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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

Five and a half years following the release of his last solo single on CD, Koshi has announced the release of his long-awaited ninth single 「Hane」(Feather). The title track of the single will serve as the opening theme to the anime series Detective Conan from January 9th. The song made its world-premiere during the InterFM radio show Happy Hour! held at the HMV & BOOKS TOKYO opening event with Koshi Inaba as guest.

The single will be out on January 13th, 2016 with Koshi’s solo tour 「Koshi Inaba Live 2016 ~en III~」 kicking off just three days later. Several packages are available for purchase: CD, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, CD+DVD+Bluray. The limited edition package comes in CD+DVD and CD+Blu-ray flavors and contains the songs that were rotated on a daily basis during the en-ball tour and were not included on the Blu-ray release of 「Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ～en-ball～」.

The “Ryu ga Gotoku” (“Yakuza”) special edition includes a special music video featuring 「Receive You [Reborn]」 as well as a special talk with “Ryu ga Gotoku” creator Toshihiro Nagoshi. Furthermore, the “Ryu ga Gotoku” edition includes a special download code for “Ryu ga Gotoku Kiwami” which unlocks a special opening sequence in the game. The content contained on the DVD as well as the Blu-ray that comes with the “Ryu ga Gotoku” edition is the same—to suit both DVD and Blu-ray viewers.

Regular edition and limited edition cover “Ryu ga Gotoku” special edition cover

Koshi Inaba New Single 「Hane」 Release: 2016.01.13 Price (Regular Edition): 1,500 Yen (tax included) Price (CD+DVD/CD+Blu-ray Edition): 2,400 Yen (tax included) Price (Ryu ga Gotoku Special Edition): 3,200 Yen (tax included) [Track listing] 1. Hane (Feather, 羽) Opening theme to anime series 「Detective Conan」 from January 9th. The song conveys the message to aim for a new world—a better life situation. The intro starts with strings and a four beat Eurobeat-style tune until the song later transitions into a rock tune with strong guitar sound provided by LOUDNESS’ guitarist Akira Takasaki. 2. Symphony #9 A medium tempo song that opens with a very emotional voice. 3. BLEED Main theme song to the PS3/PS4 video game 「Ryu ga Gotoku Kiwami」due for release on January 26th. 4. Suiro (Waterway, 水路) A ballad song serving as the theme to the WOWOW drama 「Godan」. [DVD / Blu-ray Limited Edition] Previously unreleased live footage of 「Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ～en-ball～」 not collected on the recent home video release. 1. CAGE FIGHT 2. AKATSUKI 3. Sono Switch wo Ose 4. Nani mo Nai Machi 5. Zettai(teki) 6. Salvation [Ryu ga Gotoku Special Edition] The DVD+Blu-ray in this package have the same content, differing only in visual quality: 1. Receive You [Reborn] “Ryu ga Gotoku Kiwami” version MUSIC VIDEO 2. Koshi Inaba x Toshihiro Nagoshi Special Talk Furthermore, this edition includes a download code that unlocks a special opening sequence in the game itself.

Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba will provide the theme song to the WOWOW drama “Godan” which is set to start airing every Sunday 10PM from November 22nd. The song is called “Suiro” (waterway).

Koshi commented as follows: “I painted the main character of the song as a person who believes in tomorrow and tries to do something with his life, although he regrets his past and is in fear of loss amidst the two views on passing time: flowing time and accumulating time. I’m looking forward to hearing it in the drama.”

A 60 second promotion video has been posted on the show’s official website, in which the song is audible for about 15 seconds.

Koshi Inaba News

Koshi provides the theme song to the latest game in the highly acclaimed “Ryu Ga Gotoku”(“Yakuza”) series, called “Kiwami”. Kiwami is essentially a full remake of the first “Ryu Ga Gotoku” game originally released on the PlayStation 2 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the game series. The game will be available for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on January 21, 2016. In addition to the theme song which is a new song (title unknown) , he also provides a re-imagined version of the Playstation 2 version theme song 「Receive You」 titled「Receive You [Reborn]」.

A release date for these two songs has yet to be announced. Check out the short trailer for the game below.

[UPDATE 10/1]
You can now check out Koshi’s re-imagined version of “Receive You” called “Receive You [Reborn]” around the one minute mark in this new trailer!