Formed in Nagoya, idol group Team Syachihoko are to release their first ever greatest hits album "Syachi BEST 2012-2017" on October 18th, a record that will serve as a compilation of their 5-year idol success. The group have unveiled three different CD covers showcasing each of the five members for each edition of the album that will be released.

The news that Team Syachihoko would be releasing their first greatest hits album was announced at the end of June earlier this year. The girls took to their fans to vote for their favourite songs from the group to make it the ultimate collection and a truly "best hits album for the fans." 20 songs were chosen to feature on Syachiko BEST 2012-2017.

The album will be released in 3 types: a regular edition, a 5-year anniversary edition, and the "ROAD to Nagoya Dome-mae Yada" edition. Each edition of the album is a re-tasting of Team Syachiko's 5-year music career for you to lap up and enjoy.

The regular edition features cover art of each member laid on top of sushi rice just like a sushi ingredient.

The 5-year anniversary edition sees the girls sat as the main dish alongside a set of golden chopsticks.

The ROAD to Nagoya Dome-mae Yada edition includes 2 new tracks. As the title suggests, this edition is being released in the run up to their next venue goal: Nagoya Dome. The CD cover has each member reaching for not a beach flag like the sport, but a golden beach carp.

The booklet that comes with the album contains new photos of the group, as well as throwback photos taken over the course of 5 years. Make sure to check out the details below of the special bonus event that will be held at their Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka concerts in November for people who have purchased the greatest hits album.

And there's another bonus for for people attending this special event who have purchased one copy of each edition of the album. They will be given the making-of DVD for their concert at Gaishi Hall back in March completely free! And since the 5-year anniversary edition includes the entire live footage of the Gaishi Hall concert, you can enjoy both as a set.

Team Syachihoko are set to perform at Tokyo Dome City Hall on September 3rd and at Aichi Prefectural Art Theater on September 24th for "Syachi Sama 2017." In the meantime, get your hands on a copy of Team Syachiko's greatest hits and enjoy the best of their humour-filled tunes!

Team Syachihoko’s hugely popular TV variety show “Kuro Syachi,” which airs on Mētele (Nagoya Broadcasting Network), will broadcast the idol group’s first ever stage performance which will held at Higashibetsuin Hall in Nagoya from Friday August 25^th to Sunday August 27^th.

The variety show has continued for 4 years since 2014 and changes its title from “Yuru Syachi” to Kuro Syachi” in April this year. The name change symbolizes a new concept they are going with for the show. The show will see the members turn from “Team Syachihoko” into “Kuro Syachi.” The “syachi” in the group’s name, another way of writing the pronunciation of “syachi,” means “orca” or “killer whale.” You can guess then that they are no longer to be messed with – they will level up from light-hearted to intense.

The aim of this change is in support of their first ever stage performance. But it won’t merely be just a ‘theatrical’ kind of performance – it’ll include singing, dancing, sword fights and more for an exciting and jam packed new installment.

The performance was created entirely in Nagoya together with other creators in Nagoya whom the members have connections with.

The performance will be held 5 times from August 25^th to August 27^th. The final date, August 27^th, is already sold out, and the other dates have just a small number of tickets left.

In the final week of the summer holiday, why not head on over to Higashibetsuin Hall to witness the one and only Team Syachihoko?

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2017 marks 10 years for Seiko Oomori’s music career. The Japanese singer-songwriter shows no sign of slowing down as she continues to soar through the music scene, having released her third album “kitixxxgaia” back in March this year. With her new record in hand, Seiko Oomori has begun a new Japan tour entitled 2017 LIVE TOUR “kitixxxgaia”. The tour kicked off on June 2^nd at Sendai’s Rensa.

Joining Seiko Oomori on this tour is the indispensable and familiar line-up of A-chan (Kinoko Teikoku, Guitar), Kenji Hatakeyama (H MOUNTAINS, Guitar), Eramegumi (Masakita 89, Bass), Kenta Sakurai (Guitar, Percussion, etc), Pierre Nakano (Ling Tosite Sigure, Drums), and sugarbeans (Tommy & Sammy).

The stage was decorated with a majestic backdrop of the artwork from Seiko Oomori’s new album. Seiko and the band members were ebullient in their performance from the get go. The crowd joined in the fun with their indomitable excitement. The feeling in the room between the fans and Seiko was one of unshakeable unity as the performance began with tracks from “kitixxxgaia.”

