Koda her longevity The #5 chanteuse cementing her legacy while the GP is still calling her career dead I guess the songs from the single are leaked then..
Koda her longevity The #5 chanteuse cementing her legacy while the GP is still calling her career dead I guess the songs from the single are leaked then..
I think Koda needs an anniversary project to really set sh!t off though. She's been losing sales these days, but I think the right balance of a FIRE new album, a few awesome TV performances of the edgier songs like "SO FEVER" and an album package that also has a greatest hits set attached a la "UNIVERSE" would be perfect.
Shukan Bunshun reveals Namie Amuro is trying to break away from her 22-year "slave contract"
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It has been revealed to Shukan Bunshun that Namie Amuro (36) has decided to become independent of major entertainment angecy "Rising Pro Inc." (Minato-ku, tokyo), to which she has been signed for 22 years.
President Tetsuo Taira of said company discovered Amuro's talent more than 20 years ago when she was a schoolchild in Okinawa, and he became like a foster parent to her, but in May of this year, she appealed directly to the President, saying "I'd like to become independent." "At this rate, this has become a slave contract", etc.
According to officials from the company, the details are as follows:
"In May of this year, Namie went before several executives and the President and abruptly announced that she wanted her independence. Her intentions became clear when she later came to the office with a tax accountant and talked about changes in the terms and conditions of her contract, drafting a written proposal. The proposal listed that the contract between Namie and the managment agency Rising would come to an end at once, and that the new company Namie creates and her current one changes the remaining contract time and signs a new contract, the percentange of the distribution of royalties and rewards would be raised, and that her new company would possess part of the original recording rights."
Currently, lawyers for both sides are entering discussions.
When Shukan Bunshun asked for an interview, Namie's attorney said they will not respond at this time and Rising Pro's attorneys said this matter is "best left to the lawyers".
We will keep a close eye on any future developments.
Translated by Mandilinn from One Hallyu. Leaving your management in Japan can get very messy (see Ami Suzuki's blacklisting) so I'm really curious to see how this ends up.
Namie is one of the biggest stars in Japanese history, with a huge legacy that will span for years to come. From what she's done already, her career is pretty much intact any way…
Ami Suzuki didn't have a chance because she'd only been around for about two to three years before she sued someone… Namie's got twenty years on her side, and a humongous fan base at this point… her getting "blacklisted" is about as possible as Chris Brown getting "blacklisted"…
I mean in a sense it's perfectly possible for her to remain on an avex subset, which would be good on account of their power, but it strikes me as a move towards full on independence.
sakanaction is an awesome album. Yoru no Odoriko is my favorite.
smh sis you only listened to 4 songs (+ the intro) and they're not even the best songs on the album (except for Yoru no Odoriko, it *****) Listen to Aldebaran, M and the remix of Bach no Senritsu immediately
DocumentaLy and NIGHT FISHING are just as good albums too
smh sis you only listened to 4 songs (+ the intro) and they're not even the best songs on the album (except for Yoru no Odoriko, it *****) Listen to Aldebaran, M and the remix of Bach no Senritsu immediately
DocumentaLy and NIGHT FISHING are just as good albums too
Hahaha I only scrobbled those songs! I've listented to the album a lot more on my iPhone and Xbox.
The #5 chanteuse cementing her legacy while the GP is still calling her career dead 
I guess the songs from the single are leaked then.. 
Listen to Aldebaran, M and the remix of Bach no Senritsu immediately
