn't prepared for what happend with me. I can't deny that I sometimes cry at concerts when the voices are very beautiful and the songs emotional, then maybe one one or two tears fall down my cheeks but when she started sining this song with her unbeliveble beautiful and strong voice the tears just kept falling. Never in my live did I cry so much at a concert. I guess it was a mix of the song that is super emotional already and her voice that sounds 1000 times better live and maybe also the fact that I was finally at a concert of Shimizu Shota. I don't remember which other songs she sang but she did well with every single one. Oh wait I do remember she sang "Dear My Boo" as the last song. It's a song originaly of Shimizu Shota that she transformed into her own version. 
The next artist was Aoyama Thelma. On a side not it's so cute how the fans pronounce her name "Teruma". They screamed it so much when she came on stage, it was so freakin adorable. Also I never really paid much attention to her but guess what she got a new fan now. First of her songs were so much fun to listen to and the whole performance of her was amazing. Secondly and mainly the reason she got me as a fan now is that this little woman is such a cute, funny and lovely person. She interacted a lot with the fans and did many jokes, some that even I understood (even thought my japanese is so poor). She also performed severel songs, some of them were "Onigiri", "Boom Shakalaka'" and "Sekai no Chuushin".
Next one was Miliyah Kato. I used to really love her music until like 2008/9 but then her style slowly started to change and I got unintrested. Taste is different so I know a lot of people love her music nowadays and I am happy seeing she has many fans that support her. Even thought I didn't now the songs she sang, besides one old song, I still enjoyed her performance. Oh and I know she sang her latest song "Sayonara" because they did show some advertising before the live started and one was for her latest single. I do like this song quite a bit, it has a special feeling to it.
After She left the stage it was finally time for Shimizu Shota and guys I couldn't stop smiling. I just love him. His voice is so beautiful and he had a nice presence on stage. And you know what I could sing along to all of his songs, I am usually really bad with this. XD He played a LOT of songs and I loved all his performances. Sometimes he had dancers with him on stage and sometimes he performed on his own. At one point he allowed us to take a photo of him but first we had to look down and when we told us to look up that's what we saw.


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Yes he hid under the keyboard. XD That was too cute, he had so much fun playing a prank on us. XD
That was so freakin cute. After his performance he went backstage and the fans started to shout for an encore. The encore was pretty awesome. He performed one song with each of the other artists and at least they all sang "Home" together, which, in case you guys don't know, is the debut song of Shimizu Shota. I absolutly loved this performance. 
This whole concert was so good and even thought I had high expactations I enjoyed it even more then I thought I would be. I hope to one day have another chance to see him live again and maybe some of the other artists too. By the way something else I really liked about this concert as well, was the fans. There were much more "older" people on this concert. Well I oftern go to "idol" concerts and these are mostly crowded with high school girls. However you could feel the difference. There were many couples and in general much more man. Also I heard how some fans talked with each other being like "Where do you come from?" "I came from Kyoto." "Wow!" and stuff like that. Maybe I got to listen to the cute fans only but honestly that was so adorable.
This whole concert was an amazing expiriance and hope I was able to transfer some of my excitement and if you didn't knew some of these artists, hopefully you will check them out now.
Thank you for reading!!

[Fan Report] Boys And Men Kenkyusei "Habataki no SHOW" 11/2/2020 + Boyman Shop and Cafe


I was in Japan from February 9th to Fabruary 24th of this year and my main reason for traveling to Japan this year was the live of Boys And Men Kenkyusei (short BMK). Some of you might know I am very much in love with this group and when they announced to have a live at the Century Hall in Nagoya, one of the bigger venues, I just had to try attending this event. As you can see I managed to get a ticket for the event. 



