[Kana Nishino] the 6th thread

[ストロボ・EdGE]

♥　Profile

Born on March 18, 1989, Kana Nishino debuted February 20, 2008 with the single "I" after being selected out of 40,000 people in a Sony Music audition. After coming to America on two occasions, she discovered Western music such as Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, and Ciara and became absorbed with hip hop, R&B, and reggae, along with other various types of music while also having an interest for the musical culture of Japan, such as learning traditional Japanese music.

Her first album, "LOVE one.", debuted at #4 on the Oricon Charts on July 24, 2009 and within the first month its release, broke through 200,000 copies. Since then she has released several successful singles starting with "Motto...", which attained the number one spot on both the Chaku-Uta and Chaku-Uta Full charts followed by her first double a-side single, "Dear.../Maybe" and "Best Friend" which along with "Motto..." are two of the few songs to have spent 2 weeks at #1 spot on the RIAJ Digital Track chart. Single "Aitakute aitakute" reached 1,000,000 digital downloads across Chaku-uta and Chaku-uta Full. Her sophomore album, "to LOVE" went on sale June 23 and has since become one of the best selling albums of the year, selling more than 500,000 physical copies in less than a month and still charting.

August saw her 11th single, "if", a middle ballad tied up as the theme song to the anime movie, "NARUTO Shippuuden -The Lost Tower-" and following this winter will be a ballad single, "Kimi tte".

Sources: official website, Goo artist profile, RIAJ

♥　Discography

New Kimi tte
12th single 11/03/2010

if
11th single 8/04/2010

to LOVE
2nd album 6/23/2010

会いたくて 会いたくて (Aitakute aitakute; I miss you, I miss you)
10th single 5/19/2010

Best Friend
9th single 2/24/2010

Dear.../MAYBE
8th single 12/2/2009

もっと… (Motto...; More...)
7th single 10/21/2009

LOVE one.
1st album 6/24/2009

君に会いたくなるから (Kimi ni aitaku naru kara; Because I want to see you)
6th single 6/3/2009

遠くても feat.WISE (Tookutemo feat.WISE; Even if you're far away)
5th single 3/18/2009

MAKE UP
4th single 1/28/2009

Style.
3rd single 8/13/2008

glowly days
2nd single 4/23/2008

I
debut single 2/20/2008

♥　News & updates

New single, info provided by kakumei:

西野カナが今冬に贈るニューシングルは、心温まる優しいバラードです。『恋愛』からさらにスケ ールアップし た『愛情』をテーマに彼氏だけではなく家族や友達、この歌を聴く全ての人の心に自然と心に染み わたるような 優しい歌詞。そして、今まで持ち味であったミドルチューンとはまた一味変わった優しいメロディ に、西野カナ のクリアボイスが絶妙に絡み、珠玉のバラードが完成しました！
【初回仕様限定盤】仕様内容未定。

Rap up: New ballad single this winter, scaling up from her typical romantic love songs will be a type of love song not only for a boyfriend, but also for friends and family. The lyrics are said to be very heartwarming to all that will listen to it. Also changing up from her usual mid-tempo characteristic, this time the melody will have a new flavor to it.

Kana also mentions on her blog of the songs newly recording being very well made and showing a new side to her.


11th single if news:

Spoiler:

Official lyrics for "if": http://music.goo.ne.jp/lyric/LYRUTND97152/index.html

Translation by tenshi_no_hane: http://verduistering.livejournal.com/52097.html

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"if" full download provided by ngagang:
http://www.mediafire.com/?o3ui8lulzatm7d7

YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5INDOBc8M

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RecoChoku "if" CM provided by kakumei (full PV to air on the 2nd of August):
http://link.brightcove.co.jp/service...=tvcm100728_01

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Full PV; thanks to kakumei:


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Full if single leak! See below under AHS Downloads.

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if's B-sides translated by tenshi_no_hane:
http://verduistering.livejournal.com/53697.html

♥　Links

Official website: http://www.nishinokana.com/
Official fanclub: http://www.nishinoke.jp/
Mobile fanclub: http://www.kanayans.jp/
Official blog: http://ameblo.jp/nishino-kana/

♥　AHS downloads

to LOVE provided by Yoake
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...t=kana+nishino

if full single provided by Ayumi 626
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...52#post2444352

♥　Misc

Oricon Special Interview

Spoiler:

NISHINO KANA SPECIAL INTERVIEW
Oricon Style June 23, 2010
(http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interv...shinokana0623/)
Translated by ストロボ・EdGE


I think I've really grown, and my values and philosophy on love has also changed.

----A year has passed since your first album; do you see any changes in yourself?
[Nishino] This album has the same main theme of LOVE, but in this year I’ve written many love songs, and also among the songs I’ve gone on to dedicate to my friends, I think it became a moment to face myself anew. I think I’ve really grown, and my values and philosophy on love has also changed, so this past year has been packed into this second album.


----The beginning, “*Prologue*~What a nice~*” and the ending, “*Epilogue*~to LOVE~” each stand on their own but they give the feeling of a story, don’t they?
[Nishino] I started this album in the spring, and I imagine it as the four seasons of a year. My first album started out with a first love, and ended with a broken heart. It’s a loop so that “In the end, is the answer of love reached?” sort of feeling was in the first album, and this time too it starts with harboring feelings for the first time, then ends with the unrequited love song “Aitakute aitakute”, but after that another included song, “You are the one” serves as it’s answer. This ending is different than the first album’s.


