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Japanese pop star Utada to play Pipeline Cafe - Honolulu Advertiser

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:04:33 GMT

Japanese pop star Utada to play Pipeline Cafe
Honolulu Advertiser
Hikaru Utada, one of the biggest pop stars in Japan, will make her Hawaii debut Jan. 15 at Pipeline Café. Tickets are $30 and go on sale 9 am Saturday at ...

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Recap: Confirmed US+UK Tour: Utada "In The Flesh 2010" - Honolulu,Seattle,San Fran,Las Vegas,Chicago,Boston,NYC,London ++"Show Me Love"

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:43:30 GMT

It is now definitely official and confirmed. To recap, Utada will be touring America + London in early 2010. Her official website now lists the performance dates. Here are the dates again, in a nice neat list:

January 15 - Honolulu, Hawaii - The Pipeline Cafe @8pm - On sale Nov. 14

January 21 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market @8pm - Presale Nov. 12, Public sale Nov. 14

January 24 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore @8pm - Presale Nov. 14, Public sale Nov. 15

January 30 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues @8pm - Presale Nov. 10, Public sale Nov. 14

February 2 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues @8pm - Presale Nov. 11, Public sale Nov. 13

February 5 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club @7pm - On sale Nov. 14

February 8 - New York, NY - The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza @8pm - On sale Nov. 13

February 12 - London, UK - O2 Academy Islington @7pm - O2 Priority Nov. 11, Public sale Nov. 13

UNCONFIRMED. January ?? - Hollywood, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip

Further, producer Gotez B has finished mixing a new single "Show Me Love" for Utada. No word on when we might see a release.

[Test] La série Kingdom Hearts -- part 3: KH2 - Nintendo-Master.com

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:43:15 GMT

[Test] La série Kingdom Hearts -- part 3: KH2
Nintendo-Master.com
... aux anges avec cette fois ci "Passion"/"Sanctuary" (respectivement les versions japonaise et anglaise) toujours chanté par notre chère Utada Hikaru. ...

Utada's "In The Flesh 2010" Tour! - Hawaii,Seattle,SF,Vegas,Chicago,NY,London

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:43:56 GMT

Now announced on LiveNation.com, we now know the Tour will be called "UTADA 'In The Flesh' 2010" and three US cities are confirmed:

Thu, 01/21/10 - Showbox at the Market, Seattle, WA - Presale:11/12/09

Sun, 01/24/10 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA - Presale:11/14/09

Tue, 02/02/10 - House of Blues Chicago, Chicago, IL - Presale:11/11/09 - Venue event details

We also know that there will be an appearance in London at O2 Academy Islington, February 12 @7pm.

THIS JUST IN:

Utada will be playing at the Pipeline Cafe in Honolulu, HI - January 15, 8 p.m. Tickets ($30) go on sale Saturday. Hawaii is supposed to be the first stop on her tour. - Event Details

New York just announced: Mon, 02/08/10 - The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, New York, NY - On Sale 11/13/09

Just found Las Vegas: Sat, 01/30/2010 - House of Blues Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV - Venue event page

Confirmed. Utada performing in Boston! February 5th, 2010 @ Paradise in Boston

According to Mike Rizzo, THERE WILL BE AN L.A. PERFORMANCE! It will be at the House of Blues, Hollywood. We can speculate that it will be on Jan 27th. You heard it here first!

This is EXCITING!
Special thanks to all the great work the fans here at UN have done to find all this info!

New Track: "Show Me Love"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:39:12 GMT

According to Goetz B's page on 365artists.com, he has done mixing work for a new Hikaru track titled "Show Me Love"! This will likely be a Japanese release.

credits to UN member Raito

2010 American/UK Tour - London Leaked

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:19:00 GMT

According to a leaked link on the O2 Academy Islington venue website (which has currently been taken down), Utada will be performing in London on Friday February 12, 2010! Tickets start at £20. The artist details page is still up, which also shows that tickets for the show will go on sale Friday November 13, 2009 - 9:00AM and also confirms that DJ Mike Rizzo will be performing with her.

According to MuuMuse.com, US ticket sales will be handled by LiveNation.com (LiveNation UK also has a page) and that "Utada will begin the tour in Hawaii in mid-January, move through 10 U.S. cities, and end in London on February 12".

