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.

Battel Boys Osaka - Kimi no Tame ni

Battle Boys Fukuoka - 1000 km (this is by far my favorite Battle Boys song ever)

Shimizu Shota - Sorry

Shimizu Shota - Breath Again

Amezari Red Stars - with my step

Amezari Red Start - Maboroshi no Daichi

Amezari Red Stars - Be Alright (couldn't find it online)

Edamame Beans - Stop That Girl

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!!)

Color Creation - Mimoza

EBiDAN - New Day! New Wave!

DJ Hasebe feat. SALU & SIRUP - Midnight Dreamin'

ONE N' ONLY - Category

ONE N' ONLY - Pop! Pop!

3WAG - Make Up

Super Dragon - Don't Let Me Down

Super Dragon - Jacket

Super Dragon - My Playlist

Super Dragon - La Vida Loca

I don't like mondays. - DIAMOND

UNIONE - Amante

Rude-a - It's Only Love

KO from SF9 (10JinActor) - Nagasaki wa Kyou mo Ame datta

iri - Wonderland

Chotokkyu - Before Dawn

SIRUP - Evergreen

WILYWNKA feat. SIRUP - Stay

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

Listen to on Spotify

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

Listen to on Spotify

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

Listen to 27 on Spotify

Listen to Savage on Spotify

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

Listen to it on Spotify

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

Listen to it on Spotify

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

Listen to it on Spotify

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

Listen to it on Spotify

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

Listen to it on Spotify

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

Listen to it on Spotify

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?

EBiDAN The Live 2019 has been announced

It's the time of the year again and I am super excited! Today they announced the EBiDAN The Live 2019 ~Summer Party~ event. It will be hold on the 28th and 29th August. As you can see on the picture above DISH//, Chotokkyu, PRIZMAX, M!LK, Super Dragon, Sakura Shimeji, One N' Only and Battle Street will be performing in this event. 

Before this main event there will an event called "Challange Stage ~Kabe no Mukou he~". On the first day there will be the Battle Boys member featured in the event and the winner of this event will be the opening act for EBiDAN The Live 2019, pretty much like last year. However on the second day there will be the other smaller groups of EBiDAN performing. That includes AMEZARI -Red Stars-, Starmen KiDS and EDAMAME BEANS, as well as the the co-ed group "DAN⇄JYO". 

I am super excited for both events and I am trying to get tickets to both events for both days. Wish me luck. It's my dream to go to an EBiDAN The Live since more than 5 years now and it would be awesome if it would come true this year. However if it does not work out, I hope that they will stream, the live again and I will make sure to definitly watch it this time. 

Do you like the EBiDAN The Live events?

EBiDAN Ranking 2019

I first posted this on JPopAmino but decided to post it here as well.

Today I will do my personal ranking of all the active EBiDAN groups right now. I did that like two or three years ago and thought it’s time for a new one. I will not include Battle Boys because they are not an actual group and I won’t include Hongyo.jp because they will be disbanded soon. So let’s start!

12. ZeBRA☆STAR

Favorite Member: /

Favorite Song: Dancing! Dancing!

To be honest after Aruki left the group I stopped caring about them much. Since then there have been so much changes again. Three new members have been added, Knight is now a member of both ZeBRA☆STAR Black and Red, Kousei is now a Z☆S Black member and Kaito changed his name to only Kai. So much is going on.

I should really get on track with them again because I want to support all the EBiDAN groups and while I will always be sad over Aruki who left them I still want to give my best to support the remaining members.

11. Edamame Beans

Favorite Member: Keyon & Haruto

Favorite Song: Puzzle

They are so freakin cute and Keyon is such a brat being all loud and noisy but I love him for that. I like that they try to speak some English once in a while, like doing English introduction videos. That’s awesome.

As for their music I do like their songs but they still have to improve their singing skills a lot. However their dancing is pretty good already. I will enjoy watching them get better and grow up.

10. Sakura Shimeji

Favorite Member: Hyouga

Favorite Song: Ikujinashi

As for Sakura Shimeji I love both Gaku and Hyouga, they are so cute and I bet really nice and lovely too. However when it comes to their music, sometimes I feel like their voices are just to high for my taste. I do love some of their songs and I usually enjoy their concerts but out of EBiDAN they are probably the group I like the least songs of. Nevertheless I will keep supporting them because I love the members and there are songs I love.

