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Koichi fans would know that Koichi is an F1 enthusiast and has always wanted to talk about cars at all talk shows.  This is the first time I've seen him actually in the tracks interviewing his idol Takuma Sato, the first Japanese race car driver to win internationally.


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Thanks to usami chan for providing the radio rip. This is the first of the Mirror album of Koichi's that's heard tonight on Donnamoya.  When I listened to the first few seconds, I could already imagine Koichi breaking into a vigorous dance. But what follows was incredibly his voice full of longing! Every single tone is full of his emotion in it. The more I listen to it with headphones, the more I feel he is a great singer able to translate his emotions in songs AND dance.  I have not stopped smiling while looping this song for the last hour and I am totally incapacitated in making any further attempts to translate or surf for other things.  I just want to lavish in these two minutes of his voice and imagine him dancing to it.  He is what I called the luxury of living.  Sigh!!!!

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=E3C200DE30CDD7F8

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As a new fan of Kinki Kids, I have always wondered why the fans kept talking about them being pink (meaning loving each other). I thought they were gay when I read comments. Thanks to baidu.com BBS, I finally found a good 20 articles that explains it. You could read them here in Chinese.

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I just managed to watch the second half of this one episode drama Papa Kaeru/ Father Comes Home dated January 4, 1996 (TV Asahi). I didn't really pay attention to it except to the few short scenes when Koichi appeared. His voice back then was already very magnetic for a young person. It's like he stood out of the entire drama for being the youngest and most handsome kid in the story. I suppose the story is about a father who failed at something and the family had to persuade him to come home.


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Sometimes I want to strangle every Tsuyoshi fan who keeps on praising Tsuyoshi's voice (me included at times)  meaning Koichi cannot sing (me never!), because Koichi could sing, given the right song and tempo and less brassy, noisy instruments.  This is a beautiful, beautiful composition of his in his G album.  When he performed it in the 1/2 concert, it was so beautiful. See what Kaito san has to say about it. 

Kaito san on消えない悲しみ　消せない記憶
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This song I listened to and watched on line and it's very sad. I read from a blog that Tsuyoshi actually cried in one of his concerts when he sang this song. Sigh....I wonder if this was about the love he once had. Prolonged listening to this song is very haunting. 

Devil

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A big thank you to Kaze for posting the scan of  Tsuyoshi Domoto interview in 2002 in a Chinese magazine at my forum.  For the first time, I really understood the why and how of the present Kinki Kids.


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I'm going back to 5 years ago when Kinki Kids were getting ready to go to HK and for concert. Here are two clips I found on youtube.

Part 1
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I/Ai/愛/Love
Composed by and lyrics by Koichi Domoto
Harmonized by Tsuyoshi Domoto (in the 18th single of Hakka Candy)
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This song was performed in Koichi's 2004 1/2 concert. I enjoy the mirror play definitely. You could watch it here when youtube comes back up.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8qcV5nPSqqg

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Today, I finally found my way to youtube to look for the si concert and wow! I'm so happy I found many clips there.
http://youtube.com/results?search_type=tag&search_sort=relevance&search_query=si+tsuyoshi&search=Search

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August 22, 2006 posting:
Koichi's concerts have just been increased to 27 performances over 8 cities.

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OMG, Koichi fans, have you really understood the songs that Koichi sang? I can't believe what I was watching on youtube when I saw the Chinese lyrics. I think I will buy the Taiwan version also after all...I am speechless.


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Duet Magazine August 2006

Koichi has a certain elegance and style to him, no doubt about it.  But Tsuyoshi in the last few days has really stolen my heart too. Only now I realize through his Shindoi program that he is very lively and accommodating a person.  What would the world do without this duo!
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When I was in Japantown, the first thing I did was rush to the Japanese bookstore, Kinokuniya. Bliss. I sent my kids to find their souvenir while my eyes did sweep searches for Koichi Domoto's images. Waah!! My heart was beating so fast when I spotted him on a few cover magazines. He released his first solo single album last month. Sigh...so happy.  My first hardcover of images of Koichi. And to see his and Tsuyoshi's name in other magazines, I swept them in my arms of course as though they were my babies.  So here are some of them.

Potato Magazine August 2006

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