Thanks to members jumpoff501 for finding the original leak and Pips_paradise for flushing out the details

Note, since there hasn't been an official announcement, aforementioned dates may change.

w-inds推出12月新单曲 Ne-Yo跨刀助阵 - 华龙网

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:59:50 GMT

华龙网	w-inds推出12月新单曲 Ne-Yo跨刀助阵华龙网其实Ne-Yo也曾与日本歌手合作过，2007年他曾与Utada（宇多田光）共同合作歌曲《Do You》。（编译/丽君）(本文来源：网易娱乐专稿)

Participarán Eminem y Rick Ross en festejo "Hip Hop Honors 2009" - enelSHOW

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:47:12 GMT

Participarán Eminem y Rick Ross en festejo "Hip Hop Honors 2009"
enelSHOW
... NORE, Redman, Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Young Jeezy, Hikaru Utada y Kanye West. En 1998, Def Jam Recordings pasó a formar parte de Universal Music Group. ...

美国R&B歌手Ne-Yo为w-inds.量身打造新歌 - 搜狐

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:43:55 GMT

搜狐	美国R&B歌手Ne-Yo为w-inds.量身打造新歌搜狐今年6月突然去世的迈克杰克逊在生前，也对Ne-Yo的才能是赞不绝口。而且在此之前Ne-Yo还曾经在2007年与宇多田光合作过一曲《Do You feat. Utada》。 ...

Utada Hikaru en concert en Europe le 12 février 2010 - Orient-Extrême

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:43:50 GMT

Orient-Extrême

Utada Hikaru en concert en Europe le 12 février 2010
Orient-Extrême
On ne présente plus Utada Hikaru, une icône de la Jpop et l'une des plus fameuses chanteuses nipponnes en activité, interprète des thèmes de Kingdom Hearts ...

Review: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - Escapist Magazine

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:12:17 GMT

Review: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Escapist Magazine
In fact, within just a couple hours of the game's thumping, Hikaru Utada-themed opening, you'll have beaten the Munny out of Heartless alongside the likes ...

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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - HardGamers

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:06:45 GMT

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
HardGamers
À noter que vous aurez encore droit à la pièce musicale de la franchise interprétée par Utada en début de partie, qui est toujours excellente après toutes ...

Versailles get dolled up for visual-kei fest - The Japan Times

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:57:00 GMT

The Japan Times

Versailles get dolled up for visual-kei fest
The Japan Times
... allowing these acts to sell out large venues and release CDs in territories where J-pop stars such as Hikaru Utada have failed to make a dent. ...

New Single "Dirty Desire" and New Tour in Early 2010

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:16:40 GMT

According to DJ Mike Rizzo, who has been reported as creating remixes for the single, "Dirty Desire" will be Utada's new single in 2010.

Further, he will also be 'touring' with Utada in possibly January. We are unsure exactly if 'touring' means this will be full out concerts, clubs, or just promotional appearances.

[UPDATE]: The tour will include 10 US cities!

Big thanks to UN member SimChaoU!

笑えばいいと思うよ

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:59:00 GMT

これ・・・ぷらぷら歩いてて通りかかった居酒屋？のウィンドウなんすけど・・・

どーしたんだその暗い顔はーーー！！！「暗い」通り越して不健康そうだしーーー！！

もーちっと明るい顔ができんのかい！（笑）「大漁」なんだろ？喜んでいいとこだと思うYO!!!

すげーいい魚とれてるっぽいじゃん！っていうかそれ鯛じゃん！

シチュエーションと配色のめでたさと、人物の表情のミスマッチが強烈すぎて思わず写真撮っちゃったよ・・・

この絵を描いた人の意図やいかに・・・？

もしかして一晩中、寝ないで魚とってたから大漁ではあるものの寝不足すぎてちょー疲れてる、っていう設定とか？

それにしてもこの表情・・・（笑）このメッセージサイトのトップの白目向いてるウサギ（私が描きました）といい勝負だ・・・

Review: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - VGChartz

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:44:17 GMT

VGChartz

Review: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
VGChartz
Not that that's a bad thing, considering the quality of those songs, especially Utada Hikaru's "Sanctuary", but there's not much new here for series ...

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New Tracks in Production

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:20:21 GMT

According to 365artists.com, Goetz B is/has been mixing new tracks for Hikaru Utada. Quote:

Goetz has recently finished producing and mixing tracks for Skyes latest album with Alexis Smith, and is due to start mixing tracks for the next from Hikaru Utada (EMI).

