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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1460 on: June 05, 2009, 01:14:40 PM »
^expensive airfare has been keeping me out of Japan my entire life  :(


Shokotan "Easy Piano Solo" sheet music available @ CDJapan: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=NEOIPS-642

1.    Brilliant Dream
2.    Strawberry Melody
3.    Sorairo Days
4.    Snow Tears
5.    Tsuzuku Sekai
6.    Through the Looking Glass
7.    Shiny GATE
8.    Kirei Alamode
9.    Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana

Kinda stupid that they made this a piano book. A book with complete band tabs would've been better imo. And only nine songs.. at least it's cheap!  XD

Really I think Starry Pink and Dear My Saint Girl should have been included at least.    Also 冬の遊園地  would probably deserve to be there.

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1461 on: June 09, 2009, 12:16:11 PM »
Young Magazine No.28 (2009/06/22)

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1462 on: June 10, 2009, 06:50:19 PM »
Video of Shokotan performing Giza Mimi Pichu's voice (it's at the end):

http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/movienews/02.html

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1463 on: June 13, 2009, 02:44:18 PM »
Shokotan is having a live concert in Hong Kong!!!
http://www.shokotan.jp/hongkong2009/
http://blog.excite.co.jp/shokotan/2873464/
http://www.ani-com.hk/front.htm

I only went to the expos here for the first 1-2 years they started. Only been to one video game expo in the past 4 years.
Only get a sense of a packed area full of sweaty ppl pushing ppl, and little of interest.
I do like HK cosplayers though, cos they really put a lot of effort into the costumes.

Will check it out just for Shokotan though. :lol:
Hope it's a full-on concert. But I'll keep my hopes low, cos guests normally just sing a song or two unless they announce it as a separate event with a separate price. Only good thing from that would be photo'ing allowed.
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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1464 on: June 16, 2009, 10:58:03 PM »
Shoko's Pokomon cd release comes out on 15th July [I thought it was this month  :D ]

01. 心のアンテナ
02. せーので恋しちゃえ_●
03. 硝子のプリズム
04. 心のアンテナ -Haruomi Hosono Original Mix-


Track 3 might be a Seiko Matsuda cover, either that or it's just coincidentally the same title.  
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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1465 on: June 17, 2009, 06:04:05 AM »

I only went to the expos here for the first 1-2 years they started. Only been to one video game expo in the past 4 years.
Only get a sense of a packed area full of sweaty ppl pushing ppl, and little of interest.
I do like HK cosplayers though, cos they really put a lot of effort into the costumes.

Will check it out just for Shokotan though. :lol:
Hope it's a full-on concert. But I'll keep my hopes low, cos guests normally just sing a song or two unless they announce it as a separate event with a separate price. Only good thing from that would be photo'ing allowed.

Thanks for the info about the convention.  I still wish I could go even if for only 1 or 2 songs ;;
The schedule does seem very short though according to the fan club website.
Hopefully there will at least be some coverage of the event and videos of the songs she sings.

Shoko's Pokomon cd release comes out on 15th July [I thought it was this month  :D ]

01. 心のアンテナ
02. せーので恋しちゃえ_●
03. 硝子のプリズム
04. 心のアンテナ -Haruomi Hosono Original Mix-


Track 3 might be a Seiko Matsuda cover, either that or it's just coincidentally the same title.  

I thought it was this month too lol
I kept asking my friends why the PV hasn't aired yet until I realized I was wrong about the month
The covers are already up on her discography page here:

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/SR/ShokoNakagawa/#

The third track is definitely a Seiko cover
Information for the CD's tracklist lists the song as written by Matsumoto Takashi who was the writer for the original song and many other Seiko songs (and Kirei A La Mode :wub:)

Also, Magical Tour 2009 concert is being broadcast on NHK on 7/26!!!

http://blog.excite.co.jp/shokotan/2873418/

The broadcast is kind of late though lol (at midnight)
It's the last one performed in NHK Hall
This is also the concert where Shokotan sang 21 songs during the Magical Anisong Medley (she only sang around 9-10 anisongs for the other concerts)
If you include all the short versions and songs that were sung again (Sorairo Days and Namie were sung again during the encore), Shokotan sang 43 songs in total!!!
Hopefully there will be a recording of it, I need to watch it over and over for a whole day
They only thing I didn't like about Magical Tour was that Brilliant Dream wasn't included in the set list
Shokotan should have sang the full version of Mitsubachi no Sasayaki as well since both songs seems like they're fan favorites
Still, I have nothing to complain about, Magical Tour 2009 was awesome the way it was
Even watching last year's concert is kind of stale now since Magical Tour 2009 was so awesome ;;
I can't wait to see this broadcast to relive the memories
I had trouble watching the video of AX08 since it brought back so much memories ;;
I might get the same feelings for the Magical Tour 2009 broadcast :(
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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1466 on: June 20, 2009, 12:11:10 PM »

Song samples from the upcoming July single

1 心のアンテナ
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/?70004258_SRCL-7063&70004258_SRCL-7063_01SFL

2 せーので恋しちゃえ_●
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/?70004258_SRCL-7063&70004258_SRCL-7063_02SFL

3 硝子のプリズム
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/?70004258_SRCL-7063&70004258_SRCL-7063_03SFL

4 心のアンテナ Haruomi Hosono Original Mix
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/?70004258_SRCL-7063&70004258_SRCL-7063_04SFL

The most promising sound like the first and the third tracks, perhaps the first might the best (as it should be).

