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SPEED’s Shimabukuro Hiroko, Imai Eriko and Uehara Takako reunite at Okinawa Actors School for a one night event. Okinawans are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa back to Japan (as part of the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement with the USA). It was Read More …
On November 11th, the tribute album 『SPEED 25th Anniversary TRIBUTE ALBUM “SPEED SPIRITS”』will be released and the jacket design and artists to participate have been revealed. SPEED is a four member all-female group from Okinawa (that came from Amuro Namie and MAX’s Okinawa Actors School) Read More …
The popular pop group straight from Okinawa, SPEED, which were born from the same Okinawa Actors School that their seniors Amuro Namie and members of MAX were from, may have not been as active as they were since the mid-to-late ’90s but the members still Read More …
SPEED member Uehara Takako (37) has made her Twitter public. The singer/dancer has decided to make her Twitter account public after harsh criticism from anti’s. The first public tweet was Uehara writing to former Morning Musume member Ogawa Makoto of how it was nice meeting Read More …
It has no doubt been a challenge for married couple, Koh Kazuya and Uehara Takako. Uehara is still facing heat from people and the family of her deceased husband, TENN (from the group ET-KING), who committed suicide in 2014. TENN’s younger brother leaked a concam Read More …
Uehara Takako (35) of SPEED gave birth to her first child, a baby boy on December 17th. Uehara, who remarried in September to playright/director Koh Kazuya (41), welcomed their first child. According to officials, both the mother and baby are healthy and she will be Read More …
Koh Kazuya (41) announced that he and SPEED member, Uehara Takako (35) are married and that she is pregnant. Koh writes that he and his wife had entered the family register and that his wife is pregnant. Koh writes “No matter what, I want to Read More …
When Amuro Namie and MAX (members of Amuro Namie’s “Super Monkeys” group) made their debut, it was the beginning of the Okinawa Actors School explosion. With the popularity of Amuro and MAX who were cranking out hit after hit, a new female group consisting of Read More …
For those who have missed Uehara Takako’s single or album releases, this best album is pretty much all you need to get your Uehara Takako fix. ARTIST: Uehara Takako ALBUM TITLES: départ ~takako uehara single collection~ LABEL: Sonic Groove CATALOG #: AVCD-16119/B (CD+DVD), AVCD-16120 (CD) Read More …