[ayaka] The 6th thread ~ 1st cover album Yu-on Club ~1st grade~ (4.9)

[TITANIC]

yes yes Ayaka Ami and Ayu 2013 is going to be a great year

btw she really looks like hikki in tsuyoku omou video

[owlflight]

New single? Yes please!

[freedreamer]

Will we ever see The beginning's PV? haha

[KarenPang]

HQ of Tsuyoku Omou is awesome >_< , gazillion million times better than the radio rip that's for sure

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2946962

[ayu_ready?]

this is a great song, love it

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Hurray for new single!!

[KarenPang]

NHK announces the song list for ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’

NHK has announced the official song list for the 50 artists who will be performing on their ‘63rd Kohaku Uta Gassen‘!

The theme for this year’s ‘Kohaku’ is “Uta de Aitai.” (“Meet with song.“). It will be hosted by actress Horikita Maki (red team) and popular group Arashi (white team).

‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’ will air on New Year’s Eve from 7:15 pm JST.

Red Team

1. aiko – “Kuchibiru”
2. Ayaka – “Hajimari no Toki”
3. Ikimonogakari – “Kaze ga Fuiteiru”
4. Ishikawa Sayuri – “Amagi Goe”
5. AKB48 – “AKB48 Kohaku 2012 SP Dai 2-sho”
6. SKE48 – “Pareo wa Emerald”
7. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – “Kohaku 2012 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Medley”
8. Koizai Kaori – “Sake no Yado”
9. Koda Kumi – “Go to the top”
10. Godai Natsuko – “Koi Zange”
11. Sakamoto Fuyumi – “Yozakura Oshichi”
12. Tendo Yoshimi – “Soran Matsuri Bushi”
13. Nakashima Mika – “Hatsukoi”
14. Nishino Kana – “GO FOR IT!!”
15. Perfume – “Spring of Life”
16. Hamasaki Ayumi – “2012 A SPECIAL Medley”
17. Fuji Ayako – “Wasurenai”
18. Princess Princess – “Diamonds”
19. Mizuki Nana – “BRIGHT STREAM”
20. Mizumori Kaori – “Hitori Nagaragawa”
21. Momoiro Clover Z – “Momoiro Kohaku Da Z!!”
22. YUI – “Good-bye days”
23. YUKI – “Prism”
24. Yuki Saori – “Yoake no Scat”
25. Wada Akiko – “Ai, Todokimasuka”

White Team

1. Arashi – “New Year’s Eve Medley 2012″
2. Itsuki Hiroshi – “Yoake no Blues”
3. HY – “Ichiban Chikaku ni”
4. EXILE – “Rising Sun”
5. NYC – “NYC Kohaku Medley”
6. Kanjani 8 – “Hatsu Kohaku!! Zenryoku Zenshin Jya Jya Jya Jya-n!”
7. Kitajima Saburo – “Fusetsu Nagare Tabi”
8. Go Hiromi – “Dangerer☆”
9. Golden Bomber – “Memeshikute”
10. Kobukuro – “Kami Hikouki”
11. Saito Kazuyoshi – “Yasashiku Naritai”
12. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – “Hanabi”
13. SMAP – “SMAP 2012′ SP”
14. Tachi Hiroshi – “Arashi wo Yobu Otoko”
15. TOKIO – “KIBOU”
16. Tokunaga Hideaki – “Ue wo Muite Arukou”
17. AAA – “777 ~We can sing a song!~”
18. Naoto Inti Raymi – “Brave”
19. Hikawa Kiyoshi – “Sakura”
20. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – “Sayonara Janai”
21. Fukuyama Masaharu – “Beautiful life”
22. Hosokawa Takashi – “Naniwabushi Dayo Jinsei wa”
23. Porno Graffitti – “Kageboushi”
24. Miwa Akihiro – “Yoitomake no Uta”
25. Mori Shinichi – “Fuyu no Riviera”

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/nhk...ku-uta-gassen/

[Delicious n Bold]

happy belated birthday ayaka!

