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  • ...an independent band in the Japanese rock scene, recording their first demo tape in November. Two more demo tapes follow in 1993 and 1994. In 1995, [[Chiba] ...he band is finally signed to a major label, [[avex trax]], and their debut single as a major group, "[[Red Zone|RED ZONE]]" is released. The band embarks upo
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  • ...he kept working on her original songs, and a friend helped her send a demo tape to labels. She signed with [[ZAIN RECORDS]] in 1997. ...in April 1997. A month later, she had her own debut as a singer. "[[Nazo (single)|Nazo]]" was used as an opening theme for the [[Anime|anime]] ''[[Meitantei
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  • ...natsu]], and [[Oose Kaede]], however Arihara had left prior to their debut single in 2006 to join [[C-ute|°C-ute]] and [[Mori Saki]] took her place. ...Kanon]], [[Okada Robin Shouko]], and [[Hashida Mirei]] released a digital single together titled "[[Sora ga Aru]]".
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  • ...ebuted in 2007 with her first single "[[Softly]]". Dizon's most successful single was "[[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪]]" which she performed at ''[[Kouhaku Uta G ...apanese entertainment companies, in hope of making a break there. Her demo tape featured a recording of [[Amuro Namie]]'s "[[I Will (Amuro Namie)|I WILL]]"
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  • ...Be Ambitious|BE AMBITIOUS]]'', and made their major debut in 1993 with the single "[[Power of Love|POWER OF LOVE]]". The band is best known for their noisy b ...quick friends. A few months after Isoya returned home, she sent him a demo tape with some of her vocal samples. After hearing the demo Onda decided to star
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  • ...some songs on a casette tape and sent it to one of her close friends. The tape would wind up in the hands of [[OTOKURA RECORDS]]. They called Amano and sa ...or artist with "[[Bodaiju]]" in November of the same year. The major debut single became her first charting release, coming in at #66 on the weekly charts.
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  • ...n pop]] artist under [[C9 Entertainment]]. She officially debuted with the single "[[Yubikiri (Younha)|Yubikiri]]" in 2004. She is the second Korean after [[ ...ve~]]''. In October of that same year, she debuted with her official first single, the "[[Yubikiri (Younha)|Yubikiri -Japanese version-]]".
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  • ...int on the indie scene where she had a hit titled "[[Howling]]" off a demo tape, she made her major debut in 2000 by releasing two singles on the [[Aozora * [2004.07.28] [[Single Collection (Yaida Hitomi)|Single collection]]
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  • ...ved girl-band, [[Mean Machine]]. YUKI made her solo debut in 2002 with the single, "[[The End of Shite|the end of shite]]". ...ecame quick friends. A few months after their meeting, she sent him a demo tape with some vocal samples. Soon afterwards, they began to form a band and rec
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  • ...nds [[cali=gari|cali≠gari]] and [[LAB. THE BASEMENT]]. MUUC's third demo tape, "[[Tsubasa wo Kudasai (MUCC)|Tsubasa wo Kudasai]]", was distributed on Dec ...ust 30th, hitting nine stops. During the entire tour, the band's last demo tape "[[Aka (MUCC)|Aka]]" was distributed. Their second tour titled "1999~2000 M
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  • ...under her own company [[Rie fu Inc.]]. She made her debut in 2004 with the single, "[[Rie Who!|Rie who!?]]" and gained popularity singing the theme songs to ...arning how to play, Rie started to write songs, and record them on a small tape recorder. She made a few demo tapes and sent them out to record companies.
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  • ...demo tape and impressed the scouts. An indie label made 500 copies of the tape and had a Hokkaido radio station play it, with the copies being sold at a S ...i", starting with her [[In the Name of Love (single)|In the Name of Love]] single. After the best album [[Ruppina Best]] was released, the Ruppina project wa
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  • ...but with the prologue album [[Mink (album)|mink]]. mink released her debut single, [[Beautiful / One Suitcase|beautiful / One Suitcase]], soon after, doing h mink was picked up by [[avex trax]] after sending a demo tape. It was voice of mink covering her favorite artists such as [http://www.wik
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  • ...fourth grade. After graduating college, in 1998, he sent in his first demo tape to indies label [[cafe au label]]. Later that year in August, he began to b ...ment#EPIC Records|EPIC Records]] and debuted as a major act with his third single "[[Ivory (Suneohair)|Ivory]]" in May.
