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KarenPang 4th June 2013 03:55 AM

Sneak peek of a CD sleeve from the album booklet of AKIHIDE's Amber

Hard to believe AKHIDE's Amber is finally finally going to get released tomorrow !

But prior to this , here's a sneak peek of supposedly a CD sleeve from the album booklet of Amber :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rt-480x240.jpg

http://vif-music.com/2013/06/03/akih...E%9A%EF%BC%81/

*___*

Wow oh wow . I don't know if that's going to be the very same page I will see when I get my copies of Amber in due time but I have to say , it's awesome & really speaks just how much creativity ideas that can sprung on from AKIHIDE's mind <3

And from the look of things , the above image looks like the lyrics for the 1st 2 songs in Amber ie. Namida no Kawa & Itoshi no Valkyria , awesome !

KarenPang 4th June 2013 10:16 AM

Special sub website launched for AKIHIDE's debut solo album Amber update with 1 piece of news

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...banner_001.png

Tomorrow is finally the day before AKIHIDE's debut solo album Amber gets released & yesterday , the special sub website AKIHIDE's personal site akihide.com was updated with 1 piece of news updates .

In this special sub website , 10 supposedly 'surprises' will be revealed pre release (9 of them) & post release (1 of them) of Amber .

2 months ago on 26th April , 3 of the 'surprises' were revealed .

Last month on 10th May , the next 2 'surprises' were released & 4 days later on 14th May , a further 2 more 'surprises' were out .

The 8th update took place on 24th May & finally yesterday , the 9th update was revealed on the special sub website which means now , there's only 1 update left which will be revealed post release of Amber .

As seen via ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0II/030613.jpg

The 9th update :

- Collage art objects exhibition decision!! [ コラージュアートオブジェ 展示決定!!]

To coincide if not celebrate the release of Amber , a collage art objects exhibition has been planned with this exhibition that will be displayed at the following 2 locations :

アルバム「Amber」のブックレットの為に制作した、
コラージュアートオブジェの展示が決定しました。

展示場所
・タワーレコード渋谷店
・タワーレコード新宿店
※オブジェは2店舗別のものになります。

展示期間:6月4日(火)~6月10日(月)
※展示期間は変更になる場合がございます。

詳細は各店舗へお問い合わせ下さい。

The collage art objects exhibition will be displayed at both Tower Records Shibuya & Tower Records Shinjuku , with both record stores displaying different art objects .

The exhibition period is scheduled to be held from today (4th June) until next Mon (10th June) .

KarenPang 4th June 2013 04:10 PM

AKIHIDE's Amber will finally get released tomorrow & Space Shower TV will be airing the full PV of Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku tomorrow morning :D

明日5日(水)7:30 NEW CUTSは「Eternally」GLAY、「JUST AWAKE」BLUE ENCOUNT、「星の狂想曲」AKIHIDE 、「ERENA」小野恵令奈 オンエア!

https://twitter.com/spaceshowertv/st...77232182116352

I don't think I will get my copies of Amber until next week or so but for now , so can't wait to see the full PV of Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku !

Let alone to hear the whole album of Amber too whee

Chibi-Chan 4th June 2013 07:39 PM

Oh, Amber will get released already tomorrow... I almost forgot it. Shame on me!!! >_< I have so much work to do that I forget about all those things... but then I will have something I can look forward to.^^

KarenPang 5th June 2013 04:17 AM

Talked about fangirls being super efficient xD xD xD but anyway already the LQ/full version of AKIHIDE's song Itoshi no Valkyria been uploaded on YouTube o_o

Itoshi no Valkyria is found as track #2 in Amber which's finally released today + this song alongside with Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku are the only 2 which AKIHIDE uploaded preview snippets via his website .

The version uploaded on YouTube is quite LQ & it's a bit muffled but still decently audible in hearing :



I've already heard the full version of Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku the moment when the song was released via iTunes last month on 15th May .

I remembered when I 1st heard the preview snippet of Itoshi no Valkyria , I didn't liked it that much but just now upon hearing the song in full , wow what a big difference in opinion I have towards it xD

Something tells me I'm going to enjoy listening to the full Amber album from start til end , can't wait to get my copies now *_*

KarenPang 5th June 2013 09:40 AM

Radio promo for AKIHIDE in line with the impending release of Amber - Part 2

6/8(土)
26:00~ Date fm「音姫 -OTOHIME-」; Otoki -OTOHIME-
※コメント出演 (Comment appearance)

6/9(日)
20:00~ TBCラジオ ; Radio「…Love Music」
※コメント出演 (Comment appearance)

6/10(月)~13(木)
18:00~ 福島 ; Fukushima FM「RADIO GROOVE」
※コメント出演 (Comment appearance)

NEW -> 6/14(金)
19:10~ FM NACK5「BEAT SHUFFLE」
※ゲスト出演 (Guest appearance)

NEW -> 6/15(土)
17:00~ FM FUJI「STADIUM ROCK!!」
※コメント出演 (Comment appearance)


http://akihide.com/pc/schedule/schedule_radio_001.html

KarenPang 5th June 2013 01:33 PM

AKIHIDE's Amber debuted at #8 on the 1st day of release :D

x->8

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-06-04/more/2/

Awesome man , congrats big time to Amber for being able to crack the top 10 on the 1st day & considering Amber was not listed in the NINKI index , I think it's saying a lot .

I sure hope Amber can shoot for at most a Top 20 position overall for AKIHIDE , he really deserves so :3

KarenPang 5th June 2013 04:05 PM

YinYueTai streaming - full PV of AKIHIDE's Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku

http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/680718

Ain't the full PV of Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku just so pretty ? :D

Simplicity at its best & already the song itself is brilliant . AKIHIDE looks so dapper in Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku , they all grow up so fast ;_;

KarenPang 5th June 2013 07:36 PM

Total time duration for both editions of AKIHIDE's Amber album

As noted via Tower Records Online

For CD Only

収録内容

構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:51:14

CD only of Amber is 51:14 mins in total .

Tower Records Online - Amber CD only

For CD + DVD

収録内容

構成数 | 2枚
合計収録時間 | 00:46:37

CD + DVD of Amber is 46:37 mins in total since this edition does not include the bonus track Hoshi no Oujisama

Tower Records Online - Amber CD + DVD

Man so can't wait to hear the whole Amber album , like now >____< Already both Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku & the LQ sounding Itoshi no Valkyria are amazing so I wouldn't be surprised if Amber will be my most fave album of release for 2013 !

KarenPang 6th June 2013 04:13 AM

Amazon Japan has already released the preorder link for ROCK AND READ 048 & now it's HMV Japan turn to follow suit !

http://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_ROCK-AND...m_medium=other

ROCK AND READ 048 will feature DAIGO on the cover with a 30 paged writeup on him & is scheduled to be released this month on 26th June .

KarenPang 6th June 2013 08:46 AM

Vimeo streaming - full PV of AKIHIDE's Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku

http://vimeo.com/67742767

Unlike the YinYueTai link which doesn't have the YinYueTai waterword on the top right side of the clip , this Vimeo streaming of the full PV of AKIHIDE's Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku doesn't have any , other than the SSTV mark on the top left corner :)

I should be getting my copy of Amber hopefully by tomorrow if not Sat :3

KarenPang 6th June 2013 12:23 PM

2nd day chart performance for AKIHIDE's Amber

x->8->19

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-06-05/more/3/

e_e Poor Amber but considering AKIHIDE didn't released Amber by using something like BREAKERZ AKIHIDE , I'm not expecting the album to do just as well as anything that BREAKERZ released :O

Ah well it was good when it lasted (for the time being) . I think Amber might leave the Top 30 overall darn

KarenPang 6th June 2013 04:09 PM

Chanced upon this via Twitter & Ameba in which this lady whose name is Shimodate Natsuki posted a photo of herself with DAIGO :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...NiCUAApGDg.jpg

『幸せボンビーガール』を見てくださりありがとうございました!DAIGOさんとパシャリ♪番組でも流れて いた新曲はDAIGOさんにタイトルつけていただきました!『サクッ!夢咲く!!』みてねhttp://youtu.be/1n8UljN_Jdw pic.twitter.com/jHjjRmzHs4

https://twitter.com/natsuki19880812/...43842074939392

Seems to me that on Tue night on Shiawase ! Bonbi Girl , Shimodate appeared on the show with DAIGO o_o as what she also wrote via her blog

http://ameblo.jp/nadia-01/entry-11545018981.html

KarenPang 6th June 2013 07:15 PM

Amber was finally finally released 2 days ago & AKIHIDE has given an autograph polaroid to Tower Records Shibuya !

As uploaded via Tower Records Shibuya's Twitter :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...whCIAEduZz.jpg

たった今、AKIHIDEさんご来店!!!試聴コーナーにサインいただきました!!ありがとうございます! タワレコ渋谷では、新作「amber」の発売を記念して、1Fのぼりエスカレーター前でコラージュアートオ ブジェを展示中♪ pic.twitter.com/yCRGysTfp5

https://twitter.com/TOWER_Shibuya/st...06510467407872

Cute & the special Amber collage art objects exhibition will be displayed at both Tower Records Shibuya & Tower Records Shinjuku , with both record stores displaying different art objects .

The exhibition period is scheduled to be held from 4th June until next Mon (10th June) .

KarenPang 7th June 2013 03:53 AM

Amber was finally finally released 2 days ago & these 2 photos of him were taken at Tower Records Shinjuku !

As uploaded via Tower Records Shinjuku's Twitter :

1st photo :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...vyCcAExP5_.jpg

本日記念すべき、そして待望のソロ作をリリースのAKIHIDEさんがご訪店☆店頭ディスプレイにサイン頂 きました!そして展示中のオブジェ(本作の中ジャケ現物ですよ!)と一緒にパシャリ☆優しくて男前、素敵過 ぎですー♪ pic.twitter.com/zXU92sQRuC

https://twitter.com/TOWER_Shinjuku/s...17436667097088

Look at that big special Amber collage art objects exhibition behind AKIHIDE o_o in which this will be displayed at both Tower Records Shinjuku & Tower Records Shibuya , with both record stores displaying different art objects .

The exhibition period is scheduled to be held from 4th June until next Mon (10th June) .

2nd photo :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0II/050613.jpg

【AKIHIDE】ご本人ご来店!! 紳士でずっと笑顔の耐えないAKIさまにきゅんてしちゃいました♪サインも頂きましたのでぜひ見に来てくだ さい!本人も手に取った、HMVスタッフ製作のBREAKERZ通信も好評配布中! #BREAKERZ http://ow.ly/i/2hy2B

https://twitter.com/HMV_Shinjuku/sta...68384617725952

Haha for some reason this photo made me laugh when I 1st saw it , wonder why :p xD

KarenPang 7th June 2013 07:19 AM

Vif's official YouTube channel uploaded this 1:55 min clip 3 days ago in which AKHIDE left a comment to coincide with the release of Amber which's finally out on Wed :D



Aww AKIHIDE looked so boy boy ish , so adorable bless him :3 & funny that he somehow looked a bit sleepy just like ARASHI's Ohno xD xD xD

KarenPang 7th June 2013 11:49 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0II/060613.jpg

Musing is now accepting preorder of concert tickets for DAIGO's upcoming Kaette Yuku DAIGO☆STARDUST concert that will be taking place on July 26th at Tokyo's Shibuya Public Hall .

Musing will accept preorders of concert tickets from yesterday (6th June) ; 12pm Japan time until 12th June (Wed) ; 11.59pm Japan time .

