#kazufumi miyazawa

[makeusdo]

Daichi Miura x Kazufumi Miyazawa - Shimauta (FNS Kayousai Natsu 13.07.2022)

#daichi miura #三浦大知 #japanese music #kazufumi miyazawa #the boom #live performance

[takmiblog]

沖縄を届ける

　僕にあるのは音楽だけ。ひめゆり学徒隊の生き残られた女性からお話を伺ったお礼として、「島唄」を書きました。１９９３年に全国発売しました。時代はバブルの終わり。世の中は「拝金主義」の風が吹いていた。ストレートに沖縄戦を歌っても届かないと考え、ラブソングにして裏の意味を持たせました。

2024/03/13　朝日新聞（聞き手・山内深紗子）

坂本龍一が遺したもの

宮沢和史さんが語る

「美しさ」大切にする心 僕も伝える

#宮沢和史 #kazufumi miyazawa #ryuichi sakamoto #okinawa #okinawan #山内深紗子 #島唄

[salon-maiden-anabel]

3, 16 and/or 27 for zinnia :D

A song that reminds me of them

GOING TO SOUND INSANE HERE FOR A MINUTE. BUT You're not alone By coba and Kazufumi Miyazawa from the latias/latios movie!!!

very specifically. Aster and Zinnia. Loses it over them for the 82nd time this week

A childhood headcanon

Honestly? I. Do not really have any younger hc's for her, she's a character i've only really thought about in the present (oras) and beyond tbh If they could meet a character from another show/movie/etc, who would be the most fun for them to meet?

Okay this is still like. Pokemon. But one of the continuity's she's NOT in (for now at least) is the anime. Make her meet Harley pokemonadvancedgeneration. I think they would be worsties. It's actively bad for everyone around them to radioactive effect. It's funny.

#talk tag #asks

[wearejapanese]

The background to Okinawan torment over issues stemming from the massive U.S. military presence there is well-documented, but what many people may not know is the anger implied in the 1990s folk hit “Shima Uta” (island song).

, lead singer of the popular band The Boom that produced the song, talked about this and other issues in an interview with The Asahi Shimbun.

Miyazawa, 53, was born and raised in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. It wasn't long before he was captured by the lure of Okinawan folk music. After learning from survivors about the horrendous civilian losses in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa during a visit to Okinawa Prefecture, Miyazawa wrote the anti-war song.

The band broke up in 2014. Miyazawa established a solo career and spends his time on a project to preserve Okinawan folk music.

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Excerpts from his interview with The Asahi Shimbun follow:

My grandfather on my mother’s side died in the war in Iwoto island (as Iwojima island is now called). As each Aug. 15 anniversary marking Japan's defeat in World War II approached, my mother watched TV specials on the war and muttered things at the screen like “Why?” and “Yes, indeed.” Somehow, the target of her anger was not the enemy countries but “Japan.” Even though I was little, it weighed on my mind.

I was in my 20s when I realized why. I had started going to Okinawa with a growing interest in its music, then I visited the Himeyuri Peace Museum. There, I learned about the teenage girls brainwashed by the militaristic education that prevailed at the time who died in the service of the Imperial Japanese Army.

It dawned on me that their deaths, as well as my grandfather’s, were the consequences of the misguided steps taken by the government and the Imperial Army.

Above all, I was ashamed at myself for having lived for more than 20 years without knowing about this dark chapter of Japan's history: that one in four Okinawans died in the Battle of Okinawa. I wondered what to do. Then I wrote Shima Uta, because music is the only thing I could offer.

I based the song on a local episode, about a boy and a girl who used to play running around in “uji no mori” (sugar cane fields) ended up committing suicide together in a cave.

The chorus goes like this:

“Uji no Mori de Anata to Deai/ Uji no Shita de Chiyo ni Sayonara” (I met you for the first time in a sugarcane forest/ Under the sugarcane, I said goodbye to you forever).

I wrote the song based on the Ryukyu-style musical scale, which doesn’t use the “re” and “la” of the solfa syllables. But for this particular passage, I used the Western scale. To be more accurate, I couldn’t use the Ryukyu scale. I just couldn’t play it on sanshin (an Okinawan stringed instrument). Because I knew that “Japan” forced the boy and the girl to their deaths.

