Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima - Caterpillar
Best Supporting Actor: Renji Ishibashi - Outrage; Kondo wa Aisaika (A Good Husband)
Best Supporting Actress: Yoshino Kimura - Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Best Newcomer: Toma Ikuta - Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human); Hanamizuki
Best Newcomer: Nanami Sakuraba..
whitedove Post at 31-1-2011 10:59
Singer Kana Nishino (21), who is sometimes called the "queen of chaku-uta," has just reached an impressive milestone. Since her debut, her songs have been legitimately downloaded a total of 25 million times in a variety of formats, from chaku-uta ringtones to mobile video clips to full-length songs for the PC.
Nishino made her debut almost three years ago on February 20, 2008, with the single "I." This means that, on average, her songs have been downloaded approximately 23,000 times each day, though the bulk of the downloads actually happened within the past year. Based on data from download service Recochoku, Nishino was the #1 artist of 2010 in the chaku-uta and chaku-uta full categories.
Nishino also recently announced that she will hold her first Nippon Budokan concert on September 8, as the final show of her 16-city tour that starts on July 29.
Actor Joe Odagiri (34) and actress Yu Kashii (23) announced on Tuesday that they are now parents. According to the brief fax sent by Kashii's management agency to the press, Kashii recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
The timing of Kashii's return to work will depend on her health and her situation with raising the child.
Odagiri and Kashii got married in February 2008. Last September, it was announced that she was pregnant.
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B'z guitarist Tak Matsumoto wins Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sun, February 13, 2011 (8:22pm EST)
At the 53rd Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles on Sunday night, B'z member Tak Matsumoto earned the prize for Best Pop Instrumental Album, together with American guitarist Larry Carlton. The pair were chosen from the five nominees for their collaborative album "Take Your Pick," which was released worldwide last June.
It was also announced that pianist Mitsuko Uchida won in the category of Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with Orchestra) for her performance of Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 with The Cleveland Orchestra.
Kitaro, who has won a Grammy before, was nominated for Best New Age Album, but he lost in the end to Paul Winter Consort.
Fukuyama Masaharu to release best album in six Asian countries
On February 14th, Fukuyama Masaharu went from acting to restarting his music activities. In commemoration of 20 years as an artist, Fukuyama will be releasing his best album, “THE BEST BANG!!”, in six Asian countries on March 30th. He will release his album in the following countries: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia.
At the end of last year, Fukuyama’s NHK drama, “Ryomaden”, began airing in Taiwan and Korea, and it is also scheduled to air in Thailand and Hong Kong. “Fukuyama Fever” is running rampant throughout Asia, and “singer Fukuyama” is planning a new step forward as well.
He will be on the cover and have the cover story in the April edition of the men’s fashion magazine “GQ”, which will be released February 24th.
Billboard Japan Music Awards: EXILE voted as top artist for 2nd consecutive year
Sun, February 6, 2011 (11:22am EST)
The 2nd annual Billboard Japan Music Awards were held on Sunday in Tokyo Midtown. Like last year, the Artist of the Year award was decided by public voting on the internet and through mobile phones, and for the second time in a row, EXILE received the award.
Besides Artist of the Year, the main awards announced at the ceremony were:
Top Pop Artists: AKB48, EXILE, Nana Mizuki, SID, Kana Nishino
Jazz Artist of the Year: JAM
Classical Artist of the Year: Nodame Cantabile
Independent Artist of the Year: HY
New Artist of the Year: TEE
Korea Billboard Special Award: 4Minute
International Collaboration Special Award: Chaka Khan x AI
Daiwa House Special Award: HY
The chart awards, which were already announced in advance, went to:
Hot 100 of the Year: Troublemaker - Arashi
Billboard 200 Album of the Year: Aisubeki Mirai e - EXILE
Hot 100 Airplay of the Year: Fireflies - Owl City
Hot 100 Singles Sales of the Year: Troublemaker - Arashi
Adult Contemporary of the Year: Misery - Maroon 5
Jazz Album of the Year: The Fall - Norah Jones
Classical Album of the Year: Nodame Cantabile Saishu Gakusho - Nodame Cantabile
Overseas Soundtrack of the Year: Michael Jackson's This Is It - Michael Jackson
Independent of the Year: My Soul, Your Beats! - Lia / Brave Song - Aoi Tada
Namie Amuro adds collaborations with After School, Tomohisa Yamashita, Kaname Kawabata
Details of Namie Amuro's collaboration compilation "Checkmate!" were officially confirmed on Thursday. Scheduled for release on March 23, the album includes four new songs: "Wonder Woman" with AI and Anna Tsuchiya, "make it happen" with Korean group After School, "#1" with Kaname Kawabata of CHEMISTRY, and "UNUSUAL" with NEWS member Tomohisa Yamashita.
"Wonder Woman" is already being used in a new commercial for Coca-Cola Zero. "UNUSUAL" marks the first time that Amuro has ever collaborated with an artist associated with Johnny's Jimusho.
The album's full tracklist has 13 songs. The CD+DVD edition has music videos for 7 of the songs, including the 4 new ones.
Amuro also recently announced an arena tour this year that runs from May 21 to October 8, with a total of 36 shows in 15 venues.