List your first song of five different J-Pop artists.

Straight to the point. Just list five J-Pop artists/bands and the first song of theirs that you listened to. It doesn't have to be the song that got you to like them, just the first song, full-stop. Oh, and I mean five artists that aren't Ayu. You can describe how or when you listened to the song, too. I'll start off.

[P.S.] If a moderator feels that this should be moved into the Posting Games forum, then by all means, do so. I just wasn't sure which forum this should be in.

01. Kumiko Koda — real Emotion.
[ I was really into FFX-2 at the time. It was a couple of years ago. I was looking for JADE of SWEETBOX's version (the English one featured on FFX-2) and I stumbled across Koda's and gave it a download. ]


02. Do As Infinity — Fukai mori.
[ Inuyasha's second ending. Duh! XP ]


03. Hitomi Shimatani — Garnet Moon, technically.
[ I was browsing random avex pages, and I stumbled upon Shimatani's. It wasn't long ago, 'cause the CM for Heart & Symphony was up there. Garnet Moon was the first segment, so I watched that. So technically, Garnet Moon is my first. But right after that on the H&S CM, Falco and Sky High play, so they're firsts too. ]


04. hitomi — I Am.
[ Inuyasha second opening. ;D ]


05. AAA — BLOOD on FIRE
[ I was curious and wondered who they were, so I gave them a listen. Yay. :3 ]

[stardusties]

Ayumi - Trauma or Fly high..i forget which

BoA - Dreams Come True

Namie Amuro - SO CRAZY

DAI - fukai mori

kumi koda - real emotion

[everlastingRAINBOW]

Planetarium- Ai Otsuka

STEP you- Ayu

HAPPY ENDING- Ayu

hands- Koda Kumi

Keep Tryin'- Utada Hikaru

[~K+]

People haven't read through the whole of the first post at all.

[Norrel]

Whatchu talkin about? ^^^

Namie Amuro - Yes

Utada - Simple and Clean

Koda Kumi - real Emotion

DAI - For the Future

Mika Nakashima - Glamourous Sky

[Norrel]

Whatchu talkin about? ^^^

Ayumi - Oh my god, I really can't remember, but I think it was either Dearest, no more words, or a song from Memorial Address >.<

Utada - Simple and Clean

Koda Kumi - real Emotion

DAI - For the Future

Mika Nakashima - Glamourous Sky

[drewbilation]

^ Winterkill asked us to lists five artists BESIDES AYU. So far everyone has used her as one of their five.

Aiko Kayo - Hitomi no Naka no Meikyuu

Chieco Kawabe - be your girl

hitomi - Japanese girl

Kumi Koda - real Emotion (English Version)

Zwei - Movie Star

[Raleigh]

Hitomi Shimatani - Perseus
Koda Kumi - real Emotion
Suzuki Ami - Eventful
Sifow - Jewel
mink - Omajinai

[*Petit*]

ayumi hamasaki - moments

shimatani hitomi - VIOLA

Masami Okui - koishimasho nebarimasho (daita remix)

morning musume - love machine

L'arc en ciel - coming closer

[Mad_Cactuar]

Utada Hikaru - Simple n Clean
Ai Otsuka - Kingyo Hanabi
Koda Kumi - Real Emotion
Namie Amuro - Girltalk (very bad first impression, hated her since)
Mika Nakashima - Glamorous Sky

[tl1029530921]

Koda Kumi - real Emotion (like everyone else..haha)

D.A.I. - Fukai Mori

Utada - Movin' on without you

Nakashima Mika - Yuki no Hana

BoA - Valenti

Yeah, dokidokisuru is right. :\ But for the record, my first Ayu song was evolution (Time Is Pop Mix).

[zeroshin888]

BoA - Atlantic Princess
Ayu - No way to say
Utada - Hikari
EXILE - Together
L'arc~en~ciel - New World

[darkswordz]

Ayu - Voyage
Utada - Can you keep a Secret?
BoA - Every Heart
Kumi - Shake it Up
Mika - Glamerous Sky

[~K+]

Haha, and people are still getting it wrong.