9. Starmen KiDS

Favorite Member: Taisei

Favorite Song: STAR★MEN SUMMER DAYS!, Starmen Pirates

These little boys always surprise me with their music because I always expect childish songs that I am not much into but many of their songs turn out to be really addicting.

Also some of the members have been with EBiDAN for so long already, it’s crazy. Taisei, Rui and Taishi are in EBiDAN for around 6 years already, that’s nearly half their lives, since all three of them turn 13 years old this year. So crazy.

They still need more training but in these years they improved a lot and I am very much looking forward to watch them grow up into talented, handsome man.

8. EBiSSH

Favorite Member: Tetta

Favorite Song: Koi no Timing

It took really long until I started to like EBiSSH. I first checked them out when the “EBiDAN The Street” Groups have been featured in the EBiDAN magazine for the first time. They all looked so handsome but when I checked some fan recordings of some of their in-store lives, I felt like they lack too much vocal skills. I really didn’t enjoy their music at all. It took as long as their cd debut to get me interested in them again. I love “Koi no Timing” which is their debut song and when checking out their live again, I felt that they already improved. Until today they still have to improve their vocal skills but nowadays I do enjoy listening to Tettas voice a lot and Rei sounds so much better now too. I can really say that EBiSSH is a group that grew on me.

7. Satori Shonen Dan

Favorite Member: Eiku

Favorite Song: I wanna say...

They were the first “EBiDAN The Street” group I loved. Right from the start you got the feeling that these three boys are really talented. Eiku has a very beautiful voice and Hayato and Kenshin have always been amazing dancer. I still enjoy watching their old street lives on YouTube. Also because my favorite song of them still hasn’t been released on cd. I am seeing a bright future for Satori Shonen Dan.

6. M!LK

Favorite Member: Sano Hayato

Favorite Song: milky snow, Coffee ga Nomimasen

M!LK went through some major member changes last year and I think you can’t really compare the old M!LK with the new one. I do like both a lot though. I feel like even though the new members are younger, their music is much more mature now. However I do like the cute music they did before too. Listening to my favorite songs of them you will know for sure that I a really like their cute songs!

Despite their music I really like the members too. I know all of them since they were still trainees. Mizuki, Jinto and Daichi have already been a part of the trainees when I got really hard into EBiDAN. That makes them very special to me. However Sano is still my bias. He is so freakin adorable. And the new members are great too, Ryubi e.g. has always been a trainee I really liked, so I was happy he joined M!LK.

5. AMEZARI -RED STARS-

Favorite Member: Hibiki 

Favorite Song: With My Step

I liked them a lot even before I met them this year but after meeting them I started to love them SO much more. Before I mostly liked Hibiki but now I like all the members so much. They are so cute, nice and awesome and I hope they will get more and more popular and can reach their goals. What stands out most when it comes to them is their incredible dancing skills. I mean they are still pretty young but so freakin good dancer. As for their singing they still have to improve but there definitely is potential. I mean they don’t sound bad, especially Yori has such a nice voice, I was so supprised when I saw them live. The others have nice voices too but I think Yori has the most talent and the others just need more vocal training. However I do enjoy their music, not everything but a lot of their songs.

4. Super★Dragon

Favorite Member: Tsuyoshi

Favorite Song: Paya Paya

I saw them live three times already. Once in 2016 and twice this year. They are great dancer and I love the voices of Tsuyoshi and Hyoma a lot. Especially Tsuyoshi has such an extremely beautiful voice. But I also love the rap of Jean a lot and Koki and Tomoya doing pretty good with rapping too. Besides their performance I like the members a lot too. They are cute when interacting with each other. I absolutely recommend watching “Super Dragon TV” on YouTube, if you want to get more into them. Another thing I love about them is of course their music. I love their mix of rock, pop, EDM and rap music. They have so many freakin awesome songs!!

