Da Heck?!

Just found out via Soompi that both Jiyul AND Kaeun have announced they are leaving Dal Shabet because their contracts have ended and have chosen to pursue other activities. DAMN IT, is there even ONE K-pop group that I like that HASN'T had a member or members QUIT or get FIRED? Screw this nonsense!!! ARGHHHHH

My Girls Generation bias: Jessica

My Nine Muses bias: Sera

My Dal Shabet bias: Jiyul...

I haven't been having a great past year.
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And Now...My CoCo Collection!

Some of my online friends have wondered, just WHAT was in my personal CoCo Collection anyway? Since I had a free Sunday and was in a Pony Canyon mood, I thought I’d take the time to go ahead and bring out what precious stuff I had! Spent the rest of the afternoon arranging and photographing everything, and so now, while it’s far from complete, I present to you all MY little COCO Collection!

CoCo:

CoCo CDs

Strawberry 

Snow Garden

Snow Garden First Edition

Straight

Ichiban

Share 

CoCo Personal Best

Sylph
Sample Battlers Tokyo: Modern Dohyou
Sweet and Bitter

Singles~ From 1989 to 1994

Legend Of Otomejuku 

CoCo No Dai Hyakka Sono Vol. One

CoCo No Dai Hyakka Sono Vol. Two 

CoCo Singles

Equal Romance

Hanbun Fushigi 

Natsu No Tomodachi 

Sasayaka No Yuuwaku

Live Version

News Na Mirai

Muteki No Only You 

Yume Dake Miteru 

Dakara Namida To Yobanaide

Natsuzora No Dreamer 

Yokohama Boy Style 
Chiisa Na Ippo De 
Koi No Junction 

You're My Treasure

CoCo Laserdiscs

Waiiha De CoCo

Heart To Heart: CoCo First Concert

CoCo 1991 Concert: Nakano Sunplaza

CoCo 1992 Concert: Live at Budokan

CoCo Natsu '92 Concert

CoCo Doco~ Hawaiian Kiss

CoCo Concert 1993: Deluxe Edition

CoCo Forever: 1994 Final Concert

The CoCo Collection

Legend: Singles Live Collection

Otomejuku Matsuri

CoCo DVD

Heart To Heart: CoCo First Concert

CoCo 1991 Concert: Nakano Sunplaza
CoCo 1992 Concert: Live at Budokan

CoCo Natsu '92 Concert

CoCo Concert 1993: Deluxe Edition

CoCo Doco~ Hawaiian Kiss

CoCo Forever: 1994 Final Concert
Legend: Singles Live Collection

CoCo Photobooks

CoCo

Yume Wa CoCo Kara

Bonny Bonnie

Sweet and Bitter Photo Album

Mirai Wa CoCo Kara

Rieko Miura:

Rieko Miura CD and Singles

Rieko Miura Albums:

Belong To You

Kiss

Rieko Miura Singles:

Namida No Tsubomitachi

Suiheisen De Tsukamaete

Nichiyo Wa Dameyo

Joke Nimo Naranai Koi

Kamisama Kara Moratta Chance

Tenshi No Iru Nagisa

Dakishimete Destiny

Racuen No Toriko

Girls, Be Ambitious!

Shiawase Na Hibi

Arigato

French Kiss

Rieko Miura Laserdiscs and VHS

Laserdiscs:

Belong To You: Rieko's First Concert 1991

Rieko's Vacation: Reiko Miura Second Concert 1992

Yume de Aitai~ Video Clips

Rendez-vous~ Rieko In New Caledonia & Vanuatu

Live at On Air EAST '96 Concert

VHS:

Belong To You: Rieko's First Concert 1991

Yume de Aitai~ Video Clips

Rieko Miura Photobooks and Magazines

Photobooks:

Virgo

Relish

Atashi

Hugs

Gekkan Miura Rieko

Magazines:

Weekly Playboy

Rieko Miura Promotional Posters

Promotional Poster for "Kiss" Album
Promotional Poster for "Shiawase Na Hibi" Single
Promotional Poster for "Live at On Air East" Laserdisc

Rieko Miura Calendars

Rieko Miura 1996 Calendar

Rieko Miura 1997 Calendar

Rieko Miura 1998 Calendar 

 Reiko Miura Promotional One-Sheets

Vendor One-Sheet for "Kiss" Album Release
Vendor One-Sheet for "French Kiss" Single

Azusa Senou 

Azusa Senou CDs and Singles

Azusa Senou CD
Crystal Eyes
Horizon

Azusa Senou Singles
Mou Nakanaide
Kimi no Tsubasa ~Daijoubu Dakara~
Anata Jyanakereba
I Miss You
Mitsumeteitemo
Shitsuren
Aki

Azusa Senou Laserdiscs

Azusa Senou First Solo Concert 1992
I.D. Azusa Senou Video Clips
After, I Miss You 1993 Concert

Azusa Senou Photobooks

Yokan
Liberty
Legende

Erika Haneda, Maki Miyamae and Mikiyo Ohno

Erika Haneda, Maki Miyamae and Mikiyo Ohno CD and Singles

Erika Haneda Album:

Tsurechan No Yuutsu Soundtrack

Erika Haneda Singles:

Yume Kara Samedaide

Maigo Ni Samenaide

Sha La La

Maki Miyamae Single:

Yume E No Position

Mikiyo Ohno Singles:

Yurushite....