It does not say specifically if it is a new album or single, but is likely a new Japanese album. Goetz has worked with Utada in the past before, mixing her "Keep Tryin'" single and "ULTRA BLUE" album. The page was updated May 2009, which was around the time Utada was diagnosed with peritonsillitis and cancelled promotion for her US album "This Is The One". So it is likely that in the hiatus since then, she has been mostly in the studio.

On Goetz B's profile, it says: Quote:

Goetz talents have been employed to work on the new album by Japans multi-million selling artist Utada Hikaru.

However, we are unsure when this page was updated

Further, Hikki's recent blog post today talks about putting some 'german magic' into the music (FYI. Goetz is a German name).

props to Raito for the news

作品No.192

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:37:00 GMT

（↑１９２という数字に全く意味無し）

L(‘▽‘)／
本日の御落書きにございまする！

エンジニア（ドイツ人）に「German magicでかっこよくしてくれ」みたいなこと言ったら、なんか自分でgerman magicという響きが気に言ってしまって、いつの間にか落書きしてた！

そしたらエンジニアが「それサインしてくれたら額に入れて飾る！」っていうから、まじっすか！と喜んでサイン入れた！（笑）

こういう落書き大好きぃ(●＾口＾●)

・・・つまり、なんだその、

ミックスの最終確認というとても重要な作業中に落書きしてて本当にごめんなさい

だしゃぁ!! (;｀Д´)≡⊃)ﾟoﾟ(⊂≡(｀Д´；) うるぁぁ!!　

イマドキの消火器

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:37:00 GMT

イマドキの消火器は

グレー

なのかい？

ひかる　心のポエム

（はい、疲れてます）

きーっ！

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:09:00 GMT

きーっ！

かゆーーーっ！

蚊ーーーっ！

涼しくなってきたけどまだいるもんだね、蚊っ！！

主に足を重点的にこの小一時間で７カ所も喰われてんすけど（≧血≦；）

くやしいずらー（≧血≦；）

一匹だけだし、まあすぐおなかいっぱいになるかな？と思って、蚊取り線香つけないでいたけど、いやどんだけハングリーなんすかあーた＞蚊

歌詞書いてんのにちきしょー　明日までに終わらせなきゃいかんっつうのにー

もうさすがにおなかいっぱいでござんしょ(´・ω・｀)そうだと言っておくれ＞蚊

’０９　くまちゃん　夏の思い出

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:24:00 GMT

夏も終わりじゃ〜

というわけで　夏の思い出の１ページ

きつい扁桃周囲炎で仕事をキャンセルした後、しばらく休ませてもらってた間、なんも仕事をしていなかったわけではなく、実は７月に、ハワイはホノルルへ出向いて、前から約束して延期させてもらってたラジオのイベントに参加したりしておりました。

もち、くまちゃんも連れていったでござる！！

なんとくまちゃん

あこがれの

ワイハ　デビュー！！！

なんというブルジュワックマ！

どうよ

なかなかサマになってると思いませんかね？

ちょっと　その・・・

ホテルの部屋のバルコニーなもんで、手すりが若干、檻っぽいのがあれなんだが（笑）動物園の檻の中のくま・・・(´・ω・｀)

いやいや！！くまちゃんは自由なくまです！！

後ろに見えるのはダイアモンドヘッドの愛称で親しまれる山。

ダイアモンドヘッドとくまちゃんの素敵なコラボをお届けしました！

（∇≦♭）

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:08:00 GMT

昨日初めて！！指先から採血された！！

おっもろーーーー！！

ちょっと健康チェックに行ったクリニックでね、活性酸素の量を調べるためだったかな、確か。それがなぜか親指から！

見てよこの、注射とか採血後につけるちっちゃい四角い絆創膏のフィットしてなさ（笑）

指先につけるようにデザインされてねーだろどう考えても（笑）

針が飛び出すペンみたいなのでバチンって親指刺して、ぎゅう、ぎゅう、って血を絞り出してちょっとずつスポイトみたいなのですくってく感じでした。

いや〜採血大好き人間の私にはたまらない体験でしたヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉｷｬｯｷｬヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉｷｬｯｷｬ

