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Hirai Ken in a Dream Performance with Roberta Flack and Raul Midon

On October 26th, singer Hirai Ken had been performing at Nippon Budokan together with R&B singer Roberta Flack and singer Raul Midon at "The Miracle of Music" concert.
While each of them had a 30 minutes solo performance, Hirai and Midon also performed Donny Hathaway's "Someday we'll all be free" together.

For the encore, the three musicians sang "You've Got a Friend" together and the performance of roughly 120 minutes with a total of 22 song in front of 8,000 guests ended with a their hands joined and raised high into the air, while they were celebrated with cheers and applause from the audience.

During his solo performance Hirai revealed that he was "actually not that good at English and pretended to understand, ending the rehearsal just saying 'OK OK'", which made the audience laugh. However, he also showed that he was a great fan of Flack and Midon, revealing his excitement repeatedly by saying: "It's an honor to be standing on the same stage as these two amazing people. I have been looking forward to this day as if I was sitting down as part of the audience just watching. I am very lucky to have been able to participate in this event."

Source: Music Japan+

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Ken Hirai reveals tracklist for remix disc of “Urauta Baka”

Ken Hirai will be releasing another best collection, “Ken Hirai 15th Anniversary c/w Collection ‘95-’10 ‘UraUta Baka’“. It’s just been revealed that the ‘Limited Edition’ will come with a special bonus disc called “Kh re-mixe up 2“, which will contain remixes of all his best hits!

“Kh re-mixed up 2″ will feature 14 tracks that are a mishmash of both old and new remixes. The tracks that received a reinvention include “Sekai de Ichiban Kimi ga Daisuki? Funknown Mix,” STUDIO APARTMENT’s “Sing Forever (STUDIO APARTMENT Remix),” and Serph’s “Pain Serph Remix.”

The album is set to come out on November 10th, so mark your calendars, everyone!

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Ken Hirai「Kh re-mixed up 2」

Track List / Remix Artist

01. KISS OF LIFE (S.O.U.L. remix =Sound Of Urban London=) / Sagisu Shirou

02. By My Melody -HALFBY’s music for momo REMIX- / HALFBY

03. CANDY -Suspicious Remix- / TUCKER

04. style (D.O.I.re-M.I.X.) / D.O.I

05. nostalgia ～s,w,k, mix～ / Shinichi Osawa

06. Missin’ you ～It will break my heart～ (remix ascended) / Nanae Miura

07. Strawberry Sex ～Sweet Mix～ / Stephane K

08. POP STAR×fake star (MASH UP version) / metalmouse

09. Come Back ～FILUR Deep Down & Low Remix～ / FILUR

10. Kimi wa tomodachi (Soul Source Production Mix) / Soul Source Production

11. Sekai de Ichiban Kimi ga Daisuki？ Funknown mix / □□□

12. Sing Forever (STUDIO APARTMENT Remix) / STUDIO APARTMENT

13. Pain Serph Remix / Serph

14. Boku wa Kimi ni Ai wo Suru rei harakami remix / rei harakami

Source: tokyohive

[Maneki Neko]

Ilan beses na rin sya nagperform ata sa US. He could've been a bigger hit there if he knew English. Sana noon pa sya nagcapitalize dun at nag-aral na agad ng English. Sobrang laki ng potential nya dahil sa klase ng music nya at sa looks na rin, IMHO.

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Ken Hirai's performance of "Pop Star" and "Aishiteru" at NTV's Best Artist 2010.

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New Hirai Ken song to be theme song for movie “Hoshi Mamoru Inu”

Pop vocalist Hirai Ken, who has lent his songs to a number of movies over the years—including his bestselling 2004 single “Hitomi wo Tojite”—will be providing yet another theme song.

“Yume no Mukou de” is a new track by the singer, and it will be used in the movie “Hoshi Mamoru Inu”. The movie stars actor Nishida Toshiyuki, and while no more details are known about the new track’s release date, the movie will be in theatres June 11th, so expect a release soon!

Source: tokyohive

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Hirai Ken to sing theme song for TBS’s “JIN”

Soulful crooner Hirai Ken (39) will be singing the theme song for TBS drama “JIN”, which premieres today, April 17th.

The theme song, “Itoshiki Hibi Yo”, will go on sale on May 4th and marks the first time in ten years Hirai has collaborated to write lyrics with music producer, Matsuo Kiyoshi (43), who is credited with two million-selling albums, including “THE CHANGING SAME”.

The singer himself took charge of composing the melody of the song, which is a heartwrenching yet warm and epic ballad. “Itoshiki Hibi Yo” perfectly fits “JIN”, whose plot centers around the irreplaceable ties between people.

TBS producer Ishimaru Akihiko expressed his confidence that “When an era is about to change greatly, no one but Hirai can convincingly convey the imminent demise of a generation of people and their way of thinking”. Hirai continued, “the theme is ‘love for an era’. I just hope the message will reach many people if not just one”.

Source: tokyohive

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Ken Hirai will release his new album "JAPANESE SINGER" on June 8.

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Siya ang magiging first guest ng Japanese version ng "Saturday Night Live," hehe