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The J-Pop Exchange Playlist for Saturday, March 6, 2010 

1.      Yusaku Kiyama w/ Piano Man

2.      Yusaku Kiyama w/ Wait For You

3.      Kyu Sakamoto w/ Sukiyaki

4.      Kyu Sakamoto w/ Good Timin'

5.      Kyu Sakamoto w/ Ashita ga aru sa

6.      Kyu Sakamoto w/ Kokorono Hitomi

7.      Pokemon Rare BGM selection

8.      Kiyonori Matsuo w/ Sunny Shinny Morning

9.      Hironobu Kageyama w/ Theme of the Mystical Ninja

10.  Kimba The White Lion Featurette

11.  doa w/ We Are All Free

12.  Akeboshi w/ Broken Bridge

Yusaku Kiyama interviewed on The J-Pop Exchange FM Radio show in 2009

Exclusive Interviews Coming Soon: 

Michiru Oshima Michiru Oshima (大島ミチル, ) J-Pop Exchange Exclusive Interview Award-Winning Composer of Full Metal Alchemist anime and the Godzilla movies: Godzilla V.S. Megaguirus and Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.  Video game work includes compositions for Arc The Lad III and an orchestral medley for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Kazunori Maruyama Kazunori Maruyama (丸山和範) J-Pop Exchange Exclusive Interview

Associate Professor of Music and Performing Arts at the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo. Composer of several different anime, including Transformers SuperLlink (a.k.a. Transformers Energon) and Bomberman Jetters.  A well-respected classical composer, Maruyama is known for his classical renditions of various pop hits such as Kyu Sakamoto's Sukiyaki and a Beatles Medley.

Kazumi Toyoshima     Kazumi Toyoshima on The J-Pop Exchange
As a composer, Toyoshima creates music for J-Pop artists and other artists in addition to writing his own composizitions that he produces and performs.
Kenji Kawai Kenji Kawai (川井 憲次) J-Pop Exchange Exclusive Interview Composer of numerous anime movie classics such as Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell:Innocence.  Kawai is also the composer for Rumiko Takahashi's anime classic Maision Ikkoku and Ranma ½.
Norihiko Hibino Norihiko Hibino (日比野 則彦) J-Pop Exchange Exclusive Interview Composer of Ninja Blade and Metal Gear Solid series
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