| | Welcome!You have arrived at the Livejournal community asianbirthdays! Our Mission:To share Asian music with everyone! What we do:Keep a list of birthdays of Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Thai music artists, including members of bands, groups, and duos, as well as solo artists. Celebrate each birthday by posting something in their honor. Many times several songs or even a video will be uploaded, so keep coming back!
Please note! I don't have a list of all artist birthdays so don't expect me to post for every single birthday every single day. I'm one person, specifically one college student, so don't expect me to get to all of them! I do have a life out of fandom. Shocking! I know!
What YOU can do: COMMENT! Post for an artist's birthday! (See rules below.) Request reuploads of songs. Suggest artists so include on the birthday calendar Share/correct information with ayaownsyou Share images with ayaownsyou, who will either update hers or add them to her posts, with due credit Share music with ayaownsyou, who will appreciate it very much and post it if she likes it Request an affiliation. Just comment somewhere with a link and a button if you please, and I will link you!
What you MUST do: COMMENT! Not flame, curse, or spam Be courteous Thank ayaownsyou for her time
Rules for Posting: 1. Include the celebrity's name, what they do (singing, acting, modeling, etc), and their age, if available. 2. Don't upload full albums or discographies, please. 3. Make use of tags. They're there for a reason =] 4. Posts can take any form! Doesn't matter what it is, so long as you abide by the other rules. 5. Use cuts for big posts.
asianbirthdays does not own any of the material presented within and all videos, music, and pictures are property of their respective owners. All mp3s should be deleted within 24-48 hours of downloading. Support the artists by purchasing their singles, albums, DVDs, and merchandise at Yesasia, CD Japan, or Amazon.
This community is a subdivision of the MP3 rotation run by ayaownsyou, entitled Much Love. For more music uploads, video uploads, a weekly artist profile, and the artist birthday calendar, please visit the main site. MP3 requests are available.
Now go enjoy!!
ayaownsyou's List of July Birthdays 1 – Akeboshi turns 31 1 – Leeteuk (SuJu) turns 26 1 – Keigo (FLOW) turns 32 3 – Maasa Sudo (Berryz Kobo) turns 17 4 – Anson Hu turns 26 4 – Gackt turns 36 4 – Yuri Nakamura (Garnet Crow) turns 32 4 – Jin Akanishi (KAT-TUN) turns 25 4 – Takahisa Masuda (NEWS) turns 23 5 – Yoojeen (Cherry Filter) turns 32 5 – Shou (Alicenine) turns 28 5 – Kanon (Antic Café) turns 25 5 – Horan Chui (Clazziquai) turns 30 5 – Akihide (BREAKERZ) 6 – Oh Jin Hwan (1TYM) turns 31 6 – Gara (Merry) 7 – MISIA turns 31 7 – Kim Bum turns 20 8 – Sugizo (Luna Sea) turns 40 10 – Heechul (SuJu) turns 26 10 – Hitomi Miyake (Idoling!!!) turns 17 11 - Shigeaki Kato (NEWS) turns 22 14 – Khalil Fong turns 26 14 – Kenichi (Merry) 15 – mACAKz (High and Mighty Color) turns 25 15 – Yoshinari Takuoka (Depapepe) turns 32 16 – Misaki Uno (AAA) turns 23 17 – Shinsuke Kyoda (HY) turns 26 17 – Ai Okawa (Idoling!!!) turns 16 18 – Taemin (SHINee) turns 16 18 - Jun Suzuki (the pillows) turns 41 19 – Fujiki Naohito turns 37 20 – Hiroki (D) 22 – Masafumi Todoka (ART-SCHOOL) turns 27 22 – Tablo (Epik High) turns 29 22 – Nii (Girugamesh) turns 25 22 – Kokia turns 33 23 – Wataru Miyawaki (12012) turns 29 23 – Sun Yan Zi turns 31 23 – Yuuichi Takada (Ellegarden) turns 33 24 – Maiko Sakae (ZONE) turns 23 24 – you (Janne Da Arc) turns 35 24 – hiroko (mihimaru GT) turns 25 24 - Shingo Takakura (NICO touches the walls) turns 24 25 – alan turns 22 29 – Azuki Nana (Garnet Crow) 30 – Maya (LM.C) turns 30 31 – Nao (Alicenine) turns 29 31 – Zero (D’espairsRay) turns 29 31 – Mai Endo (Idoling!!!) turns 21
This list is not complete. Members are welcome to post for any famous Asian's birthday, whether on the list or not.
