http://www.steph.jp/

Check out this singer Stephanie , she is a new star in Japan

Her father is american and her mother is a japanese so she looks abit gaijin,
Looks like Olivia

Her songs are really nice
My favourite are

1.Kimi ga Iru Kagiri
2.Because of You

Hey guys~!! I'm Ayu biggest fans ever also~!!! Glad to have to j-pop thread here so can share ayu stuff over here hehe~!!!

Stephanie seems ok....

The preview on the site was good...
May consider dling the songs

where can i find jap songs to dl?

her selling point is able to sing in 5 octave [MISIA can achieve this oso], is quite amazing how she do "stress test" on her voice.

A little bit of Jpop update (of my favourite singers)

CD


CD + DVD


Koda Kumi New Single - anytime

2008.01.23 Out!

Track List:
1.anytime
2.Bounce
3.anytime -FreeTEMPO remix-
4.anytime -Instrumental-
5.Bounce Inst -Instrumental-

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Koda Kumi 6th Album - Kingdom

Release Date: 2008.01.30
Language: Japanese
Tracklist
CD:
01. Introduction For Kingdom
02. LAST ANGEL feat. TohoShinki
03. Amai Wana 甘い罠
04. Himitsu 秘密
05. Ai no Uta 愛のうた
06. anytime
07. Under
08. BUT
09. Koi no Mahou 恋の魔法
10. Aishou 愛証
11. Anata ga Shite Kureta Koto あなたがしてくれたこと
12. Wonder land
13. FREAKY
14. MORE
15. ボーナストラック：Black Cherry

DVD 1:
01. Introduction For Kingdom (PV)
02. LAST ANGEL feat. Tohoshinki (PV)
03. Amai Wana (PV)
04. Himitsu (PV)
05. Ai no Uta (PV)
06. anytime (PV)
07. Under (PV)
08. BUT (PV)
09. Koi no Mahou (PV)
10. Aisho (PV)
11. Anata ga Shite Kureta Koto (PV)
12. Wonder land (PV)
13. FREAKY (PV)
14. MORE (PV)
15. Black Cherry (PV)
16. Run For Your Life (PV)

DVD 2:
KODA KUMI PREMIUM LIMITED LIVE IN HALL IN YOKOHAMA ARENA (2007.06.20)
01. Cherry Girl
02. BUT
03. WON'T BE LONG
04. Someday
05. you
06. hands
07. MORE
08. Your Song
09. Koi no Tsubomi
10. Sweet Love
11. WIND
-encore-
12. FREAKY
13. girls
14. Through the sky

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BoA 25th Japanese Single
be with you.
2008.2.20 on sale.
■ CD：AVCD-31380　¥1,050(tax in)

CD Track List

1. be with you.
2. precious
3. be with you.(spring acoustic mix)
4. be with you.（instrumental）
5. precious（instrumental）

※ 03：be with you.(spring acoustic mix) First Press。

CD EXTRA

1. New Album「THE FACE」Special Digest Movie

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6th Japanese Album
THE FACE ／ BoA
CD + 2 DVD


CD + DVD


CD


2008.2.27 on sale
【CD＋2DVD（限定生産盤／三方背BOX仕様）】AVCD-23497/B～C　¥4,980(tax in)
【CD＋DVD】AVCD-23498/B　¥3,900(tax in)
【CD】AVCD-23499　¥3,059(tax in)
DISC-1：CD

1. AGGRESSIVE　★大型タイアップ決定!
2. Sweet Impact　★コーセー「FASIO」CMソング
3. My Way,Your Way feat.WISE
4. be with you.　 ★映画「犬と私の10の約束」主題歌
5. LOSE YOUR MIND feat. Yutaka Furukawa from DOPING PANDA
★東芝製携帯電話 W55T(au) TVCMタイアップソング
6. Girl In The Mirror
7. Happy Birthday　★大型タイアップ決定!
8. Diamond Heart　★東芝携帯電話 W53T(au) &W54T(au)TVCMタイアップソング
9. LOVE LETTER
★日本テレビ系「いただきマッスル！」9月エンディングテーマ、music.jp TV-CFソング
10. BRAVE
11. ギャップにやられた！
12. Style
13. Smile again　★テレビ朝日系「土曜ワイド劇場」エンディングテーマ
14. Beautiful Flowers　★TBS系列プロ野球中継「ザ・プロ野球」テーマ曲
15. Best Friend

※ Only the limited edition CD+DVD+DVD will contain「Hey Boy,Hey Girl feat.BoA」by Seamo.

16. Hey Boy, Hey Girl feat.BoA／SEAMO

■ DVD 収録曲 ■
DISC-2：DVD
■ Music Clip

1. Sweet Impact
2. LOVE LETTER
3. LOSE YOUR MIND feat.Yutaka Furukawa from DOPING PANDA
4. be with you.（Original Version）

■ Special Contents　＜AVCD-23497/B～C＞ のみ

* BoA TV -THE FACE of BoA-
* THE FACE全曲解説

DISC-3：DVD　＜AVCD-23497/B～C＞ のみ
【BoA 2007 LIVE WORKS!】
■ from [BoA THE LIVE "X'mas"]

1. LOVE LETTER
2. キミのとなりで
3. Winter Love
4. First snow
5. make a secret
6. コノヨノシルシ
7. Diamond Heart
8. LOSE YOUR MIND

■ from [BoA ARENA TOUR 2007 MADE IN TWENTY(20)]

