Kana Nishino (西野 カナ, Nishino Kana?, born March 18, 1989 in Matsusaka, Mie, Japan) is a J-Pop singer and lyricist signed with SME Records' Newcome Inc. She debuted on February 20, 2008, with the single "I". CNN said that she was the favorite singer of teenage girls in Shibuya, Tokyo, signalling Sony's jump on the bandwagon effect started by Avex.
Nishino studied English from an early age, and went to America twice. She became interested in various genres of music, including hip-hop, R&B and reggae, but she also enjoyed Japanese literature, and started singing Japanese folk songs. Her dream of becoming a singer started in junior high school. When she was 16, her mother secretly sent a demo tape of hers to the Miss Phoenix Audition, and she was rated the top singer entrant out of approximately 40,000 applicants. A year later in 2006, she was signed to SME Records.
In 2007 while preparing to be a singer, she was also studying English literature at college. At the time she met Australian duo Nervo, who offered Nishino a song called "I Don't Wanna Know" for use in her music project. Nishino rewrote the song's lyrics into Japanese herself, and re-titled it "I". Since her debut, she had done most of the lyrics herself. She had no experience of writing lyrics before until her debut, debut single "I" Coupling "Just a friend" was the first lyricist to work. Her writings are mostly from experiences or heard from friends, and deliberation rewritten many times. Every time after hearing some songs, the listenings will become visible color which is like color, the movie phrase, and have finally turn into script and act like filmmaking.
Plot
Meet Darren Bost, an earnest but blundering grad student at one of the Nation's top film schools. With little support from his highbrow colleagues, he struggles to produce his overwrought sci-fi masterpiece. This mockumentary features LA alternative comedy icons Charlie Sanders and John Ennis, and a cameo by film professor James Franco.
Little Hamsters, Big Adventures
Cappy: Why am I going hungry?::Boss: Because you're lazy.
Howdy: I should be on TV!::Dexter: Laughing at your own jokes, huh Howdy?
Howdy: What's manners?::Dexter: Oh, never mind. You wouldn't understand.
Jingle: Herbert's following his heart.::Hamtaro: More like his stomach.
Hamtaro: If I were any more excited, I'd be confused!
Stan: Say, do you guys got any cute Ham-Hams?::Hamtaro: Well we all are cute.::Stan: That's not what I meant.
Dexter: Yeah, shake it baby!
Howdy: This seed has no hair, so what's the point of combing there?
Howdy: Ya'll Ham-hams can watch me dance, you can all even see my underpants!
[to Pashmina about Howdy]::Dexter: Don't ride that horse Penelope, that horse is a donkey.
Plot
A film crew travels to the Austrian Alps near the (former) Yugoslav border to film three extreme sports enthusiasts being chased down by an avalanche for a commercial. What they don't know, however, is that they're filming near the secret hideout of Slobodan Pavle, a Serbian war criminal. Accidentally catching him on film, they become locked in a life-or-death chase for their lives through the mountains that includes skiing, snowboarding, sky diving, white water rafting, helicopters, motorcycles and base jumping.
Keywords: avalanche, bare-butt, bare-chested-male, bathing, bathtub, chalet, champion, commercial, dare, elevator
Fear is a trigger
Speed is a weapon
Tempo ist die beste Waffe (Speed is the best weapon)
Silo: What's up, bitches!
Chloe: I won a gold medal in downhill skiing.::Silo: What color is it?
Silo: [after Ian gives them safety equipment] This shit is for pussies!::Ian: Look it's not easy for me to admit this, but the fact of it is, over the past 24 hours, I've fallen in love with each and every one of you. We're going to be pretty high up there and it's going to be pretty dangerous. And if anything should happen, I don't think I'd forgive myself. Especially you Silo, your quiet charm has cast a spell over me.::Silo: Piss off!
Plot
Mary (17) and Atsushi (20) elope and come to live in Tokyo from a nearby city. Soon after running out of money, they start looking for a job. Mari meets a girl named Kana who sells party tickets in the streets. Kana claims she's 18 years old but in actuality she is only 15. Atsushi comes to know a group of young scoutmen and gets hired as one of them. While Marie and Atsushi are encountering with these people, their beliefs and values are shaken.
Keywords: karaoke, porn-industry, talent-scout, teenage-prostitution, teenage-runaway
Tora neko chanto hari ito chanto
CHIKUKAKU CHIKUKAKU nanika mitsukete
Tora neko chanto hari ito chanto PAPICHAN PAPIPAPI...
Hadashi de KOKO made PIPIPI kita yo
Ryoute de soba made PIPIPI sawatte...
Wakaranai no yo. nani ga taisetsu?
ZAKU ZAKU ZAKU ZAKU kowashite kette
GIZA GIZA ishi koro kinka wa doko yo?
Marui chikyuu ni shikakuku sagasu
Tora ni? omoi? neko ni? omoi? (kyuu kyuu PAPI*)
Tora hari neko ito ana hori PAPICHAN
Tora hari neko ito ana hori PAPICHAN
(Kyuu kyuu PAPIPI*)
Yubisaki namete wa PIPIPI PAPIPI
Ashisaki shimete wa PIPIPI matte...
IRANAI no yo nani mo NAI yo.
KECHI KECHI KECHI KECHI katate de motte
Mawatte onaji basho wa NAI no?
Tomatte uchuu ni kizami nokosu
Tora ni? KOKORO? neko ni? KOKORO? (kyuu kyuu PAPI kyuu*)
Tora hari neko ito ana hori PAPICHAN
Tora hari neko ito ana hori PAPICHAN
PAPICHAN PAPICHAN ana hori PAPICHAN
Tora hari neko ito ana hori PAPICHAN
PAPICHAN PAPICHAN ana hori PAPICHAN
Tora neko chanto hari ito chanto
CHIKUKAKU CHIKUKAKU nanika mitsukete
Tora neko chanto hari ito chanto PAPICHAN
migime to kami no ke wo kakimawasu wakusei wo sagasu
inori yo abise yo to misekake akai kubikazari
a~ oikonde nani ka betsu no MONO to uso hiki kae ni jibun wo mamoru shika
tadareta saku no naka karamenakya onaji shita
doushite hamidashicha doushite IKENAI no?
moeteru haiiro ni miminari hikari no hazama
tsukuroi kuchi zusamu tsurushita ayatsuri ningyou
mo~ shittara te atari shidai sora wo motomete kao wo kakusazu ni wa IRARENAI
hakidasu ame no waku kuzusareta yama no mukou
motto tooku made motto ikitai yo
hikari nante nani mo NAI jibun de tsukuru no yuganda MONO demo kagayaiteitai
hoshi wo sae guru te tsutaru ni wa mada tarinai
tadareta saku no naka karamenakya onaji shita
doushite hamidashicha doushite IKENAI no?
hakidasu ame no waku kuzusareta yama no mukou
motto tooku made motto ikitai yo
nomareta tsuki no kage tadasareta katachi kette
nando demo kowarete nando demo idomu kara
tadareta saku no naka karamenakya onaji shita