Japanese Music

AKB48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. AKB48 currently consists of 48 members divided into three teams: Team A, Team K and Team B. Each team contains 16 members. Unlike other idol groups in Japan, AKB48 is theatre-based and has their own theatre in Akihabara (a district in Tokyo) where they perform once every weekday, and twice on both Saturday and Sunday.

54-71is an Hardcore / Experimental / Hip hop music group. Its members are Horikawa Hiroyuki, Kawaguchi Kentaro, Sato Shingo, and Takada Noriaki. In 1995, Kawaguchi and Sato started their musical activities together and by 1997, the current four members were performing together.

MISIA, born on July 7, 1978, in Fukuoka, Japan, is a female Japanese R&B singer. Her real name is Misaki Itō, and is currently signed up with BMG Japan and she belongs to Rhythmedia management company. She debuted on February 21, 1998, with the song Tsutsumikomu Youni.

Mika Nakashima, born February 19, 1983 in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. In addition to her musical career, she has starred in several movies, tv series, and has had successful tours of her own.