#hiro katayama

[kyoupann]

End of the 59th and last show!

[ubeetlebum]

New lovely pics from Ryo and Hiro from performances number 25 and 26 of Naruto Live Spectacle

[hersideblog]

Postcard Naruto Stage Play & Musical “Akatsuki no Shirabe”

scanned by : @noikaze

[yyh4ever]

Yu Yu Hakusho Stage Play - Part 2

Official Site: Officeendless

Directed by 3 people, the sequel is announced to December 2020:

- 12.4 ~ 12.15: Tokyo (Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball)

December 4th performances were cancelled. Actor Ken Tanabe tested positive for COVID-19 . Fortunately, he is asymptomatic and the rest of the staff and actors are negative.

- 12.18 ~ 12.20: Osaka (Cool Japan Park Osaka WW Hall)

December 18th (18:30) and 19th (13:00 and 17:30) performances were canceled. An actor reported poor physical condition and underwent medical tests including PCR. Performers tested negative for COVID-19, fortunately it was just a cold. Ken Tanabe is also back to the performances.

- 12.23 ~ 12.30: Kyoto (Kyoto Theater)

Presale: September 20th to October 4th at 23:59.

Einoshin Ito (Chuji Mikasano) will be in charge of the script and Ito, Rion Kako and Hirofumi Araki will be the directors.

This is a sequel to the “Yu Yu Hakusho Stage Play" that was performed from August to September 2019. Performers will include:

[SPOILER ALERT] I edited this post with all the characters the cast is playing 

► Tsubasa Sakiyama as Yusuke Urameshi

► Naoya Gomoto as Kazuma Kuwabara

► Hiroki Suzuki as Kurama and Mr. Yamada (the human who tried to save Yukina in the past)

► Shohei Hashimoto as Hiei and Hirue (one of Toguro’s subordinates)

► Hinata Mirai as Keiko Yukimura

► Yuka Hirata as Botan

► Elizabeth Marry as Genkai, Bat-Eye and BBC member. She was also part of the supporting cast, playing harvested humans and assisting Kurama (exchange of rose to the whip) and Kuwabara (spirit sword).

► Hirofumi Araki as Koenma, BBC member and also debuting as director

The new cast to Stage Play Part 2 was revealed:

► Tsubasa Kizu as Suzaku and Miyuki

► Tomokazu Enoki as Seiryuu and BBC member

► Members of the cast as Genbu 

► Mr. Stuffed Plush Tiger as Byakko (he was also done by projection)

► Marina Tanoue as Yukina and Jorge Saotome ♀

► Kentaro Araki as Sakyo and Rando

► Hiro Katayama as Younger Toguro and “Stage” Yusuke

► Masataka Nakagauchi as Elder Toguro and Jorge Saotome

The Supporting Cast (some worked in the first stage as well):

► Tetsuto Nakamura as Tarukane

► Junpei Takama as Sakashita

► Hiroo Akiyama as Teacher Iwamoto

► Naoki Tasaki as Inmaki

► Others: Yuga Andou, Ken Tanabe & Taiga Todate

#Justice for Helen

Photo taken with the whole cast in the last performance in Kyoto ⬇️

More details will be announced on the Official Site

I’m glad the same main actors will be playing the sequel.

About the premiere: Tokyo, December 5th

DVD/Blu-ray: https://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pn/pd/1874218/

[rz-jocelyn]

List of Birthdays: The Cast of the Live Spectacle Naruto (Updated)

Born in the 1990s Character - Actor (Age) - Date of Birth

Uzumaki Naruto (1st gen) - Matsuoka Koudai (25) - 1997.08.09 Jugo (2nd gen) - Emoto Kouki (25) - 1997.06.03 Shizune / Samui - Kojima Sari (25) - 1997.02.05 Uzumaki Karin - Nanaki Kanon (25) - 1997.02.07

Uzumaki Naruto (2nd gen) - Nakao Masaki (26) - 1996.11.27 Inuzuka Kiba - Iiyama Yuta (26) - 1996.07.29 Akimichi Chouji (World Tour 2016) - Taniguchi Takuto (26) - 1996.05.02 Yamanaka Ino (1st Gen) - Inami Anju (26) - 1996.02.07

