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"Japanese Boy" is a hit single by Scottish singer Aneka, released in July 1981. The song became her highest-charting release, reaching number one in several countries, including the United Kingdom. The song became her highest-charting release, reaching number one in several countries, including the United Kingdom.
Having discovered the name Aneka in a telephone directory, Aneka devised a suitable image for her performances of the song. [2] Released in summer 1981, "Japanese Boy" climbed the charts impressively and reached no. 1 for one week in August. [3] Buoyed by this success, the record company commissioned an album and looked to find a follow-up single.
Gackt, a Japanese singer-songwriter, is considered to be one of the living manifestations of the Bishōnen phenomenon. [1] [2]Bishōnen (美少年, IPA: [bʲiɕo̞ꜜːnẽ̞ɴ] ⓘ; also transliterated bishounen) is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth (boy)" and describes an aesthetic that can be found in disparate areas in East Asia: a young man of androgynous beauty.
" (やった "Hooray") is a 2001 parody song by the fictional Japanese boy band Green Leaves (はっぱ隊, Happa-tai). The song title, yatta, is the past tense of the Japanese verb yaru ("to do"), an exclamation meaning "It's done!", "I did it!", "Ready!" or "All right!" The song and video have been used as a web culture in-joke on many ...
It received highest views for a Pakistani song in one day on YouTube. [3] The song completed 100 million views on YouTube on 4 May 2020. [4] [5] [6] In 2020, the song was accused of copying the melody of "A Town with an Ocean View," a song by Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi featured in the Studio Ghibli film Kiki's Delivery Service. [7]
The Oriental riff and interpretations of it have been included as part of numerous musical works in Western music. Examples of its use include Poetic Tone Pictures (Poeticke nalady) (1889) by Antonin Dvořák, [6] "Limehouse Blues" by Carl Ambrose and his Orchestra (1935), "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas (1974), "Japanese Boy" by Aneka (1981), [1] [4] The Vapors' "Turning Japanese" (1980 ...
V6 (ブイシックス, Bui Shikkusu) was a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates.The group debuted on November 1, 1995, with the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the 1995 World Cup of Volleyball.
KAT-TUN (カトゥーン, Katūn) is a Japanese boy band formed under Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates) in 2001.The group's name was originally an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name: Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda, and Yuichi Nakamaru.