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AAA

AAA (pronounced as "Triple A") is short for "ATTACK ALL AROUND". AAA has two lead male vocalists (Nishijima Takahiro, Urata Naoya), one lead female vocalist (Uno Misako), one rapper (Mitsuhiro Hidaka), and has all seven members as dancers (other members include Sueyoshi Shuta, Atae Shinjiro and Ito Chiaki). AAA is meant to appeal to music listeners of all sorts. The Avex Trax group debuted in September 2005 with the Japanese theme song (BLOOD on FIRE) to the Initial D Live-Action Movie, which reached #9 on the Oricon Singles Charts.

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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!.

U

U is a Japanese singer, artist. Kanagawa Prefecture. After Yoshimi Funta debut with Sony Records under the name, U in the name of "Suitoregashi" theme song 『Pukapuka』 debut. And provide other activities such as music to the front wing to the main theme adult games, lyricist, composer, who also provided music for other artists as a composer and arranger. However, Funta in that work as UCO.

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You

There are 6 artists by the name of You: 1. ｙｏｕ (Yutaka Tsuda) is also a Japanese guitarist, who mainly worked as a guitarist for the band, Janne Da Arc. 2. You (Yū, born August 29, 1964 as 江原由希子 Ehara Yukiko) is a Japanese model, television personality, singer and actress. 3. YOU (born March 10, 1964- as 足立祐二 Adachi Yuji) is a guitarist. 4. .you. (Christopher R. Coello) - an american electronic artist who has released an album titled I Am You in 2004.

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Mako

1)MAKO signals the re-emergence of Declan O’Shea and Christian Montagne, both former members of acclaimed band Cyclefly, onto the music scene. During their time with the alternative rock band Cyclefly, Declan (vox) and Christian (bass guitar) toured throughout America and Europe with bands such as Linkin Park, Tool, Live, and Bush. The band also garnered places on the ‘Best New Artist’ lists of NME, Rock Sound, and Kerrang!. For the past two years Declan, a singer-songwriter from East Cork, and Christian, a songwriter-guitarist from Antibes, have concentrated all their energies on MAKO.

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Angelo

There is more than one artist with this name: Angelo is a japanese rock band consisting of キリト(Kirito, Pierrot) on vocals, Karyu (D'espairsRay, joined the band in 2011) on guitar, ギル (VIDOLL/ヴィドール, joined the band in 2011) on guitar, KOHTA (Pierrot) on bass and TAKEO (Pierrot) on drums. Official Homepage: http://angeloweb.jp/index.php
2) Angel Luis Garcia, Jr, known simply as "Angelo" - was born March 28, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York.

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Sana

There are at least three artists going by the name Sana: 1) A KONAMI-employed pop artist (新谷さなえ) sings for several games. Most are part of the bemani series, although her work in Zone of the Enders: Anubis is a notable exception. She sings primarily for the Pop’n Music series, and has released several CDs of her vocal tracks from the games. 2) SANA is the ex-guitarist of Japanese rock band Mask. He is currently an indies solo artist and released his first Maxi Single 「一人法師」 in 2006. As of late, he has been performing as part of a session band called TheJEAN.

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The 5.6.7.8's

The 5.6.7.8's are a female, three-piece, japanese rock and roll band, whose music is reminiscent of American surf music and garage rock. The band formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1986. The band currently consists of founding members Yoshiko Fujiyama (vocals, guitar) and her sister Sachiko Fujiyama (drums) and long-time bassist Akiko Omo. The group have so named themselves because they do 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's rock. They do many covers from American rock and roll records.

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Devil's Gun

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Yuna

Yuna (real name; Yunalis Zarai) is a female acoustic/alternative/pop singer-songwriter originating from Selangor, Malaysia and is now based in Selangor, Malaysia and Los Angeles, US. She began making a mark for herself in the local independent scene in 2007, before releasing her demo in February 2008. Her debut EP, Yuna EP was released in October 2008. Her debut album was finally released in July 2010, titled Decorate.

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