Hinoi Team
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was a Japan
ese female pop
group formed around Asuka Hinoi
with supporting members Keika Matsuoka, Hikaru Koyama, and Rina Takenaka. Most of their releases are covers of Eurobeat
songs.
" (meaning "Go, go") went on sale on May 18, 2005 in Japan. The song was written by Italian producers Claudio Accatino, Federico Rimonti and Roberto Festari, and originally performed by Tri-Star, but the Hinoi team's version had new (Japanese) lyrics written by Kenko-P. Its rhythms were derived from the song "We Like to Party
" by the Dutch Eurodance pop group Vengaboys
. The Hinoi Team single also features the song "Sing Na Na Na" as well as an extended version of "Ike Ike" and instrumental versions for both songs. The DVD has a promotional video
, a Para Para
video and video out-takes. Hinoi Team's "Ike Ike" was also used as the closing theme for the anime
Ichigo 100% and for the Chukyo TV show Sarudie during the month of April.
of "Ike Ike" and a Eurobeat
version of "King Kong," as well as a TV remix
of both "King Kong" and "Super Euro Flash." The DVD has a promotional video
, Para Para video for "King Kong," a Koriki version of "Ike Ike" and out-takes.
Korikki Chōshū
and went on sale on December 14, 2005. The single also featured the song "Yeah!", "Korikki maji" & "Hinoi Team" versions of "Night of Fire" by Bratt Sinclaire
and instrumental versions of all three songs. The DVD version has a promotional video
for "Night of Fire", Para Para versions of "Night of Fire" and "Play with the Numbers" and out-takes.
of "Night of Fire," an alternate version of "Sticky Tricky and Bang," and instrumentals.
DVD features:
Track listing:
DVD features:
songs. As with the others, the single can be purchased with or without the DVD.
Track listing:
DVD features:
remix
of the title song is only available on the CD-only version of the single.
Track listing:
DVD features:
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese female pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group formed around Asuka Hinoi
Asuka Hinoi
is a Japanese singer and leader of the J-pop group Hinoi Team.- Biography :Asuka's musical career began in 2002 when she was chosen with two other girls, Hikaru Koyama and Miho Hiroshige to form the group LOVE & PEACE. Their song, Drifter became the theme for the movie Dodge Go! Go! and the three...
with supporting members Keika Matsuoka, Hikaru Koyama, and Rina Takenaka. Most of their releases are covers of Eurobeat
Eurobeat
Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits....
songs.
Ike Ike
The Hinoi team's debut "Ike IkeIke Ike
"Ike Ike" is the debut single by J-pop girl group Hinoi Team.-Tracklisting:-External links:*...
" (meaning "Go, go") went on sale on May 18, 2005 in Japan. The song was written by Italian producers Claudio Accatino, Federico Rimonti and Roberto Festari, and originally performed by Tri-Star, but the Hinoi team's version had new (Japanese) lyrics written by Kenko-P. Its rhythms were derived from the song "We Like to Party
We Like to Party
"We Like to Party" is a popular 1998 electronica dance song by Dutch music group Vengaboys. It is played in A-flat major. The song became their biggest hit in the United States, peaking at #26 in the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 and selling 405,000 copies....
" by the Dutch Eurodance pop group Vengaboys
Vengaboys
Vengaboys are a Eurodance pop group based in Amsterdam. The brainchild of two Dutch producers Wessel van Diepen and Dennis van den Driesschen , they enjoyed commercial success in the late 1990s. They are best known for their two UK number one singles, "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" and "We're Going...
. The Hinoi Team single also features the song "Sing Na Na Na" as well as an extended version of "Ike Ike" and instrumental versions for both songs. The DVD has a promotional video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, a Para Para
Para Para
is a synchronized group dance that originated in Japan. Unlike most club dancing and rave dancing there are specific synchronized movements for each song much like line dancing...
video and video out-takes. Hinoi Team's "Ike Ike" was also used as the closing theme for the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
Ichigo 100% and for the Chukyo TV show Sarudie during the month of April.
King Kong
Hinoi Team's second single went on sale on July 27, 2005. The single was packaged with the song "Super Euro Flash" as well as a New Generation remixRemix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of "Ike Ike" and a Eurobeat
Eurobeat
Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits....
version of "King Kong," as well as a TV remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of both "King Kong" and "Super Euro Flash." The DVD has a promotional video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, Para Para video for "King Kong," a Koriki version of "Ike Ike" and out-takes.
