Welcome back to another 3 hour #IHEARTJROCK!! This was recorded live in the Valley Free Radio studios on Saturday 12/30 at 10PM EST. This recording has removed local psa and underwriting This night we celebrated the year of 2023. There was a lot of great music we played on #iheartjrock this year. We have a countdown of the most 20 songs played this year. That will appear in hour 2 and 3. The first hour is dedicated to SixTONES / West. / King & Prince and Arashi. These fans are so kind to us. DJ Sakura666 played her most favorites from each band. Playlist is below. We start with #SixTONES ! They are DJ Sakura666 sunshine. She listens and watches their videos at the gym. They are a lot of fun and very silly. Thank you very much for always sending their merchandise. DJ Sakura666 is definitely the biggest #SixTONES fan in USA. The above photos are of #SixTONES latest album The Vibes. They also appeared a few times in newspapers and on the First Take, which is huge on Youtube.  SixTONES ABARERO Jesse - Never Ending Love SixTONES - We can't go back West. who renamed in 2023 are another upcoming band from Japan DJ Sakura666 really enjoys. The music they have is a bit more rock and roll. We received a lot of West. music this year. We were exposed more to their style with weekly Youtube updates and social media posts. Fans also exclaim their admiration in the request page! These 3 are total bangers from West. in 2023! WEST.- 絶体絶命 WEST. - Boyfriend WEST. - Power King & Prince went through a lot in 2023; they lost 3 of their members. But they carried on. And they are doing great! The other members are also doing great; but King & Prince are still putting out great sounds in 2023. Ren and Kaito work real hard and put out a lot of new music and also perform live. DJ Sakura666 favorites King & Prince tracks in 2023 King & Prince - Magic Word King & Prince - Chase it Down King & Prince - Magic Touch Arashi went into hiatus at the 12/31/19. Members of the band, moved on and got married and enjoyed the family life. Other members host variety shows, other members are in the movies, others on nightly dramas. This is a great band and fans love them and miss them dearly. Each year we celebrate birthdays and have been playing them for years now. Arashi - IN THE SUMMER Arashi - Party Starters Arashi - Yes? No? Kinki Kids シュレーディンガー New Single from Kinki Kids   The following countdown is for all the songs played in 2023 on #iheartjrock. Results are from all the playlists on DJSAKURA666's Spinitron page. Valley Free Radio helps support artists from everywhere! Countdown starts! 20. ARLEQUIN - PICTURES *jrock #vk 19. Arashi - Whenever You Call #jpop 18. SixTONES - Boom-Pow-Wow! #jpop 17. RIKU (THE RAMPAGE) - Stand By You #jpop We took a great in the middle of the countdown to memorialize lead singer of Buck Tick who passed away in Sept 2023. Atsushi Sakurai 櫻井 敦司 Iheartjrock.com has a memorial page for the artist. Please visit and leave a comment, link below opens to a new page. iheartjrock.com/acchanforever BUCK-TICK - Scarecrow Back to the countdown 16 Oblivion Dust - Satellite *jrock *jpop 15 Oblivion Dust - Lust & Graffiti *jrock *jpop 14 Makoto Yumikura - Cherry *jpop 13 kINKI Kids - Amazing Love *jpop 12 BE:FIRST - Smile Again *jpop 11 SixTONES - CREAK *jpop 10 kINKI Kids - 夏の王様 *jpop 9 Hyde - SEASON'S CALL *jrock 8 BE:FIRST - Boom Boom Back *jpop 7 Travis Japan - Candy Kiss *jpop 6 Tomohisa Yamashita - Forever in My Heart *jpop 5 TOMOHISA YAMASHITA - I See You *jpop 4 King & Prince - ツキヨミ *jpop 3 ENDRECHERI MYND *jpop 2 Tomohisa Yamashita - Beautiful World *jpop 1 Tomohisa Yamashita Sweet Vision *jpop Our favorite artist in 2023 seems to be Tomohisa Yamashita! We played his songs every week we were in the studios in 2023. He had a great and amazing year. DJ Sakura666 did receive all copies of his release, thanks Sweeties! Sad