3. PRIZMAX

Favorite Member: Tsubasa

Favorite Song: Never, Three Things, Without You, Lonely Summer Days, Up > Up Beat, Fantasista, Mysterious Eyes, Orange Moon, Truth, HUG & KISS

I still remember when they were only three members and you could find so many fan recordings of them on YouTube. When they announced to debut in 2013, I got so excited and happy and I was also happy about Yuuki and Tsubasa joining the group. Since then they have released so many good songs. I love listening to their whole discography. There is not a single song of them I don’t like.

Something I like about their songs a lot is that they have a lot of English in their songs, this way it’s much easier for me to sing along with the songs and I absolutely love this.

2. Chotokkyu

Favorite Member: Takuya

Favorite Song: Gr8test Journey

Chotokkyu is probably the most well known group of EBiDAN and it’s no wonder. They are great dancer, their songs are freakin good and the members are lovely. Also their concerts are really fun to watch all the time. Besides all these reasons I like them for their great humor. One scene I can’t get over is Yusuke dressed as a girl saying „muri desu“ in the music video for „Tsundere Chibi Ouji“.

Thought this whole video is just so freakin hilarious!! I really love these guys a lot.

1. DISH//

Favorite Member: Daichi

Favorite Song: Honestly I cant choose one... but here is a few songs I would recommend listening to. Hareru YA!, Yume Tabi, Starting Over, Yay Natsuyasumi, Flame and The Phantom.

Still and probably always my favorite group is DISH//. Why you might think? The answer is easy, when it comes to DISH// I like everything. I am hugely addicted to their music, the members can be super weird but are freakin lovely and adorable too, their live performances are perfect (I actually saw them live twice, so I can tell for sure) and I love them deeply from the bottom of my heart!!

That was my ranking of the EBiDAN groups. I would love to get to know your ranking too!!

My EBiDAN Collection

I felt like showing you my EBiDAN collection so here it is.

[AMEZARI RED STARS]

1st Album

lot's of pictures of Hibiki...

and more...

[Battle Boys]

1st & 2nd Single of Battle Boys


[Chotokkyu]

It isn't a bad dream but reality: Koichi is leaving Chotokkyu

Today it has been announced that Chotokkyu member Koichi will leaving the group. It seems like he had a different future in mind then the president/manager of them and therefor after many talks it's been decided that he will leave the group. The exact date of him leaving hasn't been announced so far but he will definitly be not a part of the new single and he won't be with them anymore when their tour starts in May. 

I am really heartbroken. He wasn't my favorite member but he was, like all of them, a very important member. I can't even imagine a chotokkyu without him. I am so extremly sad, also because I would never have expected this. This news really hit me hard and I wish they wouldn't be true. 

I wish him all the best, like I wish Chotokkyu all the best. I hope the members will keep in contact and hopefully we will see him doing music again after he left, may it be solo or in another group. It would just be too sad seeing such a talanted singer not doing music. 

I am curious if they will keep on with just 1 vocalist, I think it will be really hard on Takashi to have to sing all the songs on his own. Also I will miss Koichi's amazing voice, that is so different to Takashi. I like Takashis voice too but Ialways prefered Koichis. Why oh why. 

What do you think about these news?

EBiDAN Discography

I don't know if any of you is interessted in this but I made a list of all the releases of EBiDAN groups, that also includes all the releases of the trainees. I find it interessting to see how much has been released in which year. I think it's awesome that EBiDAN Okinawa were allowed to release a single and EBiDAN Osaka's "AMEZARI RED STARS" released and album. I wish for the other trainee groups to release one as well. EBiSEN (EBiDAN Sendai) and EBiDAN Nagoya are awesome, they deserve an own release! I feel like there could have been a little more releases this year but as long as they keep releasing cds everything is fine for me. Here is the list.

albums

music cards

[2010]

25.12. EBiDAN - Sparkling Adventure/Koi no Ding Dong

[2012]

10.06. DISH// - It's alright

10.06. Chotokkyu - Train

10.10. DISH// - Peter Pan Syndrome

24.10. Customiz - Hare Hare Yukai

24.10. Chotokkyu - Shake body

[2013]

