THE Masayuki Paradise

It was late 2022, and Masayuki Yamamoto recently released three highly anticipate albums. Radio personality Kenji Shimizu formed a new program on Katsushika FM at Tuesdays 11PM (or 23:00 in Japan) dedicated only to Masayuki's songs and nothing else. It was what Masayukists wanted for a very long time. Now before I continue on, I wanted to share a similarly related fact that Masayuki has hosted a special radio program titled "Yoru wa Garagara Dondondon" that aired from April to September 1993, alongside Mikako Shiroyama. The talk segments wherein Masayuki and Mikako talk on random hilarious topics like summer vacations can be heard in The Series Best compilation album. I should really know 1993 is Masayuki's busiest year he has done in his entire career; not only that, but also two original albums, an anime themed mini album, and Time Bokan Royal Revival. November 1 was the first episode of the program known as Katsushika no Masayukist and premiered with the opening n...

 Another month, another time for an anniversary week, and it's the first one of 2024! Alright, this one isn't that big compared to the last two anniversary weeks that I covered. That's because, while I double checked Yamamoto sensei's discography, it seems that there's only two days where we see some original albums and some anime singles turn a year older. January isn't a pretty big month of album releases. January 24, this Wednesday, sees the 28th anniversary of Masayuki Tengoku , which is where I got the fan site name from! With Yamamoto's signature simplistic art style in the front cover, some catchy tracks will always have fans suffer from earworm as soon as Nippon Jindaman no Uta, Ikeike Ikebukuro, and Sora no Tantei start playing. One day later, on January 25, will see tons of album anniversaries! First off are the three Yatterman vinyl EPs that were released during its series run; two from 1977 and another from 1978. The first opening theme song, Yat...

 December is a big month for Masayukists when it comes to album releases, whether it be original albums or singles. Now that I am free from all those college stuff and it's about time I forget about it for a while, we got another whole week of anniversaries. Starting with.... Megami no Jiyuu  on December 18! In case you haven't checked the album yet, it was released under Yamamoto's own record label at that time, which was unfortunately discontinued shortly after. Yamamoto had once again blended a variety of music genres in time for the new millennium. You can hear two baseball related tracks, a peppy pop song for the title track, a 50s style love ballad, and an anime melody style on the final track to finish the 55-minute runtime. I saw some misinformation that Akemi Takada made the cover illustration. It's clearly Yamamoto's, just by looking at his art style. Takada, known as the character designer for Creamy Mami, actually did cover art for '88. December 19 ...

 Hey y'all! It's been a while since I last made a post for this website, but it's certainly not because I got lazy or something; I am too busy with college and other stuff. This week, we see three releases from Masayuki Yamamoto's discography getting an anniversary. The first one is the first box set The Pokopokkon  on November 22nd . Not only does it contain remasters of Yamamoto's first five original albums, but also the first live album, Namakemono ga Miteta OVA soundtrack, and some extras: image songs from Kyuukyoku Choujin R, three self-covers and selected karaoke tracks. The booklet  also features cool photos of Masa in New York, which I would love to see (I'm guessing half are from New York Whisper)! November 25th will mark the 31st anniversary of Yamamoto's first live album Aah Garagara Dondondon , which was also included in The Pokopokkon. Running a total of over two hours, this is the first of four live albums he's released throughout his disc...

 For (currently) 23 years, Masayuki Yamamoto has been associated with Bella Beaux Entertainment, although that record label is not founded by Yamamoto, but rather his artist manager Akira Kawase. Kawase created Bella Beaux a few years after he left Pioneer LDC. Bella Beaux's first release was from seiyuu and singer Hiroko Kasahara entitled Neo Decadence  in January 2000, and would only take six months for Yamamoto to get his first album from the then-new label. However, there was a time when Yamamoto had his own record label.... Yamamoto's last release under the Pioneer LDC label was Enka no Teiou  in August 1996, then moved to Teichiku for three more releases. After being in numerous major record labels, he wanted to give himself a record label of his own. With his artist manager at the time, Sachio Tanaka, he founded his own record label Susquehanna Record (and this name might sound familiar to Masayukists) around the mid-nineties. His first release for Susquehanna Reco...