Utisling a balloting system , each interested buyer can ballot for up to 4 tickets , with each concert ticket having a ticket price of 6,500 Yen each .

http://musing.jp/ticket/daigo_stardust_0726/
http://breakerz-web.net/info_ot_024.html#daigostardust6

Somehow I prefer the above banner that Musing has used over Kaette Kita DAIGO☆STARDUST :p

KarenPang 7th June 2013 04:07 PM

3rd day chart performance for AKIHIDE's Amber

x->8->19->12

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-06-06/more/3/

Ah superb , Amber went up to #12 on the 3rd day ! (≧▽≦) I sure hope Amber will do well overall as it really deserves so as it's such a great fantastic album ;__;

I finally received my copy today & needless to say I've been listening to it non stop <3

KarenPang 7th June 2013 07:41 PM

AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 “Amber” will not start until next Sat on 15th June at Osaka's amHALL but fangirls being fangirls , they've already starting selling the concert tickets (illegally) via auction sites -_-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...08433057_1.jpg

So pretty , the concert ticket is literally a work of art ♥

KarenPang 8th June 2013 05:15 AM

2 days ago via MUSCLE ATTACK's official site , they put up this rather interesting news update in that to request fans to cast as many votes as possible so that they're able to secure a chance to perform at this year's SUMMER SONIC music festival which it will be held in Tokyo on 10th & 11th Aug .

Sometime back in 2009 , BREAKERZ performed at the very same event too :)

Details on how to get MUSCLE ATTACK to perform at this year's SUMMER SONIC as follows :

出れんの!?サマソニ!? エントリーしました!!

2013/06/06
今年で5年目を向かえるSUMMER SONICとイープラスによるオーディション企画『出れんの!?サマソニ!?』に、MUSCLE ATTACKもエントリーするぜ!!

一般ユーザー投票は6/6(木)12:00~よりスタート。
投票方法など、詳細はこちらから。
http://emeets.jp/vote/description

みんなの投票で出場者が決まるから、是非MUSCLE ATTACKに投票してくれよ!

この夏は、サマソニのステージでMUSCLE ATTACKと一緒にトレーニングだ!!
カラダ鍛えて待っておけよ!!

出れんの!?サマソニ!?2013 オフィシャルサイト
http://emeets.jp/

投票はこちらから!!
【MUSCLE ATTACK アーティストページ】
http://emeets.jp/artists/show/2088

http://shinpei-muscleattack.net/news/news_008.html

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Click on http://emeets.jp/artists/show/2088 which will bring you to this page :

http://i41.tinypic.com/2yzap9j.jpg

Tick on the box at the right side which states 投票規約に同意する & upon doing so , you can cast your vote for MUSCLE ATTACK via either through

- Twitter
- Facebook
- Google +

I've already done so for the guys via Twitter & so far , they've gotten quite a lot of votes which's very encouraging :D

So far this's still in the early stages of casting votes as noted via http://emeets.jp/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0II/080613.jpg

pimenta 8th June 2013 06:17 AM

So, briging the discussion here :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 3006163)
Yeah to each his own but for my case I prefer AKIHIDE's singing over DAIGO's but DAIGO overall is more well put together in that he has the personality if not 'stupid' silly meets DoS personnel onstage to make things work , if not he wouldn't be the frontman of BREAKERZ :p

You know you're the 1st person I know that prefers AKIHIDE the least which's very surprising because most people I know prefer SHINPEI the least so you're a really rare breed :laugh Let alone the people whom I know that like AKIHIDE the most , man they're crazy if not so very elite ish in thinking which I hate :x

And speaking of SHINPEI , have you heard SHINPEI's singing voice ? 8D



Yeah that's SHINPEI in his new band MUSCLE ATTACK since BREAKERZ's currently on hiatus x)

We should continue this conversation in the BREAKERZ thread , don't want to overspam this thread :3

Yeah, I also think Daigo is more suitable to be BREAKERZ's frontman ^^

Haha, well, I guess Akihide is better looking than Shinpei, and he composes more than him... I can see why people tend to like him the most, but I like Shinpei who composes a little, but I love all compositions, who has an interesting appearence, with the glasses and the short colorful hair, and who looks like a really fun person to know personally... Shinpei has gorwn on me since I first knew BREAKERZ and know I really like him a lot :D (Not more than Daigo though, but I guess I'm a bit Daigo biased as I knew him as a solo singer before knowing about BREAKERZ)

WOOOOAAAH, I knew about MUSCLE ATTACK, but I haven't listened to it yet! I LOVED IT, OMG!! :blove :blove :blove
This song is great!! (yeah, I already like it more than the Akihide's one you showed me before haha)
Shinpei's voice is very interesting... Not great, and not even close as good as Daigo's or Akihide's, but it kind of fits this style of music hahaha I like it :D


Anyway, I'll download Akihide's solo album, who knows, I might end up loving it :laugh

KarenPang 8th June 2013 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pimenta (Post 3006171)
Yeah, I also think Daigo is more suitable to be BREAKERZ's frontman ^^

Haha, well, I guess Akihide is better looking than Shinpei, and he composes more than him... I can see why people tend to like him the most, but I like Shinpei who composes a little, but I love all compositions, who has an interesting appearence, with the glasses and the short colorful hair, and who looks like a really fun person to know personally... Shinpei has gorwn on me since I first knew BREAKERZ and know I really like him a lot :D (Not more than Daigo though, but I guess I'm a bit Daigo biased as I knew him as a solo singer before knowing about BREAKERZ)

WOOOOAAAH, I knew about MUSCLE ATTACK, but I haven't listened to it yet! I LOVED IT, OMG!! :blove :blove :blove

This song is great!! (yeah, I already like it more than the Akihide's one you showed me before haha)

Shinpei's voice is very interesting... Not great, and not even close as good as Daigo's or Akihide's, but it kind of fits this style of music hahaha I like it :D

Anyway, I'll download Akihide's solo album, who knows, I might end up loving it :laugh

To be a frontman , you need someone that has charisma so I guess that's where DAIGO comes along & honestly when I finally went Tokyo last Dec to see them live , DAIGO was the last to come out & oh boy I almost melted into a puddle of goo when he came out XD XD XD

And yeah SHINPEI is very very under-rated in the group . I personally think he's really great & he in my opinion cares the most for the fans . I'm not saying the other 2 don't but he don't need to update his blog everyday but he still does , no matter how busy he gets

Also in reality I don't like SHINPEI's singing voice as much as the other 2 hahaha but somehow the style that MUSCLE ATTACK does is very Americanised for some reason o_O

Please let me know what you think of Amber since you've already downloaded it . Personally I love it <3

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By right , the cover of ROCK AND READ 048 is not supposed to get released by ROCK AND READ themselves until this coming Mon .

But DAIGO being DAIGO ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/Sgkpz.jpg

Caption DAIGO included - 【速報】6月26日発売!ROCK AND READの表紙をなぜかDAIGOツイッターでどこよりも早く公開!! DAIGO表紙!!!超カッコいいぜ!♥

http://p.twipple.jp/Sgkpz

♥_____♥ ♥_____♥ ♥_____♥

Holy moly I never seen DAIGO in this style before & it's just so ... bad ass wow . The hat he's wearing there is so interesting o__o

With that said , I can't wait to get ROCK AND READ 048 now since it will include a 30 paged writeup on DAIGO <3

Why can't 26th June be tomorrow D: D: D:

KarenPang 8th June 2013 01:40 PM

4th day chart performance for AKIHIDE's Amber

x->8->19->12->18

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-06-07/more/3/

Ah down again D: but at least Amber has been in the top 20 for the last 4 days so overall if this keeps up , Amber should be able to shoot for a top 20 position , weekly wise :3

KarenPang 8th June 2013 06:57 PM

Pics - AKIHIDE at TSUTAYA Shibuya (5th June 2013)

The official blog of TSUTAYA Shibuya uploaded 5 pics in which they took a few photos of AKIHIDE whom stopped by 4 days ago at their store :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/0706131.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/0706132.jpg

This display can be seen at both the 1st floor & 2nd floor inside TSUTAYA :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/0706133.jpg

Upclose shot of what AKIHIDE wrote on the Amber display

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/0706134.jpg

AKIHIDE's personalised message he wrote for TSUTAYA

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/0706135.jpg

Cute <3

http://ameblo.jp/shibuya-tsutaya/entry-11545379504.html

pimenta 8th June 2013 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 3006225)
By right , the cover of ROCK AND READ 048 is not supposed to get released by ROCK AND READ themselves until this coming Mon .

But DAIGO being DAIGO ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/Sgkpz.jpg

Caption DAIGO included - 【速報】6月26日発売!ROCK AND READの表紙をなぜかDAIGOツイッターでどこよりも早く公開!! DAIGO表紙!!!超カッコいいぜ!♥

http://p.twipple.jp/Sgkpz

♥_____♥ ♥_____♥ ♥_____♥

Holy moly I never seen DAIGO in this style before & it's just so ... bad ass wow . The hat he's wearing there is so interesting o__o

OMG, HE LOOKS SOOO GOOD IN THIS :blove:blove:blove (ok, let's face it, he always looks good xD)

Just downloaded Akihide's album, going to listen to it know! /o/

KarenPang 9th June 2013 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pimenta (Post 3006338)
OMG, HE LOOKS SOOO GOOD IN THIS :blove:blove:blove (ok, let's face it, he always looks good xD)

I know man lmao & such a shameless idiot whom tweeted the cover yesterday where by right it's supposed to get released tomorrow but HEY , not that I'm complaining XD

My Japan contact has already helped me to preorder ROCK AND READ 048 & I so can't wait to get it next month *____*

I've uploaded Amber via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118047 & I've been listening to it non stop from Fri til now <3

The last track in Amber ie. Hoshi no Oujisama is a self cover of NEVER LAND , a previous band that AKIHIDE fronted in 2004 before they disbanded in 2007

Hoshi no Oujisama is also 1 of many songs that sadly never saw the daylight in being put in a CD too ._. but better late than never :3

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Staff member mi updated the staff blog 2 days ago in which mi wrote/talked about AKIHIDE's solo project in the form of Amber which finally got released on Wed

And just like what Tower Records Shibuya + Shinjuku & TSUTAYA Shibuya wrote/blogged/tweeted for the past few days , here're 2 more pics mi uploaded of AKIHIDE which he went to all 3 places within the same day (I think ?) to grace his presence & let alone left his mark , literally :p

This's not mentioned but this was taken at Tower Records Shibuya

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/5aef573b.jpg

Photography by right is not allowed but of course AKIHIDE's an exception x)

Both Tower Records Shibuya + Shinjuku are displaying different lyrics sleeves display from Amber from 4th June until tomorrow . For Shibuya , they're displaying the lyrics sleeves of Namida no Kawa & Itoshi no Valkyria (as seen above) while for Shinjuku , they're displaying the lyrics sleeves for Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku & Kuroneko no Tango .

At TSUTAYA Shibuya

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/bf5e53c2.jpg

Screencap of Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku PV alert on the left side <3

http://blog.livedoor.jp/breakerz_sta...s/1844924.html

KarenPang 9th June 2013 09:47 AM

AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" concert goods list revealed !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0II/090613.jpg

AKIHIDE's upcoming tour as a soloist ie. AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" will be taking place next Sat / 15th June at Osaka's amHALL & today , the concert goods list for AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" has been released via AKIHIDE's personal website !