13.02. DISH// - Give Me Chocolate!

13.02. Chotokkyu - Policemen

27.03. PrizmaX - Mysterious Eyes

10.04. Customiz - Mononoke Hime

29.05. PrizmaX - Mysterious Eyes [DVD Ver.]

05.06. Chotokkyu - Bloody Night

19.06. DISH// - I Can Hear

17.07. Chotokkyu - Starlight

16.10. DISH// - HareruYA!

23.10. PrizmaX - Ready

13.11. Chotokkyu - Kiss Me Baby

04.12. DISH// - Itsuka wa Merry Christmas

[2014]

05.03. DISH// - Freak Show

12.03. PrizmaX - take me

26.03. Chotokkyu - ikki!!!!!i!!

29.03. EBiSamurai - Chanbaraya baraba

28.04. CLASH - Aozora Center Forward [Digital Release]

05.05. Kemopan5 - Kemopan Sekai Title Match

19.05. EBiDAN Tokyo 39 - Ebibi ~THE Yell~ [Digital Release]

11.06. Chotokkyu - BelievexBelieve

08.06. EBiKokoro.com - Like a star

25.06. DISH// - Saisho no Koi ~motetakute~/FLAME

27.08. CustomiZ - Life and death

10.09. PrizmaX - Reborn

12.11. Chotokkyu - Star Gear/EBiDAY EBiNAI/BURN!

24.11. Sakura Shimeji - Ikujinashi / Kinou no Yume [limited release]

03.12. DISH// - Hengao de bye bye

03.12. Chotokkyu - RING 

10.12. PrizmaX - FANTASISTA

[2015]

14.01. DISH// - MAIN DISH 

04.02. CustomiZ - Hitsuji no Hikari

11.03. Sakura Shimeji - Ikujinashi / Kinou no Yume

18.03. MAGiC BOYZ - MAGiC SPELL ~Kakechauzo! PiPiPi~ 

25.03. M!LK - Coffee ga Nomemasen

27.05. PrizmaX - OUR ZONE

03.06. CustomiZ - Requiem

10.06. Chotokkyu - Stardust Love Train/Battaman

24.06. Sakura Shimeji - Kimi de Shita / Seki ga e no kami sama

01.07. DISH// - Yay!!☆Natsuyasumi

12.07. MAGiC BOYZ - illson feat. NIPPS, Okamoto Reiji (OKAMOTO's)

19.08. M!LK - Hankoki Aventure

09.09. Chotokkyu - Beautiful Chaser

30.09. PrizmaX - Lonely Summer Days

04.11. DISH// - Bokutachi Rookies

18.11. CustomiZ - Kai

[2016]

13.01. Sakura Shimeji - Hajimaru Kisetsu / Thank You

03.02. MAGiC BOYZ - Ari no Mama de Majibo

02.03. Chotokkyu - YELL

26.03. Starmen KiDS - Terakoya 

30.03. M!LK - Shingakki A La Carte

06.04. PrizmaX - UP<UPBEAT

27.04. CustomiZ - Customi-Z

27.04. CustomiZ - Coolest

23.05. SUPER★DRAGON - Big Dipper 

23.05. SUPER★DRAGON - Hack My Choice

31.05. SUPER★DRAGON - ZEN-SHIN-ZEN-REI

31.05. SUPER★DRAGON - BAD BOY 

05.06. Satori Shonen Dan - I wanna say... 

22.06. DISH// - HIGH-VOLTAGE DANCER

10.08. M!LK - Natsuaji Rendezvous

17.08. Sakura Shimeji - Hidarimune

24.08. MAGiC BOYZ - Do The D-D-T!!

30.09. SUPER★DRAGON - Pendulum Beat!

26.10. Starmen KiDS - Terakoya EP

26.10. Chotokkyu - Dramatic Seven  

07.12. SUPER★DRAGON - 1st Impact 

14.12. DISH// - Mashiagare no Gatling 

21.12. EBiDAN39 & KiDS - EBiBEST 

25.12. MAGiC BOYZ - Oh!!! Juken☆Night Fever

[2017]

