Koshi Inaba News

If anyone ever wondered what Koshi’s ride is, well, we have the answer! It’s a MV Agusta -75 customized by a California based workshop run by Shinya Kimura. He even mentions in the video that he was working on it for a “Japanese singer”. Check it out!

Koshi Inaba News

The tour logo for Koshi Inaba’s tour in support of his upcoming solo album 「Singing Bird」has been revealed. The tour titled Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ～en-ball～ starts on June 5th, 2014 at the Shinagawa Stellar Ball . The tour runs through June 20th, 2014 with 10 shows at the same venue.

Koshi Inaba News

Hit the road with Koshi in his new digital exclusive single 「Stay Free」！The song will also be part of Koshi’s upcoming album 「Singing Bird」which is set to be released on May 21st, 2014. You can buy it on iTunes Japan and other Japanese digital music sites such as mora and Musing. As with the previous two digital single releases, the music video to the song is available on B’z official YouTube channel!

Koshi Inaba News

After a 4 year hiatus, Koshi has today announced that his new solo album 「Singing Bird」will be released on May 21st, 2014. The album is not, as we feared, going to be a digital-only release, coming in a regular CD and a limited CD+DVD edition. It includes the previously released digital singles「Nensho」and「Nakinagara」as well as the tie-up song 「oh my love」, which is featured in Olympus’ latest line of commercials. The overall album consists of 12 tracks which portrait a very distinct world that Koshi has created for his listeners.

The limited edition comes with a DVD which contains the music videos to 「Nensho」, 「Nakinagara」, 「oh my love」 and 「Stay Free」.

[UPDATE 4/21]: Cover & track order revealed!

NEW ALBUM「Singing Bird」

01. Jimmy no Asa
02. oh my love (featured in Olympus’ commercials)
03. Cross Creek
04. Golden Road
05. Nakinagara
06. Stay Free
07. Bicycle Girl
08. Kodoku no Susume
09. Tomo Yo
10. photograph
11. Route 53
12. Nensho

Release: 2014/05/21
Price(CD): 3,024 Yen (tax included)
Price(CD+DVD): 3,780 Yen (tax included)

Koshi Inaba News

Hot on the heels of last month’s digital debut from Koshi Inaba comes the soulful ballad “Nakinagara” (泣きながら)! The follow-up to “Nensho” is likewise a digital exclusive single available on all major Japanese digital platforms for 250 yen. A full music video was also uploaded to the B’z YouTube channel here.

Along with the release, the support members for Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~, coming up in June of this year, have been announced. Keyboardist Kousuke Ooshima, who previously toured with B’z during LIVE-GYM ’98 “SURVIVE” as Takanobu Masuda’s short-term replacement for 1998, will be joining Koshi for the year’s solo dates. Corey McCormick will again be providing bass as he did in 2010’s ~enII~ tour, while drums will be provided by SATOKO from the Japanese rock band “FUZZY CONTROL“. Guitar will be handled jointly by Duran (Made in Asia, undervar) and JUON (FUZZY CONTROL).

Further information on Koshi’s remaining solo releases for the year are forthcoming, along with a full translation and transcription of the new song’s lyrics as well as a subtitled edition of the music video. Stay tuned!

Koshi Inaba News

More solo news! Koshi Inaba’s new song 「oh my love」 will be featured in the new line of Olympus commercials. The commercial starring Japanese soccer player Keisuke Honda will advertise Olympus’ new mirrorless camera OM-D E-M10. The commercial is set to be on air Japan-wide from March 7th. More details on “oh my love” as well as the forthcoming new album will be revealed at a later date.

Update: The commercial is now live on YouTube! Check it out below.