It's great that Shoko is keeping this link with the golden age of jpop and that she even has one of the songwriters from that period writing for her.  She is so comfortable with that kind of song.  I can imagine if Shoko had been a singer in the 80s/70s she would have had a great success with these kinds of songs, but we wouldn't have had a blog with all her cute funny pictures of course.  It isn't one of Seiko's best perhaps, but it's pleasant still.  I first discovered Shoko by clips of her performing Seiko songs on youtube, I didn't realise these were from actual tv programs for a while :)  Here is Shoko three years ago with this Seiko song (but not in the new arrangement of course)....

硝子のプリズム

Her cuteness and funny dancing were just great in these clips.

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1467 on: June 21, 2009, 07:53:33 AM »
Quote
I can imagine if Shoko had been a singer in the 80s/70s she would have had a great success with these kinds of songs, but we wouldn't have had a blog with all her cute funny pictures of course.

Yeah! She does a wonderful job at singing ballads. 
I too think she would of had what it takes to be an 80's idoru but I don't think she would have been as comedic of course and yeah the internet wasn't around so she wouldn't be doing her awesome blogging we all love!




:side note: I love that little room where she does her show lol. I want to recreate it! lolz at the part where she picks up the kittie plushie :3
The artwork for her new single is Super Kawayasu! I can't wait for the release! :heart:

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1468 on: June 23, 2009, 09:57:10 PM »
Sorry, I've been a little busy lately but the kokoro no antena PV preview was just put up on SMOJ:

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/?70004258_SRCL-7063&70004258_SRCL-7063_01VFL

Looking for full PV soon!!

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1469 on: June 25, 2009, 10:55:53 AM »
Interesting choice of cosplay  :lol:


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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1470 on: June 25, 2009, 03:59:48 PM »
Two of Shokotan's websites got updated with kokoro no antenna themes:

Shokotan Official Blog: http://blog.excite.co.jp/shokotan
Shoko Time:  http://www.nakagawashoko.com

Still waiting for the full PV :(
I think Shokotan wrote in one of her blog entries that it was going to be aired soon

Also larger CD covers:


【CD+DVD】


【CD only】


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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1471 on: June 26, 2009, 10:46:04 PM »
Gizamimi Pichu!!!!!!!! XD
I can't wait for this single! The actual ending song of Pokémon is so awesome! *_*

Love you, my wonky-eyed Terashima Takuma! <3~ Supporting Terashima Takuma and G.Addict! :3

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1472 on: June 27, 2009, 05:39:32 AM »
@BarrieV lol wwwwWWwwww I don't know why she would be doing a bean cosplay heheheh but she's totally rockin' that bean hat!  XD

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1473 on: June 27, 2009, 11:14:50 PM »

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1474 on: June 28, 2009, 08:32:34 AM »
^ Oh No!!!! BluRay! I might actually have to buy this....  :bow:

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1475 on: June 30, 2009, 02:08:53 PM »
Young Magazine No.31 (2009/07/13)

:wub:

^ Oh No!!!! BluRay! I might actually have to buy this....  :bow:
It's actually just an HD quality CM for her old DVD so I guess your money's saved for now :P

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1476 on: July 02, 2009, 10:32:07 AM »
Thanks for the scans of Young Magazine with Shokotan on the cover
I'm not a really big fan of gravure but it's still kind of cute

The full PV for kokoro no antenna has been aired!!
Here is a link on YouTube:

心のアンテナ

The PV is a lot more simple than I thought it would be after seeing all the previews
It's still certainly GIZA KAWAYUSU!!
It's probably Shokotan's cutest PV especially with all the animated clione that she drew  :w00t:
The song itself is different than the other version that was heard a month ago (I think that one is the remix version included on the single)
It paces a lot better with the different instrumentals which is a good thing since the other version sounded kind of bland and boring
Still, this song probably won't be a big hit like Shokotan's previous single
I still need to order my copies but I'm still uncertain about how many I should buy :(


Also, for anyone that didn't notice yet
Shokotan blogged 231 times on June 30th, 2009!!
Another idol/blogger, Mari Yaguchi, said she was going to blog over 100 times on June 30th
Shokotan's previous blogging record was 100 times on March 26th, 2009 which was after the first day of Magical Tour 2009
When Shokotan heard about it, she challenged Mari Yaguchi
She ended up blogging 231 times while Mari Yaguchi blogged 101 times on that day.
Shokotan also bought a new cellphone (Docomo SH06A)!!
There were old photos on her old cellphone and she wanted to blog all of them (there were over 700!!)
I want to get the same cellphone with the same KAWAYUSU GIZA MIMI PICHU designs  :(



There's articles about it here

http://getnews.jp/archives/20628
http://www.j-cast.com/2009/07/01044444.html

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1477 on: July 03, 2009, 05:54:15 AM »

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1478 on: July 04, 2009, 01:07:06 AM »
Another Shokorita! yay!
Her new phone is amazing!! pichu!pichu! I want that phone  :drool:

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Re: (Artist) Nakagawa Shoko
« Reply #1479 on: July 04, 2009, 10:13:20 AM »
Shokotan blogged 231 times on June 30th, 2009!!




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