East of Eden official has announced that their new single “Shooting Star” will be released on January 15th from Warner music Japan. They changed their label from Victor to Warner, which is probably related to the fact that MINA has the contract with Universal music as a solo artist and will keep it. They also changed the composer for the new song, MEGMETAL and Hayato Yamamoto joined this time. MINA definitely can reproduce the Wakazaemon’s playing for the existing songs, but might add her funky taste to the new song. EOE would probably plan to have a big change for their new period.

Bom, Babymetal veio, Scandal também em tempos recentes (e nenhuma das 2 curto muito, pra falar a verdade, gosto de algumas músicas somente e não fui atrás de ver, até porque nem acompanho notícias desses 2 grupos rs). Outras bandas que gosto são Lovebites, Brats (gostava muito mais da Rei Kuromiya nessa banda do que como idol, mas ela voltou, era da Ladybaby e agora faz parte da Reirie), Nemophila também é bom (fazem bastante covers, um diferencial interessante). E também gosto da Yousei Teikoku (diria que é minha segunda artista/banda favorita do Japão). Perdendo somente pra minha favorita que é justamente a Band-Maid. Enfim, eu gostaria que viessem pro Brasil, São Paulo seria interessante por questão da Liberdade (aliás, poderiam fazer um show por lá, tipo no Cine Joia, ia combinar super bem). Devo ir lá daqui a alguns meses, mas pra outra banda. No caso, gosto de outras bandas de rock, incluso americanas, obviamente, tenho um grande agrado por bandas da era grunge como Nirvana (que sou fã e vi um show cover de uma banda argentina que veio ao Brasil recentemente) e gosto bastante do Mudhoney (que vai vir ao Cine Joia em março fazer um show em SP). Band-Maid, pra mim, é um sonho por aqui por momento, como é para outros. Acho que por aqui ainda não é tão popular ter bandas japonesas, uma pena. Mas, vamos manter a esperança. Se continuarem populares, acredito que mais cedo ou tarde pisarão os pés em solo brasileiro rs...

In my opinion, Waka is an irreplaceable mutant on bass, but if the band thinks that Mina (who I don't consider very versatile or musical) can replace her, there's no one better than them to decide. For my part, i hope that the style and musical approach remain intact... EOE is a great band.

外人地獄やなｗ 日本より知ってるや 日本人はアホばかりやなｗ 俺は違うけど

Honestly, for me a good guitarist is a musician, who can generate well fitting, melodic and highly musical performances. In this view this extreme high speed playing is counterproductive. It bores pretty quickly and after the initial surprise is gone, it becomes mostly uninteresting ....

Japan is full of some of the best bases in the world. I don't know what's going on over there but Mina rocks. So many like fami .. as good if not better

いい子はすぐ消える でボーカルやるのかな？ いまいち英語聞こえんなｗ

And?...

What amazing talent

Yeah, look at the Girlfriend band, with they song Full House and all their cover song, and you will definitely accept Mina as EOE new Bassist

Band Maids 2 guitarist and Bass player and Drummer, and singer

Mina is a great choice, she is skilled and have media presence, EoE won't lose out by taking her. As for Kawaiiaemon, i think she is fitting more into heavier stuff. KOIAI is a promising band, consisting of super skilled members and Marty is kinda a metal superstar, so i can understand her wish to tour with him. Also i've heard that EoE were restricting her by not allowing to join any other bands officially, it was mentioned that it's the reason why she didn't join KOIAI officially, not sure if it's true or not. Anyway, good luck to both of them!

I’ve adored Mina’s skills for years and if Mina wants to do this, then it couldn’t be anything but EXCELLENT !!

Whatever happens, there are plenty of bands and talents in Japan to handle it. That’s very encouraging.😅

On May 24th, 2016 Miho announced she would be starting an all female heavy metal band with Haruna Ishikawa. That band became Lovebites. Midori and Miyako joined during the summer of 2016, not 2015...

Harazuki and Saki

You should add the moment when a Hanabie member (maybe Yukina or Hettsu, I can’t remember) drank beer in her shoe

Oh Wow! Mina is great, and hasn't been in a band for a while. However I really have no idea how she'll fit into EoE, it'll be really interesting to see how she and they change (or not), I'd confess I don't know EoE very well at all, I'll certainly pay more attention now! Mina's comments are typically modest, she was fantastic in Girlfriend.

man what a shift, Waka has things going on for her, and for Mina, happy for her too! been a fan sing her band "Girlfriend" days and when i bought their records back in like 2019 directly in Japan... they disbanded shortly after T_T

East of Eden will not miss a beat with Mina. This turned out to be a win-win-win for everybody involved. I am excited to see everything they are going to do next. Great things are coming.

