I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry (or both), but Yukarin’s first single in more than a year will be called Bambino Bambina (バンビーノ・バンビーナ). The single will also include the August ending theme song for an NTV variety show called Friday TV Labo and the new opening theme for her Itazura Kuro Usagi radio show.
Bambino Bambina apparently means ‘Little boy, Little girl’ in Italian. But that’s no fun so I went Googling to see what else I could come up with.
-I know Bambino! is the name of a J-drama starring Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun.
-Bambino Bambina is apparently the name of some online shop that sells…Korean clothes or something.
-Bambino is a brand of adult diapers, apparently targeted at ‘Adult Babies and Diaper Lovers’! ie people who ’suffer’ from infantilism. So er… if you have a diaper fetish, go ahead and buy some Bambinos. Rattles unfortunately not included.
-Bambino is some kind of seedless watermelon that was declared by Time magazine as one of the top 100 inventions of 2004.
-Bambina is a brand of ballerina hairbow holders.
-Bambina is a brand of fake nails for 3-year old Japanese girls.
-Bambina is the name of a Japanese aromatherapy school.
-Bambina is the name of a Hotei Tomoyasu song.
+ it’s a popular infant-related merchandise name, as well as being used quite a lot for Italian restaurants.
Yukarin’s Bambino Bambina hits 27th August and comes in DVD edition and regular flavours.