Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 205 The Prelude to a New Era
Bunta Takakura wanted a stunning MV, but if all ten songs in the album were produced by One Piece Entertainment, it would inevitably lead to aesthetic fatigue.

So, we simply asked Ailin Shintani and Ryoko Honda to perform in two of the songs.

Taking advantage of the popularity of the Nagano Winter Olympics, the new album is given a layer of "absolute political correctness" BUFF in this year of the Japanese Olympics.

Besides, Takakura Bunta is also looking forward to competing against these top human physics masters in a top-level competition.

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The other eight songs, except for Hirosue Ryoko, the heroine of Bunta Takakura's MV.

There are also One piece Entertainment's "number one" Ayumi Hamasaki, super rookie Utada Hikaru and newly signed One piece Entertainment's Mai Kuraki;
There are also Fan Bingbing, Zhang Jingchu, Jiang Qingqing, and Liu Qianqian from Red Earth Continent;

Cai Yilin, Xiao Yaxuan, Wang Xinlin, Selina, Hebe, and Ella from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan;

Sun Yanzi, Fish Leong and others from Southeast Asia have guest appearances in the MV.

Two-thirds of the three great singing girls of the Heisei era, the four dan and two bing, the four qingyi, the four big and three small and one snake group, came at once.

This is destined to be a legendary album that will go down in the history of Asian music.

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One piece Entertainment is actively building momentum, and other people in the music industry are also busy.

Since March, major singers have begun to perform a "you sing and I come on stage" show on the charts.

First up is South Korea’s first generation Hallyu boy group HOT. This boy group, which has debuted for two years, consists of five members: Moon Hee-jun, Jang Woo-hyuk, Ahn Seung-ho, Kangta, and Lee Jae-won.

They are the pioneers of idols in the Korean music industry and the childhood idols of many Korean stars.

This first-generation Korean boy band was particularly active, releasing several albums in succession, focusing on the markets in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.

This year, he released his third album "Resurrection", which won the 9th Seoul Music Awards and quickly became popular in Southeast Asia, becoming the hottest new song of the month.

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Another band that is gaining momentum is Power Train, which released the single "Dang", which is the theme song of the phenomenal TV series "My Fair Princess".

In 1998, "My Fair Princess" was broadcast on the Imperial Capital Cable TV Station, with an average viewership of 44% and a high viewership of 62.8%.

"My Fair Princess" is the TV series with the highest ratings in Asia to date, and it remains so to this day.

In Hong Kong, My Fair Princess also helped Asia Television beat TVB to become the No. 1 TV series in Hong Kong ratings.

In Southeast Asia, they broke the highest record of Chinese TV dramas in history. In Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and other places, several actors are well-known.

In South Korea, the scene caused a huge stir, and the response was even greater than that in the red earth mainland. The three major TV stations even implemented a "ban on Chinese TV series";
The Japanese version of "My Fair Princess" was also shown on Japanese TV and received rave reviews, leading to the Power Train band's single "When" winning the weekly championship on the Oricon chart;
In addition, it also achieved good results in Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine and other places, winning the quarterly ratings championship;

Qiong Yao's agency regretted it very much and transferred Fan Bingbing's artist contract to One Piece Entertainment for RMB 500,000.

…………………………It would be a bit unfair to say that Power Train swept the Asian music scene with its phenomenal TV dramas.

Then in early April, Morning Musume officially debuted, bringing the Japanese music scene into a new era.

Morning Musume appeared on TV Tokyo's variety show "Asakusa-bashi" last year.

In an event called "Shoo Ran Q Rock Female Vocalist Selection Contest" on a variety show, the five unsuccessful participants were Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Asuka Fukuda, Natsumi Abe and Keori Iida.

A five-member female idol singer group.

Before the group's official debut, the record producer Chunjun who initiated the group requested that a test be used to determine whether the losers would have a chance to start again.

Therefore, it is stipulated that the competition must be held in designated locations in twelve different cities, including Nagoya Stadium and Osaka Gymnasium, in rotation within five days.

The single "Seeds of Love" was sold in a trial run with a limit of 50,000 copies.

If the album sells out successfully, a large-scale debut concert will be held immediately in Nagoya Stadium to build momentum.

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The five members of the original group of Morning Musume may not be known to many people in later generations, but they are very popular nowadays.

The first single "Morning Coffee" debuted at number 6.

Soon after, the band added three new members, Kei Yasuda, Mari Yaguchi, and Sayaka Ichii, and released their second single "サマーナイトタウン" (Summer Night City), which ranked 2th on the Oricon chart.

Then, he released his first album "ファーストタイム" (First Time), which was another great success, ranking first on the Oricon chart, dominating the charts, and began his journey of dominating the charts continuously.

How popular is this song? Arashi, the representative group of the new generation of Johnny & Associates, has won countless awards in their music career, but the only award they have never won is Best New Artist.

Because during this period, all the Best Newcomer Awards in the Japanese music scene were won by Morning Musume.

According to incomplete statistics, Morning Musume won 25 rookie trophies in one go, and Arashi followed Morning Musume for a whole year.

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In 1998, the competition in the entire Asian music scene was more intense than the previous year. Even One Piece Entertainment's executive president, Keiko Kanda, felt a tightness in her throat.

Fortunately, the album in the hands of the Beasts band is strong enough, otherwise they might not be able to suppress it.

The outside media and the general public were also very happy to watch the fight in the music industry, and were very much looking forward to the release of the new album of the Beasts Band.

This is also the last album of the legendary singer of the Showa era, Akina Nakamori, marking the end of the singer era...

The idol warring states era begins...

(End of this chapter)