Spoiler:
ART CARD BOOK ; ¥2,500

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...goods_01-2.jpg

The ART CARD BOOK comes with 18 cards + photos (utilising 5 concepts from the word A.M.B.E.R) + an interview on AKIHIDE's art/jacket sleeve & his thoughts about the tour

Sample images from ART CARD BOOK

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/goods_08.jpg

T-shirt ; ¥3,500

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...goods_02-1.jpg

Sizes available - Small , Medium & Large

Muffler Towel ; ¥2,000

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...goods_03-1.jpg

Multi Purpose Pouch ; ¥1,500

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...goods_04-1.jpg

Tote Bag ; ¥2,500

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...goods_05-1.jpg

Keychain ; ¥1,500

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/goods_06.jpg

Made of bronze material

Charity pin badge ; ¥500

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/goods_07.jpg

Total sales proceeds of the charity pin badges will go to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake victims

http://akihide.com/pc/goods/amber/index.html


omg pretty artistic much ? I frankly like all the concert goods for AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" (≧▽≦) which definitely highlights just how much personal input AKIHIDE has in each of them which's his drawings :D

Man I have no idea which concert goods I should get xD they all look so good ;__; but most definitely I will get the ART CARD BOOK as it sounds awesome .

I think I will get some others too but not the T-shirt as I don't think the design's as good as last year's BREAKERZ TWINKLE PARTY 2012 AKIHIDE's Birthday ~Amanogawa no Shita ni Kimigaita~ :x

But then again can anyone say wow oh wow on them ? *_____*

x-megumi-x 9th June 2013 12:47 PM

Just listened to Amber. AKIHIDE really has a nice voice.
I like all the tracks, but my favorite definitely is Kumo no Ito. It makes me want to order the album just for that song, it's so amazing :heart

KarenPang 9th June 2013 02:19 PM

^ glad that you enjoy Amber , Aurelie & funny enough I feel that Kumo no Ito is 1 of the more weaker songs in the album

To me I feel the standout tracks are ironically the preview snippets that were included in the Amber documentary digest video clip (ie. Namida no Kawa , LION , Hello! Mr. Sadness + Hoshi no Oujisama) & also of course Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku but that's just me

I'm so glad AKIHIDE is finally back in front of the microphone to sing as it has been very long overdue for him to do this , big time . Hearing his singing voice again after 6 years makes things even more better for me to appreciate Amber a lot more :heart

===

5th day chart performance for AKIHIDE's Amber

x->8->19->12->18-> out of the top 30

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-06-08/

Ah well it was good when it lasted D: The upside is that Amber will overall chart much better than BREAKERZ's debut self titled album , which never even charted on Oricon in the 1st place D:

KarenPang 9th June 2013 06:37 PM

1 of those days that you love to hate DAIGO but in the end , you hate to love him :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/zREuF.jpg

Caption included - 今日はヴァンガードのプロデューサー、嶋村さんこと嶋Pさんの結婚式に出席させていただきまし た! 最高に素敵な結婚式でした!\(//∇//)\ これからもヴァンガりましょう!

http://p.twipple.jp/zREuF

Yesterday , DAIGO attended the wedding of Vanguard's producer (whose name is Shimamura) but still that above photo he uploaded is 1 of the more erm ... interesting photos he has uploaded in recent times :p

I wonder why DAIGO never took a full body shot of himself since he loves whoring himself but here & there , a bit of a change is good , yes ? xD

Also based on some tweets I've came across , seems that during the wedding , DAIGO premiered (or is it sang ?) the full version of Mugen ∞ REBIRTH which served as the CM song for his Cardfight!! Vanguard DAIGO Special Set card deck o_o

Which reminds me , what's taking so long for ZAIN RECORDS to announce details on his solo single ? D: D: I thought it was supposed to get released in mid July ?! D:

KarenPang 10th June 2013 03:24 AM

I uploaded & did up scans of the CD + DVD edition of AKIHIDE's Amber last Fri night

http://minlilin.livejournal.com/920667.html

I super duper love AKIHIDE's personal touches to what he did to the CD sleeves booklet , especially his drawings :heart

Ain't this guy a mad genius ? D:

KarenPang 10th June 2013 09:49 AM

Today , the official blog of ROCK AND READ has uploaded 2 photos of DAIGO which they're behind the scenes shots in line with the impending release of ROCK AND READ 048 , seeing that DAIGO is featured on the cover + a 30 paged writeup has been done on him .

According to what was written , today's blog entry via ROCK AND READ mentioned that the whole photoshoot for what they did with DAIGO took place last month in mid May at Tokyo , in a luxury suite of a hotel x)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ng/100613A.jpg

Frankly DAIGO doesn't look as good as AKIHIDE when comes to wearing hats but maybe after this , I will change my mind on it 8D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ng/100613B.jpg

*___* This's so ... typical ? idk xD

ROCK AND READ 048 is scheduled to get released on 26th June / Wed .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/Sgkpz.jpg

Still cannot get over just how hot DAIGO looks on the cover ♪───O(≧∇≦)O────♪

http://ameblo.jp/rockandread/entry-11547239253.html

KarenPang 10th June 2013 02:15 PM

6th day chart performance for AKIHIDE's Amber

x->8->19->12->18-> out of the top 30 -> out of the top 30 (again)

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-06-09/

Now's wait for Oricon to adjust the sales & chart ranking so that it will be known where Amber stands at overall on the weekly chart , 1st week wise :O

KarenPang 10th June 2013 07:02 PM

Asumin who's DAIGO's カンニングのDAI安吉日 ! colleague/co-host uploaded this photo of DAIGO with the other カンニングのDAI安吉日 ! personnel via her blog yesterday

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ng/100613C.jpg

http://ameblo.jp/asumicandream/entry-11549014075.html

On Sun , they did a recording for カンニングのDAI安吉日 ! in which yesterday's shooting of the episode is to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show , congrats to 1 & all !

KarenPang 11th June 2013 05:14 AM

2 days ago , it was AKIHIDE's mum's birthday , belated happy birthday to Mrs Satou !

http://blog.livedoor.jp/akihidelife/.../52066938.html

As what AKIHIDE mentioned on his blog yesterday

昨日は私事ではありますが母の誕生日でして。。。

KarenPang 11th June 2013 09:34 AM

19th June's DAIGO P contents

色んなPをやっちゃう『DAIGO P』
今月も23:00からです!

番組では、色んなコーナーをやっています!

DAIGOパフォーマンス
→ナレーターにあなたから頂いたセリフをアテレコしてもらい
DAIGOにはそれについてリアクションしてもらいます!

募集要項

1・どういう繋がりで誰宛に
2・どんなシチュエーション
3・セリフ

DAIGOピックアップ
→DAIGOがみなさんから届いたメールをランダムに引いて読んじゃいます!
テーマ:あなたが今伝えたいこと・言いたいこと

写真添付OKです!番組で紹介します!
ツイッター感覚で送ってきてください!
質問だけじゃなくて「言い切り」でもOK!

例:新人が入ってきたけど生意気です。どうしたらいいですか?
例:犬が生まれました。名前をつけてください!
例:寒い日が続きますが、お体ご自愛ください。

ピローなお言葉
→DAIGOさんにささやいて欲しい言葉を大募集!
番組の最後に紹介いたします。

もちろん「ふつおた」も募集しております!
みなさんガンガン送ってきてくださいね!

放送後には、プレミアム会員専用の番組が始まります!
ぜひ見てくださいね!

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv137664616

Oh joy , another round of DAIGO P coming next Wed on 19th June -_- . Usual suspect corners such as DAIGO Performance , DAIGO Pickup , Pillow Talk await :p

KarenPang 11th June 2013 03:10 PM

ROCK AND READ 048 is now available for preorder via CDJapan

NEOBK-1515106
Shinko Music/ROCK AND READ048 [Cover & Top Feature] DAIGO (BREAKERZ) BOOK
1200 yen US$12/99.95 Release Date:2013/06/26
Description:[Cover & Top Feature] DAIGO (BREAKERZ). Also features Saga (Alice Nine), HIZAKI (Jupiter), Tohya (vistlip), Rei (DaizyStripper), MiA (MEJIBRAY), and many more.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....=NEOBK-1515106

KarenPang 12th June 2013 03:39 AM

For last night (as the norm) , DAIGO did a little bit of HR promo for 2 of his many shows ie. Nippon TV's 火曜サプライズ ; Tuesday Surprise + Nippon TV's 幸せ!ボンビーガール ; Shiawase! Bonbi Girl :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...J%20II/812.jpg

Caption included - 火曜サプライズ3時間スペシャル!楽しかったあ!\(//∇//)\Tシャツ応募!ありがとうね! そしてボンビーガールも面白いよねえ! 素敵な一日でしたあ♥

http://p.twipple.jp/AM3xM

A 3 hours special of Tuesday Surprise was aired last night & right after that , it was Shiawase! Bonbi Girl , as per the norm every Tue night .

I must say I really like DAIGO's choice of photo he uploaded last night , finally for once , he looked ... normal xD & I like the design of his T-shirt :D

Nice white vest too DAIGO <3

KarenPang 12th June 2013 07:56 AM

Congratulations AKIHIDE ! All 8 tour dates for AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 “Amber” are sold out inclusive of the 2 newly added dates for 20th June & 25th June , as noted on AKIHIDE's personal site !

6/15 (Sat) Osaka @ amHALL THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!
6/16 (Sun) Miyagi @ HooK SENDAI THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!
6/20 (Thu) Nagoya @ ElectricLadyLand THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!
6/25 (Tue) Tokyo @ LIQUIDROOM THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!
6/28 (Fri) Hokkaido @ KRAPS HALL THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!
6/30 (Sun) Fukuoka @ IMS Hall THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!
7/5 (Fri) Tokyo @ Akasaka BLITZ [held on AKIHIDE's 36th birthday] THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!
7/7 (Sun) Nagoya @ ElectricLadyLand THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!

http://akihide.com/pc/schedule/schedule_001.html

1st date of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 “Amber” will kick off this coming weekend , so can't wait to see the setlist in due time :D

Once again , congratulations AKIHIDE !!!

KarenPang 12th June 2013 01:06 PM

Overall weekly chart position for AKIHIDE's Amber

AKIHIDE's Amber ranked in at #18 overall with 1st week sales of 5,507 copies !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0II/120613.jpg

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2013-06-17/more/3/

Top 20 overall for Amber , awesome if not good job :D Was expecting a bit lower but can't go wrong with a Top 20 position , congratulations AKIHIDE !

KarenPang 12th June 2013 06:36 PM

Hanada Mieko uploaded this photo of herself with DAIGO & WaT's Wentz yesterday via her blog :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/120613D.jpg

http://ameblo.jp/hanada-mieko/entry-11550356473.html

A 3 hours special of Tuesday Surprise was aired on Tue night & I guess for Tue's episode , it featured Hanada Mieko & judging from the blog theme going on in her blog , she only blogs about anything if not everything Hawaii related ?

Guess for Tue night's episode of Tuesday Surprise SP , it showcased footages of both DAIGO & Wentz when they went Hawaii last month to shoot for the show ... & DAIGO still doesn't acknowledge if not wrote about his last minute adventures to Hawaii bah ~_~ xD

KarenPang 13th June 2013 04:44 AM

AKIHIDE 1st LIVE TOUR 2013 “Amber” will not start until this weekend which the 1st day of the tour will kick off at Osaka's amHALL this Sat / 15th June .

