Talk:Hikaru Utada/Archive 1

message: What is the 'Skingg' in Teruzane Skingg Utada? It does show up on google...
Kappa 12:59, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skingg ? 

message: I'm not sure about this, but it seems like this version of her name is only used in the Chinese-speaking world. Does it pop up in Japan? - Sekicho 22:52, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
Her name is written in the same form in Japanese and Chinese, because Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese share some common characters. To be more precise, it shall be 宇多田 光 in Japanese, while in Chinese the space between her family name and first name is not necessary.
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No, this version (宇多田光 "Yu Duo Tian Guan") is only used in China. If those four characters were read in Japanese, it would read "Utada Hikari" instead of "Utada Hikaru." So her Japanese name should be written with surname in kanji, and given name in katakana. ("Hikaru" in Japanese, used as the verb "to shine," would be written 光る...if I remember correctly)
Zekintha
**I don't know if this particular "hikaru" is ever written in kanji, but kanji are often read differently when used as names. "Hikaru" is a possible reading of the character when used as a name. Look at this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%E5%85%89%E3%80%80%E3%81%B2%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8B&btnG=Google+Search Kappa 12:18, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  宇多田光 

message: Albums & singles, like books, films, etc., often use non-standard typography for titles, etc; this is part of the graphic designer's trade.  The title in Wikipedia, however, should use standard typography unless there's good reason to believe that the typography is part of the artist's original intention.  For example, E. E. Cummings' book is 5 uses lower-case, but not his name; his publishers used lower-case on book covers, etc., but he didn't. --Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 09:40, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the first point was not meant completely seriously (but I suppose only the ellipsis indicated that). --Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 08:53, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

text: Hikki seems to actually flip-flop between surname-given name and given name-surname order in the West… urutapu 04:53, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Titles 

message: Is it worth noting her marriage to a producer-type several years her senior? Last I heard they were still together. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 11:38, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage? 

message: I deleted the entire column that pertained to the SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1. We don't need to know if it's in the CD or not. Also, I want to stress the same thing here that I did on Koda Kumi: the information presented about rankings pertains only to weekly rankings and not daily rankings. Daily rankings mean nothing in the long run. Please stop trying to make Hikki look better by adding in a side note that she got #3 in the daily rankings for Passion. It's not going to do anything for her. Soulsteelgray 01:13, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: it does say something about what kind of following she has Chsf 17:33, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unneeded information 

message: Isn't it pretty much certain that "Dareka", "Be My Last", and "Passion" are all singles for the upcoming album?? Or at least BML and Passion are obviously going to be on the next album. --Stzr3 06:05, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  singles 

message: The Japanese and Chinese articles list her "real name" as "Iwashita". Strange, considering that it doesn't come from anyone she's related to. Can this be verified? --OneTopJob6 07:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Supposedly, it's her legal name from marrying Kiriya Kazuaki, whose real name is Iwashita Kazuhiro. Soulsteelgray 16:39, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Yeah, that's not made clear at all in this article. Indeed, the contrast of her "real" name and her husband's stage name borders on contradictory. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 18:22, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iwashita (岩下)? 

message: There should be something written in the article stating that she suffered the tumor during the Distance to Deep River era and how she recovered, afterall, it is about her life too. Bakahito 15:02, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Past Tumor Problems 

message: On 12 March 2006, WhisperToMe added (perhaps unintentionally) this:
:...while the press mostly refers to her as Hikaru Utada.
However I was not able to back this with Google search counts, so I am removing it. Note that it is unusual for most modern Japanese artists to have their name popularly romanized in the "(surname) (given nanme)" order, which suggests that this is a special case based on artistic / personal preferences, different from cases that have had little to no precedence, and thus generic romanization / ordering rules are applied. —Tokek 02:10, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It may also be worth pointing out that, in the credits for Kingdom Hearts, her name appears in "Japanese" order, despite the rest of the Japanese staff credits being listed in "Western" order; this may corroborate the personal preference angle. -Rikoshi 19:16, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that she has been consitently romanizing her name as "Utada Hikaru" (in that order) for the Japanese domestic market (e.g. "Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1"), and possibly there are different versions for each of the Kingdom Hearts albums out there (one for the US market, one for the Japanese market, and perhaps more for other markets), so I'm not sure if her name has been "consistent" for all the varations that could possibly exist for the Kingdom Hearts series. :-( —Tokek 09:43, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Google counts and the two names