その前に普通の採血も腕からしたし・・・ああ楽しかった。

終わった直後、クリニックに付き添ってくれたスタッフの女の子にその説明をしたら「ひー！」ってなってたけど（笑）

「な、なんか目がランランしてますよひかるさん！」って言われた（笑）

多分こんな顔.｡ﾟ+.(･∀･)ﾟ+.ﾟしてたんだと思う。

なんでこんなに採血好きなんだろう・・・赤ちゃんの頃から注射もニコニコしながら受けてたらしいけど・・・

やっぱ

変態なのかな？

o(●ﾟｰﾟ●)=○)ﾟOﾟ).｡･　
それを　言うたら　あかん

いや、あれかな？アドレナリンが出るのかな？血見たりすると。

やっぱアドレナリンジャンキーなんかな私。

友達と遊園地に行って絶叫マシン乗ると、「乗ってる間ずっと大笑いしてるし終わった後も目が爛々としててこわい、瞳孔開きまくってる」って言われるし（-⊆-；）

病院に行くのが好きということは無いけど、採血されたいから喜んで病院行く・・・正直検査することが何も無くてもただ血を抜かれに行きたい・・・アホか

ってこの手の話苦手な人、ごめんなさい！

ちなみに昨日採血してくれたおばさま看護師さん、「私らはお母さんのねえ、藤圭子さん世代ですから〜ふふふ」って、ママは元気か、最近どうしてるのか、とか聞いてきてくれて、採血の間も話が弾んだわい。

初対面のおじさんおばさんと話す機会があると１００％ママの話になるだよ。すげーなかーちゃん。自慢のおっかあだべ。

いろいろアイディアありがとう

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:01:00 GMT

昨日も午前中から夜まで張ってたみたい！でも今日は祝日が明けたせいかいなかったっぽい。世の中にはいろいろな仕事があるもんです。

気にしなければいいよ！堂々としてればさ！とは思うけども、やっぱり家のまわりに（裏口まで）がっつり包囲されてると、ぷらっとは出かけにくいもんだよ(´‐ω‐｀)

写真撮られるだけならまだしも、その後も尾行されたりするとなると、楽しいよりも怖い気持ちが強くなっちゃうもんな(´‐ω‐｀)

でも彼らも仕事だから仕方ないと思うよ。やりたくてやってるわけじゃないかもしんないしね。

で、なにか面白いことはできないか？なにか対策は無いか？というアイディア募集にいろいろ投稿してくだすって（毎度毎度私の悪ノリにつき合ってくだすって）ありがとうございます（笑）

なんか妙にツボにきたのをいくつかご紹介しやっす！

ええまず

・男３人の母を呼びメガホンで説得！

・・・。

( ´,_ゝ`)=3　ゥプッ!

想像したらジワジワきましたよジワジワ！

っていやいやいや、立てこもってんのはむしろこっちだろ（笑）

あとですね

・ピッコロみたいに目力でカッとやってカメラボンッてできたら素敵だよね

最初は普通に「確かに・・・」って思ったんだけど、実際に私が目力でカッとやってカメラをボンッてやってんの想像したら妙に笑えてきた。

（単にドラゴンボールネタ、ことさらピッコロネタ、に弱いだけか（笑））

あとは、前にここで披露した黒子コスプレとかちょんまげカツラで出てったら、とか・・・

まあ今後の参考にさせていただきm

しねーよ！(´Д`；)

自分からふっておいてなんという勝手な終わり方でしょう

まいいや

おやすみなさい〜ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ

張られちょる

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:12:00 GMT

今日は久々に、もうかれこれ１５年！の付き合いになる親友と優雅にランチしてきたぜ！

なんか今、家の外に、マスコミの男三人組が黒の小さなワンボックスカーで駐車して、張ってるらしいよ(´‐ω‐｀)カメラ構えて玄関狙ってるんだって。

外気持ちいいから散歩でもしようかと思ったけどやめとこ(´‐ω‐｀)

というわけでそのお三方もこれ見てたら、今日は帰ってもいいっすよ！もう出かけないし。

いや待てよ、この状況を利用してなにか面白いことができるのでは・・・

くまちゃん着ぐるみでエントランスから堂々と（のろのろと（笑））登場！

男１「な・・・なんだって・・・？！」

男２「か、かまわねえ！とにかく撮るんだ！撮っちまえ！」

男３　カシャッ！！カシャカシャカシャカシャッ！

的な。あ、だめだ今くまちゃん着ぐるみ倉庫に保管してあるんだった。なんてこった・・・！

なにか面白いアイディアのある人〜！

（っつってももうあんまりやる気ねぇけど）

かっかっかっかっ

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:30:00 GMT

「やはり時代劇は良いものですなあ、くま吉どん」

『良いのう　良いのう　おミツ　かっかっかっかっ』

真剣に

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:19:00 GMT

水戸黄門に観入る

の図

Hikaru's New Mobile Phone

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:19:01 GMT

The KDDI PLY is Hikki's new cell phone.

