Thelma Aoyama
2011/01/01
Thelma Aoyama, a singer of Trinidadian and Japanese heritage, was born in Nara Prefecture on October 27, 1987. She released her debut single, “One Way”, on September 5, 2007, and followed it up with “Soba ni Iru Ne” on January 23, 2008. Her second single, sold over 550,000 physical copies and took the number one position on the Oricon sales ranking for the first half of 2008. In addition, it sold…… more
Hoover's Ooover
2011/01/01
Masami Iwasawa: Vocals + Guitar
Abe “Andrew” Hajime: Bass guitar
Miyasaki Yoshio: Drums
Sukita “Ludeboy” Nikenta: Guitar
After the break-ups of two Tokyo High School bands, “Popperz” and “Alphabam” respectively, two members of each of the bands, who still wanted to continue playing joined together in 2002 to form the band we know today as Hoover’s Ooover. Quickly taking the Tokyo Indie Scene by s…… more
Toru Furuya
2011/01/01
Tōru Furuya is a veteran narrator and seiyū (voice actor) born on July 31, 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production.
Furuya is most known for the roles of Amuro Ray (both in the original Mobile Suit Gundam and its following Gundam sequels), Hyou…… more
D-51
2011/01/01
D-51 (Di go ichi) consists of two musicians who create upbeat music with a summery feeling to it. Their songs can be categorized as Jpop, but as the two members have a strong connection to the tropical island where they grew up, they mix pop with reggae influences and other latin-like rhythms. Although they usually sing, once in a while they rap some parts.
According to the members, their name wa…… more
Predawn
2011/01/01
Predawn is a solo project of Miwako Shimuzu (Gt. & Vo.) who was born in 1986 in Niigata Prefecture and raised in Tokyo. She began playing the piano at the age of 4 and composing songs by 6. She then started playing the guitar in junior high school and won a prize with her original song for 2 consecutive years at a creative music competition hosted by her school. For high school and college years,…… more