Daily Archives: July 5, 2004

The Next Big Thing

The latest musical offering from Okinawa (that has produced Amuro Namie, Speed, Mongol 800 and current hot act Orange Range) is pop duo D-51. They make their official major debut this week with “Top of the Summer” but have already been featuring on radio and TV “powerplay” spots nationwide thanks to a serious push by their label, Pony Canyon. The tune is being used as the ending of the Fuji TV pop show “Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. The duo is made up of Yasu (22), who hails from Naha, and Yu (20) from Ginowan. In May they had 17 record labels fighting for them.

D-51 official site