Goto Maki I -Using Loneliness and SEXY-

[Amai Yume]

Goto Maki, formerly a member of H!P and UP-FRONT Agency. Maki had her big start in the industry when she joined Morning Musume at the age of 13. There she made a name for herself and with that popularity, she propelled herself into a solo career with singles such as 愛のバカやろう (Ai no Bakaryou) and うわさの SEXY GUY (Uwasa no SEXY GUY). As time went on, she began to stray away from the cute image that the company mainly hones and began to take a more sexy route. エキゾな DISCO (Ekiza na Disco) from her album 3rd Station began to show that. However it was with her fourth album, How to use SEXY, that the new Maki really began to emerge. Her popularity experienced a surge with singles such as ガラスのパンプス (Glass no Pumps) and SOME BOYS! TOUCH, which gave her some of her best selling singles in a while.

After a fiasco involving her brother and for health reasons as well, Maki left UP FRONT only to leave fans wondering if they would see a return from her. Hope began to arise once Maki announced that she would stay in L.A. for a month to work on singing and dancing. Various rumors about her return have been circulating but it's official that she's resigned with avex under the Rhythm Zone label, making her labelmates with artists such as Tohoshinki and Koda Kumi (who actually went to audition for Morning Musume with Maki before going with avex). Now us fans are hoping for a new single announcement soon and for Maki to be bigger and badder than ever!

Last Release: How to use SEXY (4th Studio Album) [09.19.08]

How to use Loneliness
GIVE ME LOVE
SOME BOYS! TOUCH
City Wind
ねえ 寂しくて (Nee Samishikute)
ガラスのパンプス (Glass no Pumps)
DAY BREAK
WOW 素敵！ (Wow Suteki!)
シークレット (Secret)
LIFE

-if anyone wants any of translated lyrics, I have them, just tell me-

[AyUta]

How to use sexy was really good
I liked all of the songs.

[♥ you!]

Finally her own thread!

So what are everyones favorite songs from Maki's H!P days? Mine are...

Ai no Bakayarou
Yaruki! IT'S EASY
Uwasa no SEXY GUY
Scramble
Daite yo! PLEASE GO ON
Yokohama Shinkirou
Genshoku GAL Hade ni Yukube!
Glass no Pumps
SOME BOYS! TOUCH
How to use Loneliness
LIFE
City Wind.

Pppft so many more...tried to downsize my list ;x

[Amai Yume]

I did too!!
I loved every song on the album from start to finish, which was somewhat easier since it was only 10 tracks lol

How to use Loneliness + GIVE ME LOVE + City Wind were my immediate fav new tracks
Glass no Pumps + SOME BOYS! TOUCH were already loved from being singles
DAYBREAK and Nee Samushikute have grown on me soooo much - they're soooo pretty
LIFE is an awesome ballad and great way to finish the album off - WONDERFUL lyrics
Secret and Wow! Suteki are great too!! - Secret has brought me to tears before and Wow! Suteki is fun and poppy!

I consider Wow! Suteki and GIVE ME LOVE to be the twins of the album as well as DAYBREAK and Nee Samishikute

My Fav Songs:

Ai no Bakaryou
Uwasa no SEXY GUY [ooooh, LOVE THIS SONG]
Ekiza na Disco [how can you not love this song - mega cool Maki ]
How to use Loneliness [addictive...it's just amazing, one of my fav J-Pop songs ever]
GIVE ME LOVE
SOME BOYS! TOUCH
City Wind
Nee Samishikute
Glass no Pumps
DAYBREAK
WOW Suteki!
Secret
LIFE

[Kobayashiwoof]

I love Maki in her How To Use Sexy phase, I hope she continues that style from now on. I wish great success for her with her new record deal. I wonder if she will become the next AVEX diva.

[Amai Yume]

Originally Posted by Kobayashiwoof

I love Maki in her How To Use Sexy phase, I hope she continues that style from now on. I wish great success for her with her new record deal. I wonder if she will become the next AVEX diva.

I think that she will because one of the biggest reasons she wanted to leave avex was that she wanted to pursue a "serious" career away from all the cute stuff. She wanted to have a better control over her career and freedom to use sexy so she left so I'm thinking we'll see more sexy in the near future. The new pics speak for themselves

[ladytaboo]

Originally Posted by Kobayashiwoof

I love Maki in her How To Use Sexy phase, I hope she continues that style from now on.

ITA. I'm excited to see what AVEX is going to do with her.

[jeffycue]

hehehe... i can now feel goto's presence!

cant wait for her first non-H!P single!

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

That'd be SOOOOO COOOL if she debuts at like, the last A-Nation '08.

I like your summary of her. It sounds very official.

And her pictures are SOOOOOO stunning.

This makes me relove Maki x 10000000000000000001.

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EDIT: http://rhythmzone.net/maki/index.html

Official Site for reference.

I bet you AVEX is extremely happy to get someone like her under their belt. Total domination of the female industry.

[Amai Yume]

OMFG, that would be awesome if she came to a-nation 08 but she wouldn't have any songs to sing...I don't think UP FRONT would allow her to sing any of her old songs for copyright or some legal junk....
Buttt maybe she could sing with someone else as a duet of someone else's song or something.
Had she a better grasp of English, she could sing That Ain't Cool with Kuu!!! hahahaha, I would love that

thanks!! I tried to make a good summary so I'm glad it went well

[Sasha]

wah! what a pic in the first post *______*

my favorite tracks are
- SOME BOYS! TOUCH (my lote to Maki began with this song <3)
- Glass no Pumps (funny title)
- Uwasa no Sexy Guy
- Ai no Bakayarou
- Aite Donna?
and more *_*

[Beauty4123]

i used to love glass no pumps when it was released, lol. i just heard that song from her back then. but now since she's with avex, maybe i'll listen to her more. we'll see how she'll turn out, lol.

[Foxxy_Fuyumi]

Did you saw her new site?? Her new photos are good x.x

[stickyrice]

I really hope she does great under her new label. I love the photos on her official site!

[ayumisrael]

I'm glad that maki moved to avex trax the best company ever!
I hope she will go for the sexy style

[Foxxy_Fuyumi]

Her boobs are bigger xD
I added a bigger photo in wiki, hope you like it.
Can someone upload just the scans of How to use Sexy.

Originally Posted by Foxxy_Fuyumi

Her boobs are bigger xD
I added a bigger photo in wiki, hope you like it.

JESS!

I loved the entire How to use SEXY album, it was her best.
I can't believe she never had a thread here, WTF.

I hope rhythm zone turns her into a full fledged Urban artist. And I hope she sticks to singing with her deeper voice, it's much sexier.

[elepop]

OMG. I can't believe she's with avex now!

They better not make her a one-hit-wonder...

But anyway, I want a new single now!

[elepop]

^ Well, she was part of H!P so that's why she didn't get her own thread.

I'm okay with her being more urban, but I don't want Maki to sing too much urban either...

[freedreamer]

Her voice is really gd...esp after I heard How to use Sexy...i assured myself of tat

and LOVE her photo shoot there...i hope she doesnt go too dirty heh.