I bought the lightstick, towel and t-shirt at the concert as well as the best of album which I didn't bought until then. With all my purchases I was able to get two photo tickets for my favorite member Nakahara Sota. But let's start of with the concert. I had a rather bad ticket, meaning I was pretty much in the back, thought at least I was on the 1st floor and despite being so much in the back I saw everything very well and could enjoy this show to the fullest. 
I never went to concert of them before, the only time I actually saw them live was at a Boymen World event but they mostly did talking at this event and only sang I think like two songs. However I do own most of their live dvds and always enjoy them a lot so my expectation was pretty high.
What should I say they were awesome live. Their dancing was great as well as the singing and I loved all the entertainment parts.
They played a lot of their songs and I definitly can't remember the order or all the songs anymore but I know they played "Bokutachi no ONE", "Batchan" and "Ai wo Ganbatte". And when Matsuri 9 joined them (they were guest at this live) they performed "Dodonko Don't Worry" together, which I loved. Matsuri9 also perfomed like 3 songs on their own and then BMK claimed the stage again. Pretty much all their songs are so energetic and therfor super fun listen to live. I tried to imitate the choreography with the light stick most fans did but I absolutly failed. XD It was fun anyway.
 I do hope this will be released on dvd as well. The big highlight came at the end when they announced to have their major debut. Guys I honestly cried and while writing this I am nearly crying again. I am SO happy for them to finally also have a major debut. All five of them deserve this so much and I am freaking excited for them to announce their group name as well as the exact date and of course the titel of their first single. So far we only know that they will have the major debut in summer. That's all that has been announced. As for the name Kometani joked that they will be called "Matsuri 10". XD
After they announced all the members went through the people and gave high fives and I saw that Boys And Men were sitting a few seats behind me. XD I didn't realize it the whole concert and I was happy to see that they support their juniors.
After the amazing concert and all the emotions regarding the announcment of the major debut we had to wait for the photo session. I had to wait pretty long because of my seat being so much in the back but at least I was able to take to pictures with my beloved Sota. Here is one.


He is such a cute person!! I will support him forever! Also I managed to tell him congrats on the major debut in japanese and he asked me if I had fun which I answerd with a big yes because that's the truth, I absolutly loved that live. The whole atmosphere, the fun and energetic songs and the five lovely people. I hope to see them live as a new group when I am in Japan next time.

On the next day I also went to the Boymen Shop and Cafe. I love the cafe especially since you can watch live performances that are mostly not released on dvd. Here are a few pictures. I took in the store and cafe. By the way the fans in the cafe were really cute. Some fans layed out costers of Matsuoka and since I had Kometani twice I asked the girl to change with me and she was super happy and gave me even both of her Matsuoka ones for one of the Kometani coasters.





If you ever happen to be in Nagoya and like either Boys And Men, BMK, Matsuri9 and/or Otome Button, then I absolutly recommend you visiting the store and cafe.
Sorry for this being such a short report but I hope some of you liked it anyway.

Monday, December 30, 2019

My JPop year 2019

2019 was overall a great year for me and music definitly played a big part in it, I have to admit though that I listend to a lot of other music besides jpop. Most of my playlist is still japanese music but a lot of english, some korean, some chinese and some thai music found it's way on my playlist and there were some I badly love and played on repeat for weeks. Let's go in detail with what I liked best this year when it comes to japanese music. The start is a list of the songs I absolutly loved that have been released this year.


Battle Boys Fukuoka - 1000 km (this is by far my favorite Battle Boys song ever)
Amezari Red Stars - Be Alright (couldn't find it online)
SIRUP - Eien (towa) ni (sadly I couldn't find this online but if you have the chance please listen to it, it's so freakin' good, much better then the originial!!)

Of course these are not the only songs I loved the most this year, there have been a few albums I enjoyed pretty much all songs of, so I listed them extra. I did write a little about the album but I didn't link every single song but I did add a spotify link to the albums.



HARUMI - MAKE A DIFFERENCE


I wrote about this album before. I really love all the song on this so freakin' much. Her voice is super powerful and strong and she delivers the emotions in some of the songs so well. My absolute favorites are "Don't Break My Heart" and "DARE ME" but all the songs are so good. For only 5 songs this 'mini' album also has a good mix of songs. Absolutly recommended!!



_PRIZMAX_ - FRNKSTN


DANCE was the first song of this album that got uploaded to youtube. I loved it right away, thought now it's my least favorite song on the album. I honestly didn't knew what to expect of this album with the new members. I was so supprised that this is such a good album. All the songs are freakin' amazing up beat songs fully sung in english. By the way my absolute favorite of them is "WHO".



