Odagiri Joe

hey i wanna know who wants it? (satorare ost + glay's ending song) ill just pm u guys the link hehe cuz i dont want it to die right away cuz of leechers

I'm curious, anyone seen any biographical information about Joe? From what I understand, he grew up in the LA area and attended one of the Cal State colleges. After graduation, he found his way to Japan.

One wonders what led him to leave the USA for Asia? Similarly, Coco Lee did the same from a Taiwanese and Northern California perspective, though she only recently made her film debut.

My cousin also went to Tokyo after graduation, and he's from LA too. Though not so tall as Joe, he's more of an average nihonjin height.

As an Asian, it's a lot more difficult to crack into mainstream acting and achieve success in the USA, as Jackie Chan and others have stated in interviews. Perhaps that was one of Joe's reasons for moving to Japan?
-PCM

thats a good question btw, but where did you get that info? i thought he was raised in japan and went to college here.. =T

i think he made a good choice going back to japan, competition here in the US is really hard and too much pressure.. same with me, i was going to be in a music business but i decided not to

Oh yeah..PCM..I read somewhere that he was raised in Japan and then went to UC Fresno. :beaten:


BTW..I TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ...DANG!!! It's Joe's Birthday TODAY

ODAGIRI SAN OTANYOUBI OMEDETO GOZAIMASU!!!! :dancing: :dancing: :victory: :muack:

HE'S TURNING 29 YRS OLD TODAY!!!

MixxDreamer wrote:thats a good question btw, but where did you get that info? i thought he was raised in japan and went to college in la.. =T

i think he made a good choice going back to japan, competition here in the US is really hard and too much pressure.. in my case, i was about to get into a music business but i decided not too *bleh

Utada Hikaru's heavily promoted debut here in the USA flopped too. Hard to crack the American music scene. Unless you're Jessica Simpson's sister. :hehe:

I should rephrase that to "I have heard" with respect to Joe, as I do not know for certain that he was raised in Japan or where he was born. Just looked at his official website, it does list that his hometown is in Japan, but that doesn't mean he was actually born there. Not a lot of info on that website, very sparse. One of you talented ladies should offer to spruce it up for him! :woot:
-PCM


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Honestly, you girls nearly forgot Joe's birthday!?! :hehe:

ooh damn i forgot that too hahah happy birthday joe! (as if you'll read this) deng we beat the fangirls, yo yall should remember this

pcmodem wrote:

Utada Hikaru's heavily promoted debut here in the USA flopped too. Hard to crack the American music scene. Unless you're Jessica Simpson's sister. :hehe:

I should rephrase that to "I have heard" with respect to Joe, as I do not know for certain that he was raised in Japan or where he was born. Just looked at his official website, it does list that his hometown is in Japan, but that doesn't mean he was actually born there. Not a lot of info on that website, very sparse. One of you talented ladies should offer to spruce it up for him! :woot:
-PCM


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Honestly, you girls nearly forgot Joe's birthday!?! :hehe:

Hahahaha..yeah..I forgot his birthday...I KNOW...damn talk about being a fan. :beaten: Jeez..now you know that We're not A FAN GIRL.. but we beat them indeed. to say happy birthday.. I do realize that his birthday is somewhere in February. :nut: Forgive me Joe..LOL..
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*cough*..dig up deeper about his info? hmm..I think I should rely that to the fan girls. LOL. But I still think that he's raised in Japan...well that's what I think until everything is really confirmed.. :beaten:

Akakage wrote:Oh yeah..PCM..I read somewhere that he was raised in Japan and then went to UC Fresno. :beaten:


BTW..I TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ...DANG!!! It's Joe's Birthday TODAY

ODAGIRI SAN OTANYOUBI OMEDETO GOZAIMASU!!!! :dancing: :dancing: :victory: :muack:

HE'S TURNING 29 YRS OLD TODAY!!!

Fresno State?! :confused:

If you were going to come all the way from Europe or Asia, would you want to go live in Fresno?! :crazy:


Happy Birthday, Joe. :drink:
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:

Fresno State?! :confused:

If you were going to come all the way from Europe or Asia, would you want to go live in Fresno?! :crazy:


Happy Birthday, Joe. :drink:
-PCM

Er..I think so..that's what I thought. He just went there for School only not to live there. :beaten:

Well, heck yeah..I bet Joe has been drinking all the way with his Friends..LMAO..:drink: :nut:

speaking of hikki, im so disappointed.. i mean i love electronic but seems that not many asians are into that, though her song devil inside was in the high charts in clubs, but still not good enough to reach in the top billboard.. maybe she should go back to her own roots.

oh wait, so joe really went to cal state college in fresno not in la?

MixxDreamer wrote:speaking of hikki, im so disappointed.. i mean i love electronic but seems that not many asians are into that, though her song devil inside was in the high charts in clubs, but still not good enough to reach in the top billboard.. maybe she should go back to her own roots.

oh wait, so joe really went to cal state college in fresno not in la?

Yeah Hikki...please return to your own roots..*sigh*

Yup he is from UC Fresno..dunno why he went to pic that one.. :beaten:

Akakage wrote:

Yeah Hikki...please return to your own roots..*sigh*

Yup he is from UC Fresno..dunno why he went to pic that one.. :beaten:

Aka', as an FYI to non-Californians, the UC schools are different from the Cal State schools. Fresno is a Cal State school.

The UC schools have tougher admission standards than the Cal State schools. However, there are some Cal State schools that are as good as the top UC schools in some departments, such as the two Cal Poly's.
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:

Aka', as an FYI to non-Californians, the UC schools are different from the Cal State schools. Fresno is a Cal State school.

The UC schools have tougher admission standards than the Cal State schools. However, there are some Cal State schools that are as good as the top UC schools in some departments, such as the two Cal Poly's.
-PCM

hehee..thanks for the info. I'm non graduant from one of those so I've no idea about it. :mrgreen: I got confused with those californian schools.

Haha! I was telling my sister that it's his birthday at 12am local time! She almost boxed me coz she was about to fall asleep... :hehe: :hehe: :crazy:

Mixx, thanks for the link! Downloading it now. ;)

As for being a lurker...i was one too. :beaten: So can't blame anyone for lurking. Took me about a year before i was comfy enough to start posting, and once i did, there was no holding back! So to all lurkers...it's fun to post about the artiste you like. It's more enjoyable learning more about them and be able to share your 'resources'. :)

Otanjyoubi omedetou gozaimasu Joe! Osokunatte sumimasen! :sweat:

Heh, too many BD's to remember! I gotta cut down somewhere! :hehe:

I got this from Zhang :bleh: Ziyi website http://csc.ziyi.org

Joe in "Opera Tanukigoten" :mrgreen:


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Just to check...chi to hone is only available with JPN subs right? Any idea when the one with eng subs will be coming out, if at all?

wai wrote:Just to check...chi to hone is only available with JPN subs right? Any idea when the one with eng subs will be coming out, if at all?

It comes out with English subs..Check in cdjapan because it's now available for pre-order.

Akakage wrote:I got this from Zhang :bleh: Ziyi website http://csc.ziyi.org

Joe in "Opera Tanukigoten" :mrgreen:


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Nice pic. What's the story? Also, why the bleh about Zhang Ziyi?
-PCM

nice flic aka, ;) i really wanna see him sing and see if he really has a nice voice, i mean i heard it from the sample but still not good enough.. does it have samples on that site?