11.01. M!LK - Shisso Pendulum

28.02. ZeBRA☆STAR - ZeBRA World / Boys, Be Ambitious!

22.03. Sakura Shimeji - Sakura Shimeji 

29.03. MAGiC BOYZ - 3.141592

29.03. SUPER★DRAGON - Wacha-Gacha!

29.03. PrizmaX - Gradually 

29.03. DISH// - JK// [DVD Single]

26.04. Chotokkyu - Cho Never Give Up Dance 

10.05. M!LK - Terunero Fighter 

13.05. AMEZARI Red Stars - Saraba AMERIKAN ZARIGANI 

07.06. DISH// - I'm FISH//

22.07. ZeBRA☆STAR - Don't Stop Romantic

26.07. Chotokkyu - My Buddy

02.08. Starmen KiDS - STAR★MEN SUMMER DAYS!

04.08. EBiDAN Okinawa - Nextage

16.08. DISH// - Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

23.08. Sakura Shimeji - Ayamarizumu

30.08. MAGiC BOYZ - Dai Ichi Ji Seicho Ki ~Baby to Boy~ 

30.08. PrizmaX - Orange Moon

20.09. EBiSSH - Koi wa Timing

15.11. Satori Shonen Dan - Help You

22.11. M!LK - Osama no Gyunyu 

23.12. EBiSSH - My Friend/Kimi de Ippai

[2018]

31.01. SUPER★DRAGON - Monster!

My ranking of the Chotokkyu members

Here comes my EBiDAN ranking of this week. This week Sou chose Chotokkyu (Bullet Train). Let's start and don't forget to read Sou's post as well.

http://dansei-idol-girl.blogspot.de

#7 Yusuke

To be honest I didn't like Yusuke for a long time. I am not much into his kind of humor and I know a lot of people love his scream in "Battaman" but I find it quite annoying. I also think it's annoying that he does this move in other live performances... Sorry but it's just too much for me. However after all this time he finally grew on me. While I still don't like his humor and find him to be annoying sometimes, I can't deny that he actually is really cute as well. 

#6 Koichi

While he is the one that has the most experience with music, like he has been in another groups before and performed on stage since many years already, he is the one I feel like I know the least about his personality. I know that he is very good friends with Takuya, which I think is just too cute. He seems like a very honest and and nice person. I bet it might be awesome having a chat with him. Also his voice is very beautiful. I prefer his voice a little more over Takashis but I like both a lot. I like him but I am not too interessted in him, thought I like getting to know more about his past. If you are interessted here is a video of him with one of his old groups. The group was called RAVE and was formed by PrizmaXs Daiki. There have been three members, I don't know who the other one is. However the song actually sounds pretty good.

#5 Yuki

Yuki is great dancer, I personally think the best among all the members. Also he is very nice too and he is cute towards all the trainees and younger groups. I really like his humor and I like that he dosn't mind making fun of himself.

#4 Takashi

What I like about Takashi a lot is that he is super nice. Also too the younger EBiDAN groups and the trainees. I love seeing him interract with them. I guess he enjoyes being a senpai and all the the younger wants are happy when he spends time with them. Also he has a think for cats which makes him more lovable for me because I myself love cats a lot. Despite that his family seems to be very important to him and he seems to visit them often, especially his grandmother. If I am not wrong he also brought some of the other members along once. He is a really cute and nice person. I feel like hugging him. XD Oh and of course I really like his voice a lot.

#3 Ryoga

Ryoga is much more awesome then he thinks of himself. I love reading his blogpost. He is such a lovable and cute guy and I like his humor a lot. He might not be the prettiest among them but his personality makes up for it! ^0^

#2 Kai

So first of he is super handsome and was the one that got my attention first. He is a great dancer and has an adorable personality. His smile always makes me happy. While looking super cool in pictures he can be super clumsy and dorky. I like his passion for Kpop, he even had his own show where he interviewed some KPop artists. This was too cute to watch because you could see him being soooooo happy to meet his idols. He is extremly lovable.

#1 Takuya

I love this guy. He is not only extremly cute but I think pretty intelligent too. He is very good looking and often has a superior vibe coming from him but he is also someone that is able to laugh about himself. His personality is hard to catch and you sometimes might think he actually has two. XD He seems very hardworking and serious about being in the group but he often has an "I-don't-care attitute" as well. He is complicated I would say, interessting to me and well I do like him for everything he is. Besides did you know he was acting already when he was younger? I saw a picture of him starring in the drama "Binbo Danshi" (with Oguri Shun as the main actor). I didn't watched this drama so far but I feel like it since I know he is in it. XD

Songs I recently can't get enough of...

