In July, “Yu-Gi-Oh!” creator Kazuki Takahashi was found dead after a snorkeling trip in Okinawa Prefecture. More details have now emerged about his death.
According to Stars and Stripes, the American military newspaper, Takahashi died while attempting to rescue people from riptide. US Army officer Major Robert Bourgeau was nominated by his command last month for the Soldier’s Medal for his actions during the July 4 rescue at Mermaid’s Grotto in Onna. Unbeknownst to him, Takahashi attempted to help him, and drowned in the process.
Bourgeau, a scuba diving instructor, met a pair of students at Mermaid’s Grotto at just after 2 PM that day. “The conditions were really, really rough,” he said.
Bourgeau saw a Japanese woman calling for help. She pointed toward her 11 year old daughter and a US soldier who were trapped in a rip current about 100 yards offshore.
The rip current was sucking the pair out, but incoming six-foot waves were crashing on them, creating a whirlpool effect, Bourgeau recalled. Still wearing his running shoes, he and one of his students made their way out to the snorkelers through shallow water while the other student called emergency services.
On October 12, JO1 will release their sixth single, “MIDNIGHT SUN.” The theme of this single is “Between dreams and reality. In this strange world, we can do anything.” The single relates the pain felt in the process of growing up to the fear and pounding of the heart in a strange world where one can’t be sure if it’s day or night.
This theme continues into the music video for “SuperCali”, the main song of “MIDNIGHT SUN. It was released in tandem with the single. Check it out below!
On October 12, STUTS will release his third album, “Orbit.” This is his first album since 2018’s “Eutopia.” “Orbit” came about by STUTS making his own tracks and collaborating with session musicians, friends, and artists he wanted to work with. This collaborators include tofubeats, Awich, BIM, and 5lack.
“Orbit” will come in a CD+Blu-ray limited edition and a CD only regular edition. The limited edition’s Blu-ray will contain footage from STUTS’ concert at USEN STUDIO COAST in Tokyo in 2021.
Check out more information on this release below!
This week, Ado topped the Hot 100 single chart for the sixth non-consecutive week with her digital single “Shin Jidai (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED)”, with 9,351 points in its 17th week.
Snow Man topped the Hot Albums chart for the second consecutive week with their album “Snow Labo. S2.”
Ado also retook the top spot on the Artist 100 chart.
On November 9, King & Prince will release their eleventh single, “Tsukiyomi / Irodori.” The first A-side serves as the theme song for the TBS drama “Kurosagi”, starring Sho Hirano. The second A-side serves as the theme song for the TV Asahi drama “Boyfriend Kourin!”, starring Kaito Takahashi.
“Tsukiyomi” is an uptempo dance song with a mysterious and sexy appeal, while “Irodori” is a midtempo love song that deals with memories of someone important.
King & Prince’s new single will be released in four editions, each with a different B-side. The first B-side on the regular edition is “Kimi to Merry Christmas”, the 2022 7-Eleven Christmas CM song. The second B-side on this edition is “Misbehave”, which was selected as a candidate in the B-side voting project attached to the group’s October 2018 single “Memorial.”
King & Prince has now released the music video for “Tsukiyomi.” The choreography for this video was done by RIEHATA, who also choreographed their “ichiban” video from earlier this year. In the video, time and space are distorted. Check it out below!
On October 10, Ado will release her new digital single, “Yukueshirezu.” The song serves as the theme song for the live action film version of the novel “Karada Sagashi”, out October 14. The song was written, composed, and arranged by Shiina Ringo.
The music video for “Yukueshirezu” was directed by sakiyama, who also created the digital single’s cover. In the video, which is based on “internet society”, the main character battles various enemies. Check it out below!
This week’s guests were Thelma Aoyama and s**t kingz.
Thelma Aoyama – Itsumademo feat. SoulJa
s**t kingz – TRASH TALK feat. Novel Core
This week, =LOVE topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Be Selfish”, with 152,088 points in its first week.
Snow Man topped the Combined Album chart for the second consecutive week with their album “Snow Labo. S2”, with 36,269 points in its second week.
