Amuro Namie announces first single of 2011…and it’s a triple A-side!

The “Queen of Hip-Pop”, Amuro Namie, has just announced a new single!

The triple A-side single, “NAKED/Fight Together/-TBA-“, will be released on July 27th, and it will be her first single of 2011.

She just released a collaboration album, “Checkmate!“, last month (April 27th), which hit #1 on the Oricon Chart and was #2 on the United World Chart.

“NAKED” will be the theme song to a Kose CM for “ESPRIQUE“, and it’ll be produced by Osawa Shinichi with lyrics provided by VERBAL (m-flo). It’s said that “NAKED” is a very “Amuro-ish” song, meaning it’s dance-able.

The second song, “Fight Together”, as stated earlier, is the theme song to anime “ONE PIECE“, and went on-air in April.

The third song has yet to be revealed, but is said to have a major tie-up.


The triple A-side single will come in a limited and regular edition. The limited edition coming with a DVD and costs ¥1,890 ($23 USD), while the regular edition is ¥1,260 ($15 USD).

The song “Fight Together” will be available on Chaku Uta (R) on June 1st, and you can check out the song from the opening of “ONE PIECE” below:


ONE PIECE ワンピース (Wanpīsu) (OPENING 14) -...


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Amuro Namie goes ‘WILD’ for new “Coca Cola Zero” CM

Coca Cola Zero plans to unveil a new CM on February 14th, and it’s causing a lot of buzz!

Appropriately titled “WILD RACE”, the CM will see Amuro Namie play a gorgeous motorcyclist racing across the desert wasteland against her android foes.

This new CM is the 4th in its series, and it’ll continue with the ‘wild’ theme, but ’speed’ has been added to this new instalment.


Although the CM is CGI-heavy, Amuro still rode a bike during filming. According to the star, she’s never ridden a motorcycle before, but she enjoyed it as if it were an attraction.

Contrary to popular belief, Amuro will not be providing a song for the CM – instead, Coca Cola Zero will use a collaboration track between AI and Tsuchiya Anna called ”Wonder Woman“.

Stay tuned for more updates on this intriguing commercial!






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