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Kato Miliyah to Celebrate Anniversary with Tribute and Cover Albums

Jerry Coria — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 08:47:17 +0000

Kato Miliyah is currently celebrating her 15th anniversary! As part of this celebration, a tribute album will be released in her honor. Out October 28, it is titled “INSPIRE.” The title stems from the fact that Miliyah has inspired the acts on the album.

The acts contributing to “INSPIRE” are both veteran and emerging. Acts like Mika Nakashima and AI are featured alongside LiSA and AiNA THE END. One of Miliyah’s signature songs, “Love Forever”, a duet with Shota Shimizu(who also appears on “INSPIRE”) is covered by Eito and yama, with Kawatani Enon producing.

In related news, Miliyah will also release a cover album. It doesn’t have a title at the moment, but it is set for release on November 25. The idea for the album came about after the positive responses Miliyah received while covering songs on her Instagram during stay at home measures in a effort to keep fans at home.

More information on Miliyah’s cover album will come in the coming weeks. In the meantime, check out more information on her tribute album below, including clips of all the songs on it!

Limited Edition

Love Forever / 瑛人 x yama (川谷絵音プロデュース) (Eito x yama (Kawatani Enon produce))
Aitai / 幾田りら (Ikuta Lilas)
WHY / LiSA
HEART BEAT / Kizuna AI
Lonely Hearts / 春茶 (Harucha)
20-CRY- / アイナ・ジ・エンド (AiNA THE END)
リップスティック / 中島美嘉 (Lipstick / Mika Nakashima)
愛が降る / 仲宗根泉 (HY) (Ai ga Furu / Nakasone Izumi (HY))
Last Love / 阿部真央 (Abe Mao)
勇者たち (Yuushatachi) / AI
UNIQUE / 青山テルマ (Thelma Aoyama)
愛は変わらず / 清水翔太 (Ai wa Kawarazu / Shota Shimizu)

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Rising Duo YY Fuses Traditional Koto Music with DJ’ing

Jerry Coria — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:50:31 +0000

Keiichi Sugimoto, manager of Koganei Training Center, a small garage-style gym under the Chuo Line tracks in western Tokyo that caters to more hard-core and professional bodybuilders, echoes this idea. The more standard gyms, where costumers are free to come and train as they please, are struggling with the shutdowns. Because it was a request and not a mandate, some smaller gyms stayed open for the duration of Tokyo’s pseudo-lockdown and saw spikes in gym-goers not content with home workouts, states Sugimoto. The most intense would travel long distances daily to get their gains in.

While gyms that stayed open saw more and more clients, bigger ones that were pressured to close lost members. The bigger the gym and the more clients on their roster, the harder it is to keep things clean and safe for everyone. Especially in these early stages of reopening, people who had left are worried about safely returning.

With concerns over health and safety, and a desire to train that is not based in improving well-being, many are staying home for now. This coupled with the most dedicated clients going wherever they could find to keep their routine, and sometimes staying, poses a threat to the bigger gyms where the return to normalcy is slower.

When the world eventually calms down, the pandemic could be made into a chance for people and gyms to start thinking more proactively about fitness and its role in disease prevention and healthy living.

A Match Made in Musical Heaven

“I was eager to come up with something groundbreaking,” recalls Asuka. “At university I enjoyed listening to songs with a good beat and I thought it would be interesting to see if I could incorporate some kind of dance music with the sound of the koto. I began searching for someone to arrange the beats and then met Wocasi. She was a guest at one of my live shows and my first impression was that she wasn’t an easy person to interact with, yet there was a genuine spark there. I’m also not good at expressing myself so I felt I could empathize with her and realized immediately we could work together.”

The two women set out to make music that reflected Japanese culture, mainly based around the themes of Zen Buddhism and matsuri (meaning festival). Focusing on the latter, the president of the agency by which they were represented suggested the name YY as the Japanese onomatopoeic phrase “waiwai” evokes an image of a festive social gathering. The fact that the two letters also happened to feature in the pair’s initials (their real names are Asuka Yoshizaki and Yuki) sealed the deal.

Takes Flight

Their first single, “Rakugan,” debuted in the summer of 2017. Encouraged by the positive feedback the track received, the duo decided to release a new song at the end of every month. “That way fans wouldn’t forget us,” says Asuka, laughing. As well as many original hits, they also reworked Japanese classics such as “Sakura Sakura,” a folk melody about cherry blossoms from the Edo Period, and Miyagi’s “Haru no Umi,” which is frequently played during the New Year holiday season.