And yesterday via AKIHIDE's personal site , it was revealed that purchase of his debut solo album Amber at the concert venues for AKIHIDE 1st LIVE TOUR 2013 “Amber” will enable buys to receive this really cool B3 sized poster of AKIHIDE :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...mberposter.jpg

「AKIHIDE 1st LIVE TOUR 2013 “Amber”」ライブ会場CD購入者特典

「AKIHIDE 1st LIVE TOUR 2013 “Amber”」ライブ会場にて、
AKIHIDE 1st Album「Amber」を お買い上げの方へ、先着でB3ポスターを差し上げます。
※数に限りがあります。無くなり次第終了となりますので、ご了承下さい。

http://akihide.com/pc/goods/amber/index.html#cd

Wow oh wow , AKIHIDE <3 doesn't he looked so fine in there ? ;__;

Too bad my room doesn't have any wallspace any longer so I gladly will take a pass on this xD The concert goods are more important for me to get haha :3

KarenPang 13th June 2013 09:23 AM

Special sub website launched for AKIHIDE's debut solo album Amber update with the last piece of news

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...banner_001.png

Yesterday the special sub website AKIHIDE's personal site akihide.com was updated with the last piece of news updates .

In this special sub website , 10 supposedly 'surprises' will be revealed pre release (9 of them) & post release (1 of them) of Amber .

9 pre release 'surprises' :

26th April - 3
10th May - 2
14th May - 2
24th May - 1
3rd June - 1

Yesterday , finally the last update via the special sub Amber has been revealed . As seen via ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ng/120613A.jpg

The 10th update :

- Kibou no Hana wallpaper giveaway !! [ギターマンの旅も、ついにゴールへ!感謝を込めて“希望の花”の待受画像プレゼント!!!]

Way back in 5th April , AKIHIDE posted a news update on his website asking fans to participate in an art project . At that time , there was a song in Amber (which turns out to be Hello! Mr. Sadness) that deals with the themes Dream & Hope .

AKIHIDE wanted to incorporate some art designs with both themes in mind & he decided to ask fans to send handwritten postcards (to them , what's their definition of Dream & Hope) via snailmail .

The final result gives ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ibounoHana.jpg

It's the very same beautiful flower montage collage (AKIHIDE named it as Kibou no Hana) found in the CD sleeves of Amber that accompanied the lyrics of Hello! Mr. Sadness & also in the Amber making documentary , it was shown how AKIHIDE managed to transform this idea into a reality :D

And now until 7th July , the Kibou no Hana montage can be downloaded via AKIHIDE's personal site until 7th July as wallpapers in 4 different sizes :

- 1920 × 1200
- 1920 × 1080
- 1280 × 1024
- 1024 × 768

I've already saved them , what'll you waiting for ?

KarenPang 13th June 2013 02:06 PM

Ah the early wee hours of today was so fun in that BREAKERZ's backup bassist MATSU completely spammed my Twitter homepage after he decided to do a bit of Q&A session with his followers (≧▽≦)

In the midst of spamming , I decided to try my luck to get MATSU to answer my tweet & true enough , he did & so's the case for my friend :D

MATSU's answer to my friend's tweet :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/130613B.jpg

https://twitter.com/Matsu19800728/st...56160744124416

My friend Nat told MATSU to come to France as Paris is a beautiful place . MATSU responded to Nat by telling her to call him should he decided to make his way to France 1 day xD

For my case :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/130613A.jpg

https://twitter.com/Matsu19800728/st...56685178925057

I told MATSU I'm from Singapore & hopefully 1 day he can come to Singapore just like France . MATSU responded almost the same as Nat , in that he would love to come here , someday x)

I hope this will not be the 1st & last time I get a response from MATSU via Twitter :D Honestly from the way he has been tweeting , he seems like a nice person , quite different from the image he portrayed when he's in BREAKERZ :p

KarenPang 14th June 2013 05:00 AM

musicJAPANplus - AKIHIDE Album "Amber" Release Interview

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/130613AA.jpg

musicJAPANplus did a really good job interviewing AKIHIDE in line with the release of Amber . And best of all , the whole interview is written in English (with the whole text translated from Japanese) .

Some of the answers AKIHIDE gave are real insightful . It's 6 pages long from what musicJAPANplus posted on their website

http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/special...erview/page/1/

KarenPang 14th June 2013 10:26 AM

CDJapan 2013 clearance sale on the following BREAKERZ item

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ader201306.jpg

From CDJapan 2013 clearance sale website :

Over 700 items are now available at up to 90% discount! Eligible items include CD, DVD, books, figures, fashion items, Japanese traditional items, and plenty more. Don't miss this opportunity to get items you have wanted!

Offer Period: June 14, 2013 12:00PM - July 11, 2013 23:59PM (GMT+9)


The following BREAKERZ item is on sale until July 11th :

Concert DVD

BREAKERZ LIVE 2012 "WISH 4U" in Nippon Budokan

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ZABL-5014

20% off 6,190 Yen . Now price - 4,952 Yen

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/rcms/offers...sale.html?id=0

KarenPang 14th June 2013 04:21 PM

Magazine promo for AKIHIDE in line with post release of Amber

6/15(土) 発売 「月刊Songs」
NEW -> 6/28(金) 発売 「Creation No.04」

http://akihide.com/pc/schedule/sched...azine_001.html

Wow ARENA 37℃ Création No.4 o_o the very same previous past issue which DAIGO was on the cover on ARENA 37℃ Création No.3 .

This's going to be something 8D

http://www.ongakusenkasha.co.jp/ has already listed ARENA 37℃ Création No.4 for preorder , with EXILE TRIBE + Sandaime J Soul Brothers vs GENERATIONS to grace its cover .

AKIHIDE

音とアートワークのタペストリー。自己のパラレルワールドを検証する。1st ソロアルバム『Amber』。

KarenPang 15th June 2013 04:49 AM

Finally finally today is the day when AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 “Amber” starts !

1st of 8 sold out concert dates will be taking place later in the afternoon at Osaka's amHALL , followed by tomorrow at Miyagi's HooK SENDAI

Waiting in anticipation for the setlist in due time !

KarenPang 15th June 2013 09:44 AM

Oricon Weekly - Albums (3/6/2013~9/6/2013)

*1 69,647 *69,647 INFINITE - Koi ni Ochiru Toki
*2 69,125 *83,148 Momoiro Clover - Iriguchi no Nai Deguchi
*3 14,118 *14,118 CHRIS HART - Heart Song
*4 14,056 *14,056 KEITA - SIDE BY SIDE
*5 13,954 *13,954 Matsuda Seiko - A Girl in the Wonder Land
*6 13,749 *89,356 Jin - Mekaku City Records
*7 12,429 365,021 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS LAST BEST
*8 11,727 *11,727 Various Artists - YURUYURI♪ 1St. Series Best Album Yuruyurizumu♪
*9 11,694 *11,694 Takahashi Mariko - Takahashi 40 Nen
10 11,516 *11,516 Beady Eye - Be

11~30:

11 10,431 locofrank, HAWAIIAN6, dustbox - THE ANTHEMS
12 *9,894 Yazawa Eikichi - ALL TIME BEST ALBUM
13 *8,433 miwa - Delight
14 *8,218 EXO – XOXO (KISS Version)
15 *7,465 DAFT PUNK - Random Access Memories
16 *6,400 Hikawa Kiyoshi - Enka Meikyoku Collection 18 ~Shigure no Minato~
17 *5,658 Okamoto Nobuhiko - Enjoy☆Full
18 *5,507 AKIHIDE – Amber
19 *5,253 KEMURI – ALL FOR THIS!
20 *5,188 Kurosawa Kaoru - LOVE LIFE
21 *5,167 EXO – XOXO (HUG Version)
22 *5,101 SING LIKE TALKING – Befriend
23 *4,801 NAOTO INTI RAYMI - Nice catch the moment!
24 *4,174 nano – Remember your color.
25 *3,734 Ray – RAYVE
26 *3,682 THE STARBEMS – SAD MARATHON WITH VOMITING BLOOD
27 *2,938 BOARDS OF CANADA – TOMORROW’S HARVEST
28 *2,917 Yuzu - LAND
29 *2,808 Jang Geun Suk - Nature Boy
30 *2,736 Paul McCartney & Wings – Wings Over America

Congrats AKIHIDE ! overall top 20 position for the best album of 2013 to have emerged so far imo

1st day of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 “Amber” is going to start in less than an hour's time at Osaka's amHALL , so can't wait to see the setlist !

KarenPang 15th June 2013 02:16 PM

Last night during 7.10pm - 8.30pm Japan time , AKIHIDE appeared as a guest in the radio station of FM NACK5 as part of post promotion duties for Amber .

And the official site for FM NACK5 uploaded this photo of AKIHIDE xD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/DSCN0637.jpg

http://www.fm795.com/pc/blog/4/20130...20130615120000

LOL AKIHIDE looked like a homeless person in there for some odd reason o_O but nice scarf he wore xD

Some interesting tidbits from last night's radio show which AKIHIDE discussed with the radio DJ included :

- AKIHIDE talked about crows which was extremely random o_O

- When BREAKERZ went to Hawaii in March as part of their 3rd team brz overseas trip, AKIHIDE couldn't go out & get a tan . During his free time , he had to stay in his hotel room due to the impending shooting of the Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku PV which took place the next month after their Hawaiian trip

- AKIHIDE did online shopping while he was drunk 1 day but when the stuff he ordered came , he couldn't remember buying them LOL

- AKIHIDE regretted all the stuff he bought online as he burnt quite a big hole in his wallet . So the morale of the story's , don't do online shopping while drunk xD

List of songs that were played during the 1 hour 20 mins broadcast of the radio show :

1.JUST ONE MORE KISS/BUCK-TICK
2.MISSING/DaizyStripper
3.Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku/AKIHIDE
4.Kuroneko no Tango/AKIHIDE

5.Visual Sentai Band Men/Jin-Machine
6.THE SCENT/La'cryma Christ
7.D.O.D.[DRINK OR DIE]/Hitsugi from NIGHTMARE
8.DICE/Matenrō Opera

KarenPang 16th June 2013 03:57 AM

[Day 1 / 15th June] AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" setlist

Day 1 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" took place yesterday at Osaka's amHALL with it being the 1st of 8 sold out concert dates for AKIHIDE's maiden solo tour :)

1) 涙の河 ; Namida no Kawa
2) 愛しのヴァルキュリア ; Itoshi no Valkyria
3) 黒猫のTango ; Kuroneko no Tango
4) サーカス ; Circus
5) 蜘蛛の糸 ; Kumo no Ito
6) 桜雨 ; Sakura Ame
7) 星の狂想曲 ; Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku
8) 天国への手紙 ; Tengoku e no Tegami (NEVER LAND)
9) カナシミDays ; Kanashimi Days (BREAKERZ)
10) LION
11) マリア ; Maria

Encore 1

12) 星の王子様 ; Hoshi no Oujisama
13) Hello! Mr.Sadness

Encore 2

14) ダッシュ ; Dash

http://blog.livedoor.jp/joechang/archives/1625603.html

AKIHIDE did all 12 songs from Amber today & wow at him doing NEVER LAND's Tengoku e no Tegami + BREAKERZ's Kanashimi Days :thud

Kanashimi Days is actually 1 of my fave tracks in Ao no Mirai . Would have loved to hear AKIHIDE's take on it as it's such a kick ass song that he wrote/composed even up to now :3

2nd day of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" will take place later today in the afternoon at Miyagi's HooK SENDAI with it being another sold out concert date :D

KarenPang 16th June 2013 02:14 PM

Today was Chappy's memorial funeral service

Quote:

ブログ更新「ちゃっぴー供養の日」http://yaplog.jp/brzshinpei/archive/2652 いつまでも一緒だよ、ちゃっぴー!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/u8SK5.jpg

http://p.twipple.jp/u8SK5

It's so surreal in that it hasn't sunk in my head that it has almost been a month + since Chappy passed away unexpectedly =(

With that said , RIP Chappy you're truly in doggie heaven now

KarenPang 17th June 2013 03:08 AM

[Day 2 / 16th June] AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" setlist

Day 2 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" took place yesterday at Miyagi's HooK SENDAI with it being the 2nd of 8 sold out concert dates for AKIHIDE's maiden solo tour :)

1) 涙の河 ; Namida no Kawa
2) 愛しのヴァルキュリア ; Itoshi no Valkyria
3) 黒猫のTango ; Kuroneko no Tango
4) サーカス ; Circus
5) 蜘蛛の糸 ; Kumo no Ito
6) 桜雨 ; Sakura Ame
7) 星の狂想曲 ; Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku
8) カナシミDays ; Kanashimi Days (BREAKERZ)
9) LION
10) マリア ; Maria

Encore 1

11) 星の王子様 ; Hoshi no Oujisama
12) Hello! Mr.Sadness

Encore 2

13) ダッシュ ; Dash

https://twitter.com/farewellers_J/st...20330077011969

Yesterday's setlist is almost the same as Sat except for the fact that AKIHIDE did not performed NEVER LAND's Tengoku e no Tegami .

