The Music Video of the Cover Song ‘Muscles Please!’ from the anime “How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?” by Nakayama Kinni-kun and Singing Cosplayer Hikari has Finally Been Released on YouTube

“Muscles Please!” Digital Jacket Cover

Japanese comedian and bodybuilder Nakayama Kinni-kun has released the music and video of a cover song “Muscles Please!” worldwide on the 26th of January across all digital music streaming platforms. He made this cover song video as a collaboration with cover singer, Singing Cosplayer Hikari, who is active internationally.

Nakayama Kinni-kun is known as a popular Youtuber who has over 1.4 million subscribers on his YouTube channel called, “The Kinniku TV【The Muscle TV】”. Singing Cosplayer Hikari is also famous with her activity as a YouTuber who has been releasing her activity to the world. She has released 25 cover songs in total and her songs have been viewed over 8.1 million times.The cover song of “Yume To Hazakura” was ranked No.1 on the J-POP charts of 14 countries.

In the music video of the cover song of “Muscles Please!” they showed the pair muscle training and dancing humorously and this music video has been released on both of their YouTube channels. The original song “Muscles Please!” is the opening theme song of the TV anime “How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?”. This anime song is very popular both inside and outside of Japan and has been viewed over 240 million times on YouTube. This music video, which is a collaboration between Nakayama Kinni-kun and Singing Cosplayer Hikari, is on air every Saturday as the ending theme song of the TV program “Doyou wa nani suru?” till the end of March.

This nationwide TV program, Doyou wa nani suru? is on both Kansai Telecasting corporation and Fuji Television Network from 08:30 to 09: 55 AM (JAPAN TIME). Also this song is on air through FamilyMart’s inside shop radio program called Mix Fam with your voice, from 23:00 till 04:59 AM until the end of January. Family Mart is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain and has 16,000 stores in Japan.

With their appearance in the media their cover song has been getting interest and the number of people who have viewed the TikTok with the two of them dancing together for practice, and also them on YouTube Shorts, has been increasing. By the way, Singing Cosplayer Hikari herself created the choreography. Their humorous dance has been gaining attention.

The full version of the music video of  “Muscles Please”’ has been released as a song and video on the 26th of January, which has been longed for by the fans of Nakayama Kinni-kun and Singing Cosplayer Hikari. Please check it out! Also try copying their dance with their cover song “Muscles Please!” on TikTok!

Be sure to check out the music video below, along with the streaming link here!

Singing Cosplayer Hikari Works Out with Nakayama Kinni-kun for A Cover of "Muscles Please!"

“Muscles Please!” Jacket Cover!

Nakayama Kinni-kun is a comedian, bodybuilder and also YouTuber who has 1.39 million subscribers on his YouTube channel called, “The Muscle TV”. He covered the song “Muscles Please!” with a collaborator and made a music video on Wednesday the 26th of January. The song is the opening theme song of the TV anime, How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? The music video of this original song is a popular anime song worldwide and has been viewed over 241 million times.  He collaborated with Singing Cosplayer Hikari who is a global cover singer, a YouTuber and also a TikToker. She started her activity on social media on New Year's Day of 2021. She has released 23 anime and vocaloid cover songs in 2021 and her songs have been viewed over 8 million times and 97.4％ of the viewers are from the outside of Japan. Her vocaloid cover song, ‘Yume To Hazakura’, which was released in April 2021 has been viewed over 2.45 million times and was ranked No.1 on the J-POP charts of 14 countries.

Nakayama Kinni-kun & Singing Cosplayer Hikari’s cover song, “Muscles Please!” ‘will been released as a song and music video to the entire world on January 26. The artist and the album cover photo has been revealed today. This song is going to be on air as the ending theme of the nationwide TV program “Doyou wa nani suru?!(What will you do on Saturday!?)” on both Kansai Telecasting Corporation and Fuji Television Network. The music video will be on air for 30 seconds every Saturday for 3 months. This is a great opportunity for them. This music video was shot at GOLD’S GYM at Makuhari Chiba ANNEX. While Nakayama Kinni-kun taught how to do the exercise, TikToker Singing Cosplayer Hikari choreographed the dancing. She hit upon the choreography one day before shooting day and they practiced it together right before shooting the music video. The key part of their collaboration movie was released today on Singing Cosplayer Hikari’s TikTok today. Please check it out!

Indonesian Trackmaker “Tegra*39” has Released a Remix Version of "Yume To Hazakura" using the vocals of Singing Cosplayer Hikari! And Singing Cosplayer Hikari has Released new Christmas Cover Song!

Since New Year's Day 2021, Singing Cosplayer Hikari has been singing cover songs of anime songs and Vocaloid songs, cosplaying, and promoting Japanese culture to the world. On December 20, Hikari released her 23rd cover song video, a cover of "Silent de nani narainai" sung by Sheryl Nome starring May'n/Lanka Lee = Ai Nakajima, the image song of the anime "Macross F" on her YouTube channel. 