----You mean it became that “I’m glad we met” feeling.
[Nishino] I think so. Or rather, having been able to take a step forward from those lonely and painful feelings. It’s having the feeling that you’ve reached that point in yourself. From having met each other somehow or another you think it had good effect, and because you can feel you had good times, having met in itself was a good thing.


----Was there an occasion that led you to begin thinking that way?
[Nishino] There was no specific occasion, but I guess it was just time? It’s a feeling from the passing of time. And of love, friends and family, and other things too.


----As far as you can hear the songs, the feelings of gratitude are really shown.
[Nishino] It certainly is.


----This time you also had a collaboration with MINMI, “Summer Girl feat. MINMI”. In working with other artists, don’t you feel you’ve met another side of yourself?
[Nishino] Yes. MINMI-san is a person I’ve admired and listened to since middle school, so it’s a dream come true (smiles). She’s powerful but she also has her cute sides, and she’s kind and open-minded. Again, I think she’s a wonderful person. When our voices overlapped each other I got goose bumps, and it was all very fun.


----Speaking of something new, “Hey Boy” is very rockish. The subject seems to be of a girl’s “attack” against a boy.
[Nishino] I wanted this song to be like a crowd of girls talking. Like “Isn’t he so uncool?”, “Just go away!” etc.


----So it’s like many people are in one song. I really liked the line “I won’t let this year go to waste.”
[Nishino] (Laugh.) I wrote this song three years ago when working on my debut single. My teenaged self wrote it, but now my present self sings it… Personally, it’s a bit funny. Because of the time it was, I was kind of acting cute and charged up, and airy, so it was something I could write. Each year passing I feel something is definitely off about me.




I’m able to see myself objectively when writing lyrics.

----By the way Kana-chan, are you the type that can communicate their feelings?
[Nishino] I’m a chicken until I say it but when I decide to confess my feelings it’s simple. Until I decide that I’m very fidgety.


----In the beginning you said that your philosophy on love has changed, but what did you mean by that specifically?
[Nishino] The feelings I bear are, and things like my interactions with the other person; one by one I’ve increased the importance, like in the song “Kono mama de” and the last song “You are the one” but I also feel that my outlook has expanded a bit…


----What is your ideal love?
[Nishino] I want us to mutually understand each other, and to respect each other… As for love, “forgiveness” becomes an important topic. That has a close nuance to recognition and acceptance. I want to become a person with those big feelings, and I think that sort of romantic relationship is nice.


----On top of a relationship of equality, what other things does Kana-chan seek in a partner?
[Nishino] Now it’s gentleness and affection… Sturdy like the back of a chair I guess.


----It’s said that with love, the same mistakes are repeated, but Kana-chan grows from it right?
[Nishino] Hahaa. I think that’s definitely because of the lyrics I write.


----For you, is that facing yourself?
[Nishino] Yeah. I think I’m able to see myself objectively, and if I couldn’t write my lyrics, I think I wouldn’t be able to look back upon myself… Having a thorough understanding of my past loves, I’ve got the feeling that I grow through gazing upon them again and writing my feelings. And then this time around, I had influence in the sound and I enjoyed the music, and I think I was able to put all together in my own way things about loving and how to love in this album.


----It’s the Love Bible for teenage and girls in their twenties, isn’t it?
[Nishino] I’d be happy if it was (smile.)

[Kingdom]

yay new thread!

looking forward to the new singuru

[waterballoon]

omg I love that pic!! where did u get it from strobe??

[Yoake]

nice to see a new single.
thanks for the new thread^^

[tenshi no hane]

Kana mentioned in her blog that, starting yesterday, she's recording songs for 4 days.

Originally Posted by waterballoon

omg I love that pic!! where did u get it from strobe??

that picture's from here

[ngagang]

^ yay~ new single coming up~

[y_nathz]

Can't wait for the new single
Oh I love the first post anyway!

[ストロボ・EdGE]

I'm so excited to hear "the new Kana Nishino"!

Originally Posted by waterballoon

omg I love that pic!! where did u get it from strobe??

From Nishinoke, the fanclub~

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Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

that picture's from here

[Earth_maiden]

Whoa, new thread already. Can't wait to hear more news about the new single! And we NEED a LIVE DVD!

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

that picture's from here

Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE

From Nishinoke, the fanclub~

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thank u guys! what a gorgeous photo!!

and we're gonna get a new single? yay

[happiholic★]

4 days of songs? My heart, be still.

[ngagang]

Live performance~




Edit: Omg, Kana is so cute when she dances

[Brodie Boy]

shes so pretty I love her style too

[Yoake]

thanks. I love the skirt but not the T-shirt.

I didn't know the 1st song she sang in the first video.
It's a nice live but she out of breath when she's dancing. It's a pity.
She needs more stamina

[Kingdom]

she looks adorable but damn the girl sweats a lot! I really enjoyed these perfs, thanks.

[adantatu2]

Summer Girl
thanks

[PoetGirl]

she'll get better when she gets more experience I believe. she's adorable!

[Earth_maiden]

She's so adorable, I just want to hug her! But something about her just makes me think she just can't dance...

[xLuna&1LOVE]

That live performance is so great! And she looks so... natural. Like the make-up artists just put some foundation and mascara on her face. Oh damn, she is cute

[ngagang]

RIAJ certified "if" Gold and to LOVE Triple Platinum

http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201008.html

I don't know if this is old news or what. Anyway, I'm happy for her~!