Sai (2nd gen) - Sadamoto Fuuma (27) - 1995.11.23 Hyuuga Hinata (2nd gen) / Karui - Sena (27) - 1995.09.01 Sabaku no Gaara (2nd gen) - Naya Takeru (27) - 1995.08.07 Hyuuga Hinata (1st gen) - Takahashi Saki (27) - 1995.07.30 Hozuki Suigetsu (2nd gen) - Maeda Ryuutarou (27) - 1995.05.27 Uchiha Sasuke - Sato Ryuji (27) - 1995.01.17

Nara Shikamaru (3nd gen) - Yasue Kazuaki (28) - 1994.12.19 Sabaku no Gaara (1st gen) - Suga Kenta (28) - 1994.10.19 Hozuki Suigetsu (1st gen) - Hagio Keishi (28) - 1994.09.28 Rock Lee - Sato Yugo (28) - 1994.08.29 Nara Shikamaru (2nd Gen) - Kobayashi Tatsuya (28) - 1994.08.19 Haruno Sakura - Ito Yui (28) - 1994.04.26 Yakushi Kabuto (World Tour 2016) - Takahashi Ryo (28) - 1994.02.18

Yakushi Kabuto (1st Gen) - Kimura Tatsunari (29) - 1993.12.08 Uzumaki Naruto (World Tour 2016) - Motoki Seiya (29) - 1993.10.06 Aburame Shino & Sabaku no Gaara (World Tour 2016) - Ueda Shinichirou (29) - 1993.10.01 Haku / Hyuuga Hinata (World Tour 2016) - Imamura Miho (29) - 1993.07.29 Jugo (1st gen) - Yamaguchi Tomoya (29) - 1993.07.08 Uchiha Sasuke (World Tour 2016) - Sakurai Keito (29) - 1993.02.08

Namikaze Minato - Kitazono Ryo (30) - 1992.02.09

Uchiha Madara - Ise Daiki (31) - 1991.05.15 Sai (1st gen) - Kitamura Ryo (31) - 1991.01.25

Inuzuka Kiba (World Tour 2016) - Samukawa Shougo (32) - 1990.10.23 Akimichi Chouji - Katou Ryo (32) - 1990.02.13

Born before the 1990s Character - Actor (Age) - Date of Birth

Yamanaka Ino (2nd Gen) - Fujiki Kaoru (33) - 1989.11.28 Deidara - Tsuji Ryo / Ry☆ (33) - 1989.11.27 Nara Shikamaru (1st Gen) - Hattori Tsubasa (33) - 1989.09.13 Pein/Pain - Teruma (33) - 1989.06.06

Yamato / Tenzou - Fujita Ray (34) - 1988.09.06 Yakushi Kabuto (2nd Gen) - Okada Ryosuke (34) - 1988.02.16 Jiraiya (World Tour 2016) - Hisamatsu Ryouta (34) - 1988.02.06

Sarutobi Hiruzen, The Third Hokage (World Tour 2016) - Shirasaki Seiya (35) - 1987.08.11 Aburame Shino (World Tour 2016) - Honda Takaya (35) - 1987.04.12 Killer B - Koyanagi Shin (35) - 1987.03.14

Momochi Zabuza (World Tour 2016) / Tobi - Katayama Hironori (36) - 1986.04.22

Nagato - Tamaki Yuuki (37) - 1985.12.17 Hatake Kakashi - Kimisawa Yuki (37) - 1985.01.31

Konan / Terumi Mei - Kobayashi Yuka (38) - 1984.04.21

Uchiha Itachi - Rachi Shinji (39) - 1983.03.16 Tsunade - Daigo Seshiro / Cecile Daigo (39) - 1983.03.08 Zetsu - Kawai Ryuunosuke (39) - 1983.05.23

A - Kitamura Keigo (40) - 1982.08.08 Momochi Zabuza - Uchida Asahi (40) - 1982.05.30

