NINKI index for Kokuhaku

Singles

01 170.50 Not yet - Suika BABY
02 96.40 Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 - Shonen yo Uso wo Tsuke!
03 31.40 Ken Hirai - Kokuhaku
04 29.70 GReeeeN - OH!!!! Meiwaku!!!!
05 26.70 PES from RIP SLYME - Megami no KISS
06 24.90 SEKAI NO OWARI - Nemurihime
07 23.80 Hata Motohiro meets Sakamichi no Apollon - Altair
08 22.20 Sakanaction - Boku to Hana
09 16.50 back number - Nichiyoubi
10 16.30 Kawada Mami - Borderland

looking forward to hear the B-sides of Kokuhaku & also Ken's MUSIC STATION performance later tonight whee

Kokuhaku is up for download !

http://www.j-mp3.info/2012/05/blog-post_29.html

Woman “Wの悲劇”より is so nice but yet so sad sounding T_T

Oricon Weekly - Singles (28/5/2012~3/6/2012)

*1 135,513 *,135,513 Not yet - Suika BABY
*2 128,604 1,745,399 AKB48 - Manatsu no Sounds good!
*3 *67,163 *,*67,163 Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 - Shonen yo Uso wo Tsuke!
*4 *36,568 *,*36,568 SEKAI NO OWARI - Nemurihime
*5 *26,009 *,*26,009 Hirai Ken - Kokuhaku
*6 *17,563 *,*17,563 Sakanaction - Boku to Hana
*7 *17,036 *,538,394 SKE48 - Aishite Raburu!
*8 *14,968 *,106,050 NYC - Haina!
*9 *13,875 *,*13,875 Sakuhima＊Himasaku ［Ohmuro Sakurako (Kato Emiri) & Furuya Himawari (Mimori Suzuko)］ - Yuruyuri Duet Song♪ 「Koi no Double Punch」
10 *10,190 *,*38,193 Nishino Kana - Watashitachi

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (28/5/2012~3/6/2012)

*1 *53,009 *53,009 B'z - B'z LIVE-GYM 2011-C'mon-
*2 *49,361 621,413 Arashi - ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World
*3 *21,413 *21,413 ONE OK ROCK - "Zankyou Reference" TOUR in YOKOHAMA ARENA
*4 **5,644 **5,644 Hirai Ken - Ken Hirai Films Vol.12
*5 **5,507 **5,507 Kubota Toshinobu - 25th Anniversary Toshinobu Kubota Concert Tour 2012 "Party ain't A Party!"
*6 **2,988 365,415 EXILE - EXILE LIVE TOUR 2011 TOWER OF WISH ~Negai no Tou~
*7 **2,290 **2,290 Sakamoto Maaya - Maaya Sakamoto Live 2011 in the silence
*8 **1,355 *81,692 Mr.Children - Mr.Children STADIUM TOUR 2011 SENSE-in the field-
*9 **1,173 *21,314 Momoiro Clover Z - 「Momoiro Christmas 2011 Saitama Super Arena Taikai」 LIVE DVD
10 ***,961 *95,076 AKB48 – Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen

Hirai Ken’s new song used in CM for Misawa Hom

Hirai Ken’s new song, “Kikyo ga Oka“, is being used in Misawa Home’s new TV commercial.

“Kikyo ga Oka” was written just for the CM, and it perfectly suits Misawa Home’s concept of “a home where we can grow up with the family”. The song is described as a number with warm-hearted lyrics and sounds.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/10/hir...r-misawa-home/

Hopefully this can get released as a single soon even though Kokuhaku is still awesome xD

Should have revived this thread much earlier but anyway ...

full PV of Ken's comeback single Grotesque feat Namie

http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Ken-Hir...e88be7851ea4ed

Man Ken has never changed at all which's quite ridiculous

Song wise , it's quite different from what Ken does + this's also his 1st single collaboration release

Wonder why it took him almost 19 years to collaborate with someone , let alone with Namie damn but better late than never

i think the song has a very high potential on becoming a hits..love the song so much...

https://www.mediafire.com/?pguszmqqzipxxnc

mp3 rip from HD PV...

