Ichiko Hashimoto (musician)

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This article is about Ichiko Hashimoto the jazz pianist, composer. For the J-Pop singer who was member of Oororagoninmusume, see Ichiko Hashimoto (pop singer).

Ichiko Hashimoto (橋本 一子, Hashimoto Ichiko, born July 1, 1952 in Kobe, Japan^?) is a jazz pianist, composer and singer. She has also acted in television and film.

Hashimoto was born in Kobe, grew up in Tokyo and started playing the piano at the age of five. She attended Musashino Academia Musicae, where she graduated in 1975.

Ichiko sometimes performs with her sister Mayumi Hashimoto (橋本 まゆみ, Hashimoto Mayumi^?)

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 Singles 1.3 Collaborations 1.4 Movie soundtracks 2 Filmography and TV appearances 3 Notes and references 4 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Colored Music (1981)
• Ichiko (1984)
• Beauty (1985)
• VIVANT (1986)
• MOOD MUSIC (1987)
• High Exentrique (1988)
• High Exentrique Piano Music (1988)
• D.M. (1989)
• Je m'aime (1990)
• Romantic Rain (ロマンティックな雨, Romantic Rain^?) (1992)
• Under Water ( ～水の中のボッサ・ノーヴァ, Under Water^?) (1994)
• Water forest (水の中の森, Water forest^?) (1997)
• najanaja (1998)
• Idiocy (白痴, Hakuchi^?) original soundtrack (1999)
• Miles Away ～トリビュート・トゥ・マイルス (1999)
• Phantasmagoria ～幻覚者たち～ (2000)
• Miles Blend (2001)
• RahXephon O.S.T. 1 (2002)
• RahXephon O.S.T. 2 (2002)
• RahXephon O.S.T. 3 (2002)
• Turned Perspective 1994-2001 (2002)
• RahXephon Pluralitas Concentio O.S.T. (2003)
• Ub-X (2006)
• Vega (2007, upcoming)

[edit] Singles

• "Hold On I'm Comin'" (1988): Single track from High Exentrique.
• "Far thinking" ("はるかな想い", "Haruka na omoi"^?) (1992): Single track from Romantic Rain (ロマンティックな雨, Romantic Rain^?). Used in a Nissan Bluebird commercial.
• "Softly..." ("そっと…", "Sotto"^?) (1993) Single. Used in a commercial for The Tokyo Electric Power Company.
• "Heartful Dream" (2003): Maxi single. Used in a commercial for Aiful.

[edit] Collaborations

• "フレバリー･ミュージック" (1987)
• LOOM (1990): Album for the 3DO game.
• RahXephon sound drama (2002): Ending theme

[edit] Movie soundtracks

• Akuemon (1993) Director: Makoto Tezuka
• The train ran to the plateau (高原に列車が走った, Kougen ni ressha ga hashitta^?) (1984) directed by Takaharu Saeki. Using music from the album Colored Music.
• NUMANITE (1995) and NARAKUE (1997) short film compilations by Makoto Tezuka
• Idiocy (白痴, Hakuchi^?) (1999) Director: Makoto Tezuka
• Experimental movie (実験映画, Jikken eiga^?) (1999) Director: Makoto Tezuka
• RahXephon Pluralitas Concentio O.S.T. (2003) Director: Tomoki Kyoda Supervising director: Yutaka Izubuchi

[edit] Filmography and TV appearances

• MNEMOSYNE (1991)
• Whisper of the ammonite was heard (アンモナイトのささやきを聞いた, Anmonaito no sasayaki o kī ta^?) (1992)
• RahXephon (2002) as Maya Kamina
• RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (2003) as Maya Kamina

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Official website