Day 3 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" will take place this coming Thurs / 20th June at Nagoya's ElectricLadyLand with it being another sold out concert date , as per the norm x)

KarenPang 17th June 2013 09:53 AM

Before AKIHIDE's 1st tour AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" started last weekend at Osaka's amHALL , both DAIGO & SHINPEI sent email messages to AKIHIDE in wishing him good luck prior to the start of his 1st solo tour :)

In addition , in the email that DAIGO wrote to AKIHIDE , he stated that Kuroneko no Tango is his fave song from Amber :D

先日BREAKERZのメンバーからもメールが来て、DAIGOくんからは「ライブツアー頑張って下さい! 僕は黒猫のTangoがお気に入りです!」って。しんぴーからも「頑張って下さい!」と。本当に素敵なメン バーなんですけど、そのメンバーに恥じないように僕も頑張って行こうと思います。

https://twitter.com/spank_yuu/status/346316088914624513

DAIGO has great taste I must say ;D & also judging from what he tweeted last Sat night , I think he went for the 1st concert date of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" ?

今日は大阪で素敵な歌声とギターが鳴り響いていたんだろうな。

音楽はいいねえ(≧∇≦)

おれも歌いたいな♥


https://twitter.com/Daigo19780408/st...11755249180672

KarenPang 18th June 2013 09:40 AM

ROCK AND READ 048 is now available for preorder via YesAsia

http://www.yesasia.com/global/rock-a...0-en/info.html

KarenPang 19th June 2013 10:42 AM

DAIGO's debut solo single Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen ∞REBIRTH to be released on 31st July !

Ah wow omg all the information with regards to DAIGO's debut solo single has been released today & what surprised me is that it will be a double A-side single that DAIGO will release next month on 31st July :D

In addition , DAIGO has launched his own official web page to coincide with this -> http://daigo-official.net/

All information in the spoiler

Spoiler:
Covers

CD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDOnlyA.jpg

Purchase of the CD only will entitle buyers to get 1 trading card randomly allocated from 3 different designs .

初回生産分のみ封入特典:DAIGOビジュアルカード(全3種/ランダム封入)

CD + DVD A ; DVD footages will include Itsumo Dakishimete PV + PV making offshoot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDDVDAA.jpg

CD + DVD B ; DVD footages will include Mugen ∞REBIRTH PV + PV making offshoot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDDVDBA.jpg

Purchase of the CD + DVD B edition will include a Cardfight!! Vanguard PR card .

封入特典:「カードファイト!! ヴァンガード」PRカード1枚

All 3 editions of the single will include an application serial number ticket . More details on this tbc

初回生産分のみ封入特典:3種連動特典応募シリアルナンバー

Tracklist

1. いつも抱きしめて ; Itsumo Dakishimete
2. 無限∞REBIRTH ; Mugen ∞REBIRTH
3. デイジー ~2013 version~ ; Daisy ~2013 version~ (only available in the CD only edition)

Daisy ~2013 version~ is the 10th anniversary updated version of Daisy which was originally found as the 1st A-side of DAIGO☆STARDUST's 4th single Daisy / Summer Rose .

Writing/composing credits

・ Itsumo Dakishimete
words & music:DAIGO arrangement:Masahiko Iida

・Mugen ∞REBIRTH
words & music:DAIGO arrangement:Masanori Takumi

・Daisy ~2013 version~
words & music:DAIGO arrangement:Jun Abe

Promo tie in

For Mugen ∞REBIRTH :

- TVアニメ「カード ファイト!! ヴァンガード リンクジョーカー編」オープニングテーマ (6/30~)
- 「カード ファイト!! ヴァンガー ド DAIGOス ペシャルセット」CMソング

- TV anime Cardfight!! Vanguard Link Joker Hen opening theme ; will be aired from 30th June onwards
- Cardfight!! Vanguard DAIGO Special Set CM song

Preview snippets for both A-side's

Preview snippets for both Itsumo Dakishimete & Mugen∞REBIRTH can be heard via http://daigo-official.net/

Promo pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...THCDOnlyLJ.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDDVDLJ.jpg

KarenPang 19th June 2013 03:29 PM

The guys's official site has finally changed DAIGO's solo picture on its website which's really about time xD

Their official site has been using DAIGO's RUSTY HEARTS solo promo picture for like the longest time ever :p

But not anymore <3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0II/190613.jpg

*___*

Chibi-Chan 20th June 2013 02:26 AM

無限∞REBIRTH? :laugh I just thought immediately of yasu's 20+∞Century Boys and Re:birth. Maybe DAIGO got inspired by those two titles? :laugh

KarenPang 20th June 2013 04:28 AM

Tokyohive - DAIGO to resume his solo activities

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDDVDLJ.jpg

BREAKERZ's vocalist DAIGO will be resuming his solo activities by releasing a new single, "Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen∞REBIRTH", on July 31st.

On June 19, he held a public recording at a studio in Tokyo, where he appealed, "I want to use the three pillars for my solo career. They are 'make good music', 'sing good songs', and 'hold good lives'. I name it the 'DAIGO mix'. He continued, "I want to surpass myself from 10 years ago."

DAIGO made his solo debut as 'DAIGO☆STARDUST' in July of 2003 with the song, "MARIA", which was provided by Himuro Kyosuke. BREAKERZ celebrated their 5th anniversary last year, and in April the members decided to each pursue their solo careers in order for the band to grow.

DAIGO reflected on his previous solo activities saying, "Like my name, I became stardust." He further expressed, "This time, I want to do my best with my solo activities as 'DAIGO'. I want to have revenge on 10 years ago."

While DAIGO seemed to be excited about his solo activities, he stated, "The members were always there during recording, so I feel lonely." He added, "This year, I will focus on solo work."

This day was also the death anniversary of DAIGO's grandfather, former Prime Minister Takeshita Noboru. He revealed, "I told him'ittekumasu' (I'm off) at the Buddhist altar."

===

Limited Edition A

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDDVDAA.jpg

CD:
01. Itsumo Dakishimete
02. Mugen∞REBIRTH

DVD:
・"Itsumo Dakishimete" Music Clip + Music Clip Off Shot

-----

Limited Edition B

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDDVDBA.jpg

CD:
01. Itsumo Dakishimete
02. Mugen∞REBIRTH

DVD:
・"Mugen∞REBIRTH" Music Clip + Music Clip Off Shot

-----

Regular Edition

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDOnlyA.jpg

CD:
01. Itsumo Dakishimete
02. Mugen∞REBIRTH
03. Daisy ~2013version~

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...olo-activities

===

My wallet is so absolutely ready to preorder all 3 editions like now 8D

KarenPang 20th June 2013 09:58 AM

Preorder links for ROCK AND READ 048

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....=NEOBK-1515106

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_ROCK-...ad-048_5450777

http://www.yesasia.com/global/rock-a...0-en/info.html

KarenPang 20th June 2013 02:39 PM

So far both HMV Japan & YesAsia have listed the preorder links for DAIGO's debut solo single Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen∞REBIRTH

HMV Japan

CD | CD + DVD A | CD + DVD B

YesAsia

CD | CD + DVD A | CD + DVD B

Ah DAIGO my wallet is so ready anytime to preorder all 3 editions of your debut single , which's what I did earlier on 8D

KarenPang 21st June 2013 05:11 AM

JpopAsia - DAIGO Of BREAKERZ Announces New Single

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RTHCDDVDLJ.jpg

Months ago, we reported that the members of BREAKERZ would be commencing solo activities.

Now, DAIGO has announced that his new single, entitled "Itsumo Dakishimete/Mugen∞REBIRTH" will be released on July 31st in 3 types!

The tracklists for each type are as follows:

Regular

1. Itsumo Dakishimete
2. Mugen∞REBIRTH
3. Daisy ~2013version~

Type A (+DVD)

CD
1. Itsumo Dakishimete
2. Mugen∞REBIRTH
DVD - Itsumo Dakishimete music clip & making off

Type B (+DVD)

CD
1.Mugen∞REBIRTH
2. Itsumo Dakishimete
DVD- Mugen∞REBIRTH music clip & making off

Which type will you be getting?

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/daigo-o...le::14282.html

Which type will you be getting? - all 3 editions of course , like duh 8D

KarenPang 21st June 2013 09:43 AM

Aww what a pity , SHINPEI's MUSCLE ATTACK band did not get selected to perform at this year's SUMMER SONIC due to the fact that for the 1st round of votes , MUSCLE ATTACK eventually was not placed at the Top 3 , votes wise :(

今年で5年目を向かえるSUMMER SONICとイープラスによるオーディション企画『出れんの!?サマソニ!?』にエントリー中の、MUSC LE ATTACKですが、 一般ネットユーザーの皆様からの投票による1st selectionを無事通過し、2nd selectionへ進出いたしました!!
http://emeets.jp/artists/show/2088

惜しくも、得票数上位3組に入る事は出来ませんでしたが、皆様からのたくさんの投票、ありがとうございまし た!!

2nd selectionは、選考員の方々による審査となっています。
引き続き応援の方、よろしくお願いします!!

出れんの!?サマソニ!?2013 オフィシャルサイト
http://emeets.jp/

http://shinpei-muscleattack.net/news/news_009.html

However , with that said , MUSCLE ATTACK still came in 4th overall with 7,788 votes which to me is still really good & worth a try .