Furueru Kesshin 

Erika Haneda and Maki Miyamae Photobooks

Erika Haneda Photobook:

Pink

Maki Miyamae Photobook:

Candied

Mikiyo Ohno Photobooks (And Laserdisc)

Photobooks:

The Wind Rose

Scarlet

True Blue

Laserdisc:

Zero Woman: Kesenai Kioku The Hunted

Sooo yeah, this is my humble little collection that I've been amassing ever since I first heard CoCo waaaaay back in 1995 with their album Sweet and Bitter, their Greatest Hits CD Singles, and their amazing Concert Laserdisc "Forever". Listening to those albums and watching that concert made me fall in love with the girls and their music, until I wanted to have it all!
    From there I worked my way backwards trying to get all of the girls' wonderful releases, albums, singles and concerts! As I live in the United States and all that magical CoCo stuff was in Japan, it was really painstaking and difficult getting ahold of a lot of the older releases! But with the arrival of the internet and great online vendors like Otokichi Premium, I've managed to get a LOT of my much-desired Coco related goods over the years!

Been now over 20 years since the beginning, and Coco are still one of my very favorite J-pop groups out there and I'll STILL pick up any new things they release- especially their photobooks which show that no matter how long time marches on, the girls are still as dazzling as ever !!!

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...And While We're at It, Here's My Chisato Moritaka Collection, Too!

HEY! Since I've been spending so much time hauling out all of my CoCo Collectibles, I thought it would be a good time to catalog all my Moritaka Chisato items as well! It's true that my Chisato Collection is far, far from being complete, but I'm pretty happy with what I've got! Peruse if you wish...

Chisato Moritaka CD

New Season

Romantic

Mite

Mi-Ha

Moritaka Land

Hi-jitsuryokuha Sengen

The Moritaka

Kokon Tozai

Rock Alive

Lucky 7

Step By Step

Pepperland

Do The Best

Taiyo

Peachberry

Sava-Sava

Kotoshi no Natsu wa More Better

The Singles

Chisato Moritaka Singles

Alone

Junanasai

Daite

Michi

Kusaimono Niha Futa-O Osiro

 Ame

Hachigatsu No Koi

Watashi Ga Obasan Ni Nattemo

Watarase Bashi

Watashi No Natsu

Kaze Ni Fukarete

Kibunsokai

Natsu No Hi

Futari Wa Koibito

Jin Jin Jinglebell

So Blue

Let's Go

Miracle Light

Snow Again

My Anniversary

Chisato Moritaka Laserdisc

GET SMILE ~Nihon Seinenkan Live~ 

Mite ~Special~ Live in Shiodome

LIVE ROCK ALIVE

Lucky 7 LIVE

Do The Best at Yokohama Arena

Taiyo On and Off

1997 Peachberry Show

FIVE~ Video Clips

Chisato Moritaka DVDs

Hijitsuyorkuha Sengen

Kokon Tozai

Kokon Tozai Deluxe Edition

LVE ROCK ALIVE

Lucky Seven LIVE

Kibunsokai~ Video Clips

Chisato Moritaka Magazines

1994 CD Data

1995 CD Data

1996 CD Data

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Park Bom Is Back!!!

2NE1 Fans take Note: Bom is Back!!!

In a time where it seems so many of my favorite K-pop acts are losing members, i.e. Girls Generation losing Jessica and Sulli leaving f(x), it was heartening to watch 2NE1's surprise appearance at this years MAMA awards...and see my 2NE1 bias BOM in attendance with CL, Minzy and Dara!!!! Oh, how I've missed her!

