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Foxxy_Fuyumi 27th March 2009 10:34 PM

THE FIRST Atari Kousuke THREAD!
 

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arc...tari/photo.jpg

Born July 13, 1980 (1980-07-13) (age 28)
Origin Kagoshima, Japan
Genre(s) Shimauta, J-Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1999 - present
Label(s) Epic Records Japan

Born, bred and resides in Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Age for Kousuke Atari is 28.

Two months after major debut single Sorezoreni was released on March 1, 2006, Atari joined Japan Night, an event that took place at Shanghaifs ARK, performed a few songs with other Japanese artists, and received high acclaim from Shanghai natives.

Later, surprisingly, Hong Kong's superstar Andy Lau covered Atari's debut single Sorezoreni in Cantonese.

In addition, in the upcoming new album Natsukashano Shima, which was released in October, there is a duet with Chinese female singer Han Xue (Cecilia Han).
In releasing Atari's first album Chu Dong Xin Xian, Taiwan preceded the rest of the world. The album marked #4 on Taiwan's g-music chart, as well as ranking at #1 on the Yahoo! Music Taiwan Chart.

On July 11, 2007, Atari released much-awaited first album Yurai bana. The album, after debuting at #7 on the Oricon weekly chart, has been selling steadily since.

At the same year, the duet song with Han Xue, Kotobawa Iranai released became a theme song of 35th anniversary year for Japan-China Naturalization.

In 2008, a Taiwan movie Hai Jiao Qi Hou starring Atari and his song Sorezoreni attained an unprecedented achievement in Taiwan market selling best for local movie.
The album Kizuna Uta was released in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.


++ DISCOGRAPHY

+ a l b u m s

* [1999.04.04] Atari (アタリ)
* [2000.07.30] Kurudando (くるだんど)
* [2002.06.09] Shodon (諸鈍)
* [2004.09.03] Notus (ノトス)
* [2006.11.03] Chu Dong Xin Xian (触動心弦)
* [2007.07.11] Yurai Bana (ユライ花; The First Flower)
* [2007.07.13] Hua Jian Dao (花間道)
* [2008.10.01] Kizuna Uta (絆歌; Bond Songs)

+ s i n g l e s

* [2006.03.01] Sorezore ni (それぞれに; In Each and Every)
* [2006.06.28] Omoide no Sugu Soba de / Mahiru no Hanabi (思い出のすぐそばで / 真昼の花火; Right Next to Memories / Midday Fireworks)
* [2007.04.11] Hana (花; Flower)
* [2007.11.14] Tane wo Maku Hibi (種をまく日々; The Days When Seeds are Scattered)
* [2008.04.09] Haru (春; Spring)
* [2008.09.03] Kizuna (絆; bonds)
* [2009.03.11] Koi (恋; Love)

+ m i n i a l b u m s

* [2005.09.07] Materia (マテリヤ) (Indies)
* [2006.10.11] Natsukasha no Shima (なつかしゃのシマ; The Island I Miss)


rookies 27th March 2009 10:43 PM

Thanks Foxxy for making the first Atari Kousuke thread! Woot!

Ok, so I like his song "Hana", and I think it is very relaxing to listen to.

And I also like the song he did for Bleach anime, but I forgot the title already. XD

I enjoy listening to his music, because it is so peaceful and relaxing to listen to. :) Oh, and his new song "Koi", I love it very much! :heart

New PV - Koi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weEJ_rm9oqc

sora-kara 2nd April 2009 06:42 AM

i swear i had started one of these threads a while back.....
oh well. :)
glad to see im not alone in my atari love.

im going to start another download thread for him sometime soon. :)

rookies 2nd April 2009 06:52 AM

^ Oh yes, please do! I want to download some of his singles and albums, and try out some of his other material, other than the ones I have heard so far. :)

sora-kara 2nd April 2009 05:08 PM

what have you heard so far?

i have everything hes released, so i think i'll just work on upping all of it.

rookies 2nd April 2009 08:51 PM

^ The three songs I mentioned in post #2: Hana, the song he did for bleach anime, and Koi.

And maybe I've heard other songs, but I don't remember the song titles.

I was looking for his most recent album to download, but couldn't find it.

sora-kara 14th April 2009 05:55 PM

there's been a bit of chatting going on in the download thread.

lets move it here. :)

rookies 14th April 2009 10:49 PM

^ Ok, sure, sora-kara.