Hoshigaki Kisame - Hayashino Takeshi (40) - 1980.01.05

Orochimaru - Hiro Yuumi (46) - 1976.11.05

Umino Iruka / Hatake Kakashi (World Tour 2016) - Ichinose Hidekazu (47) - 1975.03.16

Jiraiya - Umegaki Yoshiaki (63) - 1959.07.12

Sarutobi Hiruzen, The Third Hokage - Hirakawa Kazuhiro (64) - 1958.08.13

Year Unknown Character - Actor (Age) - Date of Birth

Orochimaru (World Tour 2016) - Ranma Yu - XXXX.09.12

[kurumeki]

Live event for Yuji “YOU” Adachi

There will be a live event for the first death anniversary of Yuji “YOU” Adachi on 16 June 2021 in Zirco Tokyo. 

At the same time there will be a live stream of the live which you can watch on Twitcasting.tv. 

Tickets to live steam cost 3,500 JPY (+100 JPY fee) and you can buy it here:

https://twitcasting.tv/zircotokyo/shopcart/80134

Lineup for the live:

HIRO (gu), FIRE (ba) Tetsuya Hoshiyama (dr),  Atsushi Hasegawa (ba), Eiji Kikuchi (dr), Makoto Katayama (gu), Hideki Otsuka (gu)

More information: 

https://zirco-tokyo.jp/schedule/detail/13371

[sutekiyomitsu]

[NEWS UPDATE] Live Spectacle NARUTO: China Performances for “Live Spectacle NARUTO ~Akatsuki no Shirabe~ Have Been Announced

Shenzhen Performances: Venue: Shenzhen Poly Theatre (深圳保利剧院) Dates: 6 December 2019 - 8 December 2019

Shanghai Performances: Venue: Hongqiao Art Centre (上海虹桥文化艺术中心) Dates: 14 December 2019 - 22 December 2019

The full schedule of performances can be found on the website here.

NOTE: All timings are based on the timezone of the place itself.

Cast:

Matsuoka Koudai as Uzumaki Naruto

Sato Ryuji as Uchiha Sasuke

Ito Yui as Haruno Sakura

Kimisawa Yuki as Hatake Kakashi

Fujita Ray as Yamato/Tenzou

Sadamoto Fuuma as Sai

Okada Ryousuke as Yakushi Kabuto

Daigo Cecile as Tsunade

Hagio Keishi as Hozuki Suigetsu

Nanaki Kanon as Uzumaki Karin

Yamaguchi Tomoya as Juugo

Teruma as Pein

Hayashino Takeshi as Kisame

Ry☆ as Deidara

Katayama Hironori as Tobi

Hiro Yuumi as Orochimaru

Rachi Shinji as Uchiha Itachi

More details about ticketing will be announced at a later date.

(Source: x, x)

[leenaevilin]

[Pics] ライブ・スペクタクル NARUTO -ナルト- ~暁の調べ~ (live spectacle naruto ~ akatsuki no shirabe)

visuals update under the cut^^

Cast:

Matsuoka Koudai as Uzumaki Naruto (うずまきナルト)

Satou Ryuuji as Uchiha Sasuke (うちはサスケ)

Itou Yui as Haruno Sakura (春野サクラ)

Kimisawa Yuuki as Hatake Kakashi (はたけカカシ)

Fujita Rei as Yamato (ヤマト)

Sadamoto Fuuma as Sai (サイ)

Okada Ryousuke as Yakushi Kabuto (薬師カブト)

Daigo Seshiru as Tsunade (綱手)

Hagio Keishi as Hoozuki Suigetsu (鬼灯水月)

Nanaki Kanon as Karin (香燐)

Yamaguchi Tomoya as Juugo (重吾)

Teruma as Pain (ペイン)

Hayashino Takeshi as Hoshigaki Kisame (干柿鬼鮫)

Tsuji Ryou as Deidara (デイダラ)

Katayama Hironori as Tobi (トビ)

Yuumi Hiro as Orochimaru (大蛇丸)

Rachi Shinji as Uchiha Itachi (うちはイタチ)

Ensemble:

Shirasaki Seiya Samukawa Shougo Miyagawa Ren Satou Jou Matsubayashi Atsumi Kurachi Ayuka

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Movie/Drama that Casted Seiyuu

In case you're like me, someone who's curious about seiyuu's acting in a movie/drama that wasn't animated. I want to make your burden a little bit lighter by making this list. Hope this help!!