The central government and the will of the people in Okinawa are on a collision course over the Henoko (land reclamation issue for a new U.S. military base). It is a matter of dignity that lies at the heart of the fury of the Okinawan people, I think. The mainland has adamantly refused to engage in proper dialogue with Okinawa, which surely is the normal thing to do. The central government, in its attitude and language, ought to have more respect and consideration for Okinawa's dignity.

I don’t think my statement will change anything, and I don’t intend to say what should be done, either. I simply want to continue trying to make a connection with people so that they can learn about the plight of Okinawa and the price of peace, even if it’s indirectly and quietly.

One project I'm involved in now is growing ryukyu-kokutan trees, the material used in Okinawa to fashion the sanshin’s neck. It will take 100 or 200 years for the trees to reach maturity. Everybody, including myself, will be long gone by then. But if people in the future make sanshin from the trees, it will mean that there has been no war on that stretch of ground in that period of time.

(This article is based on an interview by Asahi Shimbun Staff Writer Shinichi Fujiwara.)

#Okinawa #Shima Uta #Asahi Shimbun #Okinawan #Battle of Okinawa #Kazufumi Miyazawa #Politics #History #The Boom #Music #Henoko #Japanese Imperialism #Ryukyu Islands #WWII

[mellowchouchou]

Vocaloid KAITO - Shima Uta (“Island Song”) - cover by Ryounosuke-P, 2008 Originally comp. by Kazufumi Miyazawa, of Japanese band THE BOOM, 1992

#Vocaloid #Kaito #Shima Uta #Kazufumi Miyazawa #Vocaloid Kaito #2000s #1990s #childhood #nostalgia

[jameworldfr]

🆕 Nouveau titre ajouté à notre playlist #Spotify Jmusic Weekly Digest 🎧 よんなー よんなー par Kazufumi Miyazawa, Rimi Natsukawa

#JaME #jmusic #jpop #jrock #playlist #spotify #Kazufumi Miyazawa #Rimi Natsukawa #よんなー よんなー #留まらざること

[jpopstreaming]

🆕 「 沖縄からの風 ~沖縄から生まれた名曲たち~」 by Kazufumi Miyazawa, Rimi Natsukawa, Claudia Oshiro Now available for streaming overseas! ➡ Added to our weekly playlist: https://spoti.fi/3lgjH73

#Kazufumi Miyazawa #Rimi Natsukawa #Claudia Oshiro #沖縄からの風 ~沖縄から生まれた名曲たち~ #jpop #jmusic #Japanese mus

[imasallstars]

The cover art for「THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 40 バベル」album has been released and the album is set to be released on 15th of July 2020. It will also feature the full version of cover songs by Atarayozuki, Sanshi Suimei, and Hikaru Nanjo

Tracklist:

Tr.01　Babel（M@STER VERSION） 　Lyrics,Music&Arrange:  BNSI (Mifumei) 　Singer(s)：Shiki Ichinose, Asuka Ninomiya Tr.02 　STAR 　Lyrics: Hirata Take　　Music: Ko-ta, Ko-hey 　Singer(s)：Karin Domyoji, Ayame Hamaguchi, Tamami Wakiyama Tr.03 　Does Your Youth Sparkle? 　 Lyrics: James Miki     Music: Takashi Miki 　 Singer(s)：Hikaru Nanjo (CV: Sayaka Kamitani) Tr.04 　I Want To Become The Wind 　 Lyrics&Music: Kazufumi Miyazawa 　 Singer(s)： Yoshino Yorita, Hajime Fujiwara Tr.05　 Babel（M@STER VERSION）  off vocal Bonus Track Tr.06　 Babel（GAME VERSION） 　 Singer(s)： Shiki Ichinose, Asuka Ninomiya

#deresute #derestage #starlight stage #idolm@ster cinderella girls starlight stage #album #shiki ichinose #ichinose shiki #asuka ninomiya #ninomiya asuka #karin domyoji #domyoji karin #ayame hamaguchi #hamaguchi ayame #tamami wakiyama #wakiyama tamami #hikaru nan #nanjo hikaru #yoshino yorita #yorita yoshino #hajime fujiwara #fujiwara hajime

[reyep0079]