Today I wanna share some songs with you that I listen to a lot lately. I love each of these songs a lot and hope you like at least a few of them as well.

[Hirai Dai - Story of Our Live]

Gosh that song is so extremly beautiful and stucks in my head for hours. I know the singer for some years already but never really liked his music but gosh this song... honestly it's SO good and even the other song of his new album he released a video for is very good. I am seriously thinking of buying the new album. *0*


[Touyama Mirei - Negai ~ anogoro no kimi e ~]



Again I know the artists for quite a while but even thought I like her voice a lot and some of her older songs are good, I never stuck to her. However Negai is an extremly beautiful song about Love, how it comes and goes. She delivers the emotions of the song very well. Besides I also really like the music video, it's as beautiful as the song and each compliments the other.


[EBiSSH - Koi wa Timing]



To be honest I didn't expect to like this song so much but after I listend to it the first time I couldn't get this song out of head. A lot of times I randomly start to sing the "kimi ni mu chu" part. This is definitly not the best song I ever heard, also because I still think they have to improve a lot, but the song is addicting and I started to really love it.


[Starmen KiDS - STAR★MEN SUMMER DAYS!]



OMG this song is so damn addicting whenever I listen to it I have to repeat it at least once. I really badly want to have the single so I can listen to this endlessly... XD I love the rythem of the song. It has this amazing summer feeling and their voices, while quite untrained, are still extremly cute and kind of nice to listen too. I really love this song! ^0^


[Chotokkyu - Gr8est Journey]



Chotokkyu really have some of the best songs for their fans. I love the message of this song, it showes how important their fans are and how much they appreciate them being with them. They sing they are going to take you with them on their way to their dream. I love that. It's a super powerful song with an awesome uplifting feeling. Besides that the song is also encouraging thinking about yourself. It has the message that you can achieve what you dream of. I really really love it. Despite the lyrics I also love the vocals of Takashi and Koichi in this song alot and the rythem of this song so damn good too. Absolutly recommended song.


[PrizmaX - Orange Moon]



I love the mysterious feeling this song has, the english the use in it and the amazing refrain. This song is pure love and the video, even though really simple, is perfect for the song. I am addicted to this song and I can't wait for the b-side tracksof this single. On a side note there is one part in the sing I always have to cring at. It's the part where Tim sings "Sexy finger dance". I always think about "the spirit fingers" (from bring it on). XD


[Color Creation - Waiting for You]



If you follow this blog you might already know that I love this group a lot and their debut song is just so good. I listen to it really often and never get boring of it. Especially the vocals of Rioske make me melt. I like all their vocals but he has such a smooth and powerful voice and stands out for me a little. I wish I could see them live one day.


[White Jam - Millionaire]



I really love the music of this group, most of their songs are so perfect. Their music is pretty different to the typical jpop music. You can hear that Shirose (who writes and composes these songs) is very much influenced by western music. I like this because I think what he creats is awesome and always makes you wanna sing a long. Same goes for Millionaire. I love to dance and sing to this song. It's a song that always get's me in a good mood.


[Chotokkyu - My Buddy]



This song is super addicting as well. I didn't expect to like it so much but it's one of these songs that get stuck in my head and I randomly start to sing it no matter what I am doing or where I am. Also I really love the dance to this song. It's so cute.

What are your favorite songs at the moment and did you already know all the songs on this list? Are you addicted to them too?

Chotokkyu to release new live DVD

Chotokkyu just announced that they will release their Christmas One Man Show of 2016 on September 20. I am super excited for the release because their lives are always super entertaining! The cover looks extremely nice already! The whole blu-ray will be more then 3 hours long. That's pretty awesome! And it comes with a making of that has Ryoga as some kind of MC. The first press will come with a booklet as well as a special packaging (like always).

Are you going to buy it?

10 Reasons why I love EBiDAN

*This is a post I first shared on JPop Amino but I felt like posting it here too!*

EBiDAN is my all time favorite group of artists! It's actually a dance and acting school for boys under Stardust but grew bigger and bigger and is now known for a handful of great groups. Today I want to tell you 10 reasons why I love EBiDAN so much and maybe if you never heard of them you might get interested!