Notes :

The movies and drama I include are where the seiyuus acted live, not only the voice appearance. So no sentai series, except there's seiyuu making appearance.

The movies and dramas will be always updated whenever I have time/I found new dramas and movies which included seiyuu. Please look forward to it!!!

For movies :

Takumi-kun Series 1 : And The Spring Breeze Whispers (2007)

The seiyuu includes in this movie was Hatano Wataru as Yoshizawa Michio, a member of archery club who likes Takabayashi Izumi (played by Saito Yasuka).

Apparently, this movie is available in some platform such as dailymotion with eng sub. Please check if you like!

Movie genre : Boy's Love (BL), romance, drama

Monochrome Girl (2009)

The seiyuu included in this movie is Irino Miyu as the main character, Igarashi Hiroshi. The link to watch this movie isn't available online.

Movie genre : Drama

Wonderful World (2011)

The seiyuus include in this movie were :

Miyano Mamoru as Katayama Seishi

Uehara Ayumi as Fukushima Narumi

Namikawa Daisuke as Katayama Koichi

Hirata Yuka as Tanaka Akiko

Morikubo Showtaro as Nakamura Ryoji

Sugita Tomokazu as Chin'nen

and many more. Not only joined as a cast, Namikawa Daisuke directed the movie as well. There's no link to watch/download available.

Movie genre : Fantasy, drama

Kami★Voice : The Voice Makes Miracles (2011)

The seiyuus include in this movie were :

Kaji Yuki as Yuu Siraike

Hatano Wataru as Tatsumo Kubodera

Morikubo Showtaro as Hareruya Oda

Namikawa Daisuke as Ku'on Kobayakawa

Park Romi as Sayuri Takeda

Miyano Mamoru as Kanade Asai

Eguchi Takuya as Tetsurou

Tanaka Mayumi

Nozawa Masako

Hosoya Yoshimasa

Chiba Shigeru

Yamada Keaton

Koyama Rikiya

Yamadera Kouichi

Hazama Michio

Takizawa Roko

Arthur Lounsbery as Christian

and many more. Kamiya Hiroshi also included, but only as a narrator. The only links available is the cut scene of Park Romi, Miyano Mamoru, trailer, and the MV of the soundtrack.

Movie genre : Comedy

Messiah (2011)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Uchiyama Kouki as one of the student. Namikawa Daisuke is also in the movie as one of the police staff. You can find the movie, but with Korean subtitle.

Movie genre : Drama, action

Omaera Zenin Mendokusai (2019)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Ono Kensho as Kitanuchi Kunihiko, the male lead character, a new Japanese teacher in his school. Since the DVD and Blu-ray hasn't been released, the link to watch/download isn't available yet.

Movie genre : Harem, comedy, romance

Chronos Jaunter (2019)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Shimono Hiro as Fukihara Kazuhito, a guy who will time travel to when his girlfriend still alive before an accident. Since the movie hasn't been released, the link to watch/download isn't available yet.

Movie genre : Fantasy, drama

For dramas :

Koi Suru Seiza (2009)

The seiyuu included in this drama is Uchiyama Kouki as Hinata, the girl in the episode's boyfriend. Appeared in episode 9. You can watch it here.

Drama genre : Comedy, romance.

A Girl and Three Sweethearts (2016)

The seiyuu include in this drama is Irino Miyu as a high school friend of Shibasaki Chiaki (played by Miura Shouhei). He appeared at episode 4. You can watch it on some platform where the drama is available.

Drama genre : Romance

Boku no Koe ga Sekai wo Sukutta Koto wa Kimi wa mou Shiranai (2017)

The seiyuus include in this drama were :

Masuda Toshiki as Rei

Tasuku Hatanaka as Eiyuu

Nishiyama Koutarou

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Minoru Shiraishi

The drama was produced by GYAO × WOWOW. For now, it isn't available anywhere. It also wasn't listed in any of this seiyuus' work in wikipedia so I don't know.

