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Tak Matsumoto New Song Ups and Downs For Ukiyo-e Exhibition
Tak Matsumoto News 
Today it has been revealed that Tak Matsumoto’s new song 「Ups and Downs」 will be the image song for an upcoming exhibition at the Bunkamura Museum of Art in Tokyo. The exhibition is called “KUNIYOSHI & KUNISADA – From the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” and will run from March 19, 2016 to June 5, 2016. The exhibition will feature Ukiyo-e by genius Ukiyo-e artists Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) and Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). The art is sourced from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which is well-known for its collection of Ukiyo-e.
A comment from Tak Matsumoto:
When I received this request, I was already in the middle of recording and had almost gathered all tracks for the new record. “We want to add a rock’ish and fresh aspect to our Ukiyo-e exhibition, which usually attracts old-fashioned art connoisseurs”, they said. Their request immediately piqued my interest and I decided to add one last and final track to the record. I felt the Rock’n Roll spirit when I thought about the wild, lively, erotic, and at times very cool style that Kuniyoshi and Kunisada employed. As that happened, I immediately got various inspirations. I finished the track in no time. “Ukiyo” originally means “transient world”. All things emerge, and then gradually perish as they change. They are not eternal. The same goes for human emotions: One time you’re happy and another time those feelings go away.
How about we value such things and enjoy life more?
Link: Bunkamura Museum of Art
Koshi Provides Theme Song “Suiro” To Drama “Godan”
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.
[UPDATE] Tak Matsumoto Provides 2 Songs for Documentary TV Show
Tak Matsumoto News 
Tak Matsumoto has announced that he will provide the opening and ending themes to the TBS show “The World Heritage”, which receives an overhaul commemorating its 20th anniversary. The first broadcast is scheduled for October 4th, 2015 at 6 PM Japanese Time.
While Tak Matsumoto has written themes for TV shows such as “Music Station” or “Sport!” in the past, this is the first time that Tak has written a song for a documentary show. The song titles as well as a release date for these two songs has not been revealed yet.
[UPDATE 10/2]
A short movie featuring Tak’s new song has been posted on B’z official YouTube channel!
You can check out a very short portion of the opening theme song in the TV commercial below.
[UPDATE] Koshi Provides Theme Song For Ryu Ga Gotoku Kiwami
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!
“RED” Short Version MV On Air & Promotion Start in Hiroshima
News 
Tram in Hiroshima as seen from the street.
With under one week until the release of 「RED」, music channels have started airing the short version of the music video, which basically is the first half of the song. Furthermore, promotion for the new single has started in the streets of Hiroshima. Trams are decorated with posters advertising the new single.
Check out the short version of the music video below!
Inside the tram.
Inside the tram.
If you haven’t pre-ordered 「RED」 yet, you can do it HERE.
“RED” Commercial On Air & SKY PerfecTV! Baseball Commercials
News As the release of the band’s 52nd single titled 「RED」 is forthcoming, TV commercials have started airing throughout Japan. You can check it out below!
Furthermore, the band has announced today, that 「RED」 will be featured in SKY PerfecTV!’s Baseball TV commercials. Three versions were produced for broadcasting: A 30 second one that is broadcasted nationwide, a 30 second one that is broadcasted only in Hiroshima, and a Hiroshima-exclusive 60 second version. All three of them feature Hiroshima Toyo Carp’s pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, for whom the song has been produced. You can check out the 60 second version below!
