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Koshi Provides Theme Song “Suiro” To Drama “Godan”

Posted on November 5, 2015
Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba will provide the theme song to the WOWOW drama “Godan” which is set to start airing every Sunday 10PM from November 22nd. The song is called “Suiro” (waterway).

Koshi commented as follows: “I painted the main character of the song as a person who believes in tomorrow and tries to do something with his life, although he regrets his past and is in fear of loss amidst the two views on passing time: flowing time and accumulating time. I’m looking forward to hearing it in the drama.”

A 60 second promotion video has been posted on the show’s official website, in which the song is audible for about 15 seconds.

[UPDATE] Tak Matsumoto Provides 2 Songs for Documentary TV Show

Posted on October 1, 2015
Tak Matsumoto News

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Tak Matsumoto has announced that he will provide the opening and ending themes to the TBS show “The World Heritage”, which receives an overhaul commemorating its 20th anniversary. The first broadcast is scheduled for October 4th, 2015 at 6 PM Japanese Time.

While Tak Matsumoto has written themes for TV shows such as “Music Station” or “Sport!” in the past, this is the first time that Tak has written a song for a documentary show. The song titles as well as a release date for these two songs has not been revealed yet.

[UPDATE 10/2]
A short movie featuring Tak’s new song has been posted on B’z official YouTube channel!

You can check out a very short portion of the opening theme song in the TV commercial below.

[UPDATE] Koshi Provides Theme Song For Ryu Ga Gotoku Kiwami

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Koshi Inaba News

Koshi provides the theme song to the latest game in the highly acclaimed “Ryu Ga Gotoku”(“Yakuza”) series, called “Kiwami”. Kiwami is essentially a full remake of the first “Ryu Ga Gotoku” game originally released on the PlayStation 2 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the game series. The game will be available for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on January 21, 2016. In addition to the theme song which is a new song (title unknown) , he also provides a re-imagined version of the Playstation 2 version theme song 「Receive You」 titled「Receive You [Reborn]」.

A release date for these two songs has yet to be announced. Check out the short trailer for the game below.

[UPDATE 10/1]
You can now check out Koshi’s re-imagined version of “Receive You” called “Receive You [Reborn]” around the one minute mark in this new trailer!

“RED” Short Version MV On Air & Promotion Start in Hiroshima

Posted on June 4, 2015
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Tram in Hiroshima as seen from the street.

With under one week until the release of 「RED」, music channels have started airing the short version of the music video, which basically is the first half of the song. Furthermore, promotion for the new single has started in the streets of Hiroshima. Trams are decorated with posters advertising the new single.

Check out the short version of the music video below!

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Inside the tram.

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Inside the tram.

If you haven’t pre-ordered 「RED」 yet, you can do it HERE.

“RED” Commercial On Air & SKY PerfecTV! Baseball Commercials

Posted on May 15, 2015
News

As the release of the band’s 52nd single titled 「RED」 is forthcoming, TV commercials have started airing throughout Japan. You can check it out below!

Furthermore, the band has announced today, that 「RED」 will be featured in SKY PerfecTV!’s Baseball TV commercials. Three versions were produced for broadcasting: A 30 second one that is broadcasted nationwide, a 30 second one that is broadcasted only in Hiroshima, and a Hiroshima-exclusive 60 second version. All three of them feature Hiroshima Toyo Carp’s pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, for whom the song has been produced. You can check out the 60 second version below!

B’z New Song “RED” For Hiroshima Toyo Carp’s Pitcher Kuroda

Posted on March 24, 2015
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red_newspaper2This morning, newspapers are reporting that B’z has written a song specifically for Hiroshima Toyo Carp’s pitcher Hiroki Kuroda. The song will be played when Kuroda makes an appearance on the mound. His first appearance is scheduled to be during the match on March 29th, which is probably also the first chance we’ll get to hear the song. A CD release has yet to be determined.

The song came about when Kuroda and Matsumoto met in Los Angeles in February this year. Kuroda specifically requested Matsumoto to do a song for him, which he gladly accepted, as he thought he’d be able to conceive a fitting song for Kuroda. While B’z has made theme songs for sports shows in the past, this is the first time where B’z is making a “themed” song for an individual. According to the newspaper article, the song has a country music intro which then transitions into a rock tune. The lyrics, as well, try to reflect Kuroda’s way of life.

Kuroda, on the other hand, wants to return the favor by showing a good performance and good pitching.

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