Mina will be perfect fit

Don't they mean north American tour?

Mina is amazing. I love her former band Girlfriend she will do great in East of Eden!

Mina is incredible so she’ll do great. Waka will be busy, but I still hope she joins KOIAI. Thanks for your great channel and best wishes for you in 2025.

I had tickets to see Mina with girlfriend and COVID happened. My favorite Bass player. Been waiting for someone to pick her up.

Great choice

Wondering if EoE is ramping up for something big in early 2025 now? Must have been a tough decision for her to pick between touring with Marty or sticking with EoE.

I think that Mina is an exceptional bass player. Waka too is amazing but she is a lot like Junna (drummer). They can't seem to stay in one place too long.

"Backing voca;s" is a term that never really describes it, re Miku. It seems her vocals can provide a platform, a foundation, ...but then a decoration,or a contrast or context... ,the sauce.the pepper...her voice can comtribute in all these ways ! Saiki-plus-Miku is a complex instrument itself ! But if one facet most stands out,to me, it's her deep and intriguing intelligence--always it is so charming when the camera happens to catch her looking to the far distance...it makes you want to know her thoughts...............

I have watched with eager anticipation, Mina's forays into her solo and collab projects since the (to me, the very saddd) wrapping up of the band Girlfriend. As I commented before, I have been a huge fan of Mina since then and wanted so much to see her achieve great things..and she has never ever disappointed!❤ this new opportunity for Mina has me overjoyed!!😊 I just can't wait to enjoy seeing Mina strut her stuff with the super talented East of Eden...soo soo cool!!! 🌟

I can't understand why some people are so excited about. It sucks when a member leaves a band. But some people see artists as disposable. "Ah, she left? Doesn't matter. Find a substitute". Despite that, i wish success to both of them.

A possible reason for Wakazaemon leaving (I thought of this in one of the threads, but I wanted to share it here): When I went to check out East of Eden (after I heard Mina joined), I noticed the band generally has a stronger focus than some other bands on making the members appear as attractive as possible (for pictures, KZbin shorts, etc), while their music videos seem more about appearance as well (in the way they are being edited), which comes across as members being micromanaged by a company. If this is correct, maybe there was an issue with management? An indication that a company is behind things (by directing everyone), could explain how conflicts can start, while Wakazaemon seems like a free spirit (understatement), one who wouldn’t want a company controlling her to this high extent. But I suppose the positive side is that a wealthy company could also offer someone good (like Mina) a lot of money to join them. The company may have also been paying for KZbin advertising for EOE as well, given the strong discrepancy between higher KZbin views, and the much lower than expected views from music streaming services. Just some thoughts I had. 🤷‍♂️

It will be interesting to see how she fits in the band. Her and Wakazeamon have two distinctive styles of playing. I wonder how much of a change it will have on EOE.

Mina! bass & back up vocals!

Mina was my pick to replace Miho in Lovebites before I discovered Fami, so she's a good fit for EOE.

Marty Friedman must be living in the land of milk and honey. 😍

Very good news. Very good!

mina is the better choice because she has more social media reach like fami.

Really shock and sad that Waka had to leave,but Mina is as good as Waka so it's not a huge loss for EoE. Congrats Mina for joining and hoping for a bright future for EoE.

I knew Mina was feeling like creating in a band again, I could tell over the last year that she was acting differently. She is a fantastic bass player, and probably a good fit for this J-pop band. Waka should definitely sign on with Lisa X because that band has potential on the world stage where East doesn't have any.

A perfect choice. I love EoE and hope they will exist very long.

Mina from Ex Girlfriend is a great bassist too...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

To fill the gap that a great bassist like Wakazaemon left in the group, it was necessary to bring in a great bassist of the same weight, and I think Mina was a surprising and great decision.

Mina is amazing, I love her work with Girlfriend.💙🎸💙 In fact, Mina was the very first name I mentioned as a possible replacement in my comment to your video.... Any prize? 😀😁😃

I love her English speaking!

Miku has a certain kind of intelligence that somehow reveals itself in a certain kind of beauty. The purest charm !!

As I predicted it

This is more proof that the talent pool of Japanese musicians is bottomless. When you look at recent replacements (Fami at Lovebites, several changes at Bridear, Junna and Nagi at Hagane, and now Mina) it is just mind-blowing. In none of these cases did the band take a step backward.

It worked for LOVEBITES picking up Fami....

i wish both of them success and happiness. it's good to have new experiences and influences. to widen your networks and families