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WagakkiBand enters indefinite hiatus at year’s end, marks 10 years of activity

Jan 10, 2024

WagakkiBand, the traditional Japanese rock band, announces an indefinite hiatus that will take effect on December 31, 2024, coinciding with their 10th-anniversary year.The announcement was made on January 7...

WagakkiBand vocalist and koto player married, expecting first child

Rin and NBT

Aug 29, 2022

Entertainment

On August 21, WagakkiBand shared the wonderful news that vocalist Suzuhana Yuko and koto player Ibukuro Kiyoshi are married and are expecting their first child. The couple was hesitant to share this news with t...

YouTube Music Weekend vol.5 joined by 65 artists: SiM, MIYAVI, WagakkiBand, and more

NBT and Peertje

Apr 30, 2022

Online Concert

YouTube Music Weekend is about to hit off vol.5 in its series, and this time, a total of 65 artists and groups are to join the online streaming event! Over the course of three days, May 6-8, the streams will pr...

WagakkiBand’s “Aria of Life” music video teases future of “MARS RED” anime

Erica

Apr 20, 2021

Anime, Releases, Videos

WagakkiBand revealed their full-length animated music video for Aria of Life, the opening theme song for the breakout anime series MARS RED. The video pairs scenes from MARS RED with WagakkiBand's music and inc...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2020

NBT, afaenia, Mazohyst_Kyo, G Andrew White, Ziggy, edoh+ and Sizergyia

Dec 30, 2020

Entertainment

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a crazy year, right? There's a lot of canceled concerts and a whole load of things that affected the scene. Despite all the setbacks, we've seen the music indus...

WagakkiBand’s single “Sakura Rising” features Amy Lee (Evanescence)

NoMusicNoReason

Sep 19, 2020

Music Video, Releases

WagakkiBand put out a brand new single titled Sakura Rising featuring the heavenly voice of Amy Lee, lead singer of American band Evanescence. The song arrived on September 18 to digital platforms and will be i...

ASAGI (D) details mythical “Amabie” CD

Midnight

Aug 28, 2020

New Look, Releases, Videos

ASAGI endeavors to bring hope and prosperity in these trying times with his new song, Amabie (アマビヱ), which will emerge on September 30. The "Amabie" is a legendary yokai (a spirit or ghost) from Japanese folklo...

Watch WagakkiBand perform “Bring Me To Life” with Amy Lee (Evanescence)

NBT

Mar 7, 2020

Music Video

The collaboration plans, which WagakkiBand and vocalist Amy Lee from Evanescence started back in 2018, is finally bearing fruit! With WagakkiBand's performance Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2 having taken place o...

Many concerts canceled in Japan upon government request to battle coronavirus

NBT

Feb 26, 2020

Japan, Tour and event

As reported by NHK WORLD-JAPAN, major gatherings such as sporting, cultural, and other events have now been requested to be canceled, an initiative of the Japanese government to battle the on-going coronavirus ...

WagakkiBand and Amy Lee (Evanescence) collaborate in new song!

NBT

Jan 29, 2020

Releases, Tour and event

WagakkiBand is currently preparing for the one-night-only special live called Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2 which takes place on February 16, at Osaka-Jo Hall. This performance will surprisingly feature a very ...

Report: 4 acts that rocked Japan Night NYC 2019

Cindy Sibilsky

Jul 3, 2019

Report and review

As the perfect way to usher in the summer season of concerts and activities in one of the world’s greatest cultural hubs—New York City—the annual Japan Day @ Central Park festival celebrated its lucky 13th year...

WagakkiBand’s “Senbonzakura” hits 100 million views

NBT

Mar 2, 2019

Doujin, Music Video, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

Today, the eight-piece unit WagakkiBand finally hit their 100 million views milestone on the music video, Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms)! The video was uploaded five years ago on YouTube, in 2014, and ...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2018

NBT

Dec 17, 2018

Entertainment

It is the time of the year where we once again take a look at all the great music contributions. This time around we have done it slightly differently. Instead of solely using sales numbers to determine the ord...

Wagakki Band dances amongst snow in “Sasameyuki” video for 5th album “Otonoe”

edoh+

Apr 6, 2018

Music Video, Releases

Wagakki Band's fifth album Otonoe will soon be out on April 25 and they have a short preview of the snowy music video Sasameyuki (細雪) alongside their announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZrCW6ao04g ...

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