Ani Tomo (2018)

The seiyuu include in this drama was Fukuyama Jun as Tachibana Yonosuke, the cafe owner who constantly helped the main couple of the series to go through their relationship growth.

Drama genre : Romance

Koe Girl! (2018)

The seiyuus include in this drama were :

Fukuhara Haruka as Kikuchi Makoto

Haruka Tomatsu as herself

Namikawa Daisuke as himself

Hidaka Noriko as herself

Iwata Mitsuo as himself

It's available with eng sub in dailymotion.

Drama genre : Slice of life

Yuube wa Otanoshimi Deshita ne (2019)

The seiyuu that include was Miyano Mamoru as Onita, one of the clerk.

Addition :

Namikawa Daisuke once appeared at Ressha Sentai ToQGer Returns : Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams as a track maintenance worker, episode 7.

[craveanimeblog-blog]

Live-Action Naruto Looks In Real Life

Originally created by Masashi Kishimoto for Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, Narutofollows a young ninja, with a sealed demon within him, that wishes to become the leader of his home village. The series ran for 700 chapters overall, and was adapted into an anime series by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex that ran from 2002 to 2017. The series was popular enough to warrant a sequel, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations which is set several years after the events of the original Naruto story and features the children of many of its key characters such as Naruto and Hinata.

The original incarnation of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto may be long gone as the series lives on through its sequel, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, but it's still getting a ton of love in Japan. Live-action adaptations of popular anime and manga series are increasingly becoming more prevalent, so it's no surprise that a series like Naruto has gotten one of its own. With this new look at an upcoming stage play for the series, it seems like the look of the series has been translated very well.

Naruto is no stranger to the world of live-action, and it has yet to fail fans yet. While Hollywood has yet to get its hands on the franchise, Japan has put out several stage plays based on the anime, and it looks like a new poster for the next show has hit.

And as it turns out, all of Naruto’s top villains will come to play in this — uh — play.

As you can see below, a new poster has been released for Live Spectacle Naruto: Song of the Akatsuki. The play is a revival and will head to Osaka at the start of October before moving to Tokyo closer to the winter. Now, a new poster has been released for the show, and it proves the baddies of Naruto can be done IRL.

Joining the previously confirmed Shinji Rachi as Itachi Uchiha are Teruma as Pain, Takeshi Hayashino as Kisame Hoshigaki, Ryo Tsuji as Deidara, and Hironori Katayama as Tobi.Written and directed by Akiko Kodama with music composed by Shunsuke Wada, Naruto: Song of the Akatsuki is gearing up to have 17 cast members in total and covers up to the 27th volume of Masashi Kishimoto's original Naruto manga.

The other cast members include the previously confirmed Kodai Matsuoka as Naruto Uzumaki, Ryuji Sato as Sasuke Uchiha, Yui Ito as Sakura Haruna, Yuki Kimisawa as Kakashi Hatake, Rei Fujita as Yamato, Fuma Sadamoto as Sai Yamanaka, Seshiru Daigo as Tsunade, Tomoya Yamaguchi as Jugo, Kanon Nanaki as Karin, Keishi Hagio as Hozuki Suigetsu, and Hiro Yumi as Orochimaru.

The musical originally premiered in Japan in 2017, and even had a performance in Singapore, but will be having a return run in Japan starting this Fall with an initial run in Osaka from October 25th through November 4th, and follow up runs in Tokyo from November 8-10 and November 15-December 1.

Sasuke is front and center as expected, but his costume looks just about perfect. The grungy outfit nails how the anime brought the getup to life, but it makes it more believable with some intricate seams and a bit of dirt.

If you look to the back, you can see more ninjas lined up behind the Uchiha. To the left, fans will find Orochimaru dressed in his usual tunic, and the hero looks even creepier in live-action. They are joined by Kabuto to their side, and the medical ninja has on his iconic glasses as expected.