CL had just finished her set and then, one by one, each member rose up onto the stage, and then, lo and behold, Ms Park Bom herself ascended!! I have to say, it was so exciting to see Bommie again, and man, when they sang "Fire"and she sang her lines, I just broke out in goosebumps! Check it out!!! (2NE1 performance starts at 6:02)

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Manhattan Love Story: Zany Beyond Belief

Masahiro Matsuoka and Kyoko Koizumi in Manhattan Love Story

Just got finished watching "Manhattan Love Story"and it was a very, very, very silly drama indeed! When you're watching show featuring the screenwriter and cast from wacky shows like Kisarazu Cat's Eye and Ikebukuro West Gate Park, you can expect a certain amount of zaniness, but WOW Manhattan Love Story went beyond anything I'd have thought possible! But, ya know, somehow, when the show was over, I realized part of me really liked it- funny characters and funny scenes that I have to admit were pretty great and I'd want to watch again...and the ending song "Love Love Manhattan" by TOKIO always ended the episodes on a nice note! Not quite recommended but still one I put on my "good" list, LOL!
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"Okitegami Kyoko" Continues To Enthrall!

Aragaki Yui and Okada Masaki

Just finished watching the seventh episode of the mystery drama "Okitegami Kyoko No Biboroku" and I'm thrilled to say it's STILL my favorite J-drama on the air right now!
This latest episode had Kyoko attempting to find a clue to a mystery writer's apparent suicide by reading all 99 books in his catalogue, and since she'd forget everything once she fell asleep, she was trying to read them all without going to sleep at all! As the marathon reading assignment days went by, the bond betwen Kyoko and Yakusuke (who'd been recruited to keep her awake throughout the ordeal) became closer than it had ever been, and by the end, the two had a new understanding of each other.. soooo good!
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A Double Trouble Update!

Hinako Sano and Anna Iriyama are Back!

YATTA! Just watched the latest episode of the Fumino Kimura/Tori Matsuzaka mystery drama “Siren”, and I was thrilled to find that my earlier wish that those adorable Call Girls played by Hinako Sano and Anna Iriyama become recurring characters came true! Yes, seems both Ai and Rena have become relevant secondary characters on the show, characters that actually do things,and they are as cute as ever!

Aww, they are so much fun in every scene they're in...I'm just praying that they don't end up like so many of the OTHER call girls on this show...Not so cute when you are sleeping with the fishes!

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Double Trouble with Hinako Sano and Anna Iriyama in "Siren"

Hinako Sano and Iriyama Anna

Was watching the latest episode of the wildly captivating mystery drama SIREN, when who should appear onscreen but pretty Hinako Sano, that cute little thang I discovered and liked so much in Jigoku Sensei Nube! 

As "Double" Call Girls Ai and Rena!

Detective Satomi (Tori Matsuzaka) has been investigating a Host Club undercover as a client to see how they operate. Under the guise of a Rich potential client, he plays along when they set him up in a room and ask for his order. The naïve Satomi gamely tries to order like he knows what he’s doing, but doesn’t know what he’s in for when he inadvertently orders a “Double” special from the club. His heart just about leaps out of his chest when he realizes he has ordered himself not one, but TWO flirty and giggly young callgirls to his room!

Hinako as Ai and Anna as Rena

Such sweetly Inoocent faces...

As soon as I saw the character “Ai” I laughed out loud going, “It’s Sano Hinako!” At the time I didn’t know who the other equally adorable actress playing “Rena” was, but I was to later find out it was Iriyama Anna, she of AKB48 fame!

...that quickly turn catty!

Aw, these two girls were so much FUN! Taking his reluctance to engage in sex as shyness, they are all over him, teasing  him and smothering him as he tries to get information about the club!

Satomi trying to keep his Composure...

But can he win against the cuteness of Ai...

...or the sultriness of Rena?

He can't! Satomi makes a break for the Bathroom!

You had to laugh because those two dizzy girls really stole the scene, and it was even funnier when Satomi goes to investigate the Host Girls dorm, and encounters the two girls AGAIN! When they answer the door, he’s like all “Ooooohhh Noooo Not THESE girls again!!!!” But they have good hearts and spacey as they are, try to remember any details about the club that can help Satomi!

Interviewing the girls again!

Trying to remember what they can.

And ultimately resulting in Perfect Pouts!

So freaking adorable, I’m hoping that these two become a recurring character for the show!!

What's In A Name?

While watching the latest episode of "Okitegami Kyoko No Biboroku" (The Memorandum of Kyoko Okitegami), that wacky mystery drama about the keen detective who has to solve her cases by the end of the day because her memories reset when she goes to sleep, where I hwas hit with a case of "Sudden Clarity"!
In this episode there was this one scene where Yakusuke is on an excursion with Kyoko, who has been excitedly looking forward to it.  He receives some bad news, but doesn't want her to know because it would spoil the trip for her, and, because of her memory rest malady, knows that "For Kyoko San, There is Only Today".

They made a point of showing this statement printed poem-style onscreen, and it was only then, seeing the kanji for both "Today" and "Kyoko" printed onscreen, that I realized what an apt name they had given the character, for, of course, "the name "Kyoko" can be read as "Today's Child"! How Clever!!! Just another small thing that makes this drama so good!
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