1. DO THE MOTION
2. Lady Galaxy
3. 七色の明日～brand new beat～
4. Sweet Impact

■ from [m-flo tour 2007 COSMICOLOR]

1. the Love Bug/m-flo♥BoA

■ from [Rhythm Nation 2007]

1. LOSE YOUR MIND
2. QUINCY
3. メリクリ

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credit: BaBoA.info (from my signature below)

This post has been edited by beck_ken: Jan 22 2008, 12:00 AM

Her songs are addictive, I really loved her voice. There are very few japanese singer who can sing english songs as well as her


[single] Mai Kuraki - Silent love ~open my heart~ / BE WITH U


SINGLE REVIEW
Mai Kuraki - Silent love ~open my heart~
/ BE WITH U

1. Silent love ~open my heart~
2. BE WITH U
3. Silent love ~open my heart~ -instrumental-
4. BE WITH U -instrumental-

This is Mai Kuraki's 27th single and it was released on November 28, 2007. This single reached #9 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and it has sold 30,625 copies.

The first track is the winter love ballad Silent love ~open my heart~. The music is kind of typical and has all the characteristics of a standard ballad, but Mai Kuraki's vocals breathe life into the song. Her gorgeous, soulful voice makes up for everything else, which isn't a bad thing at all. I will admit that the song will leave you with a warm, fuzzy feeling. Plus, there's no annoying background vocals like in Shiroi Yuki and Season of love!

Talk about a perfect contrast. BE WITH U is an extremely upbeat song with a nice beat and constant acoustics. The chorus is insanely catchy and I've gotten it stuck in my head on several occasions. The song is reminscent of her older works because of the constant beats but has the twist of her recent pop tracks. It's a fun listen.

Overall Grade: A

Check out Mai Kuraki's new song guyz !

This post has been edited by Wolf516: Jan 22 2008, 12:28 AM

yoroshiku! A Jpop thread here! My favourite artist is ayu,angela aki, rie fu, bonnie pink, hitomi yaida and many many more! well i understand your frustration but usually I dont care about them and dont know quite a lot of the chinese songs are from J-pop

we need more infos on Utada Hikaru my mostest favourtie ever :}

M.O.V.E is not bad but grew tired of their songs because most of their songs are all same-tuned... I think I have most of their albums

i love move too but i dotn think mvoe would be in jpop? but they sort of mix with eletronica , trance and all other stuffs lol

Sure! Here is her latest single due out February


Utada Hikaru's newest single, titled "HEART STATION / Stay Gold" will be coming out February 20, 2008 according to Hikki's official site. The tracklist is as follows:

~Tracklist~
1. HEART STATION
2. Stay Gold
3. HEART STATION -Original Karaoke-
4. Stay Gold -Original Karaoke-

move is same type as Uverworld, they are more towards j-rock

But who cares this thread is specially for all J-Fans!

More info coming up for Utada new's album

If any of you are Utada Fan's You must try out

1- Beautiful World
2- Kiss & Cry

Damn awesome songs I must say , And Beautiful World are also the OST for Remake of Evangelion

^ agreed with you. MOVE is more J-rock and more recommendations for Utada fans:-
1.Automatic
2. First Love
3.Hikari

Very good songs from Hikki

i like most utada songs except First love and exodus album

my favourites Colors , Passon , Hikaru , Sakura Drop , Final Distance , Keep Trying , Beatiful World , Travelling , Deep River , Flavor of Life, Be my Last

This post has been edited by Flizzardo: Jan 22 2008, 04:56 PM

for me, it took me a few listens to acutally like exodus because i hated it the first time listening to it but i thought exodus was not bad and my favourite hikki songs are-

Hikari
Passion
Final Distance
Colors
Sakura Drops
Keep Trying
Wait and See
Be My Last
Dareka No Negai Ga Kanaukoro

This post has been edited by Rysuke: Jan 22 2008, 03:17 AM

omg how could i forget be my last is one my favourite too lol

so excdus is not that bad ? well i guess i have to try to listen it back soemtimes lol

This post has been edited by Flizzardo: Jan 22 2008, 03:13 AM

oh yeah here is her blog translated to english too if you dont know
Hikki's blog

I wouldn't categorise move as Jrock. Those who say they are Jrock have either heard very little or only heard their newer songs.
They've been around for 10 years and anyone who has gone through their discography knows that they've done more than just rock. Hell...they even have more non-rock songs. And there really isn't any other group that sounds and has done as much variety as them.

This post has been edited by masterelr: Jan 22 2008, 07:00 AM

any hikki fan has to listen to her cover versions of

1.i love you(by yutaka ozaki)(it:s not the song in deep river, i think its tht one)

it was only sung live in one of her concerts but she showed he vocals, even more than in final distance or first love. she never agreed to do a studio version after that because she liked the live version alot. and btw, i love you is the no.1 song in oricon:s top 100 love song. first love was no.2.

2.shounen jidai(inoue yasue sang the original)

she did this in a radio interview and it:s a pretty nice song, a very nice update of a popular song

my favourite hikki songs are

first love
distance/final distance
flavor of life
wait and see
addicted to you
can you keep a secret
fly me to the moon(her only english song that i like)

i:m waiting for her new single, seems good

This post has been edited by clemong_888: Jan 22 2008, 02:49 PM