At #16 we have Kashiyuka,

At #9 we have A~chan,

And right after, we have #8 as Nocchi!

You can view the complete countdown here

via YouTube

Kashiyuka… Happy Birthday from all your fans around the world.
ハッピーバースデー！

image via imfromoutofnowhere

Happy Birthday Kashiyuka!!!

There is nothing that Japanese Rock fans look forward to more than the nations variety of Rock Festivals held during the summer months. For many artists, playing in front of hundreds or even thousands of potential or long-running fans is a dream come true.

One of the most popular, appropriately named “ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL“, is slated to take place at the start of August 2008. This festival boasts artists from all over the musical spectrum playing 4 stages over the course of 3 days.

This year, Perfume is scheduled to play on August 2nd, the second day of the festival. Perfume is a newcomer to this summer festival but without a doubt many fans will be excited for their performance. If you plan on getting tickets to ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL this year, don’t miss Perfume’s set!

Annual Girl Pop Factory: Perfume x Koda Kumi!

And if the news of the Festival and Budokan shows aren’t enough to rouse a Perfume fans interest, the trio is set to perform with Koda Kumi this August at the annual Girl Pop Factory event. The event is held at the Fuji TV Factory venue and the MC is Yumi Yoshimura of Puffy. Tickets officially go on sale 6/21.

GIRL POP FACTORY 08
08/03/2008 @ 東京都 Zepp Tokyo
Open 4:00/Start 5:00
・Perfume
・Koda Kumi
・Yumi Yoshimura – MC (Puffy)
Tickets: 3500yen(1st and 2nd floor)
On sale: 6/21
Pre-reserve: 5/22

Perfume takes part in NHK’s “SAVE THE FUTURE!” Campaign

“…Japanese public broadcaster NHK is focusing public attention on global warming and what we can do to prevent it.”

NHK(who used “Polyrhythm” in one of their recycle campaign ads) will be bringing back Perfume for an event this summer supporting our environment. The event, “Shibuya Eco-Live”, will take place on June 8th along with many other programs in favor of the slogan, “Save our Future”. From dramas, to documentaries, to music, NHK will be broadcasting in favor of the campaign for 3 days.

As part of the launch, NHK has set up a Channel on Youtube to post videos regarding the event. At the moment, a Comment by Perfume is available for viewing. Kashiyuka mentions in the short clip that she wants to send this music to the people in the future, reminding them of our planet in need.

To find out more about Save the Future, head over to the official site to get information, time slots, view movies, and more.

Save the Future!
[渋谷エコライブ]
Date: 06/08/2008 (June 8th)
Time: 16:00-17:00 (4-5PM)
Note: This is Japan time. NHK broadcasts worldwide but show times are different.

• Source: Natalie.mu

But the main news were also announced before the concert finished. Perfume upcoming album name is GAME, the same name for "Perfume First Tour -GAME-" at this cities (10):

4/27, Osaka @ ZEPP OSAKA
4/29, Takamatsu @ OLIVE HALL
5/01, Hiroshima @ CLUB QUATTRO
5/02, Fukuoka @ DRUM LOGOS
5/04, Tokyo @ZEPP TOKYO
5/06, Nagoya @ ZEPP NAGOYA
5/10, Niigata @ LOTS
5/16, Sendai @ CLUB JUNK BOX
5/18, Sapporo @ PENNY LANE 24
5/31, Yokohama @ Yokohama BLITZ

via Aerodynamik and Natalie.mu

A~Chan 19th Birthday

Perfume City current banner is a special A-Chan banner for her 19th Birthday next Friday 15th. Happy Birthday A~Chan!

Kashiyuka’s new look

This is the latest picture on TV, it shows a new Kashiyuka’s hairstyle:

MUSIC FAIR 21

Music Fair 21 was finally aired. Mihimaru GT x Perfume collaboration was great, and Baby Cruising Love performance was also as perfect as Perfume always are.

Photo Galleries

Perfume City photo galleries are taking time to get ready. In the meanwhile you can see the finished gallery Notieren’s Fan-Art here. Please use the password: perfume.

There won’t be any passoword when the galleries are finished.

Last 2007 picture from Perfume blog: Yasutaka Nakata, Toshiko Koshijima (capule), Nocchi, A-chan and Kashiyuka (Perfume). They look like a happy family all together!

I wish this year will be as successful as 2007 have been or even better for Perfume and for every fan they have around the world who enjoys their music and positivity.

This had been a good year for Perfume City, after having all the issues with my old web host service, slimjackson offered us his help and now the site can grow more than ever, and that’s exactly what it’s doing now thanks to Perfume success and thanks to all the kind people who help us with lyric translations, fan art or simply post at our BBS. For all of you,

Happy new year!

From ekuseru

~

2007 will be a great year for the group. February and March have 3 releases coming up, and even the girls are going to start their Univeristy careers, they said this will be a very active year. We hope this will be a great year for their career as a group and for us, the fans who support them.

Well, this is my last 2006 post, because I will be on vacation until january 5th, so if there is any news, our BBS members will announce on it, so don’t forget to log in and read it everyday =)

- I’ve just uploaded 2 live performances at Youtube: Jenny wa gokigen naname and Sweet Doughnut, at Maufacture live (28th October).

~ Enjoy your holidays and have a Happy New Year! ~

Will be this number enough for TJC? I don’t know if they have to sell a specific number of copies to get the target TJC wants to get Perfume continuity in the major label market, but I belive and I hope that about 6,000 copies sold in three weeks for a barely known group as Perfume are enough to encourage their label and their producer, Yasutaka Nakata-san to go ahead with Perfume’s music career.

-> I’ve Youtubed 3 new lives from the Aiai Music Carnival Vol.8: Computer City, Electro World and Computer Driving. –go to Video page.

By the other hand, I’ve romanized a table based on Aerodynamik’s blog one. There was a radio show that was aired from 2004.5.3 to 2004.12.27 called “Perfume Planet”, where every week two members chose a song by an artist they like, in a section called “Pafyumushikku”/”Perfumusic”:

I must say that although my favourite member is Nocchi, I don’t like most of her music selection. I know and like every A-chan’s music, but Kashiyuka’s techno/shibuya-kei songs like “starship.6″ by Plus-Tech Squeeze Box or “GO! GO! Fine Day” by capsule are just awsome =)