“We like to release positive songs with a seasonal flavor,” says Asuka. “Sometimes it’s an instrumental piece, other times we incorporate vocals in a style known as jiuta (a classical form of music from the Edo Period initially created by solo performers who sang while playing the shamisen). There’s a good example of this in our track ‘Hana no Miyako.’ For those who’ve never heard our stuff but are interested in listening that would probably be the song I’d suggest they start with.”

“I would recommend our fourth single ‘Y∞Y’ for first-time listeners,” opines Wocasi. “It’s predominantly an instrumental track with some background vocals. Of all our tunes, I think it’s the one that has the most impactful melody. When Asuka and I started doing this together our objective was to show that you can successfully fuse a long-established instrument like the koto with a modern dance-pop sound and I believe this song demonstrates that really well.”

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LiSA 鬼滅の刃

Jerry Coria — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:50:31 +0000

the new album “LEO-NiNE” containing the theme song “Gurenge” of the TV anime “Kimetsu no Yaiba” and the theme song “Flame” of the movie “Theatrical version” Kimetsu no Yaiba “Infinite Train Edition” Released LiSA. What is the appeal of LiSA, which is attracting a great deal of attention from a wide range of listeners beyond the boundaries of anime and rock fans?

The theme song "Gurenge" of the anime "Kimetsu no Yaiba" has exceeded 1 million downloads

　It is undeniable that “Kimetsu no Yaiba” is a representative work of Japanese entertainment. With the 22nd volume of comics released on October 2, the cumulative circulation of the series has exceeded 100 million. The momentum is further increasing, with the movie “Theatrical Version” Kimetsu no Yaiba “Infinite Train Edition”, which will be released nationwide from October 16th, attracting a lot of attention.

The TV anime version of the theme song “Gurenge” sung by LiSA also boosted the popularity of “Kimetsu no Yaiba”. Pre-delivered in April 2019, it won first place for two consecutive weeks with the first appearance of “Oricon Weekly Digital Single (Single Song) Ranking” (with 2019/5/6, 5/13). After that, he recorded long sales, and LiSA made his first appearance in the “70th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen”.

　She has a reputation for live performances for a long time, and she shows a dynamic stage even on the red and white stage. Attention to “Gurenge” has further increased, and even in 2020, it continued to have high sales power. In the “Oricon Weekly Digital Single (Single Song) Ranking” (with August 3, 2020), it is the third work in the history of “cumulative DL number record” and the first female artist work to exceed 1 million DL. Also in the “Oricon First Half Ranking 2020”, it ranked 2nd in the digital single (single song) ranking and 4th in the streaming ranking. It is ranked 6th in the total single ranking that points out sales of CD, digital, and streaming, and is a song that represents LiSA’s career.

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Burlesque Tokyo

Jerry Coria — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:50:30 +0000

ISSUE #21

on this issue we focus on Tokyo Burlesque, find out why this is the Hottest location in Japan

COVER ISSUE OCT 2020

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Sony Addresses Concerns Regarding PlayStation 5 Feature

Jerry Coria — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:42:28 +0000

Sony recently rolled out the firmware update 8.00 to the PlayStation 4. The update included a message about a voice chat feature coming to the PS5 that concerned a lot of players. It said the next-gen console users will have the ability to record their voice in the party chat. Therefore, after reading this, a lot of players were concerned about their privacy.

They were unhappy, assuming that Sony itself would listen in on their conversations. However, the company responded saying that only PS5 players will have the ability to record. Even though PlayStation did clarify on that front, it wasn’t enough to assure consumers.

PlayStation has now released a detailed blog post regarding the feature. They have also tried to address the privacy concerns that arose after their previous announcement. They have promised users that the feature only aims to reduce cyberbullying and misconduct.

PlayStation will not actively record conversation

Clarifying on the issue, PlayStation representative Catherine Jensen said they aim to reduce the verbal abuse and harassment that happens online on the consoles. Therefore, they are planning to introduce a ‘Voice Chat report’ function on the PS5.

Talking about the purpose of this feature, she said, “Its sole purpose is to help in reporting of inappropriate behavior, including actions that violate our Community Code of Conduct.”

As a disclaimer, she also added, “Please note that this feature will not actively monitor or listen in on your conversations – ever – and it’s strictly reserved for reporting online abuse or harassment.”

This addresses the primary concerns of most of the users who had assumed that PlayStation will be listening to and recording their conversations. However, with that out of the way, players are still wondering how the feature actually works. Therefore, in the latter part of the blog, Catherine explains how players on PS5 can submit reports of verbal abuse.

Players will be able to send 40s long clips with their reports

“Once the PS5 console launches, if a PS5 player needs to file a harassment report, they will be able to include up to a 40 second-long Voice Chat clip in their report — 20 seconds of the main conversation with the other player, plus an additional 10 seconds before and after the conversation selection.

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