「B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-」 Commercial On Air
News With about two weeks left until the release of the home video of their 2015 tour 「B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-」 on DVD and Blu-ray, the commercial made its TV debut during the broadcast of Detective Conan last Saturday. This version of the commercial features songs 「Uchouten」, 「RED」 and 「Las Vegas」. Check it out!
Koshi Inaba Scores Fifth Consecutive No.1 Single with “Hane”
Koshi Inaba News 
Oricon—Japan’s leading music sales tracking service—has announced that Koshi Inaba’s latest solo single 「Hane」 has debuted at the top of the charts with 88,000 physical copies sold. This is his fifth consecutive single to do so as a solo artist, following 1998’s「Tooku Made」, 2003’s 「KI」, 2004’s 「Wonderland」, and 2010’s 「Okay」.
Currently, Koshi is on tour as part of Koshi Inaba LIVE 2016 ~enIII~ with dates planned through a March 6th finale at the Nippon Budokan. You can expect to see more video coverage of Koshi’s recent activities on this website, along with translations of recent interviews he has given to the press, in the coming days.
Tak Matsumoto Tour 2016 -The Voyage- Promo Video
Tak Matsumoto News An update to the official B’z website today brings a promotional teaser video of Tak Matsumoto’s upcoming solo tour「Tak Matsumoto Tour 2016 -The Voyage-」which will see him playing large venues such as Osaka Jo Hall and Nippon Budokan for the first time as a solo artist. The nationwide tour is to be held at five venues beginning in mid April and ending with a finale on May 7th.
Tak will be joined on the tour by drummer Jason Sutter, who has previously toured with Foreigner, Chris Cornell, and Smash Mouth. Colleague and friend Masayoshi Yamashita of fellow Japanese rock act LOUDNESS will be appearing on bass, while frequent B’z backing guitarist Yoshinobu Ohga and keyboardist Akira Onozuka round out the remaining support members.
Koshi Inaba LIVE 2016 ~en III~ Kicks Off in Yamanashi
Koshi Inaba News 
Following his appearance on All Night Nippon Gold yesterday, Koshi Inaba has kicked off his latest rendition of the en-series of tours today. The show at the i-Messe Yamanashi spanned 22 songs, which included all songs from his new single 「Hane」. Koshi Inaba’s tour runs until March 6th where he will perform at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
We have the set list for this show right here for you. For further set list updates, please refer to the B’z Wiki article on the latest tour.
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Koshi Inaba x Danshun Tatekawa Special Conversation
Koshi Inaba News 
Given his recent interest in Rakugo, Koshi Inaba sat down with famous Rakugoka Danshun Tatekawa to talk about the art of Rakugo. Danshun Tatekawa is also known for his recent role in the TBS hit drama 「Shitamachi Rocket」, for those that are not familiar with Rakugo. The video is available directly on YouTube and has also been posted on Koshi Inaba’s website as part of his series of conversation videos.
[Retrospective] 2006 — Rebooting the LIVE-GYM, “Shoudou”, “Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu”, “SPLASH!” and MONSTER
Feature All sample videos contained in this article are publicly sourced and are reproduced here only for accessibility.
With the dawn of the new year came word that B’z The Best “Pleasure II” had already sold over one million copies since its release at the end of November 2005. The band would soon begin a new chapter in its live shows, with the addition of several new staff members behind the scenes in order to push the band into a new era with as fresh a perspective as possible.
On January 25, the band would release its fortieth single, “Shoudou“. Shortly before it made its way to shelves, the title song began serving as the opening theme to the Detective Conan anime series. B’z would make a great deal of television appearances in the year 2006, beginning with a performance of their then most recent single on MUSIC FIGHTER five days prior to its release. A couple of weeks later, the B-side “Kesshou” would be performed on Utawara HOT Hit 10. Aside from this appearance, the song has never been played live. Upon release, the single ranked at number one and became the band’s thirty-sixth consecutive to do so.
The year would prove to be one in which B’z were frequently requested to utilize their prowess for the benefit of younger artists. In March, the single “Real Face” by Japanese pop group KAT-TUN, for which Tak Matsumoto wrote the music, was released. The single would go on to sell over one million copies the year of its release and would be the highest seller of the year. An album titled Best of KAT-TUN released the same month featured a rock-centric reversion of the song titled “Real Face #1”, for which the arrangement was also credited to Tak and longtime B’z support member Akihito Tokunaga.