For now , bring on their next concert MUSCLE ATTACK LIVE ~Basic Training vol.2~ which is scheduled to take place next month on 19th July at Shibuya Chelsea Hotel :)

KarenPang 21st June 2013 02:15 PM

ZACL-4043
DAIGO/Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen REBIRTH[Regular Edition / Jacket C] CDA
1200 yen US$12/98.39 Release Date:2013/07/31
Description:First solo single from DAIGO includes an intro theme for the TV anime series "Cardfight!! Vanguard," "Mugen REBIRTH," and "Itsumo Dakishimete." This edition exclusively includes "Daisy 2013 - 2013 version -.""
First Press Details:a DAIGO visual card randomly selected from three kinds
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=ZACL-4043

*********************************************

ZACL-6027
DAIGO/Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen REBIRTH[w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type A / Jacket A] CDA
1600 yen US$16/98.39 Release Date:2013/07/31
Description:First solo single from DAIGO includes an intro theme for the TV anime series "Cardfight!! Vanguard," "Mugen REBIRTH," and "Itsumo Dakishimete." This edition includes a bonus DVD with a music video for "Itsumo Dakishimete" and behind-the-scene shots for the music video. *The DVD disc is encoded for region 2 (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and no subtitles are included.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=ZACL-6027

*********************************************

ZACL-6028
DAIGO/Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen REBIRTH[w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B / Jacket B] CDA
1600 yen US$16/98.39 Release Date:2013/07/31
Description:First solo single from DAIGO includes an intro theme for the TV anime series "Cardfight!! Vanguard," "Mugen REBIRTH," and "Itsumo Dakishimete." This edition includes a bonus DVD with a music video for "Mugen REBIRTH" and behind-the-scene shots for the music video. Also includes a PR card of the anime *The DVD disc is encoded for region 2 (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and no subtitles are included.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=ZACL-6028

KarenPang 22nd June 2013 03:38 AM

TV promo for DAIGO with the impending release of Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen ∞REBIRTH - Part 1

> TV出演情報

TBS系「音楽の日」
6/29(土) 14時~翌朝5時まで放送
(途中ニュース有り、地域によって番組放送時間が異なります。)

===

TBS Kei 「Ongaku no Hi」
6/29 (Sun) 2pm until 5am the next morning . Both time slots are in Japan time .
(Programme's broadcast time varies by prefecture .)

http://daigo-official.net/news.html
http://www.tbs.co.jp/ongakunohi/

KarenPang 22nd June 2013 09:07 AM

musicJAPANplus - DAIGO Announce New Single!

If you look at our main site you will find the interview with AKIHIDE regarding his first solo album. As you know, he is the guitarist of BREAKERZ. [which the interview that musicJAPANplus did with AKIHIDE can be read via here ]

Even though they just hit the 5th year since their debut, the band have decided on working on their solo projects for some time now - and AKIHIDE is not the only one who announces a release!

DAIGO has also announced that his new single "Itsumo Dakishimete/Mugen∞REBIRTH" is scheduled to be released on July 31st!

There will be three different versions. The regular version comes with three songs. The Type A version comes with two songs and a DVD including the "Itsumo Dakishimete" music clip and its making. Type B will come with two songs as well and include the "Mugen∞REBIRTH" music clip and its making!

They really make it hard to decide on one version again, right?

http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/news/1/...ce-new-single/

They really make it hard to decide on one version again, right? - nope by now it's already secondary to preorder/order all editions if you're in their fandom for so long just like me , just saying ;D

KarenPang 22nd June 2013 02:31 PM

[Day 3 / 20th June] AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" setlist

Day 3 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" took place 2 days ago at Nagoya's ElectricLadyLand with Thurs night being the 3rd of 8 sold out concert dates for AKIHIDE's maiden solo tour :)

1) 涙の河 ; Namida no Kawa
2) 愛しのヴァルキュリア ; Itoshi no Valkyria
3) 黒猫のTango ; Kuroneko no Tango
4) サーカス ; Circus
5) 蜘蛛の糸 ; Kumo no Ito
6) 桜雨 ; Sakura Ame
7) 星の狂想曲 ; Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku
8) 天国への手紙 ; Tengoku e no Tegami (NEVER LAND)
9) カナシミDays ; Kanashimi Days (BREAKERZ)
10) LION
11) マリア ; Maria

Encore 1

12) 星の王子様 ; Hoshi no Oujisama
13) Hello! Mr.Sadness

Encore 2

14) ダッシュ ; Dash

I personally know someone whom went for Thurs night's concert & she said the setlist's exactly the same as Day 1 of the setlist .

For her to be 3-4 rows away from where AKIHIDE stood onstage , she was so happy to say the least ;D

Day 4 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" will take place this coming Tue / 25th June at Tokyo's LIQUIDROOM with it being another sold out concert date , as per the norm x)

KarenPang 22nd June 2013 07:09 PM

DAIGO did karaoke-ing just now haha

Among the songs he chose to sing ...

http://p.twpl.jp/show/orig/OyFpT

http://p.twpl.jp/show/orig/H3eU8

http://p.twpl.jp/show/orig/98J7G

http://p.twipple.jp/OyFpT
http://p.twipple.jp/H3eU8
http://p.twipple.jp/98J7G

hahaha

And too bad he didn't sang DAIGO STARDUST's MARIA , Daisy and/or ROCK THE PLANET earlier on damn :P

At least he sang AKIHIDE's Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku & the song that started it all for me , SUMMER PARTY !

KarenPang 23rd June 2013 04:37 AM

ROCK AND READ 048 will be released in 3 days's time & yesterday , the official blog of ROCK AND READ has uploaded 2 more photos of DAIGO which they're behind the scenes shots in line with the impending release of ROCK AND READ 048 , seeing that DAIGO is featured on the cover + a 30 paged writeup has been done on him .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/2206131.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/2206132.jpg

Awwww the 2nd photo <3 <3 <3

ROCK AND READ 048 is scheduled to get released this coming Wed on 26th June .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/Sgkpz.jpg

I still cannot get over just how hot DAIGO looks on the cover ♪───O(≧∇≦)O────♪

KarenPang 23rd June 2013 02:27 PM

Pic - DAIGO with comedian duo TKO

Chanced upon this on Twitter earlier on x)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0002490657.jpg

http://www.jalan.net/uw/uwp3500/uww3...aid=0002468657

DAIGO did some shooting with comedian duo TKO (the 2 guys who wore white in the photo besides DAIGO :p) a while back ago & it's for a TV Asahi show titled Miracle Recipe .

This particular episode that will feature both TKO & DAIGO will supposedly be broadcast next month on 13th July / Sat at 6.30pm Japan time .

I'm not familiar with what Miracle Recipe is all about but seems to me this episode will centre on a lady whose hamburger recipe is out of this world so it's safe to say that it's food related x)

KarenPang 24th June 2013 04:28 AM

DAIGO's not a brunette anymore woo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/WIc6t.jpg

Caption included - そういえば、髪ちょっと明るくしてもらったで。 LUCK HAIRで(≧∇≦) 気にいってるで。

http://p.twipple.jp/WIc6t

Guess cos now it's already Summer in Japan so DAIGO decided to lighten up his hair colour at LUCK HAIR (as usual) .

I like it , it reminds me so much of the time when he had brown hair during the guys's SUMMER PARTY / LAST EMOTION era , ah good times good times <3

Not that DAIGO doesn't look good in black hair of course ;D

KarenPang 24th June 2013 12:09 PM

ROCK AND READ 048 will be released this coming Wed & DAIGO is featured on the cover + a 30 paged writeup has been done on him .

Today , BARKS has uploaded a photo on their website that supposedly will be included in ROCK AND READ 048 :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ANDREAD048.jpg

http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000091589

♥___♥ ♥___♥ ♥___♥

Ok if the rest of the photos will be something like this in ROCK AND READ 048 , boy I'm so there xD

Can't wait to get my copy of ROCK AND READ 048 in due time ♪───O(≧∇≦)O────♪

KarenPang 24th June 2013 06:05 PM

BREAKERZ LIVE 2012 “WISH 4U” in Nippon Budokan is scheduled to be shown in Los Angeles's Regal Cinema L.A. LIVE cinema on 4th July / next Thurs .

This's made possible as part of J-MUSIC LIVE VIEWING 2013 in LA which is a 3 days movie screening event of several Japanese artistes's concerts that will take place between July 4th - July 7th .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...S-WEB-6-20.jpg

ロサンゼルスで開催される“J-MUSIC LIVE VIEWING 2013 in L.A”にて、「BREAKERZ LIVE 2012“WISH 4U”in 日本武道館」の上映が決定しました!

Theater:Regal Cinema L.A. LIVE
Date:2013年7月4日 5:00 pm(L.A.local time)

詳細は、J-MUSIC LIVE VIEWING特設サイト
http://www.liveviewing.jp/j-music/breakerz.html
http://jmusicliveviewing2013.com/

チケットの購入は、
特設サイトhttp://jmusicliveviewing2013.com/の
“CONCERT DESCRIPTIONS & TICKETS”のBREAKERZ欄をクリック、
下記リンクをクリックすると購入ページへ行きます。
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/405210

※上映される映像は、LIVE DVD「BREAKERZ LIVE 2012“WISH 4U”in 日本武道館」と同内容です。

http://breakerz-web.net/info_ot_026.html

The contents of BREAKERZ LIVE 2012 “WISH 4U” in Nippon Budokan that Regal Cinema L.A. LIVE will broadcast next Thurs on July 4th in Los Angeles will be the exact same contents as the DVD itself .

US$20 is the cost of each ticket .

KarenPang 25th June 2013 04:12 AM

is that you DAIGO ? o_o

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/pOJBq.jpg

Caption included - 今日も充実してましたねえ。 まだ終わってないけどねえ。 がんばるぞ!

http://p.twipple.jp/pOJBq

Wow I had to do a double take when I saw that earlier on . Is it me or is DAIGO looking much more younger (if not playful :p) after he dyed back his hair to brown yesterday xD

KarenPang 25th June 2013 09:22 AM

The Aug issue of ARENA 37℃ Création No.4 will be released this coming Fri on 28th June . Even though AKIHIDE is not featured on the cover (EXILE TRIBE + Sandaime J Soul Brothers vs GENERATIONS will grace the cover instead) , something tells me the photos ARENA 37℃ Création No.4 be using of AKIHIDE might be leftover shots from his AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" ART CARD BOOK .

Case in point , this photo as uploaded via http://www.ongakusenkasha.co.jp/ :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../no4_pic04.jpg

*___*

So much for not planning to buy ARENA 37℃ Création No.4 xD & for the record , the above photo of AKIHIDE is not found in his AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" ART CARD BOOK .

KarenPang 25th June 2013 04:34 PM

Staff member mi updated the staff blog this afternoon in which mi wrote/talked about the current ongoing AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 “Amber" as today is the 4th day of the tour which was held at Tokyo's LIQUIDROOM .

mi included this photo of a wearing sunglasses AKIHIDE :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/b429b25e.jpg

AKIHIDE is reading answered Q&A's in the form of faxes + written questionnaires that fans gave him & it's a norm for questionnaires to get distributed after their concerts which I know so as that's what happened when I went for the last tour date with regards to BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2012 "BEST" -LIVE HOUSE COLLECTION- .

With that said , 4th day of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 “Amber" took place today , with it being another sold out concert date for AKIHIDE !

http://blog.livedoor.jp/breakerz_sta...s/1847934.html

KarenPang 26th June 2013 04:33 AM

Day 4 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 “Amber" took place yesterday at Tokyo's LIQUIDROOM .

In addition to it being a sold out concert date , there was 1 special 'guest' whom attended AKIHIDE's concert today & no it's not DAIGO and/or SHINPEI :p

Instead , it's none other than AKIHIDE's mummy :D

From what a fan tweeted :

【Amberレポ】本日、あきひでのお母様も参戦

https://twitter.com/MMoscowMMule/sta...01066825580544

Nothing like family moral support for AKIHIDE :) I'm sure AKIHIDE's late dad would have been proud of what AKIHIDE accomplished but I know that earlier on , he was there in spirit .