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  • ...ter their formation, Plastic Tree made their major debut with their second single "[[Wareta Mado]]" through [[Warner Music Japan]]. They are currently signed * [2001.11.14] [[Single Collection (Plastic Tree)|Single Collection]]
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  • ...o her singing accompinament of the songs she was learning, and sent a demo tape into [[Toshiba EMI]]. She won a contract, and debuted simultaneously in Jap ...top ten weekly debut in Japan on Oricon charts. Later on in that year, her single [[Chiisaki Mono / Tsubame ni Naritai|Chiisaki Mono]] was selected as the en
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  • ...Amami folk songs titled ''[[Higya Merabe]]'' in August of 1994 on cassette tape, her only album to be in that format. She was only 15 years old at the time ...g single in 2002. Three months later, on the 22nd, she released her second single "[[Kimi wo Omou (Hajime Chitose)|Kimi wo Omou]]". This is the first of her
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  • ...ader of the group. They continued playing lives, and released another demo tape. Ooki earned his pharmacist license, letting the members become devoted to ...IDMAN debuted with the single "[[Sekitou]]" under [[Nomadic Records]]. The single reached as high as number three on the indie charts. The group followed up
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  • ...d on with [[PS COMPANY]]. Kra is a major band and debuted with their third single "[[Heart Balance]]" on September 21st, 2006. Their music is a mix of pop, r ...PS COMPANY artists. Outside of occasional lives as 36481? in 2004 and the single's reprinting, the side project has been dormant.
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  • On August 1989 they made their first demo tape ''[[LUNACY (demo tape)|LUNACY]]'', which consists of three songs, there were 100 sets of it, and ...ome active worldwide. The band is scheduled to release a new double A-side single in December.
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  • ...tudios, and he joined in making a demo tape for a friend of his. This demo tape started to circulate at several auditions. By the time he graduated at univ * [2005.11.23] [[Utabaka|Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 "Utabaka"]] ("歌バカ")
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  • After they released their sold out first demo-tape, they wanted to change their style. They thought about creating a band with "[[Okuru Kotoba (FLOW)|Okuru Kotoba]]", their first cover single, sold over 270,000 copies when released in January 2003. It reigned atop th
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  • ...eral years, but became very popular in 1995 with the release of their 11th single "[[Robinson]]" and 6th album ''[[Hachimitsu (Spitz)|Hachimitsu]]''. One of ...1-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection|CYCLE HIT 1991-1997 Spitz Complete Single Collection]]
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  • ...t Glow|Sun Set Glow]], containing three tracks. They released another demo tape and in April 2000 were included on the compilation album [[Destruction]]. T ...the band was signed to [[Universal Music]] and released their first major single in December. They released their first full-length album, [[Greetings From
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  • ...ver, and so she tried once again and passed. She released her debut indies single "[[Natsuiro no Canvas]]" in 2002. ...deal with [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. She made her major debut with the single, "[[Stay with You|Stay With You]]". She later released two more singles: "[
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  • ...[[THE GIRL]]. She is best known for writing and producing [[YUKI]]'s debut single, "[[The End of Shite|the end of shite]]". ...making music as a teenager. She started out by recording her voice with a tape-recorder. At this point, Higurashi could not play guitar at all. She would
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  • ...which caught the attention of [[Toshiba EMI]]. ART-SCHOOl [released their single Diva under Toshiba EMI records. ...under a label [[Pony Canyon/Rocker Room|Pony Canyon/Rocker Room]]. The hit single Freesia has made ART-SCHOOl even more popular in [[Japan]].
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  • ...[[Yamanaka Sawao]] (Vocals). The group recorded their first five-song demo tape, ''Pantomime'', as The Coinlocker Babies. They toured and performed for alm ...Wake up!]]'' on May 2, 2007. They would follow up this album with another single, "[[Ladybird Girl]]", the Japanese version of the children's show ''[[Wikip
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  • * [[Tape]] * [[Single]]
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  • * "[[Hana (Alice Nine)|Hana]]", [[Alice Nine]]'s 14th single. * "[[Hana (ALvino)|Hana]]", [[ALvino]]'s second single.
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  • ; Single ...ki.d-addicts.com/Papa_wa_Nenjuu_Kuroosuru Papa wa Nenjuu Kuroosuru]''. The single reached #4 on the [[Oricon]] weekly chart and charted for ten weeks, sellin
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  • ...ko Club during the same time, starting with the [[Katatsumuri Samba|eighth single]]. ...own music and started to compose her own songs in 1994, starting with the single "[[Blue Rose (Kudo Shizuka)|Blue Rose]]".
