The J-Pop Exchange in collaboration with Tokyo-FM is pleased to present highlights from the 2015 Tokyo-FM Earth Day Concert

A part of the proceeds and donations collected at the venue will be donated to the “Great Forest Wall Project,” to protect the northeastern coastlines that were affected by
the Great Northeast Japan Earthquake in 2011.
 

2015 Performers:　

 Yumi Matsutoya

  

Yumi Matsutoya nicknamed Yuming, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. With an incredible 22 chart-topping albums including 9 million sellers, this charismatic musician is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice and theatrical live performances. As Yumi Arai she debuted with her first single “Henji wa iranai” when she was still in college.  In 1976, she married Masataka Matsutoya and became Yumi Matsutoya.　Her hit songs include “Sotugyo shashin”, “Ano hi ni kaeritai”,  “Mamotte agetai”, “Refrain ga yondeiru”, “Hello my friend”,  “Haru yo Koi”, and many more.  2012 was her 40th anniversary and her ambitious endeavors continue; music & theatrical play “Angust 31st ~Natsuyasumi Saigo no Hi”, and performed together with her beloved English rock band Procol Harum. In the same year, she released her greatest hits album “Nihon no Koi to Yuming to”. Also, her classic hit “Hikoki Gumo” [Contrail} became a theme song of the animated feature “The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu)” by Hayao Miyazaki.

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Motohiro Hata

 

 With his 2006 debut single, “Synchro”, Motohiro Hata’s clear and delicate but powerful voice and full lyrical song writing got attention. His 3rd album “Documentary” won semi-grand prize in CD Shop Award. In the following year for his 5th anniversary, he held a concert live at Nippon Budokan and Osaka Jo Hall.

 

Also his song "Tōmei Datta Sekai" premiered as the opening for the seventh season of Naruto: Shippuden. In 2013, single “Girl” became a TV-CM song was selected as #1 on Usen Hit J-pop ranking chart of the year. In 2014, “Himawari no Yakusoku” was chosen as theme song for the 3D-animated movie “Stand by me Doraemon.”

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JUJU

JUJU dreamed of being a jazz singer at the age of 12 and at age 18, she left for the U.S. alone.  While in New York, she was very taken with the "New York sound," including jazz, R&B, hip-hop, R&B, soul, Latin music, and house.  In 2004, she debuted with her first single “Hikari no Nakah e”.  In 2006, “Sunao ni Naretara JUJU feat. Spontania” became a big hit and she broke out onto the Japanese popular music scene. In 2010, Juju released her third album called “JUJU” and it won the Excellence Album Award at the 52nd Japan Record Awards. Since then she released chart-topping albums constantly. In 2014, she celebrated her tenth anniversary with 42 concerts in Japan totaling 105,000 audiences. 

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