Koshi Inaba News

Japanese band “doa” has announced on their Facebook page that their band member Akihito Tokunaga will be a supporting band member for Koshi Inaba’s appearance on Music Station on December 25. Akihito Tokunaga is a former well-known B’z support member, having played bass on numerous LIVE-GYMs and supported B’z as well as their solo projects between 1997 and 2008.

In addition to that, doa has also revealed on their Facebook page that Akihito Tokunaga is the man in charge of arrangement of all four songs found on Koshi’s new single 「Hane」. You can read more about Akihito Tokunaga in our B’z Wiki!

Koshi Inaba News

A new trailer featuring the theme song 「BLEED」provided by Koshi Inaba was unveiled today at a special event for the upcoming game Ryu ga Gotoku (“Yakuza”) Kiwami. In addition to the new trailer, part of the talk between series creator Nagoshi and Koshi was shown during the event.

The full version of the talk is included in the “Ryu ga Gotoku” special edition of Koshi Inaba’s upcoming single 「Hane」set to be released January 13.

「BLEED」 is audible from the 1:45 minute mark in the trailer below.

Koshi Inaba News

During the weekly broadcast of Detective Conan the tv commercial for Koshi’s upcoming single 「Hane」 made its debut. The material used for the commercial seems to stem from the music video for the single. The single is due for a January 13 release with the title track serving as the new Detective Conan opening theme from January 9.

Koshi Inaba News

The lineup for the 2015 iteration of the annual Music Station Super Live at the end of December has been announced. Among the performing artists is Koshi Inaba, who will most likely for the first time perform his new solo single 「Hane」 live on television. The show will be broadcasted live on December 25th, 2015 on TV Asahi from their studio at the Makuhari Messe.

Koshi Inaba News

The 3D mapping technique utilized during 「Golden Road」— Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~  (Source: Barks.jp)

Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ has premiered at the top of the Blu-ray music charts. This is the third consecutive solo home video of Koshi’s to debut at the top of the home video charts, after Koshi Inaba LIVE 2004 ~en~ did so on DVD a decade ago and Koshi Inaba LIVE 2010 ~enII~ more recently. The DVD version of the most recent tour came in at the number 2 spot for both general and music, while the Blu-ray ranked in third in terms of overall Blu-rays.

Koshi’s latest release features the full finale to the eponymous tour that took place at the Shinagawa Stellar Ball over the course of ten days. The ~en-ball~ shows employed a special 3D projection technique (seen right) that impressed attendees at each show and is equally impressive on home video.

This week, it was announced that the DVD and Blu-ray editions of Koshi’s upcoming single 「Hane」will feature six performances not found on the initial home video release, as the songs performed took place on dates prior to the finale.