As the night went on, Seiko went on to perform the ballad track “Orionza,” singing in cheery unison with the crowd. Seiko Oomori proves once again during this song that her live shows are packed full of emotion thanks to the phantasmagoric tone of the music provided by the band such as the guitar riffs, as well as Seiko’s acapella, and the unified singing of everybody watching that reverberated through the room, all of which combined to bring tears to the fans’ eyes.

A beautiful moment was born during that blissful air as Seiko let an elementary school girl play her guitar that she had been playing. It was also an unexpected song to be performed for one of Seiko’s concerts, so she defied people’s expectations for a good cause.

Seiko Oomori’s tour will continue until July 20^th where it will conclude in Tokyo at ZEPP Diver City. There’s plenty more singing from Seiko to be heard and music from the band to enjoy during this tour. We look forward to seeing her grow even more by the end of it.

It was also announced that Seiko will release a brand-new single on August 9^th which will be performed throughout her tour. We can expect to see plenty more from her as she shows no sign of letting up. For those people who reserve themselves a copy of the new release, you will be eligible to receive a special goodie that you can only obtain at one of her concerts. Be sure to check it out if you plan to go to one of her shows.

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With their latest single “Dead End in Tokyo” in hand, MAN WITH A MISSION recently held the last of their extra shows for their “Dead End in Tokyo Tour” at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST. Joining them as special guests on stage for this string of encore shows was American rock band JIMMY EAT WORLD, who haven’t performed in Japan for almost 6 years (and almost 9 years as a solo act). MAN WITH A MISSION announced at the final show that they will be joining JIMMY EAT WORLD in a joint tour in America for September this year.

JIMMY EAT WORLD stepped onto the stage as the opening act, who released their 9^th album “INTEGRITY BLUES” back in October 2016 which marked their 20^th anniversary since their major debut. The show was a joint gig with set lists that focused around enjoy the bands’ old and new music rather than just the newer material.

From the get go the crowd gave a huge round of applause and cheered for the band as they walked onto stage. The crowd were devoured by the sound of JIMMY EAT WORLD who played songs such as “Work” and “Lucky Denver Mint.”

The crowd sang along for their final two tracks, "Sweetness" and "The Middle," before their set came to a close. They are two universally love tracks by fans, so people made sure to give it their all for the last of JIMMY EAT WORLD's performance.

MAN WITH A MISSION were then welcomed on stage. Guitarist and vocalist Jean-Ken Johnny screamed, “It’s been a while, Tokyo. Let’s go!” The band stirred up the crowd even more with their performances of “Get Off of My Way” and “Hey Now.”

Bassist for the band Kamikaze Boy ran around the stage, and DJ Santa Monica also left his booth to join in with the madness on the floor in front of the stage. The band went full high-speed from the very beginning, before performing the next song, “Give it Away.”

Amongst a powerful ensemble of instruments, the music was amplified to 100 by Tokyo Tanaka’s powerful vocals and Jean-Ken Johnny’s rapping.

DJ Santa Monica braved a stage dive into the pumped up crowd for “distance” and was joined by Kamikaze Boy who was held up by the crowd as he continued to play his bass.

The latter half of the performance began with “NEVER FxxKIN’ MIND THE RULES” where the band got creative and technical with their sound and played freely.

Spear Rib upped the drive of the crowd even more with his drumming skills. The band then began to play the famous guitar riff of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” which sent everybody in the venue wild.

The band were also having a huge blast, but it was the crowd whose overwhelming power reverberated throughout the room.

Jean-Ken Johnny described the fact that the band had been lucky enough to not only play alongside Hi-STANDARD at the end of 2016 for AIR JAM 2016, but now JIMMY EAT WORLD, as “indescribable.”

The members of MAN WITH A MISSION talked about their ups and down as a band for the past 7 years, looking back at how their path had not just been full of fun times, but also how they had been put down many times before. But they also said to look back at themselves as guys who always have a smile on their face, and to continue working hard together. Their drive and self-confidence is linked to the scale of their sound and their toughness as a band which has continued to pierce through, rather than what kind of music they like or what principles they subscribe to.

Their almost 3-month long tour ended with a ‘let’s meet again at our next show’ to the crowd and a performance of “Dead End in Tokyo.”

The encore consisted of a special digest video entitled “Ookami Daizenshuu V” (Japanese: 狼大全集Ⅴ) and the announcement of their joint tour in America with JIMMY EAT WORLD scheduled for September 2017.

