Rob 5,571 Posted March 22, 2013 Its not what you think though. Story: Hikaru Utada will return to the entertainment business after three years away — not as a singer, but as a radio personality. She announced on Friday that she will begin hosting a monthly radio program called Kuma Power Hour with Utada Hikaruon the InterFM station on April 16. The program will run on the thirdTuesday of every month in Tokyo and Yokohama's Kanto region. Utada has been on hiatusfrom the entertainment business since the beginning of 2011, and shealso noted that it has been 13 years since the last time she hosted aregular program. She did contribute the song "Sakura Nagashi" as the ending theme for last year's Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (Evangelion Shin Gekijō-ban: Q),but her management emphasized that the song did not represent afull-fledged return from her hiatus. She still uses the song's CD jacketart (pictured right) by Evangelion character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto as her Twitter profile image. Utada is an internationally known, bestselling pop artist born in New York City and raised in Japan and the United States. Her debut album, 1999's First Love, is still Japan's bestselling album ever with about 8 million copies sold. Bandai Visual used Utada's "Kiss & Cry" and "This is Love" songs for the Freedom anime project. Utada also sang the theme songs for the Casshern live-action movie remake and the Hana Yori Dango 2 live-action television adaptation. More recently, she provided a 2007 remix of her 2000 cover of Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" for the trailer to Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Jo), as well as her "Beautiful World" song for the anime film itself. She also contributed the "Beautiful World -PLANiTb Acoustica Mix-" for the second film, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha). In addition to her singing career, she played the heroine Pinoko in the 2001-2002 Black Jack net anime series. She toured the United States and the United Kingdom in 2009. Source: http://daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2013/03/22/0005833644.shtml http://natalie.mu/music/news/87151 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weiss 8,279 Posted March 22, 2013 I got so excited but radio. oh well, that's still pretty cool. 1 Ben G reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imoore4 687 Posted March 22, 2013 When I saw her Youtube channel posted a video! I was shocked!! O_o Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WakelessDream 2,282 Posted March 22, 2013 Aww I automatically assumed she would be returning to singing, but of course after reading the thread it's not. Radio is pretty cool though I'm happy she's back from her hiatus though. 1 Ben G reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isamu Kuno 2,512 Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) So, no new song for Kingdom Hearts III? Damn. Oh well. Good for her, getting back to work though. Edited March 22, 2013 by Sora_Kuno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoro317 111 Posted March 22, 2013 So, no new song for Kingdom Hearts III? Damn. Oh well. Good for her, getting back to work though. I'm sure they'll have a new song, just not with her singing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoxSox 3,593 Posted March 22, 2013 I seriously want Yoko Shimomura to do a Somnus thing for KH3. A haunting, beautiful melody instead of a pop song. Don't get me wrong, I love Pasdion and Hikari.. but KH3 is gonna be much more serious business... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isamu Kuno 2,512 Posted March 22, 2013 I'm sure they'll have a new song, just not with her singing. I'm not so sure, I remember Nomura saying a while ago that he "can't imagine anyone but Utada" singing for the series. But I hope so. I like Pasion/Sactuary and Hikari/Simple and clean, but I think we should have a different song for each numbered title. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
