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Koshi Inaba Hosting All Night Nippon GOLD Radio Show 1/15

Posted on January 8, 2016
Koshi Inaba News

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Koshi Inaba has announced that he will make an appearance as a radio personality on the weekly 「All Night Nippon GOLD」 radio show. He will moderate the show on January 15th and will talk about his new single 「Hane」 as well as his solo projects in general. Musicians who call themselves “Koshi fans” will make comments on the show! In addition, they have a special “entertainment project” planned, that hasn’t been done before. The show is expected to run a full two hours.

Koshi Inaba on SMAP x SMAP For The First Time

Posted on January 6, 2016
Koshi Inaba News

News just broke on Fuji TV’s morning news program 「Mezamashi TV」 that Koshi Inaba will for the first time be guest on 「SMAP x SMAP」. Koshi will make an appearance during the 「SMAP x SMAP」 special scheduled to air next week Monday January 11th, 2016. Koshi will be interviewed and also perform his new single 「Hane」 live on stage together with the members of SMAP. This also marks the first time Koshi Inaba perfoming solo with another artist on stage.

Check out the news clip below.

Japanese Magazine PLAYER “2015 Readers’ Poll”

Posted on January 5, 2016
News

Japanese music magazine PLAYER has published its annual readers’ poll in the latest issue. Check out the ratings below.

Category “Best Artist”: B’z ranked 2nd
Category “Best New Album”: EPIC DAY ranked 2nd
Category “Best Live Performance”: B’z ranked 2nd
Catagory “Best Vocalist”: Koshi Inaba ranked 1st
Category “Best Guitarist”: Tak Matsumoto ranked 1st
Category “Best Drummer”: Shane Gaalaas ranked 6th
Category “Best Bassist”: Barry Sparks ranked 12th

Full Music Video for Koshi’s “Suiro” Now Out

Posted on January 5, 2016
Koshi Inaba News

Today, a full music video for Koshi Inaba’s 「Suiro」, one of the four tracks on his upcoming single 「Hane」 due out next week, was uploaded to the official B’z YouTube channel. Due to region restrictions recently imposed as a result of YouTube RED’s implementation, we have mirrored the video here for all to see.

2016 New Year Message from B’z

Posted on January 5, 2016
News

As is tradition, a special New Year’s greeting from B’z is now available to start off 2016! The band looks back on the past year and tells fans what’s to come in the new year. As usual, we have subtitled it in English for you. Check it out!

[Retrospective] 2004 — Formation of TMG, Koshi’s Debut Solo Tour, “BANZAI” & “ARIGATO” Singles

Posted on January 2, 2016
Feature

All sample videos contained in this article are publicly sourced and are reproduced here only for accessibility.

Hot off the previous year’s multiple tours, the band began 2004 in the studio recording new material. While the year would yield no new B’z studio album, both Koshi and Tak would embark on respective solo projects that were yet unprecedented for both musicians.

The year’s first release, however, came in the form of home video Typhoon No.15 ~B’z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure “IT’S SHOWTIME!!” in Nagisaen~ on February 25, 2004. Released on DVD and VHS simultaneously, the set offered full coverage of the band’s 15th anniversary concert at Nagisaen—the very site where they had previously performed their only other open-air concert: B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure’93 “JAP THE RIPPER”. The release also came bundled with the documentary The Days of Pleasure, documenting the hall tour and rehearsals leading up to the finale show on the band’s anniversary, along with footage of the band recording the year’s studio album BIG MACHINE.

Prior to fully committing the year to solo projects, a new single entitled “BANZAI” from the earlier sessions was released on May 5, 2004. The song proved to be an immediate hit on the live stage in the years that followed, with repeated performances at various LIVE-GYMs, including 2005’s “CIRCLE OF ROCK” and 2008’s 25th anniversary tour GLORY DAYS.

 


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