Mukai Taichi - 27; Mukai Taichi - Savage


I am a huge fan of Mukai Taichi. Not only is his voice really beautiful but I tend to really enjoy the style of his music. As you can see he released two albums this year. I would consider '27' to be a mini album since it has only 7 songs, thought Savage has only 11 songs as well. However what is most important is the music and guys you have to listen to this if you liked any of his music before. 
I recommend all of the songs but it seems like I listend to ICBU and I very much recommend I Like it, thought honestly if you have some time do listen to all of his music, maybe you will love it as much as I do.



Sakudara Dori - Sakura da Festa BEST


Whenever I think about listening to this album I am like, naaahh this wasn't that good but then I listen to it and I love it so much each time. I don't know why I always think this way, maybe because Sakurada Dori will always be more of an actor then a singer to me or maybe a little bit because this cover looks so not like an album cover. However that doesn't matter because the songs on this album are amazing and I love that the style of music is very versatile. You will get everything from a slow songs, to a rock songs, to a song that gives happy summer vibes, to a badass song and more. I can't even name a favorite this time, I love the songs equally. 



Super Dragon - 2nd Emotion


This is probably the album I listened to the most this year. After I went to two of their concerts of the Emotions tour back in March, I couldn't stop replaying this album for a long time. The songs on this album are seriously so good. My number one being 'Paya Paya' also because I love the dance but all the others are so damn good too. I even love the remixes and I uselly don't like remixes a lot. If you haven't listend to it, you should do it soon.



AKLO - REGULAR


I was so excited when AKLO announced to finally release a new album this year. I dig his three albums he released before as well as the collaboration album with Jay'ed so much. To be honest it took me a little to fully appreciate this album but I do now and if you like Rap you will love this as well, thought I would always recommend his older work more over this one. It's a great album anyway. My favorites are definitly 'Addicted' and 'WFN'.



INTERSECTION - INTERSECTION


I love these guys music since they released their debut song 'Heart of Gold'. They have the typical boy group sound, with some nice voices and addicting beats. I love singing along to their songs. When this got released I didn't expect to like all the songs on the album but I was so wrong. Each and every song on this got me so bad. All songs have this super addicting part that makes you want to sing along so bad and you will get them stuck in your head many times. Absolutly recommended!



Chanmina - Never Grow Up


If you like her music and style you will most likely love this album too. I especially love 'Call', 'Never Grow Up' and 'Like This'. To be fair I don't love all the songs on this album but most of them are really good so I decided to post it under the albums too. 



DEVIL NO ID - Devillmatic


This album is so different to what I usually listen to. This whole album feels so messy but it works so well as a whole and even though all the songs have their specific sound it doesn't feel like one is sticking out more then the others. I don't know how to explain the music these three girls created. I just now I very much enjoy it! Give it a try if you haven't listend to any of their songs and if you might not like a song try out another one because they are quite different from each other. By the way I do love all the songs on this album.


Besides the new songs my new discovery of this year is "Official Hige Dandizumu". They are an indie rock group and their music is amazing. I bought three of their albums on itunes and so far I do enjoy them a lot. Another group I discoverd is "Novelbright", gosh they are awesome too, they are also an indie rock group. Besides these two I got very much into the group "NORD". I don't like all of their music, some is just too messy for me but I love some of their songs badly, especially the song 'Mirai'. Then I got more into the music of "CUBERS", I don't think the songs are super outstanding but they are really nice listening to and whenever a song of them get's played when I use the shuffle mode, I am very plesantly supprised to see it's on of their songs.

What are your favorites of 2019? Did you discover any groups you didn't knew before?

Sunday, September 15, 2019

BATTLE BOYS OKINAWA profiles


The next BATTLE BOYS region is Okinawa. The group has only 4 members right now, the 5th one on this picture is Joshua (2nd from left side), he is a BATTLE KiDS member and therfor not featured in this post but most of the time he performs together with the BATTLE BOYS OKINAWA members. 