I love the scans that you scanned! Thanks very much, sora-kara. I will also be downloading the singles and albums I haven't heard before, and giving those a try! :)

dirtytoxic 15th April 2009 09:19 AM

my friend told me he's gay. is that rite?
the 1st time i watch hana i thought that too ahaha.

rookies 15th April 2009 11:14 AM

I've never heard anything about him being gay before.

I dunno, maybe they are just rumours? :shrug

sora-kara 16th April 2009 06:23 PM

ive never heard any rumours about him being gay.
where did your friend hear that?

dirtytoxic 16th May 2009 08:08 AM

i don't know too. when I asked him "do u know atari kousuke?" then he answered me "now you like the music of no.1 japanese's gay idol."
so i just know that, may be it's a gossip!

rookies 2nd July 2009 09:22 PM

He is back with a new single! From JPM:


Quote:

new single "空が空" (Sora ga Sora) out 9.9

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ESCL-3264

rookies 3rd July 2009 07:31 PM

Here's more info on the new song, from luminaire @ JPM:


Quote:

"sora ga sora" (I wonder if it's "sora ga kara" though) is written by Kawamura Yuka, and is a gorgeous love song, opening with the two lines,

"I love you not because/you've managed to accomplish something."

Theme song for the movie "katen no shiro" opening in September. The song is said to incorporate choral work, R&B elements and an erhu. B-sides include a cover of "ai sansan", on which he dueted with Ogura Kei, the original writer of the song.

rookies 31st July 2009 04:46 AM

Tentative tracklist for "空が空" from sonymusic:


Quote:

01 空が空
02 愛燦燦
03 うたかた
04 夏の夢
05 空が空 (「火天の城」movie version) (temporary title)

rookies 1st August 2009 01:04 AM

From JPM:


Quote:

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3966/jackete.jpg

cover for the new single

and the tracklist is confirmed:

01 空が空
02 愛燦燦
03 うたかた
04 夏の夢
05 空が空 (「火天の城」movie version)

--------------------------

I think this is a pic from the shooting of the cover for the single

looks like quite a bit of photoshop was done.

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3...0625134802.jpg

sora-kara 1st August 2009 05:59 AM

wow! thats a pretty wicked cover.
im hoping itll look even better in a larger size.

i need to get on ordering that!

rookies 4th August 2009 09:08 PM

Preview:

空が空 |LISTEN|

rookies 11th August 2009 12:05 AM

From JPM:


http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8909/photoobf.jpg

profile photo for "Sora ga Sora"

credits for the single:

空が空
作詞/作曲: 川村結花
愛燦燦
作詞/作曲: 小椋佳
うたかた
作詞: 沢村直子
作曲: 石川烈
夏の夢
作詞: 沢村直子
作曲: 後藤志歩


"Sora ga Sora" Special Site
Official Website

rookies 18th August 2009 02:05 AM

Sora Ga Sora PV (Movie Version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXl8X-UYB0M

rookies 10th September 2009 12:04 AM

He made it to the ninki chart at #10:

ninki time (for releases 09/07 - 09/13)

Singles

01 81.20 堂本剛 - RAIN
02 79.20 ポルノグラフィティ - この胸を、愛を射よ
03 73.90 DREAMS COME TRUE feat. FUZZY CONTROL - その先へ
04 25.20 超新星 - キミだけをずっと
05 22.10 THE ポッシボー - Family ~旅立ちの朝~
06 22.00 福原美穂 - LET IT OUT
07 21.30 高橋瞳 x BEAT CRUSADERS - ウォーアイニー
08 15.50 小野大輔 - キンモクセイ
09 14.80 MiChi - YOU
10 14.20 中孝介 - 空が空

----------------------

But the first day ranking for sora ga sora is #23. :/

Anyways, I can't wait to hear the full single. I don't think it is on kmc yet, so I hope it will leak soon.

And also, I wonder if there is a non-movie version of the PV.

sora-kara 13th September 2009 01:00 AM

23? hm :/
thats a lot better than koi, which peaked at 41.

so...hey, not bad. :)
i dont know if there is another version of the pv or not....
maybe if they put it on a dvd there will be?

rookies 13th September 2009 08:12 AM

I didn't really like Koi that much, it was just okay. I'm glad sora ga sora is doing well, I hope the results will be good when the weekly charts are revealed.

And has his release schedule always been somewhat on the slow side? It seems to take a bit of time for him to come out with some new material.

