May.20,2003
   
  KUZU's 1st album "KUZU Album" ranked No.2 in ORICON chart
   
 
Artiste: Kuzu
Title: "Kuzu Album"
Record Company: R & C Japan
Release Date: 26th,Mar 2003
 
Managed by Yoshimoto Kogyo ("Yoshimoto"), the popular comedians group "KUZU" (which means "trash" in Japanese) has released its first album namely "KUZU Album" on the 26th of March by R & C Japan Limited, one of the subsidiaries of ROJAM Entertainment Holdings Limited ("ROJAM" or "the Company"). This record is well received by the public and it reached No.2 on ORICON album daily chart on the 27th of March.

KUZU is organized through a weekly TV variety show, "EBUNAI", which is on air by Fuji TV network, which composed by Hiroyuki Miyasako from the comedian group, Ameagari Kesshitai and Tomomitsu Yamaguchi from Don Doko Don. Their debut single "MOON LIGHT" and the second single "IKITEIRUKOTOTTE SUBARAHII" (how wonderful to alive) became big hit in Japan, even Utada Hikaru, Japan's famous pop singer, is their fans and admire them via her official website. So when they were producing this album, they were thinking "why don't we invite our favorite artistes for cooperation?" Surprisingly, all famous artistes agreed. There are totally 10 tracks in this album in which seven artistes involved in the production, including, Utada Hikaru, Saijo Hideki, Teru and Takuro from Glay, Sano Motoharu, Ohtomo Kouhei and Watanabe Misato. Now, they become very popular among youngsters not only as comedians, but also as singers.

The success of KUZU is a significant milestone for ROJAM. It presents the winning strategic partnership between ROJAM and Yoshimoto. As the largest shareholder of ROJAM, Yoshimoto offers tremendous synergies and business opportunities to ROJAM via its entertainment know-how, promotion infrastructure and well-established distribution network. It can provide a platform for ROJAM to promote its artists and music products and also introduce many popular entertainment and music personalities in Japan. In return, ROJAM offers tremendous talents and capabilities in music production and possesses the best production team and facilities in the Asian region, which presents a definite asset to Yoshimoto's entertainment business.