Japanese Music News

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Ima ga Daisuki is Younha's seventh single under Epic Records, her 8th single release and her second single for the year 2006.
It features Japanese and Korean versions of the opening and ending theme to the anime Shoujo Jang Geum no Yume, the Japanese dub of the Korean animated series "Jang Geumi ei Kkoom."

The first press of the single comes with a wide cap mini sticker sheet for the anime Shoujo Jang Geum no Yume.

Tracklist:

1. Ima ga Daisuki (今が大好き)
2. Inori (祈り)
3. Ima ga Daisuki (Korean version)
4. Inori (Korean version)
5. Ima ga Daisuki (instrumental)
6. Inori (instrumental

More at: JPM

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Celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, Every Little Thing returns with a new single, currently untitled, to be released on 2007.10.31

The single is described as a winter ballad and will be used as the Sapporo Fuyu Monogatari commercial song. More at: Avexnet

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18-year-old punk/rock singer Hitomi Takahashi will be releasing her 2nd album at the end of this October, over a year and a half since her debut album "sympathy"!

As the previous album, "Bamboo Collage" will be released in CD Only format and CD+DVD format, with the DVD expected to contain the music videos for her songs.

In all, the album will contain a total of 13 tracks according to Sony Music Shop, with 5 of the songs being her most recently released singles.

The albums tracks are said to be written by TAKUYA, shogo.k from 175R, and Maeda and Yamamoto from GAGAGASP. More at: T-N

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Asian Kung-Fu Generation will release their latest single almost exactly a year after their last single "Aru Machi no Gunjou".

The single is entitled "After Dark" and will be on sale November 7, 2007, as announced on their website. More at: www.asiankung-fu.com

1.アフターダーク (after dark)
2.由比ヶ浜カイト (yuigahama Kite)

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Top-selling J-rock duo B'z kicks off the celebrations with their 16th original album, ACTION, to be released on 2007.12.5!! The album will include their single "Eien no Tsubasa" and the upcoming "SUPER LOVE SONG" for a total of 17 tracks. More at: www.bz-vermillion.com

Tracklist
01 純情ACTION (Junjou ACTION)
02 黒い青春 (Kuroi Seishun)
03 SUPER LOVE SONG
04 満月よ照らせ (Mangetsu yo Terase)
05 パーフェクトライフ (Perfect Life)
06 一心不乱 (Isshinfuran)
07 FRICTION －LAP 2－
08 ONE ON ONE
09 僕には君がいる (Boku ni wa Kimi ga Iru)
10 なんという幸せ (Nanto Iu Shiawase)
11 わるいゆめ (Warui Yume)
12 HOMETOWN BOYS' MARCH
13 光芒 (Koubou)
14 トラベリンメンのテーマ (Toraberinmen no Theme)
15 オレとオマエの新しい季節 (Ore to Omae no Atarashii Kisetsu)
16 永遠の翼 (Eien no Tsubasa)
17 BUDDY

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After more than a year's absence, model-turned-singer Rinka returns with her second single with avex, MARIA/smile, to be released on 2007.12.12.

The single features "smile," the commercial theme for Kunro's Pure Gummy candy CMs. The single will be released in CD+DVD and CD-only formats. More at: Oricon

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R&B hip-hop diva AI returns again! This time, she's giving us a new album, DON'T STOP A.I., to be released on 2007.12.5. in CD+DVD and CD-only formats.

The new album will include her previous single, "I'll Remember You/BRAND NEW DAY," and the upcoming "ONE," theme song to Fuji TV's fall drama, "Iryu -TEAM MEDICAL DRAGON2-." More at: Oricon

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Reports are coming in from anime!anime! and the Daily Sports that fashion icon/J-rocker/everyone's-favorite-muse Gackt has found a new muse of his own: Gundam.

Gackt is releasing an album on December 19th titled "0079-0088" which will consist entirely of Gundam songs, including five he penned himself for Z Gundam. Apparently the announcement was timed to be a birthday present for the creator of Gundam, Yoshiyuki Tomino.

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One year after her last album, avex's young queen and diva, invites you to her new album, Kingdom, to be released in CD+2DVD, CD+DVD, and CD-only formats on 2008.01.30.

The album will include her singles from "BUT" to the upcoming "anytime," to be released a week before the album. The album features 15 tracks, 9 of which are new. The 2 DVDs include 16 music videos, and live performance scenes respectively.

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HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - フラッシュバック/木漏レビノ歌

Just before the release of their first single collection, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR have already announced their first single for 2008! The double A-side single, フラッシュバック/木漏レビノ歌 (Flashback / Kimorebi no Uta), will be in stores on the 27th of February.

DREAMS COME TRUE new single - Mata ne -

Having recently released a new album, DREAMS COME TRUE will be returning early in 2008 with a new single to be released on February 27th. The single is titled またね featuring ルフィ,ゾロ,ナミ,ウソップ,サンジ,チョッパー,ロビン,フランキー,ヒルルク,くれは (Mata ne featuring Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Hiruluk, Kureha), and is used as the theme song of the 2008 ONE PIECE movie--"Episode of Chopper+ Fuyu ni Saki, Kiseki no Sakura," and as the title suggests, features the characters of the movie.

The song itself is already included in their new album "AND I LOVE YOU," but the single includes two new versions. The coupling of the single is a different version of the song "CARNAVAL," also included on their new album.