Finally, the rest of Team Hawk rounds out the new poster. Jugo, Karin, and Suigetso can all be seen in their usual outfits. Jugo might not be as beefy here as he is in the anime, but his angular jaw looks like it was cut from the anime. It is this attention to detail on all the characters that makes this live-action poster so stunning, and fans can only hope film adaptations will take such care down the line.

[vocaloid-news]

Hatsune Miku GT Project 10th Anniversary Site Launches! 

It’s hard to believe that Good Smile Racing’s Hatsune Miku GT Project is already 10 years old! To celebrate, GSR launched their 10th anniversary site! 

Firstly, a special 10th anniversary exhibition will be held at Akiba CO Gallery in Akihabara on May 30th~June 17th. Secondly, due to various requests from individual sponsors and fans, the past Racing Miku will be getting new merchandises! Stay tuned for more details!

Lastly, a memorial photo contest will be held, where the contest is divided into three categories.

Ten Years Memories of Races

Target photos: Racing machines, drivers, and racing venues (excluding Racing Miku Supporters) from 2008 to 2018

Entry period:  May 30th~June 17th (until 24:00 JST)

Voting period: June 18th~July 10th (until 24:00 JST)

URL: https://www.smartcontest.jp/system/goodsmileracing/pc/?contest_pk=61

Ten Years Memories of Racing Miku Supporters (Racing Queens)

Target Photos: Racing Miku Supporters from 2008 to 2018

Entry period: August 10th~September 9th (until 24:00 JST)

Voting period: September 10th~30th (until 24:00 JST)

URL: https://www.smartcontest.jp/system/goodsmileracing/pc/?contest_pk=65

Ten Years Memories of Figures/Goods

Target Photos: Related figures and goods from 2008 to 2018

Entry period: November 1st~25th (until 24:00 JST)

Voting period: November 26th~December 20th (until 24:00 JST)

URL: https://www.smartcontest.jp/system/goodsmileracing/pc/?contest_pk=66

Special Prizes

The first and second places for SNS prizes will be decided by votes

The Director & Drivers prize will be selected by the team manager Ukyo Katayama, and the drivers, Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka

The Miku Supporters prize will be selected by the Racing Miku supporters 2018 (Racing Queens)

The Aki prize will be elected by the entrant representative Takanori Aki.

Check out the official site and  Photo Contest’s Gallery! 

The artists in the image above are from left to right: redjuice, Yuichi Murakami, GAN, saitom, Oguchi& Shigeto Koyama, Taiki, Mai Yoneyama, Tony Taka, and Hiro Kanzaki.

[kyoupann]

ライブスペクタクル「NARUTO-ナルト-」〜暁の調べ〜全公演終了。 ５月から始まった公演も、気づけばもう８月。 連日たくさんのお客様に劇場に足を運んでいただいて感謝する日々でした。 相方がつじりょーで本当に良かった‼︎ “ありがとう” #ナルステ #デイダラ #トビ

[ubeetlebum]

Thank you Hiro and Ryo

Naruto Live Spectacle gig has ended after its 52th performance! :( I’m gonna miss them, but I’m grateful for all the beautiful Tobidei moments Hiro and Ryo gave us. Looking forward to see them again in the future.

Thank you... Everyone.

Thank you... Deidara senpai.

[japanessie]

Ochanomizu Rock Soundtrack Review 【レビュー】

While this one is NOT a MY FIRST STORY release but as this one is largely the work of MFS leader Sho Tsuchiya, I am, therefore, more than happy to write about it here. That’s because I am encouraging all MFS fans to support the guys’ work outside of the band. 

The album is available on major online retailers in Japan and internationally on iTunes too. Of course, yours truly bought the version with the DVD. My readers would know me XD 😄

© Photo by Japanessie. Yay! It’s mine ❤ .

MY FIRST STORY & Ochanomizu Rock teams

© ❤️💕 Screenshot of Kid'z and Sho behind the scene of Ocharock Pre Live Stage by amimono62 on IG.