I can't wait for a new album, but I think he will release another single (or two) before an album.

sora-kara 13th September 2009 09:09 PM

his release schedule always seems pretty steady to me.
its slow if youre like, a kuu fan or something :P
but i think we could expect at least one more single before a new album...it seems like kizuna uta wasnt that long ago though....

and yeah koi was kinda...meh...pleasant, but he needs to step it up a bit i think.

rookies 17th September 2009 01:45 AM

^ oh really? Yeah, I guess it does seem slow if you compare to koda kumi or someone else with a fast release schedule.

And I notice Kizuna Uta (that's his latest album title right?) has an Overseas Version, wow, that's cool. Hope the next album has overseas version as well.

Not a lot of artists on Sony Music get an overseas version released, unless the artist or group is popular or well-known, so I'm glad they decided to make an os version. It must mean he has a decent amount of fans outside of Japan, right?

And I think he has done promotion for his music in Taiwan or Hong Kong right? I remember seeing some youtube videos of him on some chinese show performing.

---------------

I just went on HMV HK, and Sora Ga Sora has an Overseas Version. @_@ I think it is the os version because of the price, and also the release date is much later than the Japan version.

http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/japanese.asp?sku=756095

Wow! That is pretty good. But I don't usually buy singles, so I'm not getting it, and I usually wait for albums instead.

sora-kara 18th September 2009 06:12 PM

yeah, he has a good amount of fans outside of japan.
particularly in taiwan. he was in a taiwanese movie called Cape No.7, and Sorezore ni was the theme song.
it turned out to be like, ridiculously popular. so he got a big fan boost from that.

im just uploading the sora ga sora single.
itll be in the download thread soon!

rookies 5th October 2009 09:19 AM

^ I see, oh, I want to check out that Chinese movie he was in. *__*

----------------------------------------------

New song! Info from JPM:


Quote:

new song "愛しき人へ" is the CM song for NTT東日本DENPO, to be aired from Oct 26th onwards. the song is available on Chaku-Uta(R) on Oct 23rd. no word yet on whether the song will have a physical release or not.

sora-kara 5th October 2009 05:13 PM

ooh i should think it would get a physical release.
why waste a good tie-in?

rookies 5th October 2009 11:53 PM

So, what exactly is the tie-in?

I never heard of NTT東日本DENPO before, so I'm curious.

rookies 7th December 2009 06:49 AM

愛しき人へ PV [HERE]

"Itoshiki Hito e" is what it is titled in romanized form.

The PV is okay I guess, he doesn't really do much. :/ I guess his record company isn't releasing it as a single? Hmm...

sora-kara 8th December 2009 05:21 PM

ive seen this before...
i know i have...oh, that video has been there since the end of october. so yeah.
but its great to repost for all the people who missed it before.

yeah the song is decent, but kinda bland.
nothing new for him.

they even made his plaid bland.

rookies 8th February 2010 12:46 AM

He is going on tour starting in May!

The Tour Site: http://atarikousuke.jp/tour2010/

From his official site:


Quote:

全国コンサートツアー2010"うがみうた"チケット先行予約、こちらのHPにて絶賛受付中!
中孝介2010年の全国ツアーのチケット先行予約受付中!
※受付期間:2/1(月)12:00 ~ 2/15(月) 23:00


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rookies 12th February 2010 11:39 AM

Omg, I think he has a new song! On his official site, there is a preview for a song I never heard before.

Stream the preview: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/play/?ir7&in_IR008-20 (if the preview doesn't work, go to his sony website, and click on the red button in the center of the page - http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/atari/)

The preview is so good! I hope it is going to be released on a single sometime in the future. I think on his website, it is mentioned that the song has some tie-in with NHK.

Anyways, about the tour, I hope he's releasing an album in April or something, so that he can tour to promote that album. Hmm... I think it is time for a new album, even though there aren't many singles that are going to be on it. (koi and sora ga sora).

rookies 16th February 2010 07:48 PM

New info: He is releasing a new album in April!

From JPM:


Quote:

Saw this while leafing through a stack of leaflets I got over at Chara's live last Saturday:

Atari will be releasing a new album, "ugami-uta", in conjunction with his "ugami-uta" concert tour, in late April. Features "sora ga sora", "ai sansan", "hana" and "kizuna ~sono te ni~" amongst others.

rookies 18th February 2010 05:03 AM

Some more info about the album:


Quote:

CONCEPT MINI ALBUM
「うがみうた ~絆、その手に~」
中 孝介
2010.4.21 OUT


Official Website


Credits: JPM

sora-kara 19th February 2010 05:50 AM

oh sweet!
i love mini albums!