Grotesque has leaked (the CD + DVD B edition with Kikyo ga Oka as the B-side)

http://www.j-mp3.info/2014/04/feat-k...eat-amuro.html

And the single debuted at #4 on the 1st day of release

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2014-04-01/

the song with Namie is so generic, little sad tbh since it isn't his style at all more like Namie which is to me is a bad thing since she genre hops too much and is kinda generic by nature

LOVE the b-side

anyway I hope the single is smash hit for him

Thanks but i just wanted GROTESQUE (inst.) :weep
And it isn't here....

^ jpopsuki has uploaded both CD + DVD's editions of Grotesque

And Grotesque went up to #3 today

x->4->3

2nd day sales - 6,208

x->4->3->3

2nd day sales - 6,208
3rd day sales - 3,627

x->4->3->3->2

2nd day sales - 6,208
3rd day sales - 3,627
4th day sales - 2,459

x->4->3->3->2

2nd day sales - 6,208
3rd day sales - 3,627
4th day sales - 2,459
5th day sales - 2,603

x->4->3->3->3->3

2nd day sales - 6,208
3rd day sales - 3,627
4th day sales - 2,459
5th day sales - 2,603
6th day sales - 2,322

4 - ● グロテスク　ｆｅａｔ．安室奈美恵 30,064 30,064 14/4/2 AOJ
平井坚 4 1

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2971007322

Ken will release his 3rd cover album Ken's Bar III on 28th May

http://i59.tinypic.com/kbss3n.jpg

http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000102474

BVCL-590
Ken Hirai/Ken's Bar III[w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type A] CDA
5000 yen US$51/103.03 Release Date:May 28, 2014
Description:Third acoustic cover album "Ken's Bar" from Ken Hirai contains "even if (Ken Hirai)," "Kitte no Nai Okurimono (Kazuo Zaitsu)," "We are all alone (Boz Scaggs)," "Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)," "My Way," "Killing Me Softly With His Song (feat. Roberta Flack)," "Timing (Black Biscuits)," "Yatsura no Ashioto no Ballad (outro theme of anime series "Hajime Ningen Gatoruzu")," and more. Comes with a bonus DVD featuring 90-min. live footage (subject to change). Features cardboard slipcase. *The DVD disc is encoded for region 2 (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and no subtitles are included.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/BVCL-590
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BVCL-592
Ken Hirai/Ken's Bar III[Limited Edition / Type B] CDA
3600 yen US$36/103.03 Release Date:May 28, 2014
Description:Third acoustic cover album "Ken's Bar" from Ken Hirai contains "even if (Ken Hirai)," "Kitte no Nai Okurimono (Kazuo Zaitsu)," "We are all alone (Boz Scaggs)," "Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)," "My Way," "Killing Me Softly With His Song (feat. Roberta Flack)," "Timing (Black Biscuits)," "Yatsura no Ashioto no Ballad (outro theme of anime series "Hajime Ningen Gatoruzu")," and more. This edition includes selected live tracks performing his hit tunes (subject to change).
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/BVCL-592
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BVCL-594
Ken Hirai/Ken's Bar III[Regular Edition] CDA
3000 yen US$30/103.03 Release Date:May 28, 2014
Description:Third acoustic cover album "Ken's Bar" from Ken Hirai contains "even if (Ken Hirai)," "Kitte no Nai Okurimono (Kazuo Zaitsu)," "We are all alone (Boz Scaggs)," "Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)," "My Way," "Killing Me Softly With His Song (feat. Roberta Flack)," "Timing (Black Biscuits)," "Yatsura no Ashioto no Ballad (outro theme of anime series "Hajime Ningen Gatoruzu")," and more.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/BVCL-594

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An acoustic cover album eh ? I don't mind hearing the acoustic of even if as it's still a classic from Ken even up to now

GROTESQUE feat. Namie Amuro ~Sales~

Week 2

Sales: 7,191
Total: 37,255

it sold pretty well on its second week dropping only seven positions on Weekly Single Charts

Ken will be covering/singing Fukuyama Masaharu's Kazoku ni Narou yo next week on MUSIC STATION :O

2014/05/02

1. GUTS !/ARASHI
2. Planetarium & Moamoa/Otsuka Ai
3. Ashita mo/Ohara Sakurako (from MUSH&Co.)
4. Mangekyō to Chou/Superfly
5. Kazoku ni Narou yo/Hirai Ken

This's an absolute treat . I wonder will Ken's rendition of Kazoku ni Narou yo be included in his new Ken's Bar III album ?