Saturday, September 14, 2019

Setsura graduated from BMK


On July 7th Kitagawa Setsura graduated from Boys And Men Kenkyusei. It was a very sudden announcement that has been done on an fan event, leaving many fans in shock. It seems he wants to keep doing music just in a different way. More hasn't been announced.
It makes me really sad seeing him leaving the group since he was a very important part of it (like each member is). It feels like a part of them is missing now. However I do support him no matter what and I hope that he will achiev his goal, whatever that may be. 
As for BMK I still love them lot's and even though I will miss Setusra, my support for the group won't get less. I honestly hope that they will debut in the near future. All five of them deserve it so much! At least here is the new 5 member profile picture of BMK.


On a side note I have to mention that I love Sotas new hairstyle, the streight-side-cut looks so good on him!


Friday, September 13, 2019

Starmen KiDS to release 3rd mini album


EBiDAN group "StarmenKiDS" announced to release their third mini album on November 26th. The album will be titled "Sutachu~" and once again there will be three diffirent version of the album. So far there is no information about the tracklist and we still have to wait for the covers to be shown. However they did upload a little teaser of the main track "Chugakusei nau" already. Check it out.


I love the song once again and I am very much looking forward to this third album since so far I liked their releases a lot all the time. 

Thursday, September 12, 2019

BATTLE BOYS FUKUOKA profiles


Next part is Fukuoka. They are still pretty small but gaining more and more popularity. Their most popular member is Sakutaro but all the other members are lovable too. Definitly check them out.


Check out EBiDANs new song "New Day! New Wave!"



At the EBiDAN The Live 2019 they introduced a new EBiDAN song to the audience. Today they uploaded a video of the live performance. I like the song, it's again a very uplifting song with a great message and I love seeing all my favorite groups performing this together. Another plus for me is that I actually went to this years EBiDAN The Live and watching this gets me all excited once again.
The best thing however is that it's now availible on itunes and spotify as well because in the beginning they only released it on HMV music.

What do you guys think about the new song?

BATTLE BOYS SENDAI profiles


With this post we are half through with the Battle Boys region groups. Sendai is one of the more popular region groups, which might be thanks to former members Ryubi, who is a member of M!LK, and Kousaku, who is a member of "Genin wa Jibun ni Aru". However the still undebuted members of Sendai are not less popular. In the Battle Boys ranking both Haruma and Shuto always rank very high. Check out their profiles.

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

BATTLE BOYS OSAKA profiles


So here comes part two and this time I am writing the profiles for the Osaka members. Osaka is the most popular Battle Boys group right now. At the Challenge Stage they won more than obvious. There is many lovable people in Osaka so please check out the members.

Let's Start!

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Knight graduating from ZeBRA☆STAR


On August 17th this year Knight officially graduated from the group ZeBRA☆STAR. He was a part of both units, ZeBRA☆RED and ZeBRA☆BLACK. The reason he graduated is that he will study overseas. Pretty much all the members wrote blog posts about the event and all of them felt very supportive and thankful towards Knight. I think he has been an important part of the group being a little bit like glue between the two units. It's no supprise that the members and Knight himself were sad about him leaving but I am sure he has a bright future ahead and I wish him all the best.
I am also looking forward to what the future brings for ZeBRA☆STAR. I am pretty excited about the third single which will be released on September 14th. 
At least another picture of the graduation.


BATTLE BOYS TOKYO profiles


BATTLE KiDS are not included in this post!!

Hey everyone I decided to make a post with small profiles for all Battle Boys, thought just the ones that are listed on their official website because if they are not, I am not sure if they are really still with EBiDAN or a Battle Boys member. For now these profiles will only be very short but I hope to get more information together for each member. Besides that I decided to do an own post for each region because this post would be too long otherwise and I think it's nice to actually know who belongs to which region. If there is anything you would add or want to know please write a comment under this post or pm me on Instagram or Twitter (AngiSnowflake).

Let's Start!

Monday, September 9, 2019

SELLOUT to release 4th single


SELLOUT will release their 4th single on September 24th. The single will be availible at Tower Records, even at their online store (which made it possible for me to actually pre-order the single). The single is called "Tomomi Ayumu Michi" and will come in two versions. Version A comes with the b-side track "Change" and version B with the b-side track "Hot Shot".
They already released a music video for the new song. Please check it out.


I think the video turned out really good and I love the song a lot. I really like how the voice of Ranma and Shohei compliment each other. Definitly a great new release and a good sign that Ranma was the best choice for joining them after Neo left.

