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Posted on February 22, 2016

At the recent 58th Annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, Tak Matsumoto appeared during Japanese broadcaster WOWOW’s live coverage of the event as a guest. Actor-musician Johnny Depp and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry appeared in the preceding segment to promote their supergroup Hollywood Vampires and were photographed by the staff with Tak as he emerges for the interview.

Today, the full ten minute interview is now available to be viewed below, complete with subtitles.

Posted on February 10, 2016

Tak Matsumoto’s upcoming solo tour 「Tak Matsumoto Tour 2016 -The Voyage-」 is set to kick off next month with a total of five dates that includes his first arena shows as a solo artist. These will take place at Osaka Jo Hall on April 24th and the Nippon Budokan on May 7th. Today, Tak released a short message teasing what audience members can expect from the show, which we have subtitled for you below:

Additionally, the results of the fan-request polling for the upcoming tour have also been revealed, with just over twenty songs coming in on the rankings. As mentioned in the above video, Tak expects to mix the majority of his as-yet-untitled new album due out this Spring with several of his older solo songs. The songs chosen by fans include several on which Tak provided vocals himself, from 1999’s KNOCKIN’ “T” AROUND. These include single “THE CHANGING” alongside album songs “SAKURA” and “Zero Yori Zero Kara”. Naturally, most of Tak’s best-known solo compositions made the list, including “#1090～Thousand Dreams～“, “Hana“, “Koi Uta“, “GO FURTHER“, and “SACRED FIELD“.

Tak Matsumoto Tour 2016 -The Voyage- Song Request Results

* Denotes a tie with an adjacent song

1. “99”
2. GO FURTHER
3. #1090～Thousand Dreams～
4. Koi Uta [恋歌]
5. LIFE
6. Hana [華]
7. SACRED FIELD *
8. THE CHANGING *
9. RED SUN
10. Strings Of My Soul
11. Love Ya
12. Zero Yori Zero Kara [ゼロよりゼロから]
13. FIGHTING BULL *
14. SPAIN *
15. Trinity *
16. Play It So Loud
17. Believin’ you *
18. Long Distance Call *
19. SAKURA
20. Romeo & Juliet *
21. Theme from Fist of the North Star ～The Road of Lords～ *
22. THE THEME OF B.J. *

Posted on January 5, 2016

As is tradition, a special New Year’s greeting from B’z is now available to start off 2016! The band looks back on the past year and tells fans what’s to come in the new year. As usual, we have subtitled it in English for you. Check it out!

Posted on December 29, 2015

Koshi Inaba’s recent appearance on Japanese television program 「Music Station」 has now been subtitled, including the world premiere of the full version of his upcoming single 「Hane」. The video found here is a condensed digest of the moments featuring Koshi (excerpted from the original broadcast which ran for four hours).

Posted on December 26, 2015

Koshi Inaba is scheduled to release his latest single 「Hane」 on January 13, 2016 and today, we have the song’s music video available with subtitles. The video runs just over two minutes and is also available from the official B’z YouTube channel.

Posted on December 25, 2015

As previously covered in an earlier update, Koshi Inaba recently made a public appearance at HMV&BOOKS in the Shibuya Modi department store for a special radio interview. Today, as a holiday surprise, we have subtitled the entire 27-minute interview for all to enjoy. Because the program was a radio broadcast and we wanted to present the translation alongside the audio, we have created a video that we feel best presents the interview in a visual medium.

The interview took place during the「Happy Hour」program on InterFM 89.7, which broadcasts from inside the store. In the course of the show, Koshi premiered his upcoming single「Hane」and previewed  another track from the upcoming release. In addition to the included previews of Koshi’s two new songs, also be sure to stick around until the end for a special surprise. 「Hane」will be released on January 13th, 2016 and can be pre-ordered now from CD Japan and other retailers.