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  • ...inally began working on their first release in September. Their first demo tape was completed in December 2000, and the band's first concert was held in Fe ...e bond of the four members, and the next month they recorded a second demo tape. They later appeared on TV Tokyo's "Ichioshi" in June. The band completed a
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  • ...l Scoot]] by chance in June 2000. With his help, Naoko made her first demo tape and in October began doing lives with [[Suwa Masataka|Suwa Masataka]] of [[ ...hi Toshiyuki]] as her arranger. In 2005 she released her first "solo" maxi single, [[Monologue]] on [[01 Records|01 Records]] but as "jenny01". This marked t
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  • * [1995.09.30] [[In the Kingdom of the Moonlight (single)|In the Kingdom of the Moonlight]] * [1992.11.xx] [[1st Demo Tape]]
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  • ...tion is available about their CROW days. They did, however, release a demo tape titled "[[Momoyo-e]]" on June 13th, 1999 and contributed a track on the ''[ ...a]]". A studio version of the song would later be released as their second single four years later.
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  • ...d. It was at this live that they started to sell their first and only demo tape "[[Chocolate Candy]]". The demo was also available to purchase through sele ...eir first Tokyo live at Takadanobaba CLUB PHASE on April 16th. Their debut single "[[Kabocha no Basha wa Mach Go! Go!|Kabocha no Basha wa Mach GO! GO!]]" was
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  • ...and their debut was decided quickly. They made their debut with the first single "[[Rush!|RUSH!]]" on October 31, 1998, only 3 months after they formed a ba ...[Haru ~Spring~ (Hysteric Blue)|Haru ~spring~]]" on January 21 of 1999. The single was a big hit, and they became one of the most popular groups in Japan, aft
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  • ...[Oricon]] charts. [[Anata ga Ita Mori]] is currently Jyukai's best-selling single. In the same year, they released [[Koibito Doushi]], ending theme of [[Wiki
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  • ...quick friends. A few months after Isoya returned home, she sent him a demo tape with some of her vocal samples. After hearing the demo Onda decided to star ...raight to #1 on the weekly [[Oricon]] chart, and in a matter of weeks, the single had sold over the rare one million copies mark. The song even got them invi
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  • ...abe Yoshiaki]], [[Ueda Kenji]] and [[Sato Shinichiro]] and recorded a demo tape called "[[Pantomime (the pillows)|Pantomime]]". In 2013 Sawao released his first single, "[[Answer (Yamanaka Sawao)|Answer]]", this time he sang in Japanese apart
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  • [[Image:Slowmotion.jpg|thumb|190px|Nakamori Akina's debut single "[[Slow Motion]]"]] ...ith over 990,000 copies sold) that she began dominating the #1 spot in the single rankings. Both "Slow Motion" and "Second Love" were composed by [[Kisugi Ta
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  • ...o (gu) and Ryo (ba), promoting only one demo tape at the time. Their first single, hitsuu kizuato was released only almost a year later, in March, 2002. In M * [2001.12.25] [[Special X'mas Tape]]
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  • ...the band he wrote "[[Karesusuki]]", the B-side song of the aforementioned single, and the titular "[[Kumo Onna]]". During his time in VELVET EDEN he met [[K ...was also the date for the release of their debut single "[[Perfect Garden (single)|Perfect Garden]]".
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  • ...Budokan]]''. In 2011, it has been announced their comeback by releasing a single called "[[Misery (Kuroyume)|Misery]]", on February 9th, 2011. * [1991.08.29] [[Kuroyume (demo tape)|Kuroyume]] (黒夢)
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  • ...n 2003. She didn't make her offical debut until 2007 when she released the single, "[[Ring the Alarm|Ring The Alarm]]". She is signed under the [[Universal M ...ls Night Club Tour|Girls Night Club Tour]]". She then started selling demo tape, "[[1Page|1page]]" exclusivly at live shows and supporting shops. Within th
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  • ...banded. Kaya started his solo career in 2006 with the release of his debut single "[[Kaleidoscope (Kaya)|Kaleidoscope]]". ...ool when he was in the four-piece group. They only had one release, a demo tape titled "[[Recur to Mind|RECUR to MIND]]", which was released on March 12th
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  • ...She made her major debut under [[Sony Music Japan|BMG FUNHOUSE]] with the single "[[Hands (AYA)|HANDS]]". ...riting came to her. The first song she wrote, would later become her debut single, "[[Hands (AYA)|HANDS]]".
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  • ...ilms|Kitty Films]]. Her debut single, "[[Yes (SNoW)|Yes]]" was a Christmas single that was released in November of 2004. ...Ato Sukoshi]]" was released almost nine months after her indie debut. The single failed to chart on the [[Oricon]].
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  • : Tape Scratch: [[Ugajin Masaaki]] ...R&B song recorded by [[Utada Hikaru]], first released as an A-side on her single "[[For You / Time Limit]]".
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