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Minoru Niihara of LOUDNESS and Koshi Inaba talk about being a vocalist. The talk is hosted by Masa Ito.

The second video part of Koshi’s talk series has been posted on his official website. This time, Koshi sits down with LOUDNESS’ current vocalist Minoru Niihara and talks about being a vocalist. In the talk hosted by music critic Masa Ito, both vocalists talk about the strict training they have to undergo in order to keep up the strength of their voices. They also talk about breaking points in their career when their voice-especially their vocal range-would change and they had to adapt to that. In the beginning, Masa Ito also mentions, that videos of Koshi covering LOUDNESS’ songs during his high school days could be seen on YouTube. Koshi is surprised and wonders who put them up in the first place. Even he doesn’t have those videos.

Speaking of which! Koshi mentioned that they covered Crazy Nights during last year’s B’z Special live at the EX THEATER ROPPONGI. And guess what! A short bit of the actual performance was shown in the video. Be sure to check it out at 11 minutes and 32 seconds in.

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3D projection mapping employed during「Golden Road」Source: BARKS.jp

3D projection mapping employed during「Nensho」Source: BARKS.jp

On Friday, Koshi wrapped up his tour「Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~」in support of his recently released new solo album「Singing Bird」. The tour finale was screened live in cinemas all over Japan as part of a so-called “Live Viewing” event. Koshi switched up the set list for each day of the tour, making each show a unique experience in itself. BARKS has posted a couple of impressions from Koshi’s show, such as the 3D projection mapping employed during「Golden Road」and「Nensho」.

With the “Live Viewing” event it is hard to tell if this show is going to be released on home video or not. Time will tell.

Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ TOUR FINALE (Day 10) Setlist

01.Jimmy no Asa
02.THE RACE
03.CHAIN
04.Wonderland
05.arizona
06.Touch
07.Yokorenbo
08.Golden Road
09.Nemurenai no wa Dare no Sei
10.Shoumen Shoutotsu
11.Nakinagara
12.Tooku Made
13.Route 53
14.Stay Free
15.Nensho
16.Kodoku no Susume
17.Bicycle Girl
18.Cross Creek
19.My Mirai
20.oh my love
ENCORE
21.Nami
22.Tomo Yo
23.Okay

Source: 【ライブレポート】稲葉浩志、＜LIVE 2014 ～en-ball～＞最終公演で「夢のような10日間をありがとう」

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Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ Day 3 Setlist

01. Jimmy no Asa
02. THE RACE
03. CAGE FIGHT
04. Ai Naki Michi
05. arizona
06. touch
07. Nani mo Nai Machi
08. Golden Road
09. Nemurenai no wa Dare no Sei
10. Shoumen Shoutotsu
11. Nakinagara
12. Tooku Made
13. Route 53
14. Stay Free
15. Nensho
16. Kodoku no Susume
17. Bicycle Girl
18. My Mirai
19. oh my love
ENCORE
20. Nami
21. Okay

Ending SE: Unannounced Song

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Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ Day 2 Setlist

01. Jimmy no Asa (Koshi on acoustic guitar)
02. THE RACE
03. CHAIN
04. Wonderland
05. arizona
06. touch
07. Yokorenbo
08. Golden Road (3D Projection Mapping)
09. Nemurenai no wa Dare no Sei
10. Shoumen Shoutotsu
11. Nakinagara
12. Tooku Made
13. Route 53
14. Stay Free
15. Nensho (3D Projection Mapping)
16. Kodoku no Susume
17. Bicycle Girl
18. My Mirai
19. oh my love
ENCORE
20. Soul Station
21. Okay

Ending SE: Unannounced Song

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Here’s the tour merchandise that is available at the merchandise booth at Shinagawa Stellar Ball. It won’t be long until said merchandise is also available through B’z The Store. See the full list after the break. (more…)

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Interior of the Shinagawa Stellar Ball

Koshi Inaba’s solo tour “Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~” kicked off today at the Shinagawa Stellar Ball. According to fan reports, the show started without a huge introductory movie or the like. Koshi just walked on stage, sat down, and started playing his acoustic guitar, which marked the beginning of the show with「Jimmy no Asa」as the first song. Throughout the show, 3D projection mapping was used to show special footage in support of the song currently being performed.

According to the same fan, 5 monitors that looked like Tetris blocks were mounted on the stage’s wall in the back. After the show ended, an unannounced song was played through the speakers while fans made their way out of the venue.

Here’s the show at a glance:

Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ Day 1 Setlist

01. Jimmy no Asa (Koshi on acoustic guitar)
02. THE RACE
03. CAGE FIGHT
04. Wonderland
05. arizona
06. touch
07. Yokorenbo
08. Golden Road (3D Projection Mapping)
09. Nemurenai no wa Dare no Sei
10. Shoumen Shoutotsu
11. Nakinagara
12. Tooku Made
13. Route 53
14. Stay Free
15. Nensho (3D Projection Mapping)
16. Kodoku no Susume
17. Bicycle Girl
18. My Mirai
19. oh my love
ENCORE
20. Nami (Koshi on acoustic guitar)
21. Okay

Ending SE: Unannounced Song