There are 6 songs on this CD which can be heard throughout the drama series. ALL songs were composed by Sho while the lyrics were written by Youhei Matsui 【松井洋平】. Sho is credited as the “director” of the music while MFS producer Nori Ohtani was credited as the “supervisor”. I’m guessing it’s similar to their roles on MFS post-Masack releases? Sho as the Sound Producer and Nori as the Executive Producer? 

I was curious how involved MFS members were in the music. I was guessing that at least Kid’z might have participated as a studio drummer as he was there to coach the actors. Unfortunately, the studio musicians were not listed on the CD sleeve 😩. While they were not the ones playing on the record, the actors have to perform for real on camera and onstage though. Actors Ryuji Sato and Tsubasa Sakiyama served as the vocalists for both studio and on-camera recordings.

I am not going to talk about the lyrics though as this was made for a TV drama. I will be talking mainly about the music in relation to the characters and storyline 😉.

© Photo by Japanessie.

Overall feel

I think the main challenge for Sho is to make both the fictional bands DYDARABOTCH and The DIE Is CAST a.k.a DIC sound distinctive from each other.Generally, each band got 1 “hard rock” song, 1 “pop rock” song and and 1 sombre “rock ballad”. My impression from the drama was DYDARABOTCH was supposed to be the harder and darker-sounding band. Somehow, the drama creators decided to go for the pop rock song SIMPLE PLAN to be DYDARABOTCH’s MV against The DIE is CAST’s hardest song BELIEVER in the DVD.

I love the fact that these recordings preserved the “raw indie band” sound which is back to basic without much fancy layering or electronic sound effects. These songs were supposed to be the ones both bands played in the small Livehouses. They were not supposed to have too much money for big production. Even the vocals were kept minimalistic without heavily layered backup vocals which we normally hear on MFS CDs.

Sound-wise, I think Sho successfully put aside MY FIRST STORY and created songs suitable for Ryuji and Tsubasa’s vocals. I can’t imagine any of the songs with Hiro’s voice. I CAN however imagine certain songs with Hiro’s brother Taka’s voice though because they kinda fit the early ONE OK ROCK to my ears 😁.

© Photo by Japanessie.

The songs

1. FREE YOUR HAND by The DIE is CAST

The first song performed by DIC in the drama. This is their “pop rock” song that I talked about earlier. It immediately distinguished the directions of both bands as it was played right after DYDARABOTCH’s performance in the small club scene from the 1st episode. It’s light, uplifting and overall sweet-sounding. A nice guitar solo followed by acoustic guitar at the bridge. Musically it is more the feel of teen J-love dramas rather than a rock theatre. 

Lyrics and romaji by Riku here. TQ ❤ .

2. SA MI DA RE by DYDARABOTCH

The only song from this CD that was performed by TWO different actors in the drama. Remember, their original vocalist left and Ryuji Sato’s character Hajime then took over. The creators had chosen to put Ryuji’s voice onto the CD.

This is DYDARABOTCH’s “hard rock” song. It has heavy and crunchy guitar riffs which are well complimented by the equally heavy bass lines. Ryuji has a deeper and rougher voice compared to Tsubasa which gives the song and DYDARABOTCH a rockier edge than their rival DIC.

Lyrics translation by Jocelyn here and the kanji/romaji here. TQ ❤ .

3. WHY by The DIE Is CAST

DIC’s sombre “rock ballad”. Beautifully arranged with a lot of acoustic guitar picking all over. This is an excellent song which was performed during the scenes when the band was getting frustrated by the way they were treated. I personally feel that this one is Tsubasa’s best performance out of the 3 songs by DIC. The song suits his voice to a tee. Even though he didn’t sing with much vibrato or distinctive phrasing but to me he transmitted the character’s feeling very well especially at the chorus. Better if you watch his facial expression when he performed this song in the drama.

Lyrics and romaji by Riku here. TQ  ❤.

This song is my personal favourite from Ochanomizu Rock ❤ 😙💕.