I didn't intent to write so much but yeah... it's actually quite a lot I wrote!

#01 EBiDAN the Street

EBiDAN the Street is a project of EBiDAN that focuses on groups that mostly do street performances. I personally only know about two. Satori Shonen Dan, which I think are the most well known (and in my opinion most talented) and Edamame Beans! EBiSSH (former known as Monochrome Rainbow) have been a group under this project before as well but they got their own little project and are not under this project anymore!

#02 awesome musicians

What I love a lot is that EBiDAN has a handful of awesome musicians under them! And with this I don't mean the vocalists but all the awesome guys who play an instrument! When it comes to playing instruments I always liked CustomiZ the most, sadly they already disbanded but at least their drummer Daichi is now a member of DISH//! However I hope to be able to watch Hiroki performing on stage someday again! I always loved how his whole appearance changed as soon as he started playing the bass! That is one giftet bassist! But Daichi is an incredible drummer as well and coming to DISH// I really like the guitar playing of Takumi and Masaki as well and even thought not as good as Hiroki I also love Ryuji as a bassist! Besides them SakuraShimeji members Hyouga and Gaku are really good with playing the guitar as well! I hope with more groups coming there will be more who play an instrument!

#03 variety in music

When it comes to the EBiDAN groups and bands you will find they all have a different style! DISH// who have a rock sound to them, Chotokkyu with their electronic influences, Magic Boyz who doing Hip Hop music, Starmen Kids with their very childish pop, PrizmaX who are very much influenced by western pop, Super☆Dragon who create a mix of EDM and rock, M!LK who mostly produce very fun and energetic pop and last but not least SakuraShimeji with their very sweet and pure jpop!

#04 awesome vocalists

Watching as many lives of them as I can I know that some of them have stunning voices! My favorite being Tsuyoshi of Super☆Dragon because he has a very outstanding voice and I enjoy listening to him a lot! But when it comes to Super☆Dragon I also appreciate the voices of Koki, Hyoma and Tomoya a lot and Jean is a great rapper! After Tsuyoshi my second favorite vocalist of EBiDAN is Takumi, his voice is incredible, very powerful and extremely nice to the ears and it's one you easily recognize! Thought Masaki has a nice voice too and again I really appreciate the rap of Ryuji and To-i! PrizmaXs Win and Tim have very beautiful and strong voices as well! I saw them live once and they blew me away with their great voices! And then they have Daiki who is my favorite rapper of all the EBiDAN members! Then there are Takashi and Koichi of Chotokkyu who have super beautiful voices too! I prefer Koichi a little over Takashi but they both have very beautiful voices! When it comes to M!LK I really like the voices of Jinto and Sano thought they still can improve! To be honest I am not a big fan of Harukis voice! It's a little to high for my taste! Another great vocalist of EBiDAN is Eiku of Satori Shonen Dan! His voice is super beautiful, he still needs more training but there is SO much potential in him! Sakura Shimejis Gaku and Hyouga have very nice and soothing voices as well! At least I want to mention Mahiro of Magic Boyz. Even thought I am not the biggest MagiBo fan I can't deny that I really appreciate his voice! He is definitely the best rapper in this group and the one I see the most potential in! About all the other vocalist they need more training but I am sure they will get better with time!

#05 EBiDAN songs

Despite that of course each group has their own songs, there are a few songs that are sang by all of them together! They are like the theme songs for EBiDAN! They mostly sing these song at the "EBiDAN the Live" events. My favorite of these songs is "Koigokoro" but all of them are extremely beautiful! The other songs are "Believe Yourself", "Sparkling Adventure" and "Koi no Ding Dong". I often get emotional watching them all performing together because even thought they all have a big age gap, their popularity is very different and the music is so different they are like a huge family supporting each other and getting along really well!

#06 the Trainees

Ok Trainees are nothing special when it comes to Japanese music but what I really like about the Trainees of EBiDAN is that you can find them all over Japan! There is not only a Tokyo and maybe Osaka trainee group but also one of Okinawa, Sendai, Nagoya and Fukuoka! All of these Trainees have activities in their surrounding and even small events hold just for them! They get dance and vocal lessons and have their own merchandise. What I also like about the Trainees is that they not only have an own blog but also their own twitter and instagram account not to forget the website "EBiDAN.jp" on which you can find all the important news about them!