Sunday, May 26, 2019

How I fell deeply in love with AMEZARI!! aka Fan Report: AMEZARI -Red Stars- Rowan & Ayumu Okaeri (welcome home) Event

takken from their official twitter account

I always had a thing for Hibiki even when AMEZARI or before that "EBiKAN" and later"American Zarigani" still weren't excisting. He always got my attention. So when I went to Japan this year in March and they announced to hold a free mini live on March 23rd, I knew I had to go there. I even changed up my plans to be able to go there and guys I am so glad I did it. This was an amazing experience that I don't want to miss anymore. But let's start.

takken from their official twitter account
The event was held a TSUTAYA EBISUBASHI and before it opend around 12:30pm you were able to buy merch and get special tickets. I was actuelly way too early but I couldn't find the entrance, since it was a staircase on the side, and there wasn't any sign and the staff of the Tsutaya couldn't help me at all too. Therefor I was a little too late and all the really good tickets for the event have already been gone. However in the end I still had a good standing place und could see them very well.
But first of here is what I bought.




As you can see I bought their t-shirt, which I dearly love the design of, their AMEZARI RED BOOKS and photos. As you might already know I love photos but in this case the main reason I bought them was because if you bought three sets you got two photo tickets. Also as you might see some of the photos came with actual signs of the members. I got three in total, one of Jay, Rowan and Ayumu. As for the book you can see that it has a sign on it as well. That sign wasn't on the book when buying it, you got a ticket for that as well, so you were able to choose whose autograph you want to have on the book. Here is what these tickets looked like.


If you can read a little bit of japanese you can see that I bought two tickets for a groupshot and one with only Hibiki.
After all the buying we had to wait a little until the actual event started and it also started at a different place but this time I directly found it. So this event was a special one because it celebrated the comeback of Rowan and Ayumu. They both have been absent from activities of the group for a few month and on that day was their first event as seven members again.
Since you weren't allowed to take any pictures while the event was held, I can only tell you what I do remember.
They started the event with the song "with my step", which became my favorite song of them after this. I love this song a lot and Rowan looked so cool an handsome performing this song. I mean all did but since he is the main performer of this song, he really stood out. After that they all introduced each other and did some talk and they performed more songs. I can never remember what songs it were, I guess because I was just too excited watching them. Here are some impressions I do remember very well.

*They all had a solo live, that was so awesome.
*Shion was interacting with the fans a lot through his solo, that was super lovely.
*Hibiki looked so nervous with his performance, often looking down and fondling on his clothes, waaaaaaahhhhh so cute!!!!
*Yori has such a beautiful voice, I didn't expect that becaus he is not one of the main vocalists.
*And gosh damn it they are such great dancer and this whole time looked like they had so much fun on stage. I loved seeing them perform.
*The last song they performed was ZARIGANI DANCE and it was such a great performance.

After the mini live the part with photos, signs etc. hold place. At first was the handshake event, after that the sign of the new EBiDAN magazine, then the RED BOOK sign and at least first the group shots and after that the solo shots.
Because I had to wait quite a while, I basicly just observed all the excited fans as well as the members. At one point Hibiki and Andy waved in my direction and I was so shy I looked away.  I guess my head turned bright red as well. I am really not good with dealing with such situations but I still love them anyway.
So when the sign for the RED BOOK finally started I directly went to Hibikis place. I was so excited and smiled brightly. He asked me in english if I am from Germany and was like "yes... how do you know?". Then he tried to explain me that his manager or someone of their stuff, I am really not sure, saw that I tweeted that I will go to the event. I was really happy they knew I was going there.
After that I had to wait again but not for long. As you know I got two group shots and while I actually don't like to put pictures of me on here, here is one of the pictures.


All of the members were so cute and lovely, especially Andy tried to speak english and well Rowan and Jay do speak english fluently but because I kind of rushed (I am to much of a shy person to take my time) I didn't really speak much with them. If I get a chance like this again I want to take a solo picture with each member and I will think about some cool poses because the poses I did were so lame.... Anyway I enjoyed this so so so so so so.... much! It's one of my all time favorite memories.
After the group shots I had to wait until I could take a picture with Hibiki. In between I talked with some very cute fans. One man asked me if I liked Hibiki the most and later he came to me and gave me a signed picture of Hibiki as a present.


