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Archive for the ‘Hitomi Shimatani’ Category

100,000 PAGE VIEWS !!!!!

Posted by redracer on May 6, 2009

At the beginning of this month, this Blog achieved a BIG milestone – the 100,000 page view count !!!

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Posted in Ayumi Hamasaki, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Kumi Koda, Mika Nakashima, Namie Amuro, Sowelu, Statistics | Leave a Comment »

Who is the most popular artist ?

Posted by redracer on March 21, 2009

It is interesting to look back at the statistics, and see which search terms have brought readers to this blog in the last two & a bit years …

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Posted in Ami Suzuki, Aya Ueto, Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, Kumi Koda, melody., Mika Nakashima, mink, misia, Namie Amuro, Sowelu, ZARD | 2 Comments »

2008 J-pop Awards

Posted by redracer on February 7, 2009

Here are MY awards in a number of different categories for 2008, many of which will never be seen in any mainstream awards list. I also ‘made up’ a few new categories this year (and some categories got dropped because I would not find a worthy winner) !!!

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Posted in AAA, Ai Otsuka, alan, Ami Suzuki, Arashi, Aya Kamiki, Ayumi Hamasaki, Bird, Clazziquai Project, Double, Exile, Foxxi misQ, Hitomi Shimatani, Jamosa, Jyongri, Kumi Koda, Leah Dizon, m-flo, melody., Miho Fukuhara, Mika Nakashima, mink, misia, Namie Amuro, Orange Pekoe, Rei Fu, Sowelu, Superfly, Yuki Koyanagi, ZARD | 1 Comment »

New single releases for June 2008

Posted by redracer on April 26, 2008

Five new releases have been announced by major artists for June 2008 …

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Posted in AI, Anna Tsuchiya, BoA, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Jyongri, Kumi Koda | 1 Comment »

Most popular posts for 2007

Posted by redracer on January 13, 2008

If you are interested in statistics, here is a list of the most popular posts for 2007 – the first year of this blog …

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Posted in Ami Suzuki, Ayumi Hamasaki, Food, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, Kumi Koda, Life in Australia, melody., Mika Nakashima, Namie Amuro, Sowelu, Statistics | Leave a Comment »

2007 J-Pop awards

Posted by redracer on January 6, 2008

Here are MY awards in a number of different categories for 2007, many of which will never be seen in any mainstream awards list.    Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Ai Otsuka, Akina Nakamori, Ami Suzuki, Ayumi Hamasaki, Clazziquai Project, Foxxi misQ, Hikaru Utada, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Jamosa, Jyongri, Kumi Koda, m-flo, melody., Mika Nakashima, Miki Imai, Misato Watanabe, misia, Namie Amuro, Yuki Koyanagi, ZARD | 3 Comments »

Hitomi Shimatani cover album

Posted by redracer on December 26, 2007

Once again Hitomi has changed direction slightly, and her latest album is a cover album of songs all originally done by MALE artists !!!

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Posted in Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop | 1 Comment »

J-Pop releases for Feb 2008

Posted by redracer on December 11, 2007

4 artists have announced new releases for February 2008 …

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Posted in Ami Suzuki, BoA, Hikaru Utada, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop | 1 Comment »

New Concert DVD’s (and other new releases)

Posted by redracer on October 1, 2007

Quite a few artists are releasing DVD’s of concert footage later this year …

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Posted in Ai Otsuka, Aya Ueto, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, kohmi hirose, Kumi Koda, Mika Nakashima, misia, Soulhead | 1 Comment »

Covers to some new September releases

Posted by redracer on September 1, 2007

If you haven’t already seen them, here are the covers to some new releases by my favoured J-Pop artists …

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Posted in Ai Otsuka, Ayumi Hamasaki, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Kumi Koda, Mika Nakashima | 2 Comments »

Hitomi Shimatani returns to musicals

Posted by redracer on August 26, 2007

She is starring as Anne Shirley in her 2nd musical – ‘Anne of Green Gables’ …

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I’m confused – who is releasing ‘Ai no Uta’? Kumi or Hitomi?

Posted by redracer on July 24, 2007

Just announced is the release of Kumi Koda’s 38th single …

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Posted in Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Kumi Koda | 2 Comments »

Hitomi Shimatani – new single in September (preview)

Posted by redracer on July 17, 2007

A new single has been officially announced for release in September …

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Posted in Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop | 1 Comment »

Hitomi Shimatani – new single ‘Neva Eva’

Posted by redracer on June 29, 2007

Released on the 6th June 2007, this is Hitomi Shimatani’s latest single, the first since the release of the ‘Prima Rosa’ album, and is her 25th single.

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Posted in Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Single review | 1 Comment »

New J-pop releases

Posted by redracer on June 16, 2007

June/July could be an expensive month 😦

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Posted in Ayumi Hamasaki, Dreams Come True, Hitomi Shimatani, J-Pop, Kumi Koda, mink, misia, Monday Michiru, Namie Amuro, Sowelu, UA | 3 Comments »