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| Happy birthday to Kim HeeChul who turns 26 today ^O^/  Heechul is a member of the band super junior. He has a great voice and a great personality! He might seem distant and insensitive but truth is he's a very kind and caring person >w< He's been through a lot (like most super junior member have) and he ended up with several health issues but he's still doing his best in super junior and gives his everything! Kim Heechul hwaiting ^O^/ | |
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| Happy Birthday to Kim Bum, a rising Korean actor and singer, who turns 20!! I love him. *_* He is adorable in every way and only 2 months older than me. =]
He was one of the F4 in the amazing popular Korean version of the (already popular) Boys Over Flowers. Personally I thought his acting was a little bit stiff in BOF, so I could never like him. But. After seeing him in East of Eden, I fell in love with him. East of Eden is an AMAZING drama and his acting in it is wonderful, even if he only appears for a few episodes. I totally recommend it, and I'm going to be looking for this young actor in the future. =]
Speaking of the future, he'll be appearing this summer in the upcoming sports drama Dream, which also stars Son Dam Bi! It's apparently stars Kim Bum as a kid who spent time in a juvenile detention center and gets out and starts boxing. I'm not sure if cute little Kim Bum can pull of the tough look, but we'll see how it ends up.
( And now for picspam! )
AAAANNNND I feel compelled to share this video. xD; HE'S ADORABLE.
( Adorable video of Kim Bum dancing silly xD )
He also sings....convincing me that all Koreans have some capacity to sing. xD; His voice is nothing too spectacular but he did produce a pretty nice ballad for the BOF F4 Special OST (or smth like that lol), and he is surprisingly good. =] It's a pretty ballad, for sure. Here's an mp3 video and an mp3 upload for ya. =]
Comments very much appreciated, yes?- Tags:actor, kim bum, kpop
- What I'm listening to::Kim Bum - I'm Going to Meet You Now
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| Happy birthday to MISIA, a Japanese singer who turns 31 today!! MISIA is one of my favorite Japanese singers. She's said to have a five octave voice, which, if you think about it is really impressive. Her voice is strong and powerful, and full of feeling. I love it! </p> MISIA comes from a music family; her parents studied vocal music and her older brother and sister helped her learn piano at the age of four. She started singing in a chorus when she was nine, and won a singing contest shortly afterwards. She also attended a musical academy during high school. She achieved her musical debut in 1998 after she auditioned for and was accepted to BMG Japan. Immediately her debut single achieved considerable commercial success, ranking #11 on the Oricon Charts, and at the end of the year she achieved two notable awards at the Japan Golden Disk Awards. Interestingly enough, MISIA has never appeared on a musical variety show, although her popularity continued to climb years after her debut. She became the first female artist to perform in all five major domes of Japan. She has an impressive 8 albums in her repertoire, in addition to 1 mini-album, 1 live album, 4 remix albums, and 3 compilation albums, as well as 24 singles. All 24 singles made it to the top 10 on the Oricon Charts. Her most recent release is Ginga / Itsumademo (which is available for download at
oriconcharts, and she is expecting to release her 9th album sometime in 2009.
"Everything" is probably MISIA's most popular and well-known single. It's the only one that achieved a top 20 spot on the yearly charts, and one of only 2 singles that achieved the #1 spot on both the Daily and Weekly Oricon Charts. It's a really beautiful ballad, with spectacular vocals. Check it out! (Download?)
( Music Video ) - Tags:jpop, misia
- What I'm listening to::MISIA - Everything
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| Happy birthday to Youjeen, vocalist of the Korean pop rock group Cherry Filter, who turns 21 today!!
 Youjeen also had a mildly successful solo career in Japan, releasing 5 singles and two albums under the guidance of Luna Sea's J.
Personally I don't particularly enjoy Youjeen's solo music because it's very screamy and obnoxious. I enjoy most Cherry Filter's music, which is usually punky but not obnoxious, and pretty cheerful. Youjeen's voice is very unique and quite nasal, so normally I wouldn't like such vocals, but I've come to enjoy Cherry Filter music, generally.
Since Cherry Filter hasn't released anything since their digital single Orange last August, I thought I'd upload an older song. "Orinalda" is from their third album, The Third Eye and is a punky, poppy, fun song. And the music video is really cheerful and energetic! Definitely a great listen.
"Fake", on the other hand, is one of Youjeen's Japanese solo songs. It's punky, but with more angst. There's none of energy and excitement from Cherry Filter's music. It's not a bad song but not a song I would pick as a favorite.
Download Orinalda and Fake?
