YeinJee's Asian Journal » Ayumi Hamasaki http://yeinjee.com Popular blog on Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, otaku, trends, traditions, pictures, videos, and offbeat stuff. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:42:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ayumi Hamasaki releasing album in USB flash drive http://yeinjee.com/2009/ayumi-hamasaki-releasing-album-in-usb-flash-drive/ http://yeinjee.com/2009/ayumi-hamasaki-releasing-album-in-usb-flash-drive/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:16:32 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=13761 Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki is releasing her new album “Next Level” in USB flash drives (limited version) along with regular CDs…

Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki Next Level album in USB flash drive
“Next Level” USB-album… pretty cool design (Image from Avex (Jp))

The idea is not new; American stars Matchbox 20 and Jennifer Lopez have done this before. Ayu is probably the first popular Japanese singer to try this though… I guess she is stamping her mark as the trendsetter at the land of the rising sun yet again.

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2009/ayumi-hamasaki-releasing-album-in-usb-flash-drive/feed/ 8 Oricon top singles/albums in Japan 2008 http://yeinjee.com/2009/oricon-top-singles-albums-japan-2008/ http://yeinjee.com/2009/oricon-top-singles-albums-japan-2008/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:29:33 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=11036 Japan’s Oricon has released the Top 100 Japanese albums/singles charts for 2008.

Pop band EXILE dominates the album chart with three albums in the Top 10, while the singles chart is ruled by the Johnny’s boybands, i.e. Arashi and KAT-TUN etc.

Pop group TVXQ is the only Korean artist(s) that made it into the singles chart, with “Beautiful You” at 73rd spot… known as Tohoshinki in Japan, the K-pop group has another two singles at 78th and 91st spots respectively.

Top 10 best selling Japanese albums of 2008

1. EXILE Love (EXILE)
2. Best Fiction (Namie Amuro)
3. 5296 (Kobukuro)
4. EXILE Catchy Best (EXILE)
5. Heart Station (Utada Hikaru)
6. EXILE Ballad Best (EXILE)
7. B’z The Best “Ultra Pleasure” (B’z)
8. A Complete: All Singles (Ayumi Hamasaki)
9. And I Love You (Dreams Come True)
10. A, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu (GReeeeN)

Top 10 best selling Japanese singles of 2008

1. Truth (Arashi)
2. One Love (Arashi)
3. I Am Your Singer (Southern All Star)
4. Kiseki (GReeeeN)
5. Shuchishin (Shuchishin)
6. Hanabi (Mr. Children)
7. Soba ni Iru ne (Thelma Aoyama ft Soulja)
8. Don’t U Ever Stop (KAT-TUN)
9. Lips (KAT-TUN)
10. Beautiful Days (Arashi)

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Screenshot for Avex World Audition 2008

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/avex-world-audition-2008/feed/ 8 Japan’s most wanted artist-lovers 2008 http://yeinjee.com/2008/japan-most-wanted-lovers-2008/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/japan-most-wanted-lovers-2008/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:29:35 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=2687 Japan’s Count-Down-TV [Jp] has concluded their annual poll for “the most wanted artist as girlfriend/boyfriend” in 2008… with YUI and Jin Akanishi topping the girlfriend and boyfriend category respectively.

Top 20 Japan’s most wanted girlfriend 2008

1. YUI 2. Kaori Mochida 3. Ayumi Hamasaki 4. Ai Otsuka 5. aiko 6. Ai Takahashi 7. Ai Kawashima 8. Kiyoe Yoshioka 9. Maimi Yajima 10. Yui Aragaki 11. Nocchi 12. Namie Amuro 13. Ayaka 14. Kaela Kimura 15. Kumi Koda 16. Misako Uno 17. Hiroko 18. BoA 19. Mai Kuraki 20. Reina Tanaka

Top 20 Japan’s most wanted boyfriend 2008

1. Jin Akanishi 2. Kazuya Kamenashi 3. Hyde 4. Jun Matsumoto 5. Tomohisa Yamashita 6. Takahiro 7. Takahisa Masuda 8. Jaejoong 9. TAKUYA∞ 10. Sho Sakurai 11. Koichi Domoto 12. Akihito Okano 13. Kentaro Kobuchi 14. Ryo Nishikido 15. Yusuke Kamiji 16. Yuya Tegoshi 17. Masaki Aiba 18. Haruichi Shindou 19. Teppei Koike 20. DAIGO

It seems like only singers are being short-listed for this poll. Korean stars BoA and Jaejoong (from TVXQ) are the only two non-Japanese celebs that made the list.

[Update] The video was taken down unfortunately.

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