:D

rookies 19th February 2010 07:13 AM

I'm not a big fan of mini-albums, but I am curious about what this concept thing is that he is going to do.

And there are old songs on the tracklisting, so I wonder if it is new arrangement or something else.

Anyways, I can't wait to see the cover!

rookies 23rd February 2010 04:41 AM

He has a new blog:

http://blog.oricon.co.jp/atarikousuke/

He used to use ameblo, but he switched. I've been looking at the pics on it, I wish I knew what he was blogging about.

sora-kara 24th February 2010 12:58 AM

http://blog.oricon.co.jp/_images/ata...13_1649~01.jpg

I think this one is something like "quiet contemplation......why did i let them give me a fauhawk?"

rookies 26th February 2010 05:34 AM

^ He is so hot in that side-view pic.

I went through some of the pics on his blog, and he seems to like wearing hooded sweatshirts, haha. xD

rookies 17th March 2010 08:00 PM

The tracklisting of the mini-album has been posted on his site:


Quote:

MINI ALBUM
うがみうた~絆、その手に~
中 孝介
ESCL-3434
2010.4.21 OUT
2,300 (tax in)

Tracklist:

01 絆、その手に
02 空が空
03 愛しき人へ
04 支え合う関係
05 愛燦燦
06 野ばら
07 明日の空 with jimama


Official Website


Credits: JPM

sora-kara 18th March 2010 12:31 AM

excellent! thanks!

rookies 19th March 2010 09:40 AM

The Cover:

http://i43.tinypic.com/2relh6g.jpg


Credits: JPM

sora-kara 20th March 2010 02:25 AM

suuuuuuuuper cute!

rookies 20th March 2010 08:27 PM

Yeah, I agree, he is cute on the cover.

rookies 9th April 2010 07:45 PM

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5235/photohzw.jpg

new profile photo


Credits: JPM

rookies 18th April 2010 08:09 PM

So, he didn't make it into the Top 10 NINKI Albums Chart. But I hope the mini-album does well, when it is released.

On another note, the mini-album, overseas version, is going to be out on April 23rd, and can be preordered at hmv hk:

http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/japanese.asp?sku=799160

sora-kara 19th April 2010 12:39 AM

ah nice.
he seems to do fairly well overseas still. :)

too bad i already preordered the japanese version :P

rookies 21st April 2010 08:22 PM

I've checked kmc and jps, and the mini-album hasn't leaked yet.

I hope it will leak either tomorrow or on Friday.

rookies 25th April 2010 02:15 AM

The new mini-album is at kmc now!

And also - New PV:

絆、その手に

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3w_lOeKByA

sora-kara 25th April 2010 06:24 AM

aw. hes such a cutie! ^_^
good pv for him!

rookies 25th April 2010 10:14 PM

Here's another video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvwUfpMVMfE

He went on some TV show, I think to promote the mini-album, and they showed the making-of one of the PV's. I haven't found this PV yet, but if I do, I am going to post the link. The PV is called "明日の空 with jimama".

rookies 25th April 2011 06:06 AM

Wow, this thread has been going so slowly. My post above was almost exactly one year ago.

Anyways, it appears he released a new single on March 9th. The cover is on the main page of his official website. Judging by the cover, I think it's a duet/collab with a woman. Don't really know much details about it, would appreciate any more info on this collab. I'm just wondering if it's a side project or something of his.

rookies 30th August 2011 02:58 AM

An update - He released 2 singles this year so far:

[2011.03.09] Haru no Yukundo (春の行人; Spring's Traveller) (Ochugen)
[2011.08.10] Kimi no Kakera feat. Miyamoto Emiri (君ノカケラ)

For the single released earlier this month, the covers can be seen here:

http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Kimi_no_Kakera

The promo pic is awesome, and he looks really hot in the covers. :love And apparently, the song Kimi No Kakera had an anime tie-in.

When are we getting a new studio album, it feels like it's been so long since Kizuna Uta.

dirtytoxic 31st March 2012 06:52 AM

all of his albums here are gone :( so sad! someone please re-up his major works, i would be forever grateful :(


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