PLY is a cool touch screen phone, which follows the concept of layers, inspired by plywood.

The PLY came out just this month. It is likely that Hikki just got this phone sometime in the past couple days! The original concept for the phone was to have each layer support a function, such as: a gamepad, pico projector, printer, and an analogue clock where the minute hand sticks out past the screen! However in the actual production model, it seems most of those concept features did not make it in. It looks like a slider style phone with layered tab buttons on the side.
More info about the PLY:
Original Concept; iida Product Site; concept-phones.com

We know that this is Hikaru's current phone because on her message blog, the images that she uploads as a part of her messages contain EXIF data that reveals what device the pictures were taken with.

According to this data, it appears that Hikki has been quite fashionable with her phones in the past year or two and gets new ones quite often. So far, these are the different phones that she has been using for 2009 and 2008:

New Messages from Hikki!

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:28:44 GMT

After a 4 month hiatus from her blog, here are two new Japanese messages
[2009/Sep/3 12:47pm GMT+6]
[2009/Sep/3 1:43pm GMT+6]

See Nuuks Translations here and here.

Utada Hawaii Meet And Greet - July 2009

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:20:53 GMT

On July 17th, 2009, Utada had a 'Meet and Greet' session with contest winners of 102.7 Da Bomb radio station. This was a rescheduled event from May, when several of Utada's appearances in the U.S. were canceled due to illness. It is good to see that she is alive and well :)

The 'Utada Meet and Greet' was held at the Kahala Hotel near Waikiki.
You can view photos from 102.7FM Da Bomb here.
Or watch the full video interview from the videographer. The interview video is about an hour long and has some very insightful details about what she has been up to, thoughts on recent events, and Hikki herself.

Utada Myspace Karaoke Contest: Winner Announced

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:48:15 GMT

The winners of the American Myspace Karaoke Contest has been announced. The Grand Prize winner is Kristen Candra. Kristen wins a Trip to Tokyo with 3 friends and karaokeing with Utada. The second place runner up was Tommy and there were ten other contestants that won the third place prizes.

[UPDATE]
If you haven't already, you can watch the video of the Karaoke party here:
Utada Karaoke Party ☆ Japan winner ZUNTATTA

Utada Karaoke Party ☆ United States winner Kristen

new messages :)

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:22:00 GMT

Forgive me for not posting blogs here lately, I just put up a couple of new english messages on my message site.Ku-ma!I'm going to be on KTLA, the morning show in LA, early tomorrow morning :)

P.S. Tokyo

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:07:00 GMT

By the way, I just found out today that there's a city in Papua New Guinea called "Tokyo"!I must look in to this further.... :)

Video's done!

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:01:00 GMT

I posted a new english message with a stillshot image from the video :)Video's done!

An interview

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:05:00 GMT

I've been doing a lot of interviews the past couple of weeks, and they've all been very nice, but here's one that I personally found interesting to read. (I figured out how to put up a link! Hurray!...

iTunes US store!

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:08:00 GMT

"Come Back To Me" is now available on the iTunes US store!Whopee :DThere's like 47 reviews already and I've got 4 1/2 stars as of now. I am so blessed.And apparently, my past work (in Japanese) as Ut...

Combless, But With Pouch

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:55:00 GMT

I went to the Annual Post-Grammy Party hosted by LA Reid last night. I wrote about it on my message site (url below) with a couple of pictures (I know, the pictures are huge, I don't know how to chan...

THIS IS UTADA

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:52:00 GMT

Ok, so, I can now announce that the title of my new album is "This Is The One"I am a little upset right now because I think a staff member of IDJ posted the previous blog entry. It's not me, but it's...

New Album Title

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:25:00 GMT

I want to be the first to tell you that the name of my new album is “This Is The One” and I can’t wait for all of you to hear it.Thank you for all the comments!

Favorite comedian

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:37:00 GMT

Holy mackerel! Steve Martin is on Saturday Night Live!He's been my favorite comedian since childhood. "The Jerk" is the best comedy flick of all time, in my opinion... this is more exciting for me th...

This is Utada

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:06:00 GMT

Thank you for all the comments! Posting a blog for the first time is making me a tad nervous; I am so completely new to MySpace. Maximizing its full features may take a little time but please bear w...