That was so nice and cute and I am so thankful to him. I wish I could have given him something as well. After I took the solo picture with Hibiki, which is my dear treasure now, I said goodbye to the fans I had met and went back to my hotel, grinning the rest of the day.

Just thinking about this event get's me fangirling again. While I did mostly love Hibiki before the event I started to love all of the other member as well after this event. They were so cute and friendly and adorable and and and I just love them. I do hope to go to a live event of them again when I am in Japan in August.

Is there anyone who likes them a lot too? If yes who is your favorite member?

AMEZARI -Red Stars- released 2nd music video


It's here!!! I am super excited for this and so happy they finally released a 2nd music video. The video is for their song "Maboroshi no Daichi", which is not a new song but one of their popular songs they haven't released on cd jet. I guess this means that it will be on the 3rd album that will come out on July 13. That also gives me hope that "with my step" will also finally be released on cd, since it is also an older but popular song. 
However I do love "Maboroshi no Daichi". It's a fun and cute song that I always enjoyed watching them perform and I am happy they released a music video for it. The video is done so well. They all look really handsome and cute. Some of the shots are being so nice, I always fangirl over them watching the video. Like that scene of Shion standing in the door and looking up, waaahhhh that's so handsome. And basicly all scenes of Yori because he looks so cute e.g. while listening to music and looking like he is daydreaming. Of course I LOVE all the scenes of Hibiki too, I mean he is my bias, how could I not. He is such a sunshine to me because whenever I see him my world get's brighter. That was cheesy but it's true! Rowan looks so cool in all the scenes and Andy is upper cute and super handsome too, I love seeing him playing the guitar together with Ayumu, besides Ayumu is so lovely in this video as well. At least Jay is flawless like always. His performance is great and he has such a great aura to him. I like that he always looks so self-confident and everything he does feels so natural. I love these guys so much and I am so extremly proud of them and I hope they are proud about themselves too. 

What do you think about the video?

Saturday, May 18, 2019

My favorite japanese songs at the moment

Today I wanna share some songs with you that I recently love to listen too. I love repeating them and definitly recommend them to all you Jpop lovers out there. 


[HARUMI - Don't Break My Heart]


I am very much in love with Harumi's voice and her english is really good too. I bought her mini album on the japanese iTunes and I love the whole album. All of her song on this are amazing. She really is one talanted young woman and if you like artists like RiRi you will like her too.


[BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE - Tenhane 1000%]



Ballistik Boyz did an stunning debut with this. I LOVE the song SO much and the video is so extremly nice too. Their dancing is lit!! To be honest I wasn't looking forward to this debut because I am mostly a Gene and Rampage fan but this really flashed me. Now I am looking forward to the mini album they will release in a few days.


[Gingadan - BURN!!]



Just recently I was finally able to buy this song through the japanese itunes so I am finally able to listen to this song A LOT whenever I feel like it. I still love this song a lot and to be honest I would love to see these guys release a new song. I know one of the main vocalists left so maybe that's why they don't realease anything at the moment. I do hope they will release more.


[WILYWNKA - Stay feat. SIRUP]



That song is so addicting to me. Sometimes I keep this song on repeat for more than an hour. I love the flow of this song a lot, the rap is super nice and of course SIRUPs super beautiful voice. This whole songs is perfect.


[YOSA & TAAR - Fever feat. SIRUP]



Another awesome song featuring SIRUP, thought in this song he is the only vocalist. YOSA & TAAR are DJs and produced this song, thought the lyrics have been written be SIRUP. This song is once again super addicting and I can repeat it for quite a while before I get the feeling that I want to listen to something else.


[BATTLE BOYS - With you With me]



First of it's awesome that Battle Boys finally released an actual music video. I love the video, it's a little fast sometimes but they are doing so well, the dance is super cute and they all look so handsome and cute. However I also like the song A LOT. The refrain is quite addictive and I enjoy listening to it a lot.


