The birth song “Diamond” by original music provider and television tie-up audition (held in November 2024) held by AWA Corporation (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Togashi Akimi), a subscription-based music streaming service “AWA” operated by AWA Corporation (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Togashi Akimi), has now aired as the 2025 annual theme song for CS sports channel GAORA SPORTS’ GAORA Professional Baseball Broadcast (Fighters).
This song is an original song written by composer Iguchi Ichiro by V-singer Sha-la, who won the Grand Prize at the collaboration audition with GAORA held by AWA in November 2024. It contains the message that “the ball will fly far into Hokkaido’s wide land, sea and sky, and your dreams will ride along together.”
“diamond”
Song: Sha-la
Lyrics: Iguchi Ichiro
Composer: Iguchi Ichirou
Arrangement: Iguchi Ichirou
*The song will be available soon on AWA.
AWA holds many events and events that will enable online creators to play an even more active role, and we will actively collaborate with companies that want to create their own original songs together with up-and-coming artists like this one. Please keep an eye out for AWA’s upcoming event plans.
■A collaborative audition held in November 2024 with GAORA, which led to the creation of this song.
https://news.awa.fm/jpn/2024/10/12/gaora-2411
■GAORA Professional Baseball Broadcast (Fighters)
From pre-match to game sets! A live broadcast of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters’ heated match from the Escon Field HOKKAIDO special studio.
Program page:https://www.gaora.co.jp/fighters/4096030/
X:https://x.com/gaora_fighters
■Iguchi Ichiro
A composer from Hokkaido. He has over 10 years of experience in the music industry and has a wealth of experience in composition, arrangement and lyrics. In addition to providing numerous songs to famous artists, he also produces music in a variety of fields, including game music, film music, and corporate commercials.
Iguchi Ichiro official site:https://iguchi-ichiro.com/
■Sha-la
Vsinger/Vocalist. He began his music career in 2016, and is currently active solo, mainly in Metaverse and streaming apps. “AWA Lounge” will be streaming from 2023. In 2024, he won the Grand Prix for the collaboration audition between AWA and GAORA, “Let’s Sing the Pro Baseball Broadcast (Fighters) Annual Theme Song!” His goal is the singer, “Like singing a poem, gently shakes people’s hearts with his voice.”
AWA Artist Page:https://mf.awa.fm/3FNjbe6
■AWA Overview
“AWA” is a subscription-based (flat rate) music streaming service provided by AWA Corporation, a joint investment by CyberAgent Inc. and Avex Entertainment Inc. The service began offering its service in May 2015, with 150 million songs being distributed and approximately 16 million playlists created by celebrities and users. In addition to the “FREE Plan,” which offers all functions, which cost 980 yen per month (tax included) and “FREE Plan,” which allows you to use all functions for free monthly, except for the “STANDARD Plan,” which allows you to use all functions for free monthly, the “Student Plan,” which offers all functions for 480 yen per month (tax included) for junior high school and above, and the “Artist Plan,” which allows you to listen to unlimited listening to certain artists for 270 yen per month (tax included). “AWA” is compatible with a variety of devices, including smartphones, computers, TVs, car navigation systems, wearable devices, and smart speakers. Since its launch, it has expanded its various plans and functions to suit the user’s needs and viewing environment, including the “LYRIC DIVE,” a function that beautifully animates lyrics in real time to match the song, and the “AWA Lounge,” an online space where users who have added live audio streaming and gifting functions can enjoy the same music in the same space in real time, and has grown into the largest music streaming service in Japan.
Name: “AWA”https://awa.fm/
Recommended environment:
Price: Standard plan (monthly tax: 980 yen) / Free plan (monthly free) / Student plan (monthly tax: 480 yen) / Artist plan (monthly tax: 270 yen *Unlimited listening to one specific artist)
Available: May 27, 2015
■URL
AWA:https://awa.fm/
App Store:https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/awa-music/id980578855
Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.awa.liverpool
Desktop app:https://awa.fm/download/
AWA Lounge Browser Version:https://app.awa.fm/lounge/
Latest AWA news:https://news.awa.fm/
AWA Official X:https://x.com/awa_official
AWA Official LINE:https://lin.ee/21w3f0k
■Company overview
Company name: AWA Co., Ltd. (Read: AWA)
Address: Sumitomo Real Estate Azabu Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative: CEO Togashi Akimi
Business content: Music streaming services, etc.
Established: December 1, 2014
■Contact information
AWA Public Relations Press@awa.fm