How do you guys feel about Youjeen's solo works? I think it's pretty awesome that she was produced by Luna Sea's J. She must have garnered enough good attention to be produced by him. But I don't really like her solo works. =/ They're just, obnoxious, like I said before, and very different from Cherry Filter. She also put Cherry filter on hiatus for 2 years for her solo releases in 2000 and 2001, just after the band's first release. Interesting. I find it so anyway. lol.
( Orinalda's music video )
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| Just for your reference I've added the following birthdays to the July calendar:
1 – Keigo (FLOW) turns 32 3 – Maasa Sudo (Berryz Kobo) turns 17 4 – Yuri Nakamura (Garnet Crow) turns 32 4 – Jin Akanishi (KAT-TUN) turns 25 4 – Takahisa Masuda (NEWS) turns 23 5 – Akihide (BREAKERZ) 6 – Gara (Merry) 7 – MISIA turns 31 8 – Sugizo (Luna Sea) turns 40 10 – Hitomi Miyake (Idoling!!!) turns 17 14 – Kenichi (Merry) 15 – Yoshirnari Takuoka (Depapepe) turns 32 17 – Shinsuke Kyoda (HY) turns 26 17 – Ai Okawa (Idoling!!!) turns 16 19 – Fujiki Naohito turns 37 22 – Tablo (Epik High) turns 29 22 – Nii (Girugamesh) turns 25 22 – Kokia turns 33 24 – you (Janne Da Arc) turns 35 24 – hiroko (mihimaru GT) turns 25 25 – alan turns 22 26 – Miya (MUCC) turns 30 29 – Azuki Nana (Garnet Crow) 31 – Mai Endo (Idoling!!!) turns 21
Of course I certainly won't be doing all of these birthdays myself, especially because there are 19085682156091759 birthdays on July 4 (of all days, lol). So your help would be very much appreciated, yes?
Also, this list is not yet comprehensive. Well, it never will be comprehensive...but I'm working on getting all of my favorite + the most popular/most famous groups and artists on the list, so don't yell at me! But you're welcome to suggest more birthdays. lol. (For the record, I got all the way through names starting with M on my iTunes library, and that doesn't include Kanji, hiragana, katankana, Chinese characters, and Hagul, which are all sitting at the end of the list. xD; )
You might get future posts like this, or you might not. I gave myself a headache yesterday working on the computer for so long. xD; I think it still remains. x_x;
- How do I feel?:headachy
- What I'm listening to::Super Junior - Geunyeoneun wiheomhae (She Wants It)
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| Happy birthday to Maasa Sudo, who is a member of Hello! Project group Berryz Kobo! She turns 17 today!
Well I'm not really a fan of Berryz Kobo (I'm not a fan of Hello! Project in general) but if I had to pick a favorite Hello! Project group it would probably be Berryz. They're just...less little girl annoying. xD; I'll try not to be a hater but I don't really like how their voices are all high and sound like music little kids produced. well half of them are under 16....lol. Well in any case I don't find any of them to be particularly talented and their music not that gripping, but sometimes I get sucked in. ._.;
But! I'll stop talking now. What do you guys think of Berryz Kobo?
Here's the PV for their latest single Seishun Bus Guide / Rival. I've never watched the PVs; I've only listed to the music. "Seishun Bus Guide"'s PV is not that interesting but the dance is cute. xD And I'm not going to lie. "Rival"s music video is a little too adorable for me to resist liking. x_x;
THIS MUST BE WHY THEY'RE SO POPULAR. GAH.
