Hiroji Miyamoto Bring His Way in Upcoming Release!

Artist Hiroji Miyamoto announced that hew will be releasing a brand new album, 縦横無尽 (Juomujin), October 13th. Famously known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band Elephant Kashimashi, this will be Miyamoto’s latest solo album since Miyamoto Doppo back in March of 2020 and is his second solo album. This work contains a total of 13 songs, including the theme song "浮世小路のblues” (“Ukiyokoji no blues”) from Japanese Hulu's original drama 死神さん (Shinigami-san), which starring Kei Tanaka. The album will drop with four editions: a CD-only standard edition, a live best edition that will come with bonus DVD, and a Juomujin limited edition that will come with a bonus Blu-ray / 2 DVD set. The Juomujin limited edition Blu-ray / 2 DVD set will include footage from his latest live tour set along with a small behind-the-scenes documentary. The live best edition will include footage form his Birthday Live that took place back in June along with several music videos. 

As we look foreword to the upcoming release, be sure to check out the music video for the track “sha・la・la・la”, along with the pre-order links for Juomujin below!

Standard edition

Live Best edition

Juomujin Limited edition DVD/ Blu-ray

Hiroji Miyamoto「Juomujin」

CD

・P.S. I love you

・sha・la・la・la

・passion

・shining

・浮世小路のblues

・この道の先で

ほか 全13曲

Juomujin Limited Edition DVD / Blu-ray

・「宮本浩次縦横無尽」ライブ映像、ドキュメンタリー映像

Live Best Edition DVD

・2021年のライブ映像

・ミュージックビデオ

Takashi Matsumoto Announces First Round of Artists for Tribute Album!

First Participation Artist for Takashi Matsumoto Tribute Album

To celebrate his historic run in the Japanese music industry, lyricist Takashi Matsumoto announced that he will be releasing a tribute album in his honor on July 14th. Currently untitled, Matsumoto's 50th anniversary project started at the end of 2019, and the release of the tribute album was originally announced in December last year. Elaiza Ikeda, GLIM SPANKY, Daoko, Daichi Miura, and Hiroji Miyamoto have been selected as the first participating artists in this work. Each artist is nominated by Seiji Kameda, the producer of the album. Of these, Elaiza Ikeda was also revealed to cover Hiroko Yakushimaru's "Woman ‘W no Higeki Yori’”. Ikeda has released footage from her studio recording on Nippon Columbia’s YouTube channel. 

As we look forward to this memorable tribute album, be sure to check out Ikeda’s preview for "Woman ‘W no Higeki Yori’” below!

Hiroji Miyamoto Shows Off his Romantic Side with Upcoming Cover Album!

Vocalist Hiroji Miyamoto announced that he will be releasing a brand new cover album, ROMANCE on November 18. This will be the latest release done by the veteran since P.S. I love you back in September and will be the third release of 2020 overall. Covering legendary love songs such as “First Love”, “Romance”, and “あなた” (“Anata”), the album will include twelve tracks total and will drop with two editions, both of which are CD-only. The limited edition will include an additional CD that includes several demo tracks that Miyamoto was producing, making it a must have for fans. 

Be sure to check out Miyamoto’s latest music video “P.S. I love you” along with the pre-order links for ROMANCE below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition 

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Hiroji Miyamoto「ROMANCE」（Original Artist）

CD DISC 1

01. あなた（Akiko Kosaka）

02. 異邦人（Sayuri Kume）

03. 二人でお酒を（Michiyo Azusa）

04. 化粧（Miyuki Nakajima）

05. ロマンス（Hiromi Iwasaki）

06. 赤いスイートピー（Seiko Matsuda）

07. 木綿のハンカチーフ-ROMANCE mix-（Hiromi Ota）

08. 喝采（Naomi Chiaki）

09. ジョニィへの伝言（Pedro & Capricious）

10. 白いパラソル（Seiko Matsuda）

11. 恋人がサンタクロース（Yumi Matsutoya）

12. First Love（Hikaru Utada）

CD DISC 2（Limited Edition Only）

・宮本浩次弾き語りデモ at 作業場