User:TouchYourHamasaki
I have no idea what the hell I'm doing, aside from the best that I know how to do at any given moment, and I may as well finally write something here. I don't even know how to use User Talk, and I've been contributing to generasia for like 100 years now. Yeehaw.
I like trying my (very basic) hand at translating Japanese to English with varying degrees of success, trying to keep profile images and templates looking chic and up-to-date when possible, discovering artists I've never heard of/listened to before (usually through the Recent Changes page, because why do it in a way that makes sense?), and turning red links blue. I try to adhere to formatting standards as best as I can with the knowledge I pick up from the admin(s) as I go along. I'm sure it'll all fully click someday.
Current goals: Finish making single/EP/album pages for AI, MISIA, Toshinori Yonekura, YOUYA, Ayumu Imazu, Nissy, Taichi Mukai, Nanase Aikawa, Shimizu Shota, Fujii Kaze, Rina Aiuchi, and Toshinobu Kubota, with maybe more to come down the line when I review more artist pages. Might also try making new artist pages for Rui Kihara and Ryosuke Yamada. May also update some pages with more recent-looking profile images and overhaul a few templates (Seiko Matsuda, Do As Infinity, Chihiro Onitsuka, at the very least).
How long will that take? Between having ADHD and a full-time job, probably 50 years.
Asian Music and Me: Some of my absolute favorite artists are Ayumi Hamasaki, Miliyah Kato, Namie Amuro, Daichi Miura, BoA, Chihiro Onitsuka, and Hikaru Utada. Onitsuka-san was one of my gateways into JPop back around 2002, along with Megumi Hayashibara; meanwhile, BoA is... basically the only KPop artist I've really listened to much at the moment, but also one of the artists (along with Hamasaki-san and Utada-san) whose Japanese music drew me deeper into the JPop scene. I like to think helping make more complete archives of their discographies is my way of showing gratitude for the artists whose work I enjoy so much. Plus, it's nice and calming.
I also have a soft spot for other artists like Ayumu Imazu, ASCA, hitomi, Taichi Mukai, Nissy, Hitomi Shimatani, and many more. Recently, due to having such a female-heavy music library, I've been looking for more male solo artists to add, and to likely fill out their discography pages more in the process. I'm particularly drawn to queer artists such as Toshinori Yonekura, Shinjiro Atae, and Utada-san, being a queer man myself, and always appreciate being able to find more and uplift their presence however I can. (Not that Hikki necessarily needs more exposure, but...) I also greatly appreciate learning about allies in the Asian pop scene, such as Hamasaki-san, Kumi Koda, BoA, Imazu-san, Mika Nakashima, and Shimatani-san.