4. SIMPLE PLAN by DYDARABOTCH

This is their “pop rock” song which brings out actor Ryuji Sato’s own youthful enthusiasm. Sure, it’s supposed to show off Hajime Katayama’s personality but somehow I feel Ryuji is also just being himself for this one. The song’s uptempo arrangement is so representative of Hajime who is the more energetic frontman than the rival vocalist SHO from DIC. Impossible for me to listen to this and not think “youthful". If we look at the other band members in the drama, DYDARABOTCH has a kind of innocence and naivety aura around them. Melody-wise, I feel that this song is the simplest of the all the 6 songs on this album but its simplicity is also the factor that keeps its youthfulness and energy in abundance. Enhanced even more by Ryuji Sato’s performance.

Lyrics translation by Jocelyn here and kanji/romaji here. TQ ❤ .

5. BELIEVER by The DIE Is CAST

DIC’s “hard rock” song. This song is brilliantly agressive without overwhelming Tsubasa’s clean and lighter natural voice. Please listen particularly to the guitar riff arrangement with the drums at the verses. Uwaahhh!!! The combination of those two certainly is the selling point of this song to me! OK, I am going to be honest with my feelings ….. I think this song will suit the early ONE OK ROCK well. The 5-piece OOR when Alex Onizawa was still in the band. I certainly can imagine Taka carrying this song and giving it an even harder edge.

Wow! I basically just said that MY FIRST STORY leader had composed a song perfect for the rival brother’s band ONE OK ROCK!

Lyrics and romaji by Riku here. TQ ❤ .

6. TRIPLET by DYDARABOTCH

Their definitive “rock ballad”. It grabbed my ears when the melodic guitar intro was played partially by Hajime as he was shown working on the song. Certainly designed to sit somewhere between the heavy SA MI DA RE and the slightly poppy SIMPLE PLAN. The most melodic song for DYDARABOTCH and arguably the one arranged to be the most melancholic in the drama. This is after all the song that brought big brother Ryo back to Hajime in the drama. 

The clean guitar line behind the plucking and rhythm guitar riffs is signature Sho Tsuchiya arrangement. Ryuji performed this in a determined delivery rather than begging-for-sympathy style which is exactly what his character Hajime is. Hajime isn’t the one to act like a poor victim of a situation but to face life fearlessly no matter what comes his way. 

Lyrics translation by Jocelyn here and kanji/romaji here. TQ ❤ .

(c) Photos from Ocharock Twitter and edited by me 😁

My Verdict

I think Sho Tsuchiya really did give the two fictional bands their own distinctive sounds. DYDARABOTCH doesn’t sound like The DIE Is CAST and vice versa. The songs also seem to have been “tailored” to suit both the lead actors’ natural voices respectively. I personally feel that DYDARABOTCH is the harder one between the two but it doesn’t mean The DIE Is CAST can’t carry a hard rock number. Ryuji Sato has the stronger voice for Rock but Sho Tsuchiya had also given Tsubasa Sakiyama materials that put him on equal footing with Ryuji to portray the two bands as rivals.

As for the MVs, I still wish they had used SA MI DA RE to represent DYDARABOTCH since they had chosen BELIEVER to represent The DIE Is CAST. Then we can musically compare the two in a fair manner. Hard rock vs hard rock.

[rz-jocelyn]

[NEWS UPDATE] Live Spectacle NARUTO: The "Live Spectacle NARUTO ~Akatsuki no Shirabe~" will be Shown in Cinemas Across Australia

Date: January 07, 2021

Cast:

Matsuoka Koudai as Uzumaki Naruto

Sato Ryuji as Uchiha Sasuke

Rachi Shinji as Uchiha Itachi

Ito Yui as Haruno Sakura

Kimisawa Yuki as Hatake Kakashi

Kitamura Ryo as Sai

Fujita Ray as Yamato/Tenzou

Daigo Cecile as Tsunade

Hiro Yuumi as Orochimaru

Hayashino Takeshi as Kisame

Ry☆ as Deidara

Katayama Hironori as Tobi

Hagio Keishi as Hozuki Suigetsu

Yamaguchi Tomoya as Juugo

Nanaki Kanon as Uzumaki Karin

NOTE: It will be fully subtitled in English.

For more information on how to purchase tickets, please refer to this link: HERE

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