message: :Please list your name (# ~~~~) under the article title(s) that you support. A one-sentence explanation is optional.
Hikaru Utada → Utada
# your name here
Hikaru Utada → Utada Hikaru
# Tokek 03:31, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: The stage name "Utada Hikaru" (宇多田ヒカル) derived from her maiden name Hikaru Utada (宇多田光) has seen continued usage in the Japanese domestic market, where she has acquired astronomical success.
The "Utada Hikaru" romanization and name ordering is visible on the following album covers at Amazon.co.jp:
* Movin' on without you  --  February 17, 1999 -- one of her first Japanese market releases
* First Love (mini CD ver.) --  ????
* First Love  --  April 28, 1999
* Addicted To You  --  November 11, 1999
* Wait & See ~Risk~  --  April 19, 2000
* For You/Time Limit  --  June 30, 2000
* Can You Keep a Secret?  --  February 2, 2001
* Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 --  March 31, 2004 --  Album title is romanized as well
* Keep Tryin' -- February 22, 2006 --  Her latest release under any moniker
On the other hand, the "Hikaru Utada" name ordering is not visible on any of the album art hosted on Amazon.co.jp that I could find. On Wikipedia, the article was under the Utada Hikaru title the longest.
Additionally, her name is romanized as "Utada Hikaru" on:
* The album cover of "Jazz de Kiku Utada Hikaru Songs II" (November 22, 2000) by the Kenny James Trio
* Her official website  currently reads: "Utada Hikaru Official Web Site"
* On imdb.com, for their Casshern (2004) entry 
* Presumably in every instance her name was romanized in official products/advertisements for the Japanese domestic market, except when romanized simply as "Utada."
Also, this name ordering sees the highest Google hits:
Google search counts:
"Utada Hikaru"	"Hikaru Utada"	domain or other restrictions
1,380,000     	172,000       	"Search English pages"
201,000       	27,100        	"Search Japanese pages"
28 (7)        	12 (3)        	site:bbc.co.uk
3 (3)         	4 (3)         	site:cnn.com
2             	3             	site:nytimes.com
number in parentheses is the count after very similar results were omitted.
—Tokek 03:31, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently, 宇多田光 is only used for her overseas pressings of her products (see YesAsia) , in other words, she is know as 宇多田光 towards Asian fans outside of Japan. So far, she hasn't released any items in Japan as 宇多田光. I suppose that she uses the katakana for her name only because of personal likings.Bakahito 14:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Utada Hikaru

message: For a brief period, she went international and released CDs under the "Utada" name, in the US, UK, and Japanese domestic markets. Especially considering the amount of investment that must have gone into marketing, etc., this was a relatively unsuccessful venture. (See also: Hikaru Utada#Discography.) She has gone back to releasing her CDs under the "Utada Hikaru" stage name in Japan.—Tokek 03:31, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Utada

message: It is supposed that the picture in the article has to be the most recent and the current picture is of 2004, in the promotion of Exodus. It should be changed to the last one, the Ultra Blue picture, right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.12.157.220 (talk • contribs) .
:Can we have a new picture of her as the Main picture of this page for 2 reasons, 1) you can hardly see her in that picture and 2)if you didn't know who she was and came to this page and saw that picture you would think it was a group of people not one person.please change the picture, I don't care if it's a rare. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.63.44.38 (talk • contribs).
::Feel free to find a new free image. At this moment, it is that image or none. Our criteria is to replace fair use images with free images, but not free images with fair use ones, and since that is a free image, we can either find another better free image (I looked for this one for months, so it won't be easy, but you are welcomed to try!) or remove it altogether. And since removing it will invite people to post images found in websites, it is better to keep it, at least for the time being. -- ReyBrujo 18:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Picture 

message: Why is this link on the "See Also" if Utada isn't even listed there?
ShinjiPG 11:42, 27 May 2006
:I think Hikki only best-selling music artists in Japan only not gobal. -- 66.215.71.146 01:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of best-selling music artists ? 

