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Godfathers from the Shibuya-kei picture, Tokyo kitsch-pop deconstructionists Pizzicato Five originally began taking form dating back to 1979, when school learners Yasuharu Konishi and Keitaro Takanami initial met at an area music society conference. Agreeing to create a music group, they shortly recruited fellow culture member Ryo Kamamiya; their visit …

With jazz in her bloodstream (her dad, Makoto Hirahara, is a noted Japanese saxophonist, and her grandfather a trumpeter), Ayaka Hirahara seemed an unlikely applicant for pop stardom. Performing ballet and traditional alto saxophone in college, her first solitary was certainly a pop vocal version (partly in British) of Gustav …

The Saito Kinen Orchestra is among Japan’s most well-known symphony orchestras and probably one of the most prestigious festival orchestras in the world. Its name means “Saito Memorial Orchestra.” It memorializes the fantastic Japanese music instructor and conductor Hideo Saito (1902-1974). Hideo Saito was created in Tokyo on, may 23, …

Anna Tsuchiya has packed much into her short profession since she first started modeling in her teenagers in the late ’90s. She’s appeared popular shows and tv advertisements and performed like a stage celebrity, while also locating time to get a recording profession. She did very much to confound her …