N.E.R.D 2009-present: Nothing and No One Ever Really Dies What is Nothing? In 2010, N.E.R.D announced the release of their fourth studio album entitled Nothing, Who is NERD? Pharrell What is a song off of Nothing? The first single from the album, "Hot-n-Fun" featuring Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado, Did the song chart? I don't know. What is the music style of the album? produced by electronic music duo Daft Punk. Is No one ever really dies an album? N.E.R.D's fifth album, No One Ever Really Dies, was released on December 15, 2017 Did they tour to promote the album? No
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Did N.E.R.D make any TV or radio appearances?
In 2010, N.E.R.D announced the release of their fourth studio album entitled Nothing, which had a scheduled release date for September 7, 2010, but was pushed back to November 2, 2010. The first single from the album, "Hot-n-Fun" featuring Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado, was released on May 18, 2010 on iTunes. It was released in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2010.  On August 20, 2010, a track titled "Party People" leaked onto the internet. It was rumored to be the second single from the album. On September 28, 2010, they premiered another track from the album titled "Hypnotize U" on Late Show with David Letterman, produced by electronic music duo Daft Punk. On September 30, 2010, in an interview with Mark Hoppus on A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus, Pharrell explained the album cover as "a mix of so many things. The feathers represent the peace, and the helmet represents the war. It's like where we are right now. There's a lot of war, that people can't necessarily explain. The economy sucks, girls are still beautiful. We wanted to make music that reflected that. So people can look back twenty years from now, and say 'this is what was going on'". They then announced in the interview that the next two singles would be "I've Seen the Light" and "Hypnotize U". Pharrell described "Hypnotize U" as being "so different from the rest of the album", stating he was "very pleased because it serves a different purpose" in the album.  On October 17, 2010, the standard edition and the deluxe edition of the album became available for pre-order on iTunes. It was later announced that they would support Gorillaz on the North American leg of their 2010 'Escape to Plastic Beach' world tour. In 2013, Pharrell confirmed a N.E.R.D album was in progress, but also mentioned that the album would not be released that year due to the projects he was working on with other artists. He has also said the album will be "nature-based". The group reunited on December 26, 2014, to release the songs "Squeeze Me," "Patrick Star," and "Sandy Squirrel" for the film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.  N.E.R.D's fifth album, No One Ever Really Dies, was released on December 15, 2017 through i am OTHER and Columbia Records. It features guest appearances from Andre 3000, M.I.A., Gucci Mane, Wale, and Ed Sheeran among others. It was preceded by three singles; "Lemon" with Rihanna (on November 1), "1000" with Future (on November 29), and "Don't Don't Do It!" with Kendrick Lamar (on December 13). CANNOTANSWER
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is a Japanese tarento, fashion critic, journalist, and chanson singer. His younger identical twin brother is film critic Osugi, they both came out gay during their debut and took his advantage as a tarento and commentator.

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Fashion journalists is a Japanese free announcer. She is represented with Cent Force.

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As a YTV announcer

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People from Izumiōtsu, Osaka
Wakayama University alumni is a Japanese comedian, tarento and actor who has featured in films, television, and radio. He performs boke and writes all the material in his comedy duo Kirin. His partner is Hiroshi Tamura. Kawashima is represented by Yoshimoto Kogyo and is mainly active in Tokyo and Osaka.

Life and career
Kawashima graduated from the 20th generation Yoshimoto NSC Osaka. He formed the comedy duo Kirin with Hiroshi Tamura in 1999 and rose to popularity after becoming a finalist in the 1st M-1 Grand Prix in 2001. Kirin continued to make strides as they entered the finals 5 out of the 8 times they entered the M-1 Grand Prix, becoming active in manzai despite their initial focus on the genre of conte. In 2010, Kawashima entered the R-1 Grand Prix and was a finalist, finishing in 4th place overall.

Kawashima was engaged in 2015 and married on March 8, 2016. Later that year in November 2016, Kawashima won his first oogiri winning title on Ippon Grand Prix, defeating the then three-time champion Bakarhythm. From then on, Kawashima was a regular on Ippon Grand Prix, almost winning his second and back to back title against Chihara Junior in May 2017, but lost as the runners-up.  Kawashima continues to perform as a television personality.

Media 
This list consists of only media appearances and works by Akira Kawashima, for appearances and works as the comedy duo Kirin, see Kirin.

Movies
  (SSM Co Ltd, 2007-02-03)
  (Jolly Roger, 2009-06-20)
  (SSM Co Ltd, 2009-07-25) – Voice-over dub
  (2013-10-19) – as Takuya Hirahara
  (Toei, 2017-03-25) – as MC, voice-over dub

Television

Dramas
  – Chapter 3, Koisuru Konbini (Nippon TV, 2008-03-15) as Imaizumi's boyfriend
  (NHK G)
 (2009) – as Bekkamu Ichirō
 (2019) – as Katsumi Shimoyama
  (TBS, 2019-01-16) – as Yasuda

Current Programs

Regular
 Keiba Beat (Kansai TV, 2010-01-10–) – MC
  (TV Tokyo, 2014-10-08–)
  (Fuji TV, 2015-04-13–)
  (Kansai TV, 2016-04-08) – MC

Special/Irregular
  (Chukyo TV, 2011–) – Annually
  (ABC TV, 2012–) – MC, Special Program
  (MBS TV, 2012–) – Special Program
  (Nippon TV, 2015–) – Senpai no Kabe, Special Program
  (Fuji TV, 2016–) – Special Program, Irregular
  (TV Asahi, 2007–) – Irregular

Radio
  (NHK Radio 1, 2014-04-03–) – Thursday Personality
  (NHK Radio 1, 2012–) – MC, Special Program
  (NHK Radio 1) – Special Program

Web Series
  (AbemaTV, 2018-11-04–) – MC

Commercials
  (Shiseido, 2006)
  (Shiseido, 2006)
 Garlic Pepper Chicken (KFC Japan, 2007)
 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Sony Interactive Entertainment, 2008)
 Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem (Nintendo, 2010) – alongside Riisa Naka
 Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo, 2011)
 Monster Hunter 4 (Nintendo, 2013)
 Suzuki Wagon R (Suzuki)

DVD
  (Yoshimoto Kogyo, 2010-07-21)

Bibliography
 (Futabasha, 2014-11-05)

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Japanese comedians
Japanese television personalities
Japanese male actors
People from Kyoto
1979 births
Living people