message: I added in a section about her Tetris playing, she's participating in a contest in cooperation with Nintendo of Japan in which the winner will be able to challenge her to a game of Tetris. I included all the sources (though most of it is in Japanese), but if someone wants to clean up the entry please do. Zarcath 18:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tetris 

message: Tetris should be moved under trivia not its own section Garbagefan2424 02:47, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  It's an interesting piece of trivia, but it certainly doesn't deserve its own section.  I'd move it myself, but I'm not terribly confident in my editing skills. --Avatar Z 05:51, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just changed the tetris part to a separate mini-article to the trivia section.--Bakahito 07:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I "delinkified" it, try not to wikilink headlines. Other than that, the change is fine enough. -- ReyBrujo 21:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I deleted the image of the top score, as it came from http://www.u3music.com/message/index.php?m=1&d=2006070318521j.xml, which reads, "This site is managed and operated by U3MUSIC INC. For private viewings only. Any other use including copying, reproduction or broadcast in public, in whole or in part, is expressly prohibited." --Avatar Z 14:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tetris move to Trivia 

message: With these recent edits, I've been seeing way more NPOV-ish comments in the article. The first two paragraphs of the article is a great example of it. --Snkcube 08:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: yes Joan-of-arc 23:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I also agree with the merger. Kuma Chang could be added in the trivia section. --Snkcube 07:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I also agree.  It doesn't makes sense for something as trivial as a stuffed bear to get a separate Wikipedia article; the importance is just not there.  It belongs in the Trivia section of this article instead. Avatar Z 16:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Kuma Chang article has been deleted. I removed the merger tag. Why sigh, cutie pie? 02:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: merger

message: While many pop stars are satisfied with remaining complacent, Utada has started on a path of self-exploration that is rarely seen in the Japanese pop world. With each new self-assured step, Utada's musical experimentation reminds us why she has remained relevant as an artist for the past seven years. While this type of experimentation may alienate some listeners, her desire to test uncharted waters is what continues to make Utada a key player in the ever-changing landscape of Japanese pop music.
This is not NPOV. Should it be taken out? Why sigh, cutie pie? 03:15, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I find that very NPOV. It seems more of an opinion. However, I already removed it from the article. --Snkcube 08:36, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Not NPOV

message: Right now, there's an edit war when deciding how many total sales Utada has as of 2006. Could we decide on one instead of reverting all the time? --Snkcube 07:39, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, but we need sources, official ones to be specific. --Bakahito 13:46, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 32,000,000 or 40,000,000?

message: Under Trivia, it says
"During her UTADA UNITED 2006 tour, she sang a hit song from the Kingdom Hearts game, commonly known as Simple and Clean in America, but Hikari in Japan."
This should be removed as this was a concert and she sang many songs on the tour. If someone can make the argument that it should stay (under "Trivia"), it should be clarified which song she sang as "Hikari" and "Simple and Clean" are not the same song. --Pandaki 03:05, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  That point is far too trivial, even for Trivia.  I'm removing it now (by the way, the song in question is "Hikari," not "Simple and Clean") Avatar Z 18:22, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Agreed. That would be a good trivia for the Kingdom Hearts article, but not here. -- ReyBrujo 18:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  UNITED TOUR Clarification 

message: I read the Guiness book recently and it said she is the only artist in the world to sell over 20 million for a certain amount of records in a row, cant remember that part, I think it was 5, could someone look at that? It was the 2005 book, I just saw that it wasnt in the article and remembered reading that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.5.197.180 (talk) 07:55, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: World Record?

