Do As Infinity to release 16 singles in 16 weeks for 16th anniversary

Do As Infinity will be re-releasing 16 of its hit singles over the course of 16 weeks to celebrate the band's 16th anniversary.

The band's re-released singles will be re-recorded, produced and arranged by Tomiko and Ryo themselves. As such, the band has name its project "2 of Us".

The first song to be released as part of the "2 of Us" project will be "Fukai Mori". The song will be re-released on October 21.

Do As Infinity made its debut on September 29, 1999 with the single "Tangerine Dream". Today marks the band's 16th anniversary since debuting.

Do As Infinity's Tomiko Van announces the birth of her second baby

Do As Infinity's vocalist Van Tomiko announced on the official site that she gave birth to her second baby.

Van commented, "I gave birth to a baby boy. Both I and the baby are in healthy condition, and I'm just feeling relieved with my husband. I will do my best at child care and work, so please continue to support me."

Van announced her marriage with a non-celebrity 4 years her junior in September 2012, and the couple welcomed their first son back in June 2014.

Source: Oricon

I was over at JACC for Nisei Week to pick up this years Nisei Week t-shirt. They always have a sort of garage sale there as well and I found this:

It's a t-shirt from when Do As Infinity came to the States in 2004. They called it a tour but the only two places they went were New York and Dallas. New York I could understand but why Dallas?!

Seems they should have gone someplace with more of an Asian community like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, maybe stop off in Honolulu on the way over or back.

Do As Infinity to release first new album in 3 years

Do As Infinity will release a new album entitled "ALIVE" on February 28th.

"ALIVE" comes three years after their last album "BRAND NEW DAYS" which was released in February of 2015. The album will be produced by Hiroyuki Sawano.

The album will be released in three versions: CD + DVD, CD + Blu-ray, and CD only. The DVD and Blu-ray will contain footage of their 18th year anniversary live as well as footage from the 'Latin America Tour 2017.'

Partial track list:

- Alive
- Iron Hornet
- To Know You
- Yuiitsu no Shinjitsu
- Keshin no Kedamono
- Silver Moon

There will be a total of 10 songs.

Source: natalie

gaijinmark wrote:

Tomiko Van announces marriage

Almost made it five years.

Tomiko Van divorced in July of 2018

On August 4th on Fuji TV's "Bokura no Jidai" Tomiko Van announced that she had gotten divorced in July of last year.

The program also featured appearances by singers hitomi and Koda Kumi. As the three talk about childrearing, Van revealed that she had divorced her husband last July. "It doesn't change the fact that he is our children's father, so we are still keeping contact. It's like we are back to being friends," she said.

Van is now living in her hometown of Kumamoto and has help raising her children. "It was hard when I was living in Tokyo. I was by myself, and there was no family around me that I could rely on. I'm glad that I moved. It's like I was reborn again."

Source: Oricon