Wed, October 8, 2008 (2:57am EDT)
MY LITTLE LOVER is releasing a digital album called "acoakko" next week, consisting of 10 self-covers. The collection will be available through iTunes, and there are currently no plans for a CD release.
Tracks include "Hello, Again ~Mukashi Kara Aru Basho~" and the group's debut song "Man & Woman." On the cover versions, vocalist akko performs the songs in an acoustic style, with Masayoshi Furukawa playing guitar and Toshiyuki Mori handling keyboard.
MY LITTLE LOVER has already announced a national tour starting on November 22.
Tracks include "Hello, Again ~Mukashi Kara Aru Basho~" and the group's debut song "Man & Woman." On the cover versions, vocalist akko performs the songs in an acoustic style, with Masayoshi Furukawa playing guitar and Toshiyuki Mori handling keyboard.
MY LITTLE LOVER has already announced a national tour starting on November 22.
Wed, October 8, 2008 (2:30am EDT)
Singer-songwriter Mariya Takeuchi topped the album charts this week with her three-disc best collection "Expressions," which sold 305,000 copies. Takeuchi debuted 29 years and 11 months ago, which is a record among female artists for the longest career at the time of a #1 album. Yumi Matsutoya set the previous record seven years ago with a career of 29 years and 5 months.
Besides the British band Oasis at #2, the only new studio album in the top ten was Spontania's "MUSIC" at the #10 spot.
On the singles chart, boy band NEWS celebrated at #1 with their "Happy Birthday," pushing 201,000 copies. Nana Mizuki landed at #2 with her "Trickster," though it was far behind at 57,000 copies. Kiyoshi Hikawa entered the charts at #4, while the Kou Shibasaki and Masaharu Fukuyama collaboration KOH+ landed at #5.
BAReeeeeeeeeeN, the new unit formed from GReeeeeN and BACK-ON, saw their first single reach #7. Aqua Timez was right behind them at #8, and the solo comeback release by ASKA (of CHAGE and ASKA) rounded out the charts at #10.
Besides the British band Oasis at #2, the only new studio album in the top ten was Spontania's "MUSIC" at the #10 spot.
On the singles chart, boy band NEWS celebrated at #1 with their "Happy Birthday," pushing 201,000 copies. Nana Mizuki landed at #2 with her "Trickster," though it was far behind at 57,000 copies. Kiyoshi Hikawa entered the charts at #4, while the Kou Shibasaki and Masaharu Fukuyama collaboration KOH+ landed at #5.
BAReeeeeeeeeeN, the new unit formed from GReeeeeN and BACK-ON, saw their first single reach #7. Aqua Timez was right behind them at #8, and the solo comeback release by ASKA (of CHAGE and ASKA) rounded out the charts at #10.
Wed, October 8, 2008 (2:08am EDT)
Teen actress Tomoka Kurokawa will be appearing in her first theatrical production later this year. She is set to star in a play called "Kimi no Shinzo no Kodo ga Kikoeru Basho," produced by the stage group CARAMELBOX.
The play is written and directed by Yutaka Narui and Azuki Mashiba, the screenwriters behind "Ame to Yume no Ato ni" and "Teru Teru Ashita," which were the first two television dramas that starred Kurokawa. Other "Ame to Yume no Ato ni" crew members are also involved in the play.
Kurokawa plays an aspiring writer who suddenly visits her father (Hiroyuki Nishikawa), a screenwriter whom she has been separated from since his divorce.
Performances will be held in four cities, starting with Sapporo on November 1. The show's Tokyo run will last from the end of November until Christmas Day at the Sunshine Theatre in Ikebukuro.
The play is written and directed by Yutaka Narui and Azuki Mashiba, the screenwriters behind "Ame to Yume no Ato ni" and "Teru Teru Ashita," which were the first two television dramas that starred Kurokawa. Other "Ame to Yume no Ato ni" crew members are also involved in the play.
Kurokawa plays an aspiring writer who suddenly visits her father (Hiroyuki Nishikawa), a screenwriter whom she has been separated from since his divorce.
Performances will be held in four cities, starting with Sapporo on November 1. The show's Tokyo run will last from the end of November until Christmas Day at the Sunshine Theatre in Ikebukuro.