Seishun Bus Guide / Rival is available for download at oriconcharts, if you'd like to get a hold of it. =]
( PVs under the cut )
- Tags:berryz kobou, jpop
- How do I feel?:bouncy
 - What I'm listening to::TSZX - Get on the Floor feat. DOGMA
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| Hello members: Well, I have not yet decided the fate of the community yet. I posted a request for your advice and thoughts about 3 days ago and have gotten a total of 5 comments. I'm not going to gripe. I'll just wait another week or so to what others say. In any case I'm going to try some new things that might save me some time when I post. I expect to continue posting for the next month and a half, and I'll decide what to do with the community when I go back to school in the middle of August. Birthdays in July 1 – Akeboshi turns 31 1 – Leeteuk (SuJu) turns 26 1 – Keigo (FLOW) turns 32 3 – Maasa Sudo (Berryz Kobo) turns 17 4 – Anson Hu turns 26 4 – Gackt turns 36 4 – Yuri Nakamura (Garnet Crow) turns 32 4 – Jin Akanishi (KAT-TUN) turns 25 5 – Yoojeen (Cherry Filter) turns 32 5 – Shou (Alicenine) turns 28 5 – Kanon (Antic Café) turns 25 5 – Horan Chui (Clazziquai) turns 30 5 – Akihide (BREAKERZ) 6 – Oh Jin Hwan (1TYM) turns 31 8 – Sugizo (Luna Sea) turns 40 10 – Heechul (SuJu) turns 26 10 – Hitomi Miyake (Idoling!!!) turns 17 14 – Khalil Fong turns 26 15 – mACAKz (High and Mighty Color) turns 25 15 – Yoshirnari Takuoka (Depapepe) turns 32 16 – Misaki Uno (AAA) turns 23 17 – Shinsuke Kyoda (HY) turns 26 17 – Ai Okawa (Idoling!!!) turns 16 18 – Taemin (SHINee) turns 16 19 – Fujiki Naohito turns 37 20 – Hiroki (D) 22 – Masafumi Todoka (ART-SCHOOL) turns 27 22 – Tablo (Epik High) turns 29 22 – Nii (Girugamesh) turns 25 22 – Kokia turns 33 23 – Wataru Miyawaki (12012) turns 29 23 – Sun Yan Zi turns 31 23 – Yuuichi Takada (Ellegarden) turns 33 24 – Maiko Sakae (ZONE) turns 23 24 – you (Janne Da Arc) turns 35 25 – alan turns 22 29 – Azuki Nana (Garnet Crow) 31 – Nao (Alicenine) turns 29 31 – Zero (D’espairsRay) turns 29 31 – Mai Endo (Idoling!!!) turns 21 As always you are welcome to post for an artist's birthday, no matter who. The rules are posted on the front page so please read them before posting, kay? And since there are now so many artists on the list, I will not, of course, be doing them all. lol. So your help would be welcome!
I am going to start asking for your thoughts on matters when I post for a birthday. For example, when I posted about Wonder Girls going to tour with the Jonas Brothers, I half hoped for a discussion to start up about it, but to no avail. =/ So I'm going to outwardly ask for opinions...lol. See if it will make any difference. So will you do me a favor and look out for them? 8D
Also, I am planning to update the birthday list with ever more birthdays to make it more comprehensive. Just....so you know. lol. - What I'm listening to::Fuji Fabric - Time Machine
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| Hello asianbirthdays members:
I have an announcement to make. Recently I have been considering closing down asianbirthdays. At the very least, I am considering stopping my posts. Although I enjoy what I do here and I love sharing info with others, I don't feel as if what I'm doing is contributing at all to the English-speaking Asian music fan community. Additionally, the posts I make take a ridiculously long amount of time to prepare. And although I have repeatedly asked for feedback and comments, I get very little, which does not reinforce my waning desire to continue posting. Out of 414 members, I get one or two comments on a post, if any. (For those who have commented recently, I greatly appreciate it.)
What do you think, members? Should I continue posting? Thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas for the community? I'd like to continue posting but at this rate, it doesn't seem worth it. Feedback would be appreciated! Your responses (or lack thereof) will determine my decision.
Thanks!
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| Happy birthday to Rain, a Korean R&B singer who has also achieved considerable fame in the United States thanks to Time Magazine and Steven Colbert! He turns 27!!
I don't have time for a full post again. So.........Happy birthday Rain! Check out his video thread at JpopAsia and see his awesomeness. =]
It's also Hiroaki Sakai's birthday. He's a guitarist of the Japanese rock band 12012 and he also turns 27! Yaaay~
 
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| Happy (belated) birthday to Saga, bassist of the Japanese rock band Alice Nine, who turns 26 today!!
Overview: Alice Nine, whose name was originally written as alice nine., is a five-member Japanese rock band composed of Shou on vocals, Hiroto and Tora on guitars, Saga on bass, and Nao on drums. The group made its indie label debut under PS Company in July 2004, then switched to the major label King Records shortly afterwards. Throughout their career, they have released 15 singles, 3 mini-albums, and 3 albums, and have had considerable success on the Oricon charts. Full Profile
Latest News/Releases: The band’s newest release is their third album, Vandalize, which was promoted with the song “the beautiful name”. Their next release is slated for August, and is the single Hana, which will celebrate Alice Nine’s 5th year anniversary. ( Download: the beautiful name ) - Tags:alice nine., jrock
- How do I feel?:calm
 - What I'm listening to::B'z - Narifuri Kamawazu Dakishimete
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