message: Is Utada gonna be on Family Guy? It's all over YouTube and MySpace —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.24.164.125 (talk • contribs).
:We would need a reliable source to confirm that, we just can't speculate around. -- ReyBrujo 02:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What's wrong with keeping it? —Tokek 12:53, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Actually, Ringtone downloads have become a very big deal in Japan. Amount of times a ringtone is downloaded also reflects how popular the song is. Xxhiroxx 03:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAMILY GUY 

message: It isn't impossible...where did you get that information? YouTubr and Myspace... but specifically... add the links.
Daisuki GreyFace
Daisuki GreyFace 00:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Utada on FAMILY GUY?? 

message: When did ringtones become a big deal? please remove this. Cryptomystic 01:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What's wrong with keeping it? —Tokek 12:53, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Actually, Ringtone downloads have become a very big deal in Japan. Amount of times a ringtone is downloaded also reflects how popular the song is. Xxhiroxx 03:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flavor of Life 1,000,000 ringtones downloaded? 

message: This article is extremely NPOV.  The beginning paragraph reeks of NPOV.  Right from the NPOV guideline:
"Karada offered the following advice in the context of the Saddam Hussein article:
You won't even need to say he was evil. That is why the article on Hitler does not start with "Hitler was a bad man" — we don't need to, his deeds convict him a thousand times over. We just list the facts of the Holocaust dispassionately, and the voices of the dead cry out afresh in a way that makes name-calling both pointless and unnecessary. Please do the same: list Saddam's crimes, and cite your sources.
Remember that readers will probably not take kindly to moralising. If you do not allow the facts to speak for themselves you may alienate readers and turn them against your position."
Saying that Utada is "one of the most successful, influential and acclaimed pop singers in Japanese music history." is like saying Hitler is evil.  Let the facts speak for themselves.  I would've edited the article significantly to get rid of the bias however I decided to take it to the talk page and throw up a NPOV template.  abarry✓ 04:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: If the previous editor didn't gaved credits as to where he/she took information about Utada being one of the greatest Japan artists then I would agree, but there's links that support this.
And if it's gonna be like that, then Britney Spears, Shakira, Madonna, to name a few, need to be re-edited. And pretty much every artist/entertainer's article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joeltz33 (talk • contribs) 19:55, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's fine 

message: just because she calls herself Utada Hikaru (which is because she works in Japan, not because she has to have it in that order!) doesn't mean the article has to be named such. Tila Nguyen calls herself Tila Nguyen but look at that article, anyway Utada's article should be under the same convetion as all other Japanese singers. Aren't we supposed to have Japanese people born in the modern era listed in western order?
even if she works in japan, she could also have her name in the western order. (like ayumi hamasaki) but she chose to have it in the japanese order. she once said in an interview that it was a way of seperating her japanese and english persona(or something).Erith 12:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: should be Hikaru Utada

message: I have added the  tag to the Trivia section twice, and both times it was removed.  Now, I want to establish consensus with this:  is there any useful information that could be merged into this article or other articles, or is all the trivia "interesting, but doesn't belong"? I'll wait 7 days to see what everyone thinks.  SuperDT 21:40, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not necessarily.  WP:TRIVIA defines trivia as "information that is not important to the subject it is being presented in relation to."  Essentially, almost all of the info in the trivia section is not important to the article.  The Tetris section could be integrated somewhere, as well as the people she's met, but she's allergic to Cedar Wood?  Her so-called "double" singing along stage with her?  Useless.  SuperDT 22:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleting/Merging the Trivia Section

