Shiina Ringo - 2007.03.11 - Otakara Show at NHK

After the (still shocking) Tokyo Jihen dissolution, we still don't know what plans Ringo has in her mind for the future of her career. So let's take a look at what she was doing in a not so distant past.

Otakara Show was a NHKG Special made to promote the Heisei Fuuzoku album. In it, Ringo spoke about her career and how she was approached to make this soundtrack for the Sakuran movie. There's also appearances by violinist Saitou Neko and Ringo's brother, Shiina Junpei.

The glamorous concept of the show is very similar to what can be found in the Baishou Xstasy or Dai Ikkai Ringohan DVDs, and the 8 performances are sure to please any fan of the Heisei Fuuzoku era.

01 - 歌舞伎町の女王 (Kabukichou no Joou)
02 - 罪と罰 (Tsumi to Batsu)
03 - 茎 (Kuki)
04 - パパイヤマンゴー (Papaya Mango)
05 - 錯乱 (Sakuran)
06 - 意識 (Ishiki)
07 - この世の限り (Kono Yo no Kagiri)
08 - 迷彩 (Meisai)

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Shiina Ringo - 2007.02.23 - Bokura no Ongaku 3

Two days after the release of the album Heisei Fuuzoku, Shiina Ringo was the guest of this Bokura no Ongaku episode. Interviewed by the baseball player Suzuki Ichiro, to whom she (or rather Tokyo Jihen) gave the song "Superstar" to be used as his theme in 2006, when he played for the Japan National Baseball Team. Later in 2007, she gave him "Identity" and "Yokushitsu" as theme songs for other games. Apparently he doesn't like the word Superstar that much, despite being called one all the time, and claims to skip the song when listening to the album Adult, which probably puts Ringo in a awkward position. Kameda wrote the song tho...
Anyway, the performances aren't really that amazing and she doesn't seem to put too much emotion into them. Maybe she was still shocked with Ichiro's claims!

01 - カリソメ乙女 (Karisome Otome)
02 - 錯乱 (Sakuran)
03 - ギャンブル (Gamble)
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PS - Sometimes there's bleeding in the video, particulary in high contrasting areas, but it's the only source I have for now. It's not that important anyway. Also, the MP3 rips are not mine, but they have better quality than the audio from the video, that's why I prefer them.

Shiina Ringo - 2007.01.19 - Music Station

Shiina Ringo and her brother Shiina Junpei were guests in this episode of Music Station, two days after the release of the single "Kono Yo no Kagiri". This performance is only live in the vocal side, because the instruments are all pre-recorded, as is usual in Music Station. It isn't exceptionally good and worth the time, like mostly other Music Station Ringo performances. I have a theory that she does it on purpose...
Anyway, one important thing about this is that it was the first Ringo live performance I ever saw in my life. Basically I got addicted with "Kono Yo no Kagiri", the song, and then automatically grabbed this episode of M-Ste and soon afterwards bought HF and then... here I am today. So "KNYNK" has a special importance for me, because it was the song that lead me to Ringo.

01 - この世の限り (Kono Yo no Kagiri)
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PS - Excuse me for the crappy cover, I didn't have much to work with.

Shiina Ringo - 2006.12.08 - Music Station

In this Music Station episode, back in 2006, Shiina Ringo performed the song "Karisome Otome (DEATH JAZZ ver.)" with Soil&"Pimp"Sessions, that is now included in her latest album Sanmon Gossip.

01 - カリソメ乙女 (DEATH JAZZ ver.) (Karisome Otome)
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