Added 「未来飛行士」 by Kazufumi Miyazawa (from 「次世界」) to my #Spotify playlist New Sounds of Japan ➡ https://spoti.fi/3hGhPBC #jmusic #jpop #jrock Listen to it 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/track/0RRp0lbYgaSZByetCA7u8X

#Kazufumi Miyazawa #次世界 #未来飛行士 #japan #Japanese music #j-music #j-pop #j-rock #jmusic #jpop #jrock #S

[desolateice]

"I saw some remains of the war there (while visiting Okinawa) and visited the Himeyuri Peace and Memorial Museum and learnt about the female students who became like voluntary nurses looking after injured soldiers. There were no places to escape from the U.S. army in Okinawa, so they had to find caves. Although they hid from the U.S. army, they knew they would be searching for them, and thought they would be killed, so they moved from one cave to another. Eventually they died in the caves. I heard this story from a woman who was one of these girls and who survived. I was still thinking about how terrible it was after I left the museum. Sugar canes were waving in the wind outside the museum when I left and it inspired me to write a song. I also thought I wanted to write a song to dedicate to that woman who told me the story. Although there was darkness and sadness in the underground museum, there was a beautiful world outside. This contrast was shocking and inspiring.“ -  Kazufumi Miyazawa, lead singer of the Boom ( fRoots, April 2003 issue)

[d23cozy]

[lilue]

12月のライヴのチケットが取れたのでCD引っ張り出してiPhoneに取り込んで久しぶりに聴きまくってる。 やっぱりソロではこのアルバムが一番好き！ あの日ライヴで聴いたMandalaは凄かったなー。 また聴きたい。 多分演らないとは思うけど。 #宮沢和史 #ライヴ #miyazawa #kazufumi #mandala #live https://www.instagram.com/p/Boy0Wqfg68A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h8dghv9zxuy0

#宮沢和史 #ライヴ #miyazawa #kazufumi #mandala #live

[imasallstars]

The song added in the game is [ Kaze Ni Naritai / I Want To Become The Wind ] a RAINBOW-type song sung by Sanshi Suimei

General Info:

Lyrics&Music: Kazufumi Miyazawa BPM: 115 Duration: 2:10

Available Difficulties:

DEBUT - 6☆ - 100 NOTES  - 10 stamina/play

REGULAR - 12☆ - 168 NOTES  - 13 stamina/play

PRO - 18☆ - 388 NOTES  - 16 stamina/play

MASTER - 26☆ - 635 NOTES  - 19 stamina/play  

Extras: This song was originally sung by the Japanese Rock Band active from 1986 to 2004, THE BOOM. It is their 16th single originally released on the 24th of March 1995; not to be confused with the D.N.Angel Song with the same title.

※ This song does not feature a 3D MV ※ This song is only available after purchasing it through the Jukebox for 5000 Money

#derestage #idolm@ster cinderella girls starlight stage #starlight stage #song #jukebox addition #hajime fujiwara #fujiwara hajime #yoshino yorita #yorita yoshino

[eigapedia]

A new 1-minute teaser trailer has been released for Keishi Otomo's upcoming pair of live-action Rurouni Kenshin film sequels due out this summer.

#Rurouni Kenshin #takeru satoh #emi takei #kazufumi miyazawa #manga #ryunosuke kamiki #tatsuya fujiwara

[bigbigtruck]

Something more cheerful. Same singer/songwriter as in the last track I posted, just with a different band.

#music #language: japanese #j-pop #1990-2000 #kazufumi miyazawa

[fuckyeahjapaneserock-blog]

Today's band is the Okinawan-influenced band, The Boom. The Boom formed in 1986 and are one of the first commercially successful Japanese ska bands, along with bands like Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Although what makes The Boom different than their ska competition is the heavy influence of Okinawan music and culture, as demonstrated on their humongous single, "Shima Uta" (which has since been covered by artists all over the globe). With the Okinawan style, ska and pretty straightforward rock, The Boom are indeed a one-of-a-kind group, and have been going strong for over twenty years. Here is the PV for the aforementioned groundbreaking single, "Shima Uta".

#the boom #okinawan #folk #ska #kazufumi miyazawa #legendary #groundbreaking #jrock #japanese rock