Kamen Joshi

Kamen Joshi (仮面女子), literally "Masked Girls", is a Japanese idol girl group. They are so called because each member of the group wears a mask that covers her face in official appearances. One of several idol groups managed by the company Alice Project, Kamen Joshi perform daily at the P.A.R.M.S theater in Akihabara.

Kamen Joshi became the first independent female artist to achieve a number-one single on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart in January 2015, achieving sales figures of over 130,000 copies of their single "Genkidane☆".

Members

The group includes the members of Alice Juban (ja), Steam Girls (ja) and Armor Girls (ja), three separate groups with their own distinct images and sounds. All three groups regularly perform at their exclusive Alice Project theater in Pasela, Akihabara.

Alice Juban

The first of the Kamen Joshi groups to be formed, Alice Juban's music often includes metal breakdowns and rap sections. All members wear Jason-style hockey masks and wield a selection of prop weapons ranging from chainsaws to giant scissors.

Joshi

Joshi is a surname of Brahmins in India and Nepal. The name is popularly derived from the Sanskrit word Jyotsyar or Jyotishi. Joshi is a common family name in the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Konkan,& Goa. In Nepal, it is adopted by two different Ethnic Groups, the Kumai (Kumauni) Bahun & the Newa people.

In the Marathi populated Deccan(Chittpawan Brahmans), the last name Joshi is pronounced as ज़ोशी (dental J, closer to Z) as opposed to जोशी in rest of India and Nepal. In old Konkani language, it is joyshi, but now commonly Joshi.

Notable individuals

Joshi (disambiguation)

Joshi is an Indian family name

Joshi may also refer to:

Puroresu

Puroresu (プロレス) is the popular term for the predominant style or genre of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan. The term comes from the Japanese pronunciation of "professional wrestling" (プロフェッショナル・レスリング), which is shortened to puroresu. In this sense, puroresu could be transliterated as pro-wres. The term became popular among English-speaking fans due to Hisaharu Tanabe's activities in the online Usenet community. Growing out of origins in the traditional US style of wrestling, it has become an entity in itself. Japanese pro wrestling is distinct in its psychology and presentation of the sport. It is treated as a legitimate fight, with fewer theatrics; the stories told in Japanese matches are about a fighter's spirit and perseverance. In strong style, the style most typically associated with puroresu, full contact martial arts strikes and shoot submission holds are implemented.

The first Japanese to involve himself in catch wrestling, the basis of traditional professional wrestling, was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. There were subsequent attempts before and after World War II to popularize the sport in Japan, but these generally failed until the advent of its first big star, Rikidōzan, in 1951, who became known as the "father" of the sport. Rikidōzan brought the sport to tremendous popularity with his Japanese Wrestling Association (JWA) until his murder in 1963. Following his death, Puroresu thrived, creating a variety of personalities, promotions and styles. It has also created a mass of other cultural icons in Japan including: Giant Baba, Antonio Inoki, Jushin "Thunder" Liger, Rikidōzan, Tiger Mask, Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta, Mitsuharu Misawa, and Kenta Kobashi. Throughout the years, a number of promotions have opened and closed, but a few have persisted to remain the most popular and thriving companies: New Japan Pro Wrestling is currently considered by many as the top promotion.

Kamen

Kamen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Unna.

Geography

Kamen is situated at the east end of the Ruhr area, approximately 10 km south-west of Hamm and 25 km north-east of Dortmund.

Neighbouring cities, towns, and municipalities

Division of the town

The town of Kamen consists of the following 6 districts:

International relations

Kamen is twinned with:

Ängelholm (Sweden)

Bandırma (Turkey)

Beeskow (Brandenburg, Germany)

Eilat (Israel)

Montreuil-Juigné (France)

Sulecin (Poland)

Unkel (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Transportation

Kamen is maybe most known because of the nearby highway crossing, the Kamener Kreuz. The north-south directed A1 meets the east-west directed A2; due to the importance of both highways the crossing is prone for traffic jams.

Sports

The village Kamen-Methler is well known for its football training camps. The German football team prepared themselves for the 1990 World Cup win in Kamen-Methler. During the soccer world championship 2006 in Germany the Spanish football team lived there.

Kamen (song)

Kamen (仮面 / Mask) (stylized as KAMEN feat. Tatsuya Ishii) is the tenth single of Koda Kumi's 12 Single Collection and featured Kome Kome Club's frontman Tatsuya Ishii. Like many of the other singles released in the collection, KAMEN is also limited to 50,000 copies. The song debuted at #3 on Oricon and charted for six weeks.

Cover

As with the other singles in this collection, the cover of the single represents a stylized version of a traditional dress from a culture; this time it draws its inspiration from Hawaii and the costumes of hula dancers. This is the third single that draws from the United States of America, the others being you and Birthday Eve.

Track listing

Alternate Versions

Currently, there are four renditions of KAMEN feat. 石井竜也:

Kamen (disambiguation)

Kamen may refer to:

People

Places

Japanese superheroes

In Japan, the word Kamen means 'mask'.

Other

See also