In addition, the cover of "Yume to Hazakura", which was released on April 20 for worldwide music and video distribution, has been viewed over 2.2 million times on YouTube.

The song has been ranked No. 1 on the Apple Music J-Pop chart in 36 countries, and No. 1 in 14 countries. “Yume to Hozakura" is a famous Vocaloid song that was first posted on Nico Nico Douga by Gekkoh Aoki 10 years ago, and on July 17th. On July 17 this year, the 10th anniversary of the song, Japanese music producer U-ske Asada released a 10th Anniversary Remix using the vocal soundtrack of Singing Cosplayer Hikari, and it ranked in the J-Pop charts in Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Poland.

Tegra*39

In addition, on October 20, Singing Cosplayer Hikari's a cappella soundtrack was released, and trackmakers from all over the world who love "Yume to Hazakura" have been offering to remix the song, and several projects are currently in the works. The first one is a remix of "Koplo" by Tegra*39 (YouTube channel with 100,000 subscribers and 17.7 million views), who is popular in Indonesia for remixing anime songs and J-Pop into Indonesian traditional music such as koplo, funkot, and breakbeat.

“Koplo” Yume to Hazakura (Remix) - TEGRA39 feat. Singing Cosplayer Hikari, has been released on YouTube and is now available on all music streaming platforms. Please pay attention to the "Yume to Hazakura" phenomenon that is spreading around the world!

Singing Cosplayer Hikari Teams Up with French rapper, Suzuya!

Suzuya

Singing Cosplayer Hikari has been singing covers of anime and vocaloid songs, as well as cosplaying since the new year of 2021. Her 22 music videos of cover songs on YouTube have been viewed so far over 7 million times.
Her cover song of,  “Yume To Hazakura”, which was released on the 20th of April to music streaming and downloading services, was ranked highly on Apple Music J-Pop charts across 36 countries and became No.1 in 14 countries. She gained popularity especially in France and became No.1 5 times for the J-Pop Daily chart on Apple Music France. Also, she joined the event in the UK called, HYPER JAPAN ONLINE 2021, as a singer, cosplayer and model.

Hikari is going to join the album Là où les cœurs se pendent by French rapper Suzuya.This album will be released from E.47 Records today 3rd of December. Hikari voiced a Japanese female devil who, in disguise, tried to steal Suzuya’s soul. She was talking for 14 seconds at the beginning of the song “Voleuse d'âme” (soul thief) which is the 10th song of the album.

Suzuya has released many songs which were inspired by Japanese anime and games. The name Suzuya is taken from the character, Juuzou Suzuya, in the anime, “Tokyo Ghoul”. The album cover was done by illustrator Takato Yamamoto. His illustration is called “the Ukiyo-e Pop style” and “Heisei estheticism style” and he is well known worldwide. The 1st and 12th songs are created by Akira Yamaoka who created music for games such as, Silent Hill series. The female rapper from Kyoto, Edward(我), joined for the 5th song. And the 11th song was composed by Yow-Row. He is from the electro rock band GARI and he does vocals, programming, lyrics, composing, and arrangement. So many talented Japanese artists have got together for this amazing album.

Please check the album of Suzuya here and also check out Singing Cosplayer Hikari’s global success.

Singing Cosplayer Hikari Shows Who is THE HERO in Latest Release!

“THE HERO” Digital Jacket Cover

Singing Cosplayer Hikari has been actively working on spreading the charm of Japanese culture to the world through her cosplay and cover songs of anime and vocaloid. And she just released her latest cover song of “THE HERO!!” by JAM Project, which is the opening theme song of anime One-Punch Man. The wait is finally over as it’s available across all digital music streaming platforms from October 2 along with the music video being released on YouTube as well. Singing Cosplayer Hikari made her debut on SNS on January 1 this year and she quickly became a massive hit for streaming the vocaloid cover song “Yume to Hazakura” (Lyrics and music by Aoki Gekkou) by Hatsune Miku. The song was released to the world on April 20.

The song was ranked in 36 countries in total on the J-POP chart of Apple Music / iTunes, and got No.1 in 14 countries including France, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam,Italy, Holland, Luxembourg, Poland, Mongol, Ukraina, Kazakhstan, Macao, and South Africa. Her activities have been highly celebrated in Europe as she joined HYPER JAPAN ONLINE 2021 in the UK in July. She appeared in the event in three roles as a singer, cosplayer and fashion model.

People constantly loved what she wore in the music video and this time she chose her favorite Japanese clothes brand called “JEANASIS” which she enjoys wearing regularly. Hikari wore the rock taste costume chosen especially for the image of this song. Fans might be familiar with Singing Cosplayer Hikari wearing cosplay, school uniform and kimonos but this time people can enjoy a different side of her with rock spirit.

Be sure to check out the music video in question below along with the streaming link here!