[Valentines - Break Into The Dark feat. RUI & Afro Jack]



I love this song a lot since back when I heard it the first time in a teaser for the 3rd High & Low movie. I don't know who exactly is Valentine and never heard anythingelse of him. However this song is so extremly beautiful and I love listening to it.


[Yamashita Tomohisa - You Make Me]



Last week I recieved the latest album of YamaP which has "You Make Me" on it and since I recieved the album I am listening to this song a lot. The album is pretty good in generall but this song is by far my favorite on it. I love that it's such an easy going song.


These are the few songs I am quite addicted to at the moment, thought of course there is more.
Do you like any of these song as well?

SIRUP released music video for "Evergreen"


I am so much in love with this artists. SIRUP has a freakin' beautiful voice and his songs are awesome most of the time. Evergreen is once again a super smooth and so extremly nice listening to song. I am having this on repeat for a while already. The video is pretty simple and nothing have to watch again and again, thought it nice watching him sing the song because it reminds me of seeing him live.
Evergreen is one of the new songs of his first album that will be released on May 29th. I am SO much looking forward to this album.

What do you think about the song?

Monday, May 13, 2019

{A 1st Impression of} NORD


NORD is a 7 member boy group from Sapporo. They released their first cd in december 2016. Back then they were still 8 members. However somewhere between end 2017 and beginning 2018 the member with the color "dark blue" left the group. I don't know his name nor do I know why he left. This left the group with the 7 members they are now, thought Nagasaki Yusuke was on hiatus for a few singles and that's also the reason he is not staring in their recently released live dvd.
I first got to know them because they were futured in a magazine I own but I wasn't really interessted in them so I didn't check them out. The reason I finally checked them out is a project group called "Love Harmony, Inc." which futures artists of different groups as well as solo artists. Shima Taisei is one of the artists in this group and his voice is very beautiful so I wanted to check out the group he is in and that happend to be NORD. 
So I watched the music videos they released so far and damn these guys are really cute and I really like the music, most of the time it's fun music that get's you in a good mood. Here are the videos of them you can find online.


"Boku = Kimi Heart Catch" is definitly my favorite song of them. It's so cute und so much fun to listen too and the video is freakin adorable. I love watching them being all dorky.






Starlit Sky is their most recent single. You can get nearly all of their music on iTunes. Their first 2 releases (the EP "NORD" and the single "Hajimarisuto") however are only availible on the japanese iTunes. If you have the chance to buy those two as well, I recomend doing so because there are some nice songs on them, my favorite one happens to be "Mirai".

Here are the members and their short profiles.


Takeru Funaki

Birthday:August 10th 2001 (OMG WHAT!!! He doesn't look so young!! XD)
Hometown:Sapporo
Height:180cm
Hobbies:Dance(Jazz, HipHop), Acting, Games, Guitar



Yusuke Nagasaki

Birthday:May 9th 1994
Hometown:Sapporo
Height:170cm
Hobbies:Snow Boarding



Ryota Hanaoka

Birthday:August 22nd 1995
Hometown:札幌市
Height:170cm
Hobbies:Songs, Driving, Sports



Takushiro Anbo

Birthday:April 8th 1997
Hometown:Sapporo
Height:178cm
Hobbies:Soccer, Manga, Listening to Music



Raia Edamoto

Birthday:June 5th 1999
Hometown:Sapporo
Height:180cm
Hobbies:Japanese Drums



Taisei Shima

Birthday:January 29th 1998
Homwtown:Fukagawa
Height:177cm
Hobbies:Karaoke



Hikaru Takihara

Bithday:June 12th 1997
Hometown:Sapporo
Height:167cm
Hobbies:baseball, singing when alone, listening to music

So far I think they are all kind of cute and my favorites so far happen to be Hikaru and Taisei. However since I just got into them my favorites might change pretty fast. 
They also have a youtube channel on which they upload videos of them doing all kind of things. It looks pretty funny but I haven't taken a serious look at these jet. If you might got interessted in them, here are all the links to their social media sites and the like.


The members all have Instagram and Twitter, you can find the link on their website under profile.
So far I really like this group. The members seem cute und fun and the what I listend to of their music until now sounds pretty good. They have a new fan now.

What do you guys think? Do you like what you see and hear?