A crowd of 15,000 cheers KAO=S’s live-show in Paraguay
KAO=S performed at the Nihon Matsuri event for the 80th Anniversary of Emigrant Japanese in Paraguay (80 Aniversario de Inmigración Japonesa al Paraguay) on October 15th at Asunción. 15,000 cheered on KAO=S’s performance. KAO=S arrived in Paraguay on the midnight of October 13th. They appeared on two syndicated Paraguayan TV programs on the morning of October 14th. KAO=S... Read More
ai kuwabara trio project, Tries out on American Tour in November
ai kuwabara trio project has decided to have a American Tour in November. This tour supported by Japan Foundation will have a total of 4 performances starting from UC Berkley on Nov. 14th (Thur.), Los Angeles Theatre Center on the 16th(Sat.), King Center Concert Hall of Metropolitan State College of Denver on the 18th (Mon.), and University of Alaska Anchorage on the 20th (Wed.). The... Read More
Ai Minami
Won “King Records Hit Shourei Sho” with “Hakusen Nagashi”. The song “Kitaguni Roman” became the “9th Michinoku Kayou Renmei Suisenka”. The “’Kitaguni Roman’ All Japan Karaoke Competition” was held at the Sekiguchidai Studio. Made a guest appearance at the Japanese-American cultural exchange karaoke in Hawaii. Made a guest appearance at the Taiwanese union... Read More
Aki Yashiro
In 1971, made her debut from Teichiku with “Ai Wa Shindemo (愛は死んでも)”. Participated in an audition program YTV “Zen Nihon Kayou Senshuken”, keeping 1st in the competition for 10 weeks in a row, leading her to shine as grand champion. In 1973 “Namida Goi (なみだ恋)” sold over 1.2 million copies and became a smash hit. Ever since,... Read More
Aki Yashiro / Debut as Jazz Singer in 75 Countries
Aki Yashiro’s jazz album “SONGS AROUND MIDNIGHT” will be simultaneously released on download service sites such as iTunes and Spotify in 75 countries. This is the biggest scale digital release by a Japanese artist in history. Aki Yashiro is about to unfold new chapters for her stage as “the queen of jazz” around the world. The first track ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ has... Read More
Aki Yashiro / First US Live in 30 Years
Aki Yashiro will be performing at a renowned jazz landmark club as a jazz singer in collaboration with Helen Merrill, whom she respects greatly. Her previous jazz album “Yoru no Album” released on October, 2012 set a new record as a big hit through which she made her world debut in 75 countries around the world. Yashiro has already established herself as ‘the queen of enka,’... Read More
Aki Yashiro: Showdown in Asia—#1 in Malaysia, #2 in Singapore
Aki Yashiro’s new jazz album “Yoru no Arubamu” (Night Album), released in 75 countries, took the top spot on the Top Jazz Albums Chart of Malaysia’s iTunes Store. She also has the remarkable achievement of high spots on iTunes Jazz Charts all over Asia: #2 in Singapore, #4 in Taiwan, and #7 in Hong Kong. Aki Yashiro will perform a commemorative concert for the release of... Read More
Akiko Kanazawa
Akiko Kanazawa (born on October 25th, 1954) is a minyou (Japanese folk) singer. Born in Ichikawa city, Chiba. Started singing folk songs from childhood due to the influence from her father who was an amateur folk singer who specialized in “Tsugaru folk songs”. In 1970, won the national competition held by the Japanese Minyou Association at the age of 16. In 1975, debuted with... Read More
Akio Kayama
Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido. In 1970, became the last apprentice to the composer Masao Koga. In 1973, was given the stage name Akio Kayama by Akihiro Miwa (aka Akihiro Maruyama at the time). In December 1977, made his singer debut with the song “Hisame” from Columbia Records. In 1982, the song “Hisame” won several cable radio awards such as the “Asahikawa Yuusen Taisho”... Read More
Akira Kobayashi
Nicknamed “Maito Gai (Might Guy)”. Debuted in 1958 from Columbia Japan with “Onna wo Wasurero”. Sang theme song, insert song of movies such as “Gitaa wo Motta Watari Dori” or “Ginza Shipuuji (Ginza Maito Gai)” and made a hit. In addition, sang comical songs such as “Jidousha Shouka” or “Koi no Yamanotesen”, and enka songs like the “Mukashi no Namae de... Read More