message: From double viking's sex column:
''
"Interestingly, inter-sexed and transsexual babies who are switched over to the female gender often grow up to have careers as models or actresses due to the fact that their tall height, an aspect of masculinity, is considered to be an symbol of beauty. Such examples include the stunning Italian actress Eva Robinson, angelic Japanese pop sensation Hikaru Utada, and purportedly Jamie Lee Curtis who qualifies as American Hollywood royalty."
Source: Fausto-Sterling, A. (1993). The five sexes: Why male and female are not enough. The Sciences, 33(2), pages 20-25.
''
http://www.doubleviking.com/the-10-things-we-guarantee-you-didn-t-know-about-sex-4771-p.html
Can anyone verify this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Neuropuff (talk • contribs) 01:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The only things I could find {http://www.google.com/search?q=Utada+Hikaru+intersexed+baby&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a] pointed right back to your article, so I can't say the information was sourced... nor should it be put in the article, for that same reason :)SuperDT 02:11, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

text: It appears that the Double Viking article edited out Utada Hikaru a few weeks later after I posted this topic; it was a mistake they corrected. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Neuropuff (talk • contribs) 02:10, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Indeed. Source was wrong. They also temporarily claimed that it was Ayumi Hamasaki who was the intersexed one, which was also exposed to be wrong. They were obviously blabbing on about Japanese pop culture when they didn't really know much about it.—Tokek 12:31, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's still wrong-- Harisu is a KOREAN singer!146.95.224.171 14:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Utada was an intersexed baby? 

message: Could someone make it more neutral I was reading the 2003 contuning success and it looks like a Utada fan wrote it to make her look as good as humanly possible.  (I didn't read it all since it started bothering me that much) Thanks~
 70.127.190.51 03:53, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Point of View 

message: In the topmost photo of the article, :Image:Utada_Hikaru_Kanto_2004.jpg, Utada looks so tiny! Perhaps someone could create a more useful cropped version so that her face doesn't look like a small dot in the thumbnail. —Tokek 12:51, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image needs adjustment 

message: Can we have a citation for that. 
What languages does she program in, or what software has she written? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Macgruder (talk • contribs) 15:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Programmer? 

message: Yamaguchi Momoe - Playback part 2 - From her Bohemian Summer Tour
Yutaka Ozaki - I Love You - From her Bohemian Summer Tour and Blue ~ A Tribute to Yutaka Ozaki 
The Carpenters - I Won't Last a Day Without You - From a collaboration with Shiina Ringo from "Utaite Myoli ~Vol. I~. She also performed this in a concert some time ago with her.
Inoue Yousui - Shounen Jidai - From her UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ikeike!
^ Official
Fly Me to the Moon was also a vinyl. She's covered Sukiyaki, No Woman No Cry, Moon River, Save the Best For Last, Happy Birthday (for the president), Konya wa Boogie Back (at the same concert where she sang with Shiina Ringo) and some other songs not "released".
Someone should note that First Love and Colors were feature on Karaoke Revolution J-Pop Best Collection Volume 1. Automatic for J-Pop Best Collection Volume 2. traveling for J-Pop Best Collection Volume 3. SAKURA Drops for J-Pop Best Collection Volume 4.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.12.73.155 (talk) 02:56, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holiday & Other Covers 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Exodus utada.jpg

message: "utada hikaru also known by her fan-nickname of Hikki (ヒッキー, Hikkī?), is a [b]third culture[/b] Japanese pop singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer."
Is there anyway to specify in the article what this phrase means? Maybe I don't understand because I'm American? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.40.159.10 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 6 June 2007
**It doesn't mean anything in particular-- her classmates didn't know how to pronounce 'Hikaru', so they called her Hikki. At the time, they didn't know what a hickey was.
 --Greyface
I believe what is implied here by "Third Culture" in this context is that she is a third generation musician and artist like her mother and her mother before her.Utada's mother was a famous enka singer (Keiko Fuji) in the 70's and her mother was a blind shamisen player or "goze".Utada has some great genes ,she was destined for greatness. -- Cryptomystic
"Third Culture Kids (abbreviated TCKs or 3CKs or Global Nomad) "refers to someone who [as a child] has spent a significant period of time in one or more culture(s) other than his or her own, thus integrating elements of those cultures and their own birth culture, into a third culture".
-the definition of third culture on wikipedia's article "third culture kids"'''
hikaru was born in new york, and so is considered a US citizen. however, she also has japanese citizenship, because her parents are japanese. She has said many times that she lived in both new york and america during her childhood (it was always half-half). So we could say that she was a third culture person.Erith 06:54, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Third culture"??