Be sure to keep your eyes on this wolf pack and their endeavours as they continue to pierce through the scene even further.

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The idol group of Avex called “GEM” held “GEM YUMENO TSUBOMI ~Tuika Shoho~” on the 6^th of May at Diamond Hall in Aichi Prefecture. The live was an additional performance of their first national tour and Chiyuri Ito, and Chisami Ito (a member of GEM) who is a member of “Team Shachihoko” appeared as a surprise guest at the first session of the live.

The first session of the live started with “We’re GEM!”GEM, who was performing with local idol groups throughout Japan started the live with a powerful performance. The subsequent songs were powerful “Fine! ~fly for the future~” and “Baby, Love me!” After that, they performed their signature tune called “Do you Believe?” in which a white costumed Chiyuri Ito appeared on the stage.

After Chiyuri Ito performed “Do you Believe?” with GEM, she requested GEM’s members to sing “Shuto Iten Keikaku,” a tune of Team Shachihoko. Her older sister Chisami Ito sang “Kitto For You!” which she had been singing since she was a trainee in Nagoya with Chiyuki Ito and fans were allured to their voices.

GEM also performed single tunes such as“Sugar Baby” which came up in conversation in SNS as a “little-devil dance” and “Star Shine Story.” They performed “Yume no Tubomi”which was the title song of this tour as the last song of the live.

The encore call by the audience, “G・E・M” was resonated throughout the venue and the members of GEM clad in a new costume reappeared on the stage. They performed their new tune called “Kimi to Boku” and showed the fans their new image before finishing the live.

On the 12^th of June (Mon), they will hold their 4^th anniversary concert “GEM 4th Anniversary Live ～YUMENO TSUBOMI～.” Check out the future of GEM!

■Information

Official website：http://girls-entertainment-mixture.jp/index.php

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Haruna luna, a popular animation song artist who sings theme songs for various popular animations, held her 5^th anniversary live concert titled,“Haruna luna LIVE 2017 5^th Anniversary Fes. ♡with you♡” on the 2^nd of May at Zepp Diver City Tokyo (Odaiba). Her concert was a great success and many of her fans were mesmerized.

May the 2nd was Haruna’s 5^th anniversary since her debut. Since her live, called a “Fes.” invited many guest artists, the venue was filled with excitement. The first song was “Binetu no Tuki” which gathered attention because it was included in the addendum CD before her debut. At the beginning of the concert, she performed the rock tunes “Kyoso Refrain” and “Ai wo Utae” and after that she performed her masterpieces such as “Overfly.” The stage then changed to scary atmosphere and she performed Machigerita triptych medley which is a song on her 1^st album.

After that, the first guest AKIRA appeared and they performed “Kinki no Gyosei” which is included in her mini album released in February of this year. After this serious, dark and erotic song, they softened their fans’s heart with some good talking.

After that, Kotoko appeared on stage. They collaborated together which very rare and performed “ANIMAX MUSIX 2017 OSAKA,” “C3 in Hong Kong” and “S×W –soul world-” and set the fans on fire.

Finally, the last guest, Moso Calibration appeared on stage. They performed “Sakurairo Diary” which is the ending theme song of the TV animation “Saenai Kanojo no Sodatekata ♭and announced that they will be holding an event on the 18^th of June (Sun) in SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO.

In the last part of the concert, they performed both popular songs and songs that cannot often be heard live and the popular song “Kimiiro Signal.” In this song Moso Calibration performed as dancers.

After the encore, Haruna performed her debut song “Sora ha Takaku Kaze wa Utau” and announced that she will release a new album in the near future. She also told her fans that “We will continue to perform together for 6, 7, 8 years” and concluded the live with “Lunatic Word.” She released her new single “Stella Breeze” on the 3^rd of May and will release her 3^rd album “LUNARIUM” on the 21^st of June. She is also planning to appear on various lives and events, so please check them out.

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Stella Breeze

Release date: May 3rd

3^rd album

LUNARIUM

Release date: 21^st of June

 “Saenai Utahime no Special Live ♭” Haruna luna × Moso Calibration

Date:June 18th, 2017 (Sun) Open 17:00 / Start 18:00

Venue: SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO

Performers: Haruna luna and Moso Copulation

Ticket: Standing \4,860 (tax included)

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