Need new mp3/music player

Ive been using itunes and with the new ver5.0.1 my ipod shuffle isnt able to load anymore. Tried troubleshoot guides/reinstalling software still not working. So i just use eph pod to load my songs onto my ipod now.

Anyways i am tired of using itunes, it always used up most of my pc memory and took forever to load. But it had a search function which is very useful and could also support japanese characters.

Can anyone reccomend a good music player that has a search function, japanese character support, and one that doesnt hog up all your ram on your pc like i tunes did.

If you have the time to kill and willing to master a steep learning curve, foobar fits the bill quite nicely.  foobar does full unicode (I have no problems with C/J/K encodings) and its built-in database handles basic searching.  You can add components, like playlist tree that lets you save live queries that refresh in realtime.  Has a iPod plugin too.  Basic foobar is very lean, but can get fat very quickly if you keep adding components you don't need.