message: I heard a rumor that she's releasing a new english album.
 --Greyface
not true...yet.
she did mention that she's thinking about producing another english album. but that's not confirmed.
at least, not until the single with kiss and cry is released on 29th August 2007 Erith 04:40, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New album 

message: Should the album pictures be deleted from the article? It seems more like decorations to the article. Album pictures for artists like Ayu abd Koda has been removed from the article already. Just asking so I will not be called an Utada hater and for me to go back to Ayu.Icaazn614 02:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They're already gone...Utadahikaru1259 00:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album Pictures 

message: I think that this section can be organized much more neatly than it currently is.  Right now, within the same awards, there is no uniform way of recognizing her awards, honors, and records.  
1) I think that the two dash makrs before and after the name of the award are unnecessary since there are bullets already.  Take a look at Ayumi Hamasaki's section on awards and records.  It is much less cluttered and in a more orderly fashion.  I suggest typing in the name of the award, then follow with a space, dash, then space.  Do be careful and use the computer's dash mark/minus sign only or wikipedia's dash mark.  One is slightly longer than the other and looks funny when the two are mixed together.  
2) Unnecessary honors in my opinion: The Tokio Hot 100 Radio Charts and the EMI Report on Most Downloading Ringtone.  (It's only a contender, EMI isn't even sure of that, since no one keeps track of ringtones worldwide).
3) Use "Japan Gold Disc Awards"; it looks simple and that is what the RIAJ uses on their english website.  Thank you.  Utadahikaru1259 05:35, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awards, honors, and records 

message: You guys have probibally heard this a million times, but why aren't the KH themes listed in the Discography? Is there some kind of consensus I'm not aware of? Quatreryukami 19:00, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They are listed there, under Hikari and Passion. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 02:27, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kingdom Hearts theme songs 

message: I notice that only theme songs for Kingdom Hearts and the Nintendo DS commercials is listed, but where are the others?
*Movin' on without you is the theme song of the Nissan Terano commercials.
*Can You Keep a Secret? is the theme song of Hero.
*Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro is the theme song of Casshern.
*Be My Last is the theme song of Haru no Yuki.
*Flavor Of Life is the theme song of Hana Yori Dango 2.
*Beautiful World is the theme song of Rebuild of Evangelion.
I don't see how any of these songs are less important than the current theme songs listed. Andrew Eng 18:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm thinking that it's because adding all of them would make the template too long? :-/ Additionally, I think that the popularity of both the Kingdom Hearts series and the Nintendo DS makes the theme songs listed in the template more notable than others. -- SilentAria talk 03:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Quatreryukami 15:19, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theme songs in the Template 

message: According to WP:USERNAME, "Usernames that match the name of a well-known living or recently deceased person, unless you verifiably are that person, in which case please note this on your user page. Wikipedians with articles is a list of such users." That means that the user Utadahikaru, if not the actual person by this name, should probably change his/her username to "Utadahikarufan" or something similar. Badagnani 17:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess I need to say that I am not Utada Hikaru.  Would you like me to ask a bureaucrat to change my username?  I'm okay with that if you believe that it is deceiving to the readers.  Thanks for telling me this though, because I never really thought about that.  I just like Utada Hikaru so much that I named my username after her.  
Utadahikaru1259 02:59, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Username policy 

message: Cleaned up awards section. #1 yearly ORICON can be stated in article, rankings on TV show isn't a award, sales on a online store isn't an award. This section should be reserved for actual awards and records, and not poll and TV rankings, commercial rankings, etc.. Hedatari (talk) 00:52, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Award clean up