Welcome to All About Fukuyama Masaharu, part lyrics blog, part fan site, 100% about Masha. It started out as a blog around April 2009 to repost all English lyrics, but after a while I got a bit ambitious and posting many other things I can gather from the net, some pictures, some articles, mostly news in English from the perspective of a fan although you can find some translated articles in here. I do not pretend to say I take credit for the text in here; frankly I just search, gather, summarise, reword and repost. I will always include the name of the fan who said whatever I posted to the best of my ability but as you can see, my sources are mostly from 2 main fan forums of Masha that is not in Japan. My problem is I can't read Japanese or Chinese, but my persistence sometimes does pay off when I just keep looking. You will also find some pictures in here, but all of the pictures you don't see in here are in Facebook, just look for All Abt Masha. I am quite active in that Facebook page, and it is also a place to find information! My main purpose for this blog is for myself; to gather all lyrics in English under one roof. But I am very sure foreign fans can also benefit from the contents in this blog, and without the many wonderful foreign Masha fans who translate, discuss and share whether privately or publicly, this blog will never be what it is today. I am still hoping to find more English lyrics somewhere, although from the looks of it, I will say things have slowed down a bit. Anyway, have a look. If you have any snippet about Masha to share with me, or pictures or lyrics, anything at all, please do not hesitate to do so. Do join in the discussion by using Post A Comment. Do consider sending me your submission of reviews. And for new Masha fans, if you like, do join my Contact List. Thanks for dropping by!
道標 2010 or Michishirube 2010, a song written for his grandmother who died sometime in 2009 if I am not mistaken. The themesong for News Zero for 2nd year running I think. If you think this is familiar, it is because it is the same version as with Michishirube released in Zankyo album (2009), except I will call this the strings or violin version. The violin version is performed by Emiri Miyamoto, who interviewed Masha on News Zero broadcast on 03.08.2010 which you can read about here. I have blogged about this version in the Latest News Post on 15.09.2010 but since this is considered a new song by itself, I am reposting the news I posted in that Latest News Post as well as some more stuff about this song in particular after Read More link. Anyway debuted on ANN show on 02.10.2010. You will find this song in THE BEST BANG!! compilation album to be released on 17.11.2010.
More after Read More link.
NEWS
She looks familiar doesn't she? She was the violinist who interviewed Masha in News Zero dated 03.08.2010 when he was promoting Hotaru and they discussed about his music composition amongst other things. You can read that here. Her name from my last post is Emiri Miyamoto. Anyway back to the news source, it seems they're collaborating on a new themesong for News Zero (which has been using Michishirube all these while) which is debuting on October 5th? Or is it October 4th? Anyway further reading and to my understanding it may still be Michishirube now codenamed as Mischishirube 2010 but with her playing the violin. Correct me if I am wrong. Again I wish he would smile a little in pictures.
[UPDATE] The English news [Source]
Which answers some questions I posted above.
Fukuyama Masaharu and Miyamoto Emiri Hooking up for Milestone Collaboration
Singer Fukuyama Masaharu and violinist Miyamoto Emiri have come to collaborate for Fukuyama's new ballad "Michishirube 2010 (lit. 'milestone')" (preliminary title). Moreover, the song will be aired as the new theme song for new program "NEWS ZERO" from October 4th. The song "Michishirube" written and composed by Fukuyama had been the theme song of the same program since 2009. When Fukuyama heard "Michishirube" will continue to be the theme song after October, he proposed to collaborate with MIYAMOTO and realized it.
While taking over responsibility for the guitar play, Fukuyama said "The moment Miyamoto added her violin play to the song; 'Michishirube' was reborn as a completely different track. Please expect a lot!" Miyamoto added: "When I got the advice from Fukuyama to 'not think of it as classic but play how I felt it would fit best', I was surprised myself how well I was able to play. I have been able to do the recording with a completely different power from the usual."
Moreover, the recording has been made into pictures by photographer Omura Katsumi, who will be exhibiting the pictures from October 20th to 31st at his free exhibition "ZERO Shashinten 2010"