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テレビ大阪　

「関西リーダー列伝」

出演させていただきました！

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ytv「ten.」水曜日 

久しぶりのワンピース。

ファッションも秋/冬へ！

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Asahi "Oh My Z!"

 Not an alcohol or Beer drinker too much, but If I was going to be coerced, this Asahi promotional ad would be ALL I needed to get me to grab a case of Asahi! DEFINTELY more persuasive than, say,  Kome Kome Club on their madcap "Wonderful Sunday" single, that's for sure!

Draft beer, anyone???

Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas from Hikaru Nishida gracing the cover of the 1995 KOKIKU Magazine, the month where I first began exploring the wide world of J-dramas in general and set off a love that continues to this day!

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The Audrey Connection

Friends know of my obsession with actress Audrey Hepburn and her movies, especially the wonderful Breakfast at Tiffany's and it's bittersweet and moving theme song "Moon River",  and it was a treat to hear Hikaru covering the classic Henry Mancini song in her own warm and gentle way!

Hikaru looking particularly lovely here, BTW....

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'Tis The Season!!!!

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木曜日ytv「ten.]

ユキさんのウール紺スカートが柔らかくて形がきれい！

リンクル加工のトップスもカジュアルだけどちゃんとしてる！飽きのこないパターンですね！

A "Lost" Hikaru Nishida Album...Discovered at Last!

 While watching old Hikaru Nishida videos on some video channel (can't remember which one it was, maybe vevo or vimeo or something), I was surprised to see a PV for a song called "Promise Land" by an artist called "Panache" listed in the sidebar along with Hikaru's other videos.

The song and style was completely R&B, with a bunch of disco guys dancing in it, and even the woman singing didn't look all that familiar to me...But listened to the song, I was blown away as the VOICE was UNMISTAKABLY Hikaru's!!!

I had to watch it over and over- only then did I realize the heavy glammed up chick was indeed Hikaru herself under all that mascara and makeup, and I HAD to find out MORE!

reading up online, I found out that in 1996, Hikaru did a project for label AVEX RECORDS re-imagining herself as R&B singer "Panache"...not sure if this was meant to be a one off side project or a rebranding of her career for the English market, but be that as it may, the stint produced two singles and one album of music! I needed to GET this!

I saw that there were a few sellers who had the CD up for grabs, sadly they were all in Japan! At the time I did not know that ways of such proxy dealers as Suruguya (whom I do fantastic business with!) but my friend Groink regularly did Japan purchases for his Bowling magazines, and agreed to add the order to his next batch of goodies! Took a few months for his cart to fill, but in time I was finally able to get my hands on Hikaru's PANACHE CD, entitled "You'll Never Know"!

The album was six tracks, including the two singles, so I didn't need to hunt those down:

1 You'll Never Know

2 Needing You

3 Lookin' For The Promise Land

4 Don't You Worry

5 Wild Temptation

6 Lookin' For The Promise Land (Club Mix)

I have to admit, it's a very different style of music for Hikaru and a big shift from her professionally crafted pop tunes on Pony Canyon, but it's refreshing to hear new music from her after all this time, and the two singles are bangers!

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 日テレ「ひと目でわかる‼︎」

麦わら帽子の作り方、見分け方、本当に興味深く、職人技に脱帽！

まだまだ暑い日が続きますので、是非とも涼しく、そして日焼け対策もバッチリな麦わら帽子で暑い夏を乗り切ってくださいね〜！

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