BoA and Kawamura Ryuichi to sing theme songs for daytime drama, ‘Hakui no Namida’

BoA and Kawamura Ryuichi will be singing the theme songs for Fuji TV’s upcoming daytime drama, ‘Hakui no Namida‘, which starts on April 1st.

‘Hakui no Namida’ is set in a general hospital in a quiet town near the seaside. The protagonist will be played by Mizuno Miki, and her husband will be played by Nagai Masaru.

The opening theme will be …


New info revealed on Disney x Visual Kei album, “V-ROCK DISNEY”!

Additional information about the highly-anticipated Disney compilation album, “V-ROCK Disney“, has just been revealed!

As we previously reported, the album will contain remakes of popular Disney songs by well-known visual kei bands, such as Sadie, NIGHTMARE, Plastic Tree, and more. This new update revealed the cover for the album as well as a more detailed track list.

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Kawamura Ryuichi makes his mark in the Guinness World Records!

On May 3rd, singer Kawamura Ryuichi held a solo live, called “‘Genkai no Sono Saki e’ 100 no Monogatari~Epilogue~“, at Nippon Budokan.  He performed a total of 104 songs in 6.5 hours, and accomplished the Guinness World Record for the “Solo Artist Who Sings 100 Songs In 8 Hours” category.

This live was a part of the release celebration for his solo cover album, …


J-MELO to broadcast “JACK IN THE BOX 2010 SUMMER”

NHK WORLD’s “J-MELO” will be airing a “J-Music Live Special” on the dates of April 17th and 18th and May 1st and 2nd.

The broadcast will be of the rock festival “JACK IN THE BOX 2010 SUMMER powered by NEXUS”, which was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba back on August 21, 2010.

20,000 fans came to cheer the 19 acts …


Kawamura Ryuichi to star in “Wuthering Heights” with Abe Natsumi & Hirano Aya

It’s been announced that “Wuthering Heights“, which is originally a novel written by Emily Bronte, will be adapted into a musical in Japan with Kawamura Ryuichi as a lead actor.   “Wuthering Heights” was first published in 1847, and has been played as a stage performance all over the world.

Kawamura, who has previously acted in “CHICAGO“, receiving a high valuation, will be …


Luna Sea’s Kawamura Ryuichi dreams of performing at Ankor Wat

Singer Kawamura Ryuichi (40) will be appearing in a documentary for the first time. The said documentary will be aired on October 17 by BS Fuji and will be titled “Kawamura Ryuichi x Garyuu”. Included in one of the segments in the show are his plans on performing in Cambodia.

Kawamura previously travelled to Cambodia, and was blown away by the …