Tag: cool

  • Cool Japanese Music Vol6 : King Gnu

    King Gnu’s first appearance on Kohaku was in 2019. I’ve seen their name on Yahoo News and other media, and I wondered how to pronounce it. G in here is an unpronounced letter. I know what gnu is. it’s a kind of cow. When I was watching Kohaku, I was probably watching it but not…

  • Cool Japanese Music Vol 5 : Fujii Kaze

    Happy New Year 2022! I’d say King Gnu is the next singer/band I’ve grown to love appeared in 2019 Kohaku but I wanted to write about Fujii Kaze’s first appearance in 2021 while it’s still hot in my memories. Fuji Kaze – Singing with a piano I found out about Kaze Fujii exactly one year…

  • Cool Japanese Music Vol 4. Utada Hikaru

    It was 1998 when I left Japan. In that year, Hikaru Utada made her debut. So did Ringo Sheena. When I came back to Japan, I can remember my brother asking me, “Do you know Utada Hikaru?” he talked excitedly about her. Hikaru seems to be good friends with her peer Ringo Sheena, and they…