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Takechanpoo wrote:He needs gaijin pronounsiation to be sold more in J-market.
Baniri Miri-sama?kamome wrote:The whole way through the video, I couldn't shake the sense that he was lip synching lyrics sung by a Japanese dude.
kamome wrote:The whole way through the video, I couldn't shake the sense that he was lip synching lyrics sung by a Japanese dude.
GuyJean wrote:Baniri Miri-sama?
GJ
IkemenTommy wrote:Kokujin singing better than the rest of us? So what's new?
It's a black thang.
succubusqueen wrote:yup...we only need to see him dance and check how endowed he is..
;)"Yeah, I've been always awkward toward women and have spent pathetic life so far but I could graduate from being a cherry boy by using geisha's pussy at last! Yeah!! And off course I have an account in Fuckedgaijin.com. Yeah!!!"
Jero, believed to be the first ever African-American "enka" singer in Japan, is set to rank fourth in single charts based on figures compiled by Oricon Co to be released next Monday. The ranking marks the highest ever among debut singles released by enka and popular singers in Japan. Jero, whose real name is Jerome White, Jr, came to Japan in 2003 to become a singer after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh. He is drawing popularity, singing Japanese enka ballads, dressed in hip-pop clothes. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the 26-year-old made his debut earlier this year, releasing a single titled "Umiyuki (Marine Snow)."
succubusqueen wrote:yup...we only need to see him dance and check how endowed he is..
MJMF wrote:He's in it for the pussy...fair play!
American Oyaji wrote:I've no doubt he'll get a lot of it.
Greji wrote:In Japan? An FG? Get laid? First, I ever heard of that happening! Must be something in the water...
Of course, there's always Noriko, him being a brother and what not!
American Oyaji wrote:If he's tall enough, he might snag Shizuyo
Greji wrote:Shizuyo? Takawaka Shizuyo? I thought she was your private stuff AO! But then again, Yamazaki is listed on the program as 5'11"!
Takechanpoo wrote:Interview
Japanese entertainment television can be silly in the extreme. (Think of Bill Murray's goofy interviewer in "Lost in Translation.") But Jero, with his excellent Japanese, has managed to come across as hip, dignified and sweet. A television critic in Japan's largest-circulation newspaper, the Daily Yomiuri, recently wrote: "This guy has definitely got a career ahead of him on Japanese TV."
When he is not talking to the media, Jero travels to in-store events and performs in shopping malls. The Washington Post waited about six weeks before his record label could schedule a 30-minute interview.
American Oyaji wrote:5'11" you say?...
Shizuyo's OK, but if she's so desperate for love to make it obvious to every guy she takes a fancy to, but she's still a virgin...somethings wrong.
As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background.
White's Japanese grandmother, Takiko, had met his grandfather, an African-American serviceman, at a dance during World War II. And it was in their Pittsburgh living room that the 6-year-old and his grandma sang the postwar songs of love, loss and hardship. Even though he didn't understand the enka lyrics at the time, his Japanese singing pleased his grandmother, who died in 2005.
"I loved her very much," said White, now 27. "It just made me want to learn more songs and practice more."
Enka had an unwavering hook on White, and it has made him a superstar in Japan, where he's known as Jero. Named best new artist last year by Japan Record Awards — the Japanese version of the Grammys — White will make his first major U.S. appearance Saturday during the opening ceremony of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:African-American, Japanese enka star to sing at D.C. festival"......
White's Japanese grandmother, Takiko, had met his grandfather, an African-American serviceman, at a dance during World War II....."
Greji wrote:That's interesting. I can understand meeting at a dance after WW II, but during? I suppose that was probably just a mis-print.
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