[KarenPang]

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (10/12/2012~16/12/2012)

*1 33,856 33,856 Yamashita Tomohisa – TOMOHISA YAMASHITA LIVE TOUR 2012 –Ero P-
*2 31,600 31,600 SHINee – SHINee THE FIRST JAPAN ARENA TOUR “SHINee WORLD 2012”
*3 19,159 19,159 SMAP - GIFT of SMAP CONCERT '2012 (Total since 5 Dec 2012: 151,826)
*4 *6,530 *6,530 Kato Miliyah – M BEST Tour 2011
*5 *6,286 *6,286 ayaka – ayaka LIVE TOUR 2012 “The beginning” ~Hajimari no Toki~
*6 *3,686 *3,686 AKB48 – AKB48 in TOKYO DOME -1830m no Yume- SINGLE SELECTION (Total since 28 Nov 2012: 16,853)
*7 *3,194 *3,194 AKB48 – AKB48 in TOKYO DOME -1830m no Yume- Special Box (Total since 28 Nov 2012: 62,536)
*8 *3,123 *3,123 EXILE - EXILE TRIBE LIVE TOUR 2012 TOWER OF WISH (Total since 17 Oct 2012: 201,781)
*9 *2,481 *2,481 ANZENCHITAI – 30th Anniversary Concert “The Ballad House”
10 *1,921 *1,921 YUKI - YUKI LIVE"SOUNDS OF TEN" at TOKYO DOME 2012.05.06 (Total since 5 Dec 2012: 10,399)

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

happy belated birthday ayaka!

Yeah, sorry about that. 25th birthday...

[Delicious n Bold]

i can't believe that (hardly) anybody has made a big deal about her bday

im not even a qualified fan and i remembered.

25 years young
ayaka has like 25-30 more years before she truly ages. she IS japanese after all.

[KarenPang]

<2012 Oricon Yearly Ranking TOP50 : Albums>

01 – “Mr.Children 2005 – 2010 <macro>” – Mr.Children : (1,170,298)
02 – “Mr.Children 2001 – 2005 <micro>” – Mr.Children : (1,105,080)
03 – “1830m” – AKB48 : (1,029,954)
04 – “Popcorn” – Arashi : (847,671)
05 – “EXILE JAPAN/Solo” – EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI : (767,274)
06 – “I LOVE YOU -now&forever-” – Kuwata Keisuke : (757,831)
07 – “ALL SINGLES BEST 2″ – Kobukuro : (693,659)
08 – “[(an imitation) blood orange] – Mr.Children : (612,507)
09 – “Matsutoya Yumi 40-Shunen Kinen Best Album Nihon no Koi to, Yu-min to.” – Matsutoya Yumi : (549,541)
10 – “OPUS ~ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012~ ” – Yamashita Tatsuro : (518,906)

11 – “Uncontrolled” – Amuro Namie : (517,603)
12 – “NEWTRAL” – Ikimonogakari : (414,490)
13 – “YUZU YOU [2006-2011]” – Yuzu : (394,781)
14 – “EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE-” – EXILE : (382,217)
15 – “8EST” – Kanjani 8 : (367,107)
16 – “Kis-My-1st” – Kis-My-Ft2 : (326,078)
17 – “Love Place” – Nishino Kana : (313,835)
18 – “Super Girl” – KARA : (295,651)
19 – “GIFT of SMAP” - SMAP : (277,993)
20 – “FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 4″ – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS : (265,759)

21 – “BEST STORY ~Life stories~ ” - JUJU : (239,520)
22 – “Believe” – Che’Nelle : (238,849)
23 – “BUTTERFLY” – L’Arc~en~Ciel : (238,589)
24 – “1969″ – Yuki Saori & Pink Martini : (232,209)
25 – “GIRLS’ GENERATION” – Shoujo Jidai : (229,043)
26 – “Force” – Superfly : (219,548)
27 – “COVERS” – BENI : (215,682)
28 – “BEST STORY ~Love stories~” – JUJU : (213,804)
29 – “The beginning” – Ayaka : (210,215)
30 – “Utautai ga Uta Utai ni Kite Uta Utae to Iu ga Utautai ga Uta Utau dake Utaikireba Uta Utau keredomo Utautai dake Uta Utai kirenai kara Uta Utawanu!?” – GReeeeN : (197,867)