Besides all that what I love the most about the trainees of EBiDAN is that they have not only their own live events but also their own tv show! The first one was called just EBiDAN and after that EBiDAN Amigo started to air and is still ongoing! There was a show called EBiDAN Bomba but it didn't last long and their is a show on YouTube that is called EBiDAN station but it's not released regular! However these shows mostly focus on the trainees means you can really get to know and like them before they eventually have a debut! That's an awesome thing I love and the reason I like the members of M!LK, Magic Boyz, Super☆Dragon, Sakura Shimeji, Starman Kids and ZeeBra Star a lot!! I got to know all of them before their debut I liked some of them a lot when they were still trainees!

#07 Stardust Channel

As an EBiDAN fan living outside of Japan you might think it's hard to find all the shows and lives they did online but it's actually not because there is the Stardust Channel! This is a website you can creat an account on even when living outside of Japan!! It costs 400 yen a month and you need a credit card but it's really not much for the content you get! You can watch many of their lives including the "EBiDAN the Live 2016", full concerts of some groups, all the shows they release and special content! It's really amazing and I love that it's available for us international fans as well!

If you have interests in joining I did a post on that on my blog, klick here to go there! I absolutely recommend it if you love EBiDAN!!

#08 their promotions

EBiDAN was able to get quite big in such a short time because of their great promotions! Besides having various shows that air on tv, and them appearing on various other variety shows, they also held events and concerts regular and their groups attend other big events!

They have an own magazine which only focuses on them and are regular featured in magazines like JUNON and Backstage Pass!

They have temporary fan cafes (I went to an chotokkyu one this year, see picture above, and loved it) and do quite a lot of free lives, especially the newer groups!

Besides that they are cooperating with HMV and therefore have their own EBiDAN space at every HMV store in Japan, which gives them more of a spotlight! But even in other stores like Tower Records or Tsutaya you will most eventually find at least a small EBiDAN corner!

(At Tower Records Shibuya)

#09 their concerts/lives

(From Time Limit Museum 1.1.2017 of DISH//)

I own most of their concert DVDs and love all of them! They always do a great show and include something special in their concerts! For e.g. DISH// always do a special challenge and show the results at the concerts e.g. for the Time Limit Museum their challenge was to master playing the Shamisen (a tradition Japanese instrument). They honestly did so well with that! I was super excited listening them playing it while wearing beautiful traditional clothes! Chotokkyu's concerts are very fun too because in general these boys have a lot of fun at stage and their songs are fun but what I love about them is that they focus so much on the dancing! I mean they are said to have 5 main dancer and two back vocalists so it's obvious that they focus on their dancing a lot! However seeing their concerts is much better then you might think! Their dancing is very powerful and outstanding and I always enjoy their performances to the fullest!

I also love the simplicity of Sakura Shimejis lives and the cute lives of M!LK! Super☆Dragon on the other hand has a very strong badass image and that's what their performances always feel like! I was lucky enough to see them live for real and I enjoyed those three songs they performed SO much! Their dancing feels powerful and the vocals of Tsuyoshi made me melt!

Same goes for the vocals of Win and Tim of PrizmaX! A dream came true when I saw them live and they are really adorable! Win is such a flirty guy what made the performance even more fun to watch and the others were awesome too! Always kind of outstanding for me is Tsubasa who is really dorky and super lovely!

All in one I would always recommend watching a live of them! All of the EBiDAN groups are wonderful live!!!!! 

#10 The groups

Best for last, the groups! To be honest each group is already one reason to love EBiDAN but that would have been to easy so I decided put them all together under one point! I can honestly say that I like all the groups under EBiDAN thought there is some I like more and some less! For example my least favorite group is MAGiC BOYZ and my all time favorite is DISH//! But In general they are all incredible and I enjoy everything of them, may it be their music, lives, tv shows or anything else I can find of them!

Does any of you like EBiDAN? What are your reasons for liking them? If you didn't know EBiDAN are you interested now?