KarenPang 26th June 2013 12:03 PM

Day 4 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" took place yesterday at Tokyo's LIQUIDROOM with last night being the 4th of 8 sold out concert dates for AKIHIDE's maiden solo tour :)

1) 涙の河 ; Namida no Kawa
2) 愛しのヴァルキュリア ; Itoshi no Valkyria
3) 黒猫のTango ; Kuroneko no Tango
4) サーカス ; Circus
5) 蜘蛛の糸 ; Kumo no Ito
6) 桜雨 ; Sakura Ame
7) 星の狂想曲 ; Hoshi no Kyousoukyoku
8) 天国への手紙 ; Tengoku e no Tegami (NEVER LAND)
9) カナシミDays ; Kanashimi Days (BREAKERZ)
10) LION
11) マリア ; Maria

Encore 1

12) 星の王子様 ; Hoshi no Oujisama
13) Hello! Mr.Sadness

Encore 2

14) ダッシュ ; Dash

Exactly same setlist as the 1st 4 days of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" x)

Day 5 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" will take place later on this coming Fri / 28th June at Hokkaido's KRAPS HALL , followed by Day 6 this coming Sun / 30th June at Fukuoka's IMS Hall .

KarenPang 26th June 2013 07:13 PM

SHINPEI's MUSCLE ATTACK band will be taking stage for the 2nd time next month on 19th July .

And now , more details have been released with regards to MUSCLE ATTACK's 2nd live concert .

タイトル:MUSCLE ATTACK LIVE ~Basic Training vol.2~
日時:2013年7月19日(金)
会場:渋谷チェルシーホテル
開場 17:45 / 開演18:30
出演:MUSCLE ATTACK / WORLD 9 BROS. / universe
チケット代金:¥3,500(ドリンク代 ¥500別途)
チケットプレイガイド:e+ ※お一人様2枚まで
チケット一般発売日:2013年6月29日(土)10:00~

公演に関するお問い合わせ:info@shinpei-muscleattack.net

◎BREAKERZオフィシャルファンクラブ「TEAM BREAKERZ」でのチケット先行予約は終了いたしております。 e+でのチケット一般発売をご利用ください。

===

Title :MUSCLE ATTACK LIVE ~Basic Training vol.2~
Date :July 19th 2013 (Fri)
Venue :Shibuya Chelsea Hotel
Doors open at : 5.45pm / Concert starts : 6.30pm (both time slots are Japan time)
Performers :MUSCLE ATTACK / WORLD 9 BROS. / universe
Ticket price :3,500 Yen (Extra 500 Yen to be paid for a drink)
Purchase of tickets via :e+ ※ each person only can purchase 2 tickets as the maximum number
General sale of tickets to be sold from :29th June / Sat from 10am Japan time onwards
Inquiry about performance :info@shinpei-muscleattack.net

※ No prior booking will be done via team brz . Tickets to be purchased via e+ only .

http://shinpei-muscleattack.net/live/live_002.html

KarenPang 27th June 2013 04:08 AM

Last month on 18th May , SHINPEI's MUSCLE ATTACK band posted a piece of news requesting fans to contribute ideas on what shall the name of their MUSCLE ATTACK's mascot band logo should be called as xD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...%20II/logo.jpg

Yesterday via MUSCLE ATTACK's Twitter , they have announced the name of the band's mascot xD

Drumroll ... say hello to Mr. MUSCLE xD

どれもオレのイメージにピッタリな、カッコいい名前だなー!
そして悩みに悩んだ結果、最後まで残って大決定したのは・・・

『Mr. MUSCLE』

だー!!

みんなこれからはオレのこと、"Mr. MUSCLE"って呼んでくれよ!!
"ミスター"って呼んでくれてもいいぜ!!


https://twitter.com/MUSCLE_ATTACK/st...31439937454082

Frankly I already suspected the word Muscle will be somewhere in the name which I wasn't wrong on that :p

The other names that were considered prior to the final decision in picking Mr. MUSCLE ...

うん、わかるぞ。気持ちはわかるし個人的には好きな名前達なんだが。ちょっと強烈すぎるぜ(笑)。そして、 最終まで候補に残ったクールな名前を発表するぜ!!

■MUSCLE MONSTER
■MUSCLE KING
■Mr. MUSCLE
■MUSCLE DEMON


https://twitter.com/MUSCLE_ATTACK/st...29331871887360

If I have it my way , I will go with MUSCLE MONSTER but the rest ain't 1/2 bad either xD

So anyway , please give a warm welcome to MUSCLE ATTACK's mascot , Mr. MUSCLE :p

KarenPang 27th June 2013 10:07 AM

ROCK AND READ 048 was finally released yesterday & today , the official blog of ROCK AND READ has uploaded 3 more photos of DAIGO which they're behind the scenes shots , seeing that DAIGO is featured on the cover + a 30 paged writeup has been done on him .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...8Offshot13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...8Offshot14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...8Offshot15.jpg

The 2nd offshoot photo is so amusing *muses but the last offshoot photo is cute xD

In addition , DAIGO uploaded/included even more offshoot photos via his blog which he updated last night .

With that said , I so can't wait to get my copy of ROCK AND READ 048 in due time yay ♪───O(≧∇≦)O────♪ .

http://ameblo.jp/rockandread/entry-11561335547.html
http://ameblo.jp/daigoblog/entry-11561304997.html

KarenPang 27th June 2013 04:58 PM

Otsukaresama deshita , DAIGO !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/5JRBb.jpg

Caption included - 今日はロケやってから、華麗なるギャツビーを観にいったよ! 俺も華麗なるダイゴビーになれるようがんばるぞ!(≧∇≦)

http://p.twipple.jp/5JRBb

DAIGO wrote that after he finished shooting for his variety show/s today , he went to watch The Great Gatsby after that in the cinemas :)

Cool :D

KarenPang 28th June 2013 04:13 AM

Day 5 of AKIHIDE 1st Live Tour 2013 "Amber" will take place later on today at Hokkaido's KRAPS HALL , followed by Day 6 this coming Sun / 30th June at Fukuoka's IMS Hall

Hard to believe in exactly a week's time , AKIHIDE will turn 36 :O

KarenPang 28th June 2013 03:33 PM

Radio promo for AKIHIDE in line with post release of Amber

7/2(火)
16:00~ FMはつかいち ; FM Hatsukaichi「Hatsukaichi Juke Box」
※コメント出演 (Comment Appearance)

http://akihide.com/pc/schedule/schedule_radio_001.html

KarenPang 29th June 2013 06:28 AM

BS Fuji to air partial footages of DAIGO☆STARDUST's DAIGO☆IMPACT DVD on 7th July

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/Km17233L.jpg

DAIGO☆STARDUST only released 1 concert DVD to date in his discography ie. DAIGO☆IMPACT on 30th May 2007 .

The footages from DAIGO☆IMPACT were recorded from his live performance that was held at the Harajuku Astro Hall on 18th Nov 2006 .

And now , BS Fuji has decided to air partial footages from DAIGO☆IMPACT next Sun on 7th July .

【今回の放送日時】 2013年7月 7日(日)28:00~28:55

現在、「BREAKERZ」として活動しているDAIGO。

氷室京介が楽曲提供したシングル「MARIA」で2003年7月に“DAIGO☆STARDUST”として デビューを果たし、魅惑のルックスとフェロモンが充満した歌声でロッカーとして人気を博した。

2006年11月18日に原宿アストロホールで行なわれた“DAIGO☆STARDUST”のフェロモン満 載で最高のワンマンライブ「DAIGO☆IMPACT」をお届けする!

放送曲目 MARIA、I wanna be your star、永遠のスペースカウボーイ、SUPER JOY、ほか

http://www.bsfuji.tv/top/pub/daigostardust_live.html

It's a very weird timing BS Fuji chose to air partial footages from DAIGO☆IMPACT , I think that's 4am - 4.55am Japan time ? o_O

BS Fuji will be airing the following songs which includes :

- MARIA
- I wanna be your star
- Eien no Space Cowboy
- SUPER JOY

& etc

Amrai-chan 29th June 2013 10:09 AM

^Awesomeness.

I'm cool with solo projects but I find myself missing BREAKERZ a lot lately. Everything seems to be going well though so that's good.

KarenPang 29th June 2013 10:20 AM

Special Cardfight !! Vanguard DAIGO cardset now available for order via CDJapan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g9CQAA37Ap.jpg

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/goods/goods...Y=NEOGDS-84202

Deck can store 50 cards, 2 bromides, 2 PR cards from 17 types, guide, play book, play mat, 3 rare cards and much more.

This special Cardfight !! Vanguard DAIGO cardset was sold from 1st June / Sat onwards , at the cost of 1,575 Yen .

KarenPang 29th June 2013 05:34 PM

DAIGO to release a new DVD titled DAI☆GO!GO! on 20th Sept

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...AIGOGODVD1.jpg

LOL haha never would have thought this's official but turns out it's xD

Long story short , during the latest episode of Cunning no DAI An Kichijitsu which was aired last Sun on 23rd June , among the stuff DAIGO & his 2 cohosts/colleagues Yasu Megumi + Kanningu Takeyama talked about was the release of a DVD titled DAI☆GO!GO! that will drop on 20th Sept / Fri .

At that time , I thought it was a joke based on the screencaps that I did from last Sun's episode xD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...628_220623.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...628_220629.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...628_220633.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...628_220611.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...628_220658.jpg

That's a horrible picture they used of DAIGO ahahaha , especially if they plan to use that as the official cover for DAI☆GO!GO! xD xD xD

Turns out that's not a joke after all , especially since I received the email update from CDJapan on this hahaha xD

AVBF-62920
Variety (Daigo et al.)/"Cunning no DAI Ankichijitsu" Presents DAIGO! Go! DVD(Title subject to change) DVD
4500 yen US$45/99.73 Release Date:2013/09/20
Description: DVD features contents in TV program hosted by DAIGO.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBF-62920

Likewise , the preorder link via Amazon Japan is also up as well on their site

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00DNQ00P..._xEyZrb18FQSAC

With a more in depth description on the contents for DAI☆GO!GO! :p

内容紹介

本年10年目に突入したBSフジ「カンニングのDAI安☆吉日! 」からのスペシャル企画として、「DAIGO!GO!」のDVDリリースが決定!
「DAIGO☆STARDUST」時代の希少な映像から現在に至る、完全な素を見せてしまっているDAIG Oが凝縮! DVD2枚組保存版!

2004年より現在までBSフジで放送され、本年10年目に突入したDAIGO、安めぐみ、カンニング竹山 出演の

人気情報バラエティ番組「カンニングのDAI安☆吉日! 」(毎週日曜11:00~初回放送・再放送複数あり)からのスペシャル企画として、番組開始以来続けている コーナー「DAIGO!GO!」のDVDリリースが決定!

いまやタレントだけでなく俳優、そしてバンド「BREAKERZ」のボーカルなど多彩な活動を行っているD AIGO秘蔵映像満載、ファン必須のDVDです!

番組開始当時の「DAIGO☆STARDUST」時代の希少な映像から現在に至る、膨大なライブラリーの中 から厳選の映像満載!

番組ならではの「完全な素を見せてしまっているDAIGO」がこのDVDに凝縮! 保存版です!

[収録内容]
DVD2枚組
収録120分予定(DVD2枚組)

「カンニングのDAI安☆吉日! 」
(BSフジ毎週日曜11:00~初回放送・再放送あり※毎週木曜28:30~29:00 ※変更になる可能性もあります)
出演:DAIGO、安めぐみ、カンニング竹山 ほか

(C)BS FUJI

There will be 2 DVDs in total for DAI☆GO!GO! . It will be sold for 4,725 Yen . A total of 120 minutes (2 hours) will be the total time duration for both DVDs .