31 – “ALIVE” – BIGBANG : (187,865)
32 – “『2012』” – Acid Black Cherry : (176,817)
33 – “BEST HIT AKG” – ASIAN KANG-FU GENERATION : (172,858)
34 – “Perfume Global Compilation “LOVE THE WORLD” ” – Perfume : (169,793)
35 – “21″ – Adele : (165,034)
36 – “JUMP WORLD” – Hey!Say!JUMP : (153,473)
37 – “JAPONESQUE” – Koda Kumi : (151,343)
38 – “Party Queen” – Hamasaki Ayumi : (148,290)
39 – “Toki no Silhouette” – aiko : (147,568)
40 – “Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai” – SKE48 : (143,648)

41 – “GIRLS’ GENERATION II ~Girls & Peace~” – Shoujo Jidai : (141,259)
42 – “A SUMMER BEST” – Hamasaki Ayumi : (139,567)
43 – “Living Things” -Linkin Park : (139,540)
44 – “Kiss” – Carly Rae Jepsen : (134,717)
45 – “NEWS BEST” – NEWS : (133,947)
46 – “VOCALIST VINTAGE” – Tokunaga Hideaki : (133,301)
47 – “CHAIN” – KAT-TUN : (133,262)
48 – “Pamyu Pamyu Revolution” – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu : (130,399)
49 – “Luv Songs” – Che’Nelle : (128,856)
50 – “Sonapokeism 3~Kimi tono 365-nichi~” – Sonar Pocket : (128,832)

[KarenPang]

Ayaka to release a new single in February

It’s been revealed that singer-songwriter Ayaka will be releasing a new single in February!

This will be Ayaka’s first single since returning from her 2-year hiatus in February of last year. It will be a double A-side single titled “beautiful / Chiisana Ashiato“, and it will be released on February 20th.

The single will be released in both CD+DVD and CD-Only versions. It will also include an English version of “Hajimari no Toki“.

===

<CD+DVD>

CD:
01. beautiful
02. Chiisana Ashiato
03. Hajimari no Toki English ver.
04. beautiful (Inst.)
05. Chiisana Ashiato (Inst.)

DVD:
01. beautiful (MUSIC CLIP)
02. Chiisana Ashiato (MUSIC CLIP)

-

<CD-Only>

01. beautiful
02. Chiisana Ashiato
03. Hajimari no Toki English ver.
04. beautiful (Inst.)
05. Chiisana Ashiato (Inst.)

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/aya...e-in-february/

[Delicious n Bold]

Facebook already informed me of this
Mwuahahahaha

She better release a new album soon.

[AyuGAME]

oh yay for english version
i love hajimari no toki

[owlflight]

Must have single now!

[freedreamer]

i cant wait already..everything this year was perfect

[ayu_ready?]

great news!

[Bigtop]

Finally a new single! (One week after Yanawaraba, which I have a feeling it's coming to my house later because of delivery assignment, and maybe thinking if I want to buy this...)

Even an English version of Hajimari no Toki - this is something interesting!

[KarenPang]

AKCO-90007
Ayaka/beautiful / Chiisana Ashiato[CD+DVD] CDA
1800 yen US$21/85.83 Release Date:2013/02/20
Description:Single from Ayaka. This edition includes a bonus DVD with a music video for "beautiful." *The DVD disc is encoded for region 2 (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and no subtitles are included.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=AKCO-90007

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AKCO-90008
Ayaka/beautiful / Chiisana Ashiato CDA
1200 yen US$14/85.83 Release Date:2013/02/20
Description:Single from Ayaka.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=AKCO-90008