Koda Kumi - the meaning of peace (w/BoA)

CORE OF SOUL - November rain (Uploaded by a member here along with 'Trash the pride')

Shiina Ringo - Mayonaka wa junketsu (Saw the PV on TV and it caught my attention, even though I had no clue who she was, especially since the PV was animated)

Hitomi Yaida - I'm here saying nothing (Caught a glimpse of it on a Japanese music program on TV)

fra-foa - Aojiroi tsuki (I can't even remember how I got into them, but this was the only song I had from them for a while)

[sxesven]

I often start with the first song off any album because I acquire them as a whole (download/buy/borrow), so that pretty much explains two of these except for Ringo-chan (downloaded it randomly off the net), BoA (ditto) and fra-foa (was the first file in my alphabetically arranged folder). I tried to pick out some I didn't hear through albums.

Shiina Ringo - Kokode Kiss Shite; not an ideal start (the acapella opening surprised me) and it didn't convince me straightaway either, but it got me interested enough to check out more Ringo-stuff. Glad I did. =D

UA - The Color of Empty Sky; only got into her just last year, but it was love at first hearing.

fra-foa - Afterglow; beautiful song from 13 Leaves. fra-foa became one of my favourite bands.

Utada Hikaru - Sakura Drops; still brilliant.

BoA - Number One; how appropriate.

[TeamAyu]

Namie Amuro - NEVER END

I heard this through a performance I accidentally downloaded off the once existing WinMX and I thought it was a beautiful song. Still one of my favorite songs and possibly one of Namie's best pieces.

Utada Hikaru - First Love

My cousin actually sent me this song and I thought it was the most beautiful love song I had EVER heard. I was obsessed with it and I really have so many fond memories with this song. The first time I heard it was also the day before my first time attending Anime Expo (I'm over Anime now but it was still good times in the past). So yeah still one of my favorite Top 10 songs ever.

Ayaka Hirahara - Jupiter

Well the first time I heard this I was like WTF is the hype? This song isn't that great, BIG WHOOP! But slowly this song really, REALLY grew on me and it became a very empowering piece when I was down. Beautiful piece, however it wasn't until "Niji no Yokan" did I really get into Ayaka Hirahara. (As a matter of fact "Niji no Yokan" just started playing!)

Otsuka Ai - Sakuranbo

Well I heard all the HYPE around this single and I decided to check it out. Downloaded the PV and was HOOKED ever since. Still one of the catchiest songs EVER and I never seem to get sick of it. I miss good Otsuka.

Rie fu - Life is Like a Boat

I was watching CDTV, which I love because it gives little previews of all the top 100 songs and their PVs and it's a good way to sample music, so Rie fu's hit single came on and I got really curious cause the melody was nice and her ENGLISH was GOOD too! (Rare in Japanese music HAHA) Anyways at first me and my sister just kept making fun of the title cause it was weird, well at the time anyways haha, and never really thought to actually LISTEN to it. However I somehow did and was IN LOVE! and I PRE-ORDERED her self-titled debut album IMMEDIATELY and was in love since. I am SO excited for the moment I can get my hands on her second masterpiece "ROSE ALBUM".

[lilithberi]

Ayumi Hamasaki : M
Otsuka Ai: Kingyo Hanabi
Koda Kumi: 1000 no Kotoba
Gackt: Mizerable
Hyde; Evergreen

[happytoadstool]

ayumi hamasaki - M thru the MTV asia awards. also got to listen to the eurobeat version of M afterwards (the first actual song i heard thru a cd). didnt make me an instant fan though

utada hikaru - automatic (didnt like it at first. can you keep a secret made me a fan)

koda kumi - real emotion (thru ffx-2 of course)

namie amuro - can you celebrate (i wanted to listen to a namie amuro song since i heard about her before, so i typed her name in limewire and i got this song. it was ok but i didnt like it much then. now im a huge fan of namie's recent works such as no and want me want me)

mika nakashima - find the way (thru gundam seed)

[shizukesa]

Utada Hikaru - Simple and Clean
Nakashima Mika - ONE SURVIVE
Shizukusa Yumi - CONTROL your touch
Amuro Namie - SO CRAZY
BoA - I.D. Peace B (english ver.)


For the record my first Ayu song was Dearest.