Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 196: Popular throughout Asia
The news that the band Beasts won the Japan Record Award quickly spread throughout Asia...

Film, television and music awards sometimes help artists to achieve success, and sometimes artists can also increase their popularity.

Especially since we entered the "Heisei" era.

Music programs are disappearing from TV stations one after another... Music awards are also retiring after "completing their mission"...

Although long-running music programs such as Asahi TV's "Music Station" still appear in front of the audience.

But the regular programs that are purely based on music can be counted on one's fingers, and the only ones left are some special programs edited from long music programs...

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As for major music awards such as the Japan Song Awards, the All Japan Cable Broadcasting Awards, the FNS Song Festival, and the Japan Enka Awards.

After 2000, most award systems collapsed, with the exception of the Japan Record Award which lasted relatively long.

The influence of the Japan Record Awards is unmatched by any other award.

For example, the Japan Record Award, Best Singing Award, Best Newcomer Award, Gold Award, Singing Award, Newcomer Award, etc.

The first two will surely be on NHK's Red and White Songs Contest, and may even be the finale.

The probability of the best newcomer appearing on the NHK Red and White Song Festival is also relatively high. If a singer with more experience suddenly wins a gold medal, he or she may also appear on the NHK Red and White Song Festival.

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Although it still has obvious advantages compared to other music awards, the credibility of the Japan Record Awards is rapidly declining compared to its glory in the Showa era...

During the Showa era, the ratings of this award were very high, reaching a maximum of over 50%. Even though it was broadcast during the New Year's Eve period that year, it was able to compete with NHK's "Kohaku Uta Gassen".

This status of being able to compete with the Red and White Songs Contest lasted until 1987, when Kondo Masahiko interrupted Akina Nakamori's three consecutive championships.

It was confirmed by the industry that it was Johnny's Office that bought the awards.

Also because of Kondo Masahiko's award this time, the Japan Record Awards began to decline and its ratings never recovered.

Later, in order to prevent guests from attending red and white events and not coming to receive awards, the award ceremony was moved from New Year's Eve to the day before the New Year.

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This time, Akina Nakamori stepped onto the podium of the Japan Record Awards again 1986 years after she won the Japan Record Award for "DESIRE -情熱-" in 12.

This in itself is also a sign that the Japan Record Awards is lifting the "Kondo Curse" and restoring the credibility of the award.

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One piece Entertainment's media resources in Asia were once again fully demonstrated.

"Akina Nakamori returns with a bang and wins the Japan Record Award again after many years!"

"Akina Nakamori of the Beast Band, Re-Wins the Japan Record Award, Reappearance of a Music Legend"

"Beasts: Persistence and Glory on the Road of Music"

"The results of the Japan Record Awards were announced, the band Beasts won the grand prize, and Akina Nakamori topped the list again after many years!"

"Akina Nakamori: The Legendary Return of the Japan Record Awards"

Japanese entertainment media collectively climaxed and praised the Beasts band to the skies, and Akina Nakamori, who received the award, was given special attention.

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In the following days, the music awards season in Asia began, and good news continued to come from the band. The band members received awards separately, and the recording of the new album was temporarily interrupted. First, "PLANET" won the MAMA Award for Best Work, Most Popular Singer Award, and Most Popular MV Award in South Korea, and the band's guitarist and lead singer Tony Ermu came to Seoul to receive the award.

Then, he won the Album of the Year Award at the Southern Music Festival in Red Earth Continent. Takakura Bunta came to receive the award in person and attended Xie Na's birthday party, where he met her new boyfriend Tu Ge.

As a newly debuted young Karami, Tu Ge was very excited when he met the lead singer of the Asian group and got drunk.

Takakura Bunta could only settle him down on the sofa.

Accompanied by Tu Ge's light snoring,
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After attending Xie Na's birthday party and receiving awards at the Southern Music Festival, Takakura Bunta went to Izu Island to attend the 9th Golden Melody Awards ceremony.

The album "PLANET" won four awards in total, including Best Song Award, Best Record Producer Award, Best Lyricist Award, and Best Composer Award.

Last year, Takakura Bunta's "PLANET" won the annual album sales champion in Japan, and the data on Ishu Island was also very popular, creating a phenomenal popularity. "PLANET" was played in the streets and alleys of Ishu Island.

In addition to Takakura Bunta's current status, he is naturally superior to other local singers on Izu Island.

Japanese is the second most spoken foreign language on Izuku Island. In the 80s, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invested funds for public opinion guidance on Izuku Island, which was equivalent to the total amount invested in Asian countries including South Korea, ten Southeast Asian countries, and the Red Earth Continent.

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All of this has helped Takakura Bunta gain great popularity on Izu Island.

Many Taiwanese media feel that Takakura Bunta deserves the title, in order to refute those Taiwanese media that oppose it.

They directly presented various data of the Beasts band, including sales, music reviews, chart rankings, etc., to prove that the Beasts band is in an absolutely overwhelming dominant position.

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Some contracted artists from Izu Island and Southeast Asia of One Piece Entertainment, as well as cooperating artists from the Metaverse Business Promotion Department, all expressed their congratulations to Bunta Takakura.

For example, Wang Xinlin, Cai Yilin, Xiao Yaxuan, Sun Yanzi, Fish Leong, ASOS, SHE, etc.

Zhou Chaoxian, the leader of the Songlin Gang and legislator, the Izushi Island partner of Metaverse Corporation, even hung a 2185-foot banner on the building, the tallest building in Gaoxiong, to promote the Beasts Band.

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However, the craziest performance came from Bunta Takakura's fans.

People in later generations have witnessed the horror of online violence by fans in fan circles, but at that time most people only dared to confront it online.

Nowadays, star-chasing boys and girls dare to take to the streets to fight.

They have little exposure to the Internet and are not bombarded with a large amount of information. They are not tempted by a large number of handsome men and beautiful women and have simple minds. Once they fall in love with someone, they are not only loyal but also devoted to him or her.

As one of the most popular pop singers nowadays, Bunta Takakura has the image of a "creative genius".

One piece Entertainment's Telegram spends money lavishly and is very good to its fans. Every year, it sponsors fan clubs in various places and organizes a large number of peripheral activities.

This has earned Takakura Bunta countless fans in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.

In the Asian music scene, the two singers, Tan and Zhang, who have deep roots, have semi-retired from the music scene, and the Four Heavenly Kings have gradually transformed, and their glory is gone;

SMAP, led by Kimura Takuya, the top Asian band, has its base in Japan, and its operations in Asia have always been sporadic.

Korean pop culture is still in the stage of learning from Japan. The three Korean entertainment giants, SM, JYP, and YG, are about to imitate the model of Johnny's Office and create male and female trainees;

In this case, the number of fans and organizational ability of the Beasts band are absolutely far ahead.

(End of this chapter)