Night of Fire/Play with the Numbers
The group's third single featured Japanese wrestler and comedianOwarai
is a broad word used to describe Japanese comedy as seen on television. The word owarai is the honorific form of the word warai, meaning "a laugh" or "a smile". Owarai is most common on Japanese variety shows and the comedians are referred to as owarai geinin or owarai tarento...
Korikki Chōshū
Koriki Choshu
is a Japanese comedian. He is most famous for his act in which he mocks a famous Japanese professional wrestler Riki Chōshū due to his resemblance...
and went on sale on December 14, 2005. The single also featured the song "Yeah!", "Korikki maji" & "Hinoi Team" versions of "Night of Fire" by Bratt Sinclaire
Bratt Sinclaire
Bratt Sinclaire is an Italian eurobeat/italo-disco producer. He has produced a countless number of tracks for the Super Eurobeat series, a.k.a. SEB, the world's longest running series of dance compilation albums...
and instrumental versions of all three songs. The DVD version has a promotional video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Night of Fire", Para Para versions of "Night of Fire" and "Play with the Numbers" and out-takes.
Sticky Tricky and Bang
Hinoi Team's fourth single included Koriki again and was released on March 8, 2006. The single features the title song ("Sticky Tricky and Bang"), "On My Own" (a special version which is a preview of the album version coming the next week), a remixRemix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of "Night of Fire," an alternate version of "Sticky Tricky and Bang," and instrumentals.
DVD features:
- Sticky Tricky and Bang (PV)
- Sticky Tricky and Bang (Para Para Version)
- Offshot
Super Euro Party
Hinoi Team's first full-length album was released on March 15, 2006, a week after the release of their single "Sticky Tricky and Bang." The album features all of the group's non-instrumental tracks from their singles excluding Hinoi Team versions and Korikki versions. The album also features six new songs and a megamix (only first press version of album). The DVD offered with the CD+DVD version packaged together all of the material from DVDs that originally came with each single.Track listing:
- Ike Ike
- Night of Fire (with Korikki)
- YEAH!
- Hey Mr. DJ (New song)
- Sing Na Na Na
- Play with the Numbers
- Super Euro Flash
- Everybody Dance (New song)
- Emoticons (New song)
- Sticky Tricky and Bang (with Korikki)
- Jam Jam Jam (New song)
- On My Own (Album Version)
- Aishiteru (New song; Hinoi Team original)
- Just for Me (New song)
- King Kong
- Hinoi team Megamix Vol.1 (Long Version) (First press only, CD-only version)
- Hinoi team Megamix Vol.1 (First press only, CD+DVD version as track 16)
DVD features:
- Ike Ike (Video Clip)
- King Kong (Video Clip)
- Night of Fire (Video Clip)
- Sticky Tricky and Bang (Video Clip)
- Ike Ike (Parapara Version)
- King Kong (Parapara Version)
- Night of Fire (Parapara Version)
- Play with the Numbers (Parapara Version)
- Sing Na Na Na (Parapara Version)
- Super Euro Flash (Parapara Version)
- YEAH! (Parapara Version)
- Ike Ike (Koriki Version)
- Offshot
Now and Forever
Released on August 9, 2006, Hinoi Team's fifth single offered another round of covers of EurobeatEurobeat
Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits....
songs. As with the others, the single can be purchased with or without the DVD.
Track listing:
- Now and Forever
- Summertime
- I'm Gonna Carry On
- Now and Forever (Instrumental)
- Summertime (Instrumental)
- I'm Gonna Carry On (Instrumental)
DVD features:
- Now and Forever (PV)
- Now and Forever (Dance Version)
- Offshot
Dancin' & Dreamin'
The group's sixth single was released on February 7, 2007. A tranceTrance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of the title song is only available on the CD-only version of the single.
Track listing:
- Tracks for CD only version and CD+DVD versions.
- Dancin' & Dreamin'
- Please Forgive Me
- Merry X'mas To The World
- Dancin' & Dreamin' (Trance Remix) (Not included in the CD+DVD version)
- Dancin' & Dreamin' (Instrumental) (Listed as track 4 on the CD+DVD version)
- Please Forgive Me (Instrumental) (Listed as track 5 on the CD+DVD version)
- Merry X'mas To The World (Instrumental) (Listed as track 6 on the CD+DVD version)
DVD features:
- Dancin' & Dreamin' (promotional videoMusic videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
) - Dancin' & Dreamin' (Dance Version)
- Offshot