In addition , it seems to comply all the footages when DAIGO 1st hosted the show 10 years ago as DAIGO☆STARDUST up to now as DAIGO . I guess last Sun's episode was only scratching the surface since DAI☆GO!GO! will include certain rare DAIGO☆STARDUST footages too :O

With that said wow what a title for a DVD xD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...AIGOGODVD2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...AIGOGODVD3.jpg

KarenPang 30th June 2013 05:26 AM

YouTube streaming - 30 seconds preview snippet of DAIGO's Mugen∞REBIRTH

Mugen∞REBIRTH is the 2nd A-side of DAIGO's impending debut solo single Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen ∞REBIRTH which will be released on 31st July .

This song has the following promo tie in's :

- TV anime Cardfight!! Vanguard Link Joker Hen opening theme ; aired from today onwards
- Cardfight!! Vanguard DAIGO Special Set CM song

And here's a 30 seconds preview snippet of Mugen∞REBIRTH



Honestly , I still feel the same thing in that I'm not that keen in what I've heard from what Mugen∞REBIRTH has to offer , as it's essentially very much like CLIMBER x CLIMBER & Nounai Survivor . Let alone , all the 3 songs have Cardfight!! Vanguard promo tie in's too , except in this case , Mugen∞REBIRTH is not composed by SHINPEI x)

Mmmm I don't know I hope the full version of Mugen∞REBIRTH will make me change my mind on it . Just like when I 1st heard the preview of Gekijou which I disliked it but I end up loving the full version !

KarenPang 30th June 2013 10:58 AM

Congrats DAIGO ! Both concert dates of DAIGO☆STARDUST that're scheduled to take place next month on both 12th July & 26th July have officially been sold out together at the same day/time :D

7/12日、7/26日のDAIGO☆STARDUST、渋谷公会堂ライブ!

即日ソールドアウト!!ありがとう!

盛り上がるぜえ!

今日は音楽の日にでるぜえ!


https://twitter.com/Daigo19780408/st...04280124887040

Frankly this doesn't surprise me because at 1st , only 1 concert date was scheduled for DAIGO to make his return back as DAIGO☆STARDUST which was on 12th July for Kaette Kita DAIGO☆STARDUST .

Response should have been overwhelming , if not they wouldn't have opened another date on 26th July for Kaette Yuku DAIGO☆STARDUST to take place .

Both Kaette Kita DAIGO☆STARDUST & Kaette Yuku DAIGO☆STARDUST will take place at the very same concert venue at Tokyo's Shibuya Public Hall .

All hail the impending return of DAIGO☆STARDUST like now , Eien ni Spacey XD

KarenPang 30th June 2013 04:26 PM

Otsukaresama deshita , DAIGO !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20II/4Hjc1.jpg

Caption included - DAIGO歌ったよ!新曲で緊張したけど、いつも抱きしめて!届いたかな!? 観れなかった人にも写メやあ!(≧∇≦)

http://p.twipple.jp/4Hjc1

DAIGO was 1 of the many artistes that participated in TBS's Ongaku no Hi which started yesterday from 2pm until this morning 5am Japan time x.x

The 13 hours live music event was hosted by SMAP's Nakai . At 1st , I did not want to watch Ongaku no Hi as I couldn't find any online link to watch the show live via streaming . But when I chanced upon a link that was retweeted by someone who I follow , all that changed xD

And the choice of song that DAIGO sang live in Ongaku no Hi at close to 3.20am Japan time (yes I know madness) was Itsumo Dakishimete :D It's not the full song that he sang but it was close to 2 mins long .

Frankly , I think I'm going to like Itsumo Dakishimete a lot more than Mugen ∞REBIRTH as it's a really nice sweet ballad & my fave part of DAIGO's live performance was that after he sang finished Itsumo Dakishimete partially , he was giving high 5's to people in the audience which's so lovely !

With that said , bring on the impending release of Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen ∞REBIRTH like now :D

YuriChan 30th June 2013 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 3011916)
YouTube streaming - 30 seconds preview snippet of DAIGO's Mugen∞REBIRTH

Mugen∞REBIRTH is the 2nd A-side of DAIGO's impending debut solo single Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen ∞REBIRTH which will be released on 31st July .

This song has the following promo tie in's :

- TV anime Cardfight!! Vanguard Link Joker Hen opening theme ; aired from today onwards
- Cardfight!! Vanguard DAIGO Special Set CM song

And here's a 30 seconds preview snippet of Mugen∞REBIRTH



Honestly , I still feel the same thing in that I'm not that keen in what I've heard from what Mugen∞REBIRTH has to offer , as it's essentially very much like CLIMBER x CLIMBER & Nounai Survivor . Let alone , all the 3 songs have Cardfight!! Vanguard promo tie in's too , except in this case , Mugen∞REBIRTH is not composed by SHINPEI x)

Mmmm I don't know I hope the full version of Mugen∞REBIRTH will make me change my mind on it . Just like when I 1st heard the preview of Gekijou which I disliked it but I end up loving the full version !

The more I listen to previews for Mugen∞REBIRTH, the more it reminds me of Larku's Winter fall. Just sayin', though. This single has an old school Larku feeling. :)

KarenPang 30th June 2013 05:47 PM

Mugen∞REBIRTH is the 2nd A-side of DAIGO's impending debut solo single Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen ∞REBIRTH which will be released on 31st July .

This song has the following promo tie in's :

- TV anime Cardfight!! Vanguard Link Joker Hen opening theme ; started airing from today / 30th June onwards
- Cardfight!! Vanguard DAIGO Special Set CM song

And here's a 1:30 minute (aka much longer than the 30 seconds preview snippet) preview snippet of Mugen∞REBIRTH



Yup my opinion towards the longer preview of Mugen∞REBIRTH is still the same xD . It's essentially very much like CLIMBER x CLIMBER & Nounai Survivor . Let alone , all the 3 songs have Cardfight!! Vanguard promo tie in's too , except in this case , Mugen∞REBIRTH is not composed by SHINPEI x)

But at least the upside on what Mugen∞REBIRTH has to offer is that lyrically , it pays homage to a lot of things that're associated with the Cardfight!! Vanguard anime , such as DAIGO using the terms Stand Up , Limit Break .

In which this case , DAIGO got it nailed downpat so credits has to go to him for able to capture the essence on what Mugen∞REBIRTH has to offer .

Despite my somewhat initial dislike towards Mugen ∞REBIRTH , I actually enjoy what the longer preview has to offer . At least it has a proper theme concept but I think I eventually will like Itsumo Dakishimete more haha xD

KarenPang 1st July 2013 04:09 AM

DAIGO's sold out Kaette Kita DAIGO☆STARDUST concert will not begin until next month on 12th July at Tokyo's Shibuya Public Hall but fangirls being fangirls , they've already starting selling the concert tickets (illegally) via auction sites -_-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...vlnp530557.jpg

Notice the design of the concert ticket is oddly if not very similar to ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/150513LJ.jpg

http://musing.jp/ticket/daigo_stardust_0712/

Wow lazy much ? xD

KarenPang 1st July 2013 09:32 AM

YinYueTai streaming - DAIGO's performance of Itsumo Dakishimete at Onagku no Hi 29th June 2013

DAIGO sang/did a 2 minute+ live performance of Itsumo Dakishimete at TBS's Onagku no Hi yesterday at close to 3.20am Japan time (yes I know madness) .

DAIGO was 1 of the many artistes that participated in Ongaku no Hi which started Sat afternoon from 2pm until yesterday morning 5am Japan time x.x

The 13 hours live music event was hosted by SMAP's Nakai . At 1st , I did not want to watch Ongaku no Hi as I couldn't find any online link to watch the show live via streaming . But when I chanced upon a link that was retweeted by someone who I follow , all that changed xD

And here's a YinYueTai link with regards to streaming of his live take of Itsumo Dakishimete . Itsumo Dakishimete is the 1st A-side of his upcoming debut solo single Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen ∞REBIRTH which will get released next month on 31st July :

http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/699859

Frankly , I have a feeling I might like Itsumo Dakishimete a lot more than Mugen ∞REBIRTH as it's a really nice sweet ballad & my fave part of DAIGO's live performance was that after he sang finished Itsumo Dakishimete partially , he was giving high 5's to people in the audience which's so lovely !

With that said , bring on the impending release of Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen ∞REBIRTH like now :D

KarenPang 1st July 2013 03:37 PM

The following BREAKERZ items are on sale via YesAsia , while stocks last :

Best Album

BREAKERZ BEST ~SINGLE COLLECTION~ (2CDs + bonus disc limited edition)

54% off S$56.72 . Now price - US$20.49 [~S$26.12]

http://www.yesasia.com/global/breake...0-en/info.html

Concert DVD

BREAKERZ LIVE 2012 “WISH 4U” in Nippon Budokan

36% off S$85.11 . Now price - US$42.99 [~S$54.81]

http://www.yesasia.com/global/breake...0-en/info.html

KarenPang 2nd July 2013 04:46 AM

Guitarist Harada Kenta tweeted this photo of himself with SHINPEI last weekend :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/300613A.jpg

Caption included - なかなか無い4ショット(^^) http://ow.ly/i/2uePW

https://twitter.com/kenta_harada/sta...37213671006208

haha somehow this mirror effect going on is not working at the advantage of SHINPEI , let alone for Harada Kenta :p

KarenPang 2nd July 2013 10:22 AM

Kato Izumi who's DAIGO's colleague in Shin Domoto Kyoudai , uploaded this photo of herself , DAIGO + Asakura Daisuke via her blog last weekend .

All 3 of them are members of the DOMOTO BROS BAND in Shin Domoto Kyoudai :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...II/300613B.jpg

http://ameblo.jp/katoizumi/entry-11563020443.html

Too bad Kato didn't mention what type of Bento was DAIGO holding in his hands :p

KarenPang 2nd July 2013 04:39 PM

July is already here & akihide.com knows that

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0II/010713.jpg

http://akihide.com/pc/

So pretty , kinda reminds me of the milky way somehow haha

KarenPang 3rd July 2013 04:18 AM

3 ROCK AND READ 048 photos of DAIGO uploaded on OVERDESIGN's blog

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../RR_DAIGO0.jpg

I will not receive ROCK AND READ 048 until next week or so but still , wow this doesn't stop OVERDESIGN from uploading 3 gorgeous photos of DAIGO via their blog ♥___♥ ♥___♥ ♥___♥

I assume OVERDESIGN is the 1 that supplied the clothes for DAIGO to wear for his ROCK AND READ 048 photoshoot . If not they would not have uploaded the following photos online .

It's not the full photospread worth of pics OVERDESIGN has uploaded but nothing like a bit of a teaser to warm up everyone's appetite x)



*________*

I can't decide which's my fave photo that OVERDESIGN has uploaded on their blog as it's so insane they're all equally good xD

There're even more awesome photos found of DAIGO inside ROCK AND READ 048 which I've already seen the preview pics for all of them & personally in my own opinion , this photoshoot of his is way more hotter if not better than what DAIGO did for ARENA 37℃ Création No.3 ;D

I will not put watermarks for the above 3 photos as they don't belong to me but I will definitely put watermarks when I receive ROCK AND READ 048 , scans wise .

http://overdesigncreation.blogspot.s...-and-read.html


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