the Hatsune Okumura thread
 

Hatsune Okumura is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter on avex trax. Born in the Osaka Prefecture, she was named Hatsune, meaning "first note," by her music-loving parents. She began taking ballet and piano lessons at an early age, and in her fifth year of elementary school, began writing and composing her own music. She has since written over 80 original songs.

She released her debut single, "koi, hanabi," on September 5th. On February 13th, she will release her second, "suna."

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Profile
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9016/hatsunevx5.jpg
Birthdate: October 11
Birthplace: Osaka
Bloodtype: B
Favorite artists: Kazumasa Oda, Dreams Come True, Avril Lavigne
Favorite movie: Il Mare
[ official site ]

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Discography
"koi, hanabi"
debut single, released 2007.09.05
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8507/koidvdug0.jpg http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6440/koicdle5.jpg

CD:
01. koi, hanabi [ listen RP | WMP ]
02. yasashisa no KATACHI [ listen RP | WMP ]
03. koi, hanabi (Instrumental)
04. yasashisa no KATACHI (Instrumental)

DVD:
01. "koi, hanabi" SHORT FILM

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"suna"
second single, released 2008.02.13
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6300/sunadvdhd5.jpg http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9230/sunacdxa8.jpg

CD:
01. suna
02. kimi wo omou to...
03. suna (Instrumental)
04. kimi wo omou to... (Instrumental)

DVD:
01. "suna" MUSIC CLIP

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Discuss!

I saw this "Koi, Hanabi" in various forums. I'll download and see if I like it.

didn't know she has a second single coming (love the cover and it's simplicity) :D people listen to this girl - koi, hanabi was really good <3 looking forward towards suna :yes

i love koi,hanabi...i hear that song so many times...
i hope her second single is good too...
but first time seeing her face closely, she looks so sleepy

There's a preview of "suna" playing on her official site. It's another ballad, like "koi, hanabi."

checking her official site right now

Could anyone rip/upload the single for me? If possible, with the instrumentals too.

^ I don't have the instrumentals, but I do have the two songs in 128kbps if you want those.

hm.. Thanks XD I found the songs. Koi, Hanabi is one of the prettiest ballads I hear this year, really. The B-Side hasn't grown into me, but it's great too. She has a pretty face too. Just didn't know why her single haven't made success.

Tracklist is out:

CD:
01. suna
02. kimi wo omou to...
03. suna (Instrumental)
04. kimi wo omou to... (Instrumental)

DVD:
01. suna (MUSIC CLIP)

Yay for it. I'm totally addicted to the single. She has such an amazing voice.

Omg I really wanna try her too. Could someone upload her stuff?

I have it. The quality sucks (it sounds like radio rips imo) but it's listenable. I can upload it to you surely.

^ Thx!

Hatsune'll be appearing on ongaku senshi MUSIC FIGHTER on January 4th. It'll be her first televised live performance.

I wonder why avex doesn't promotes some new artists ; that's awful, I always wanted to see alan performing in ALL programs, Satomi too, ASUKA, Stephanie (she's under Sony but Sony is other kind of exemple of non-promotion)... Their singles wouldn't flop in the charts if they would really promote them.

Well, apparently it won't be her first televised live. I just found a performance of "koi, hanabi" from MUSIC EDGE on Veoh.

She sounds really good, but she makes some really... funky faces throughout it, haha.

^thanks for veoh link of her performance

Samples for the single are out:

01. suna [ listen WMP ]
02. kimi wo omou to... [ listen WMP ]

I'm still waiting for the leak. :weep