KAMIJO - 2016

2016

On December 28, 2015, during the Grand Final of the 20-year career tour, the new theme for 2016 was announced, as well as a tour of Japan. Aesthéticism announces a new era with a KAMIJO which is revealed more than ever on the poster ... Versailles will be back in June.

On January 4, he gave an exclusive concert for the members of the Fan Club, "Berger de Minuit n ° 2" at the New Side Beach. The opportunity to see KAMIJO and his mucisiens in traditional Japanese clothes with beautiful ceremonial kimonos.

photos Twitter et Instagram

2016, the year of the renaissance of Versailles but also the year of diversification for our favorite vampire. He is hosting a radio show "Bonjour Vampire" on FUJIFm every Tuesday from 7:30 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. since January 5. Audible from Japan only. His first guest was "The Alfee", a group which started in 1974 and which also benefited from an illustration by Riyoko Ikeda! The circle is complete. It is very beautiful what they do, very sweet, go see it on Youtube !

The Alfee by Riyoko Ikeda - still an androgynous physique ... - I will dream of a photo like this one with Kamijo and Ikeda !

January, month of tweet and internet communication ... On January 14, on his blog Ameba, Kamijo talks about a New Year's party where he was invited on the 12th by Mrs. Akie ABE, the wife of the Japanese Prime Minister, where were also invited the writer Arakawa Yuji kun, the personality of TV Haruna Ai san and the models Fujii Lena-san, Aoki Misako-san and that Kimura U-san. Photo from Kamijo's official Twitter. On the 16th, he added a new photo to his blog Ameba where he spoke of the current photo session for the magazine of the Fan Club Rose Croix.

New year tea time - photoshoot for Rose Croix magazine - Kamijo on radio in "Bonjour Vampire"

On January 16 he participates in the event "Mad Tea Party vol 31" at Shinjuku BLAZE, organized by D with KAMIJO solo among the guests: Blesscode, Gotcharocka, Matenrou Opera.

photos : facebook Kamijo France

We can also see Kamijo on TV on channel 639 of the group "Music Japan" in a monthly musical program called ?? ? ? ? ? ? KAMIJO ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? which goes in the section "Music Express" He hosts the show and talks about music news with various guests, a kind of and talk show. It happens on Friday evening in the second half of the evening in Japan and of course not visible from us. We wonder what the internet is for my poor Lucette ...
Since January 14, 2016, the karaoke channel Karaoke no Tetsujin has added the title "Tsuioku no mon amour" to its list with the original clip in the background.
January 21, the dates of the Royal Week End, canceled in 2015 because of attacks, were revealed, it will be September 2 and 4 (the Royal Night was to take place on Saturday 3 but the date was changed in late May on the request from Pavillon Dauphine). That day Kamijo delivers a tweet on this subject: "Today, January 21, corresponds to the day when Louis XVI was executed. It is a pure coincidence but it is also the day when the events in Paris were announced I will prepare for it and do my best ! "

Royal Week-End event. Photo du Rock and Read n°064 (clic on the pic to see all the photo shoot)

In February, Kamijo receives Machi for two radio programs. It is also in Rock & Read magazine n ° 64. March kicks off concerts for the new "Aestheticism" tour, and new images are on Twitter and Instagram. So on March 6, a "Boys only" concert will take place and launch the festivities. Already in Versailles there were concerts reserved for male fans. The visual audience is mostly female, and it is common for groups to make concerts only open to men, just to meet up with boys to move more ... It remains to be seen what he will wear once out of his bath ...
Issue n ° 3 of Rose Croix Magazine offers us a truly original look, black hair, short and both eyes visible. 2016 year of surprises! This man is a chameleon ...

Kamijo's TV shows are not visible everywhere in Japan, not at all on the net but a very motivated and sharing fan, Nobo - @ hino19870903 films his television screen and puts this Kamijesque section on his account in small pieces Twitter. It consists of small videos that continue the story of his Solo. The first show focused on the Zepp Diver City live on December 28 (montage to come)

the second and the thirs show

The Aestheticism tour officially started on March 20. No new titles in sight. We know that Versailles started studio recording sessions thanks to the members' different Twitter accounts. No new single or solo album announced but a new costume anyway ...

Photo Instagram official - Visunavi - Kamijo Official

The rest of the story told by Kamijo seems to be revealed little by little in his television program and by the narration made on stage by the artist Kaya. The Château Agency site has also been updated with new photos. The Tour Pamphlet with 88 pages of photos and text about the story is scheduled for April 29. Click on the Pamphlet photo below to have all the information on the Château Agency website.

Aestheticism pamphlet (clic on the pic to dowload the PDF ) and dates for the international tour - Zepp Diver City live DVD

Two dates abroad were added at the end of May, giving Aestheticism a mini world tour with August 25 New York at the Knitting Factory and August 28 Mexico in Sala. The DVD of the concert of December 28th was announced for July, it will be called "La vie en Rose" and will include the three hours of live plus backstage bonuses and rehearsals, all on 4 discs. It will be published in a limited version and in a standard version. For the occasion CD Japan offers a bonus photoset and a video interview on the internet where each buyer who has pre-ordered before June 23 will be able to ask the artist two questions, and suggest a sentence or a word to make him say.

