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Metis

Metis (b. March 28, 1984 in Hiroshima) is a Japanese female reggae artist, singer and song-writer. She debuted in her early career as an R&B artist, but after her first single and album, she went on another record label to pursue a reggae inspired career as an artist.

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Lisa

There are at least six known artist with the name 'Lisa', two are from Japan, one from Korea, one from Italy, one from Taiwan, one from France and one from Holland. 1) Risa Oribe (織部里沙 Oribe Risa, born June 24, 1987), better known by her stage name LiSA is a Japanese singer signed to Aniplex under Sony Music Artists. Her stage name is an acronym for 'Love is Same All', a band she formed in 2008. She is known for her works as the vocalist of the second generation of Girls Dead Monster (Girls Dead Monster Starring Lisa), which gained popularity through the anime Angel Beats!.

Read more about Lisa on Last.fm.

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Mao

There are at least two artists with this name: 1) Mao is a Japanese singer and lyricist from Kanagawa Prefecture. Her recent releases include ending themes for Hakuouki anime series. 2) Mao is a male pop singer from Italy.

Read more about Mao on Last.fm.

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Scandal

There are at least eight artists named Scandal:
1) Scandal, American rock band featuring Patty Smyth
2) SCANDAL, Japanese all-girl rock band
3) Scandal, Hungarian hard rock band
4) The Scandal, Tasmanian progressive punk band
5) Scandal, Swedish hardcore techno producer
6) Scandal, Romanian punk band
7) Scandal, American rapper
8) Scandal, Australian rock band
9) Scandal, Belarussian band

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Toshi

Toshi is a healing music artist and a current lead singer of a legendary Japanese rock band X JAPAN. Не was born in 1965 in Tateyama, Chiba, Japan. Toshi has a very beautiful voice that goes over about three octaves. Не started his solo career in 1993 when he was still an active member of X JAPAN before their Last Live. Toshi left X Japan in 1997. In the same year, he released an album, "Beautiful Love Song" , which showed a change of his music style, from a rock star to a healing music artist.

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北出菜奈

Nana Kitade (北出 菜奈, born May 2, 1987 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is particularly famous for dressing and designing Gothic Lolita fashion, something that many of her fans have in common with her. Many of her songs were used as anime, TV shows, doramas and movie opening/ending/image themes. As a child, Kitade wanted to be a singer. She started learning the piano at the age of three, and wrote her own lyrics at twelve. In junior high school, she became a fan of Ringo Shiina and learned to play the guitar, traveling frequently to Tokyo for singing lessons.

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Newsted

Newsted is an American metal band founded by Jason Newsted (Metallica, Flotsam and Jetsam, Voivod, Ozzy Osbourne, ...). They released their first EP, Metal, in January 2013. Band members: Jason Newsted Vocals (lead), Bass
Jesus Mendez Jr. Drums
Jessie Farnsworth Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Mike Mushok (Staind) Guitars (live)

Read more about Newsted on Last.fm.

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AZU

Azu (born 8 December 1981, stylized as AZU) is a Japanese R&B singer. She is well-known for her collaborations with rapper SEAMO, such as her first major release, the leading track from Seamo's second album Live Goes On, "Kokoro no Koe."

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