Iwata Karen (Karen) / 12th Generation

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

http://natalie.mu/music/news/68283

Karen will have her solo version of hana wa saku.

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

Very much awesome, dammit if only she could of saved Yuki.......

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

^
^ Good news. Solo with PV and group song with PV, too? It ships, really.

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

[SINGLE] Hana wa Saku (NHK Earthquake Charity Song) 12/05/23

AKB48 Members Iwata Karen and Nakaya Sayaka appear in NHK's charity single for the Touhouku earthquake: Hana wa Saku (花は咲く)

Recently promoted Team 4 member Iwata Karen sings a solo version of the song on the b-side:



CD+DVD version: flyingDOG VTZL-43 1500 Yen
CD only version: flyingDOG VTCL-35132 1000 Yen

CD Tracklisting:

1. Hana wa Saku (Hana wa Saku Project version)
2. Hana wa Saku (Iwata Karen version)
3. Hana wa Saku (The Little Singers of Tokyo version)
4. Hana wa Saku (instrumental)

DVD Tracklisting:

1. Hana wa Saku PV (Full Version)
2. Hana wa Saku (Iwata Karen)
3. Making Of

Full member list:

Iwate Prefecture: Sawada Chikako (singer-songwriter) / Sen Masao (enka singer) / Nakaya Sayaka (AKB48) / Niinuma Kenji (enka singer) / Murakami Hiroaki (actor) / Yamakawa Erika (idol)

Miyagi Prefecture: Arakawa Shizuka (figure skater) / Ikushima Hiroshi (TV announcer) / Ikemens (pop duo) / Iwata Karen (AKB48) / Otomo Kouhei (singer) / Kano Eiko (comedian) / Kano Kaori (singer) / Kumagai Ikumi (singer-songwriter) / Sato Muneyuki (singer) / Sandwichman (comedy duo) / Suzukaze Mayo (actress) / Suzuki Kyoka (actress) / Nakamura Masatoshi (singer) / Nomura Katsuya (baseball player/manager) / Hatakeyama Miyuki (singer-songwriter) / Maggy Shinji (comedian/illusionist) / Mori Kumiko (opera singer/talent) / Mori Keaki (actress/ex-Takarazuka member) / Yoshinori (baseball player) / Yusa Mimori (singer-songwriter).

Fukushima Prefecture Akiyoshi Kumiko (actress) / Umezawa Tomio (actor) / Kato Cha (drummer/actor) / Kadokura Yuki (singer) / Sato B-saku (actor) / Nishida Toshiyuki (actor/singer) / Harada Naoyuki (enka singer) / Honda Takeshi (figure skater)

PV:
[youku]http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzc0ODE0Mjg4.html[/youku]

Making of:
[youku]http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzc0ODEyOTY0.html[/youku]

Audio only:

Spoiler

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJpfXyF4-2w[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGVFUjRFhJ0[/yt]

(Thanks to HoneyRoastedPeanuts for changing the member list from kanji to romanji, and Discotheque for provided links to the videos in the first place)

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

The rest of the KKS bow down to Karen for getting promoted before them and getting a solo song:

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

Kinda unfortunate she's being put on the spot after the disaster but she's handling everything very well with both her emotions and her charisma.

Really want to see the PV and hear her version of Hana wa Saku, cause I already love the song!

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

^^^
karen is damn awesome in the PV...
cannot wait to see her version of the song...
her voice also great~~~

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

Uhmm...

She, and a few of her fellows (I'm pretty sure I spot Recacchi there) stopped being "KKS" over a month ago. Let's give credit where credit is due, shall we?

It's Team-Freaking-4, thank you very much!

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

^ Yeah I agree, it's sad when people still refer to them as kks. I'm sure Jul3 will learn from this.

Thanks for all the info Jul3. I'm really excited about this.
Okay it's earthquake related again but at least they let her do what she does best. The song is great and her solo line was breathtaking so I reckon she will do justice to it. And a PV..!

Actually I wanted to make a long post about her recent push and her relation to earthquake but someone else made a perfect post about it (much better than I would be capable of) and it expresses exactly how I feel about this so here it is (the part under the spoiler).

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

I think Jul3 meant that Karen has surpassed other KKS and promoted earlier, not that she's still KKS, this is mere misunderstanding imho

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

Haha, yeah, I already PM-ed Mushi about this, and wanted to put something in brackets when I posted the photo. I'm a huge Team 4 supporter and proud of the promoted girls. It just made the line easier to read, and I'm not sure if Karen or Renacchi were even promoted at the point when the photo was taken, they might have still been KKS anyway.

Anyway, I agree that Karen's line in Hana wa Saku is breathtaking, I've enjoyed this song ever since the first 5-10 second clip I heard. I've always thought Karen would be great as a solo singer so I'm really looking forward to hearing her version!

edit: AKB0048 starts today! With Karen doing some voice acting work.

To celebrate, here's one of Karen's promo pictures for it:

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

It's her birthday in 10 days... Can someone help me with a nice birthday-banner? Please?

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1U24TMjCVI[/yt]

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC92OMp1gMI[/yt]

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

Just realised that Hana wa Saku is coming out the same day as Managuu. I'd quite forgotten about it with all the other AKB-related releases. CDjapan only have 4 copies left of the CD+DVD version.

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

She's such a good seiyuu O_O
I think she does the best job of all till now.

Such a perfect voice! (and she's reeeeeally cute too!)

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

Still anxious to see Karen's version of Hana wa saku.

Won't be surprised if the PV is just her and the flower though [speechless]

don't really care, i'm glad they are able to participate in a great song and message.

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IWATA KAREN-SAN!

[party] [party] [party]

Congrats on making Team 4.
Congrats on having a solo song already (really looking forward to it)

And congrats on having so many birthday banners made for you her at Stage48

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4

Happy Birthday Karen!!!

[party] [party] [party]

Spoiler

I don't own the image.

She's so pretty!!

 

Re: Iwata Karen / Team 4