RHYME SO Ryu Amon/Billboard Japan Shinichi Osawa (MONDO GROSSO) has actually had an extensive influence on Japan‘s songs scene via his music perceptiveness, concentrated on the most recent and most innovative dancing songs and his cooperations with a large range of musicians. RHYME is an Australian musician (poet, entertainer, DJ, and beatmaker) based in Japan....
timid beige Yuma Totsuka Billboard Japan‘s “MONTHLY FEATURE” series presents various artists and works that have caught our eye. February’s included musician is Japanese three-piece band timid beige, created in June 2022 by participants of a university songs club. On April 25, 2023, they launched the electronic solitary “Rendezvous,” which ended up being often covered...
Leo Ieiri & Miliyah Kato execute at Billboard Japan Women in Music performance. Daisuke Ishizaka Singer-songwriters Leo Ieiri and Miliyah Kato enhanced the phase for a double-headlining program at Tokyo City Hall for Billboard Japan’s Women In Music Vol. 2 performance on Feb. 8. The 2 J-pop celebrities worked together with the Tokyo Philharmonic Billboard...
Omoinotake Akari Yagura/Billboard Japan Omoinotake, a three-piece band whose music is fresh, groovy and emotional, is rapidly attracting new fans. Their newest release is “Ikuokukonen,” the theme song to the TV series Eye Love You, released digitally on January 24. Billboard Japan talked to Omoinotake about the story behind this new song. On January 24,...
Maliyah Kate & Lego Ieiri Billboard Japan J-pop singer-songwriters Miliyah Kato and Leo Ieiri sat down with Billboard Japan for its Women in Music interview series featuring female players in the Japanese entertainment industry. The WIM initiative in Japan launched in 2022 to honor artists, producers and executives who have made significant contributions to music...
Yukopi Courtesy of Billboard Japan On Dec. 8, 2023, Billboard JAPAN announced its NICONICO VOCALOID SONGS TOP20 year-end results for 2023. This chart, which tracks the popularity of VOCALOID songs on Niconico, was launched on Dec. 7, 2022, so this is the first time that an annual ranking has been released for the chart. Taking...
hitsujibungaku Megumi Omori/Billboard Japan Billboard Japan spoke with Japanese alternative rock band hitsujibungaku for its Women in Music interview series featuring female players in the Japanese entertainment industry. The WIM initiative in Japan began last year to celebrate artists, producers and executives who have made significant contributions to music and inspired other women through their...
Wez Atlas Courtesy of Billboard Japan The concept of “narrative” in the English language is becoming adapted as a commonly used word in Japan. Unlike the similarly loaned “story” that refers to the content or outline of a tale, the narrator is central to a narrative. Just as in our own lives, there is no...
Yukari Saito Shimpei Suzuki Conductor Yukari Saito spoke with Billboard Japan for its Women in Music interview series celebrating female players in the country’s entertainment industry. The WIM initiative in Japan began in 2022 to honor artists, producers and executives who have made significant contributions to music and inspired other women through their work. The...
V.W.P. Courtesy Photo On Jan. 13 and 14, 2024, , the creative label that is pioneering Internet culture, will be holding Kamitsubaki Yoyogi Wars 2024. This event, the label’s biggest ever, will be held in Tokyo’s Japan National Stadium, Yoyogi 1st Gymnasium, which has a capacity of roughly 12,000. V.W.P, the virtual artist group made...