At the end of June the Télé Music Express program where Kamijo broadcasts videos that continue its history this time offers an interview with the artist :

The small narrative discs broadcast on this same program over the months :

This program is filmed directly on his television by a Japanese fan Nobo -
@ hino19870903 and which he broadcasts in several parts on his Twitter account.
You have above a version edited by me, some parts have no sound.

On July 2, he participated in the event that took place at the Shinjuku Blaze for the 30 years of KENZI's career. On July 6 he will be on the program of a radio program on Beat Line TV / Radio where he is invited.

July 2 for the event of 30 years of KENZI's career - during the radio recording on Beat Line on July 5 on the channel's twitter

On July 7 the Get News site published an interview with three photos of Kamijo. It's about reading ...

On July 18, the day before his birthday, Kamijo is organizing the Rose Fes which offers an interesting program: "Ballroom dance demonstration" with Kamijo; Yuki & Daishi - Kaya & Machi - "DEATH METERU" (Vocals: CHISEI. Gt.TERU Ba. Shoyo Dr.ATSUSHI) TERU Death Metal Group - "Hige Danshaku" Louis at the age of 17 and Louis at the age of 17 age of 53 gathered on stage. (it seems to be a duo called "the bearded Barons" composed of a Japanese born French nobleman and his servant - "The Descendants of the Rose" Line up Versailles before their return on stage on August 7 - "FLOWER "Line up LAREINE -" Princess & Queen "Singing. Kaya Gt.HIZAKI Ba.EMIRU Bat.MACHI, Girls band made in Château -" Dream Theater "Gt.Meku Ba.MASASHI Bat.YUKI Clavier.Mao - Kamijo and Be Choir and Kamijo solo Information given and translated by Kamijo France For this occasion fans from all over the world could offer a rose to Kamijo.

On July 28 a mini fall tour is announced, it will have three dates, November 6, 23 and 27. It will be called "Nosferatu" from the name of a title already sung live during the spring tour.

Rose Fes poster and cover of the Vyper magazine from August 2016

In August, Vyper magazine issues a special free issue with an interview all in French on the occasion of its upcoming visit to France in September. At the end of August, thunderclap, the Mexican turner who has been chosen by B7Klan to organize the dates of Mexico City and New York disappears into the wild. The Broadway hall is the first to announce that the concert has been canceled. The page of the Mexican turner is still promoting Mexico ... then at the end of the morning the cleaver falls: the dates on the new continent are canceled. Big disappointment from the fans there. The Royal Week End is maintained because it is directly organized by B7Klan. Friday, September 2, therefore, at the Pavillon Dauphine finally takes place the Royal Night with its acoustic concert and its buffet, followed on Sunday evening by a concert at La Boule Noire where he played his new title not yet released CD: "Nosferatu" .
To read the live reports of these two events, go to the post dedicated to the thing on the blog.

Photos twitter Kamijo Official

Nosferatu en live - la Boule Noire 4 septembre 2016 - Paris - Filmé à la Go-Pro par St Germain

Back to Japan and resumption of activities with Versailles ... go to the page dedicated to the group to follow their news.

At the beginning of October, a tweet announced that he was recording for his solo. Can we hope to see a single with "Nosferatu"? ... suspense ...

For Halloween, two lives take place, October 23, 2016 in Saitama and October 29, 2016 in Yokohama. On this occasion, he published many very beautiful photos of Yokohama's live on Instagram. During the live show on the 23rd, he wore a costume of the character Haoru from the film "The traveling castle", something long overdue for many fans in view of his resemblance to the character.

More Lestat than never... Vampire and Rockstar...

The Aestheticism-Nosferatu tour starts on November 6 at the Tokyo Kinema Club. No pictures of the costume yet. A photo of him barely dressed under a black velvet cape is circulating.

On November 15 Kamijo announces a new collaboration with Be-Choir for December 11 in an interview for Barks. This is the album "Heart" which will be revisited this time. November 20 announcement of the Christmas Live which will take place on December 23 in the room "Rabbit and Halot". It is an event of more than 3 hours which is announced with gifts to win, games, guests, an acoustic live and two souvenir photos.

The two other concerts of the Nosferatu tour, Osaka on the 23rd and Nagoya on the 27th finally reveal photos of the new costume on twitter and instagram. He wears for the occasion a new costume whose photos are visible through the tweets. Very sober, black leather pants and boots, white shirt with thin frill very low neck, long taffeta and black velvet coat with 3/4 sleeves and white and black gloves.

On November 27, live with Be_Choir and revisit the album "Heart" publication of a new official photo which confirms the costume and sees the appearance of a hair extension ...

Here is a medley of songs and the complete extract from Symphony No. 9 with Beethoven's message :

Des extraits de ce spectacles seront présents sur le DVD qui accompagne l'édition limited du nouveau single "Castrato" du 10 mai 2017.

On December 10, the Rose Croix Fan Club finally opens an international boutique. Few items but it is a start for fans outside Japan for whom it is always complicated to obtain items sold live or only in Japan ... On December 11 a new single is announced, it will be called " Castrato "and will be out on April 26, 2017. On the 12th we announce a new concert which will take place on April 26 at Asaka Blitz and which will be named" Epic Rock Orchestra ".

On December 16, Kamijo is interviewed in a NicoNico Video stream.