UA (singer)

Kaori Shima (嶋歌織) (born March 11, 1972 in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan), simply known by the stage name UA (IPA: /u:a/), is a Japanese singer.

Her unusual stage name is a Swahili word that means "flower" or "kill".

She is now sometimes referred as Kaori Murakami since she married the actor Jun Murakami in 1996.

[edit] Discography

"HORIZON" (June 21 1995)
"COLONY" (September 21 1995)
"Taiyō Te ni Tsuki ha Kokoro no Ryote ni" (February 21 1996)
"Jonetsu" (June 21 1996)
"Rhythm" (September 24 1996)
"Kumo ga Chigireru Toki" (November 21 1996)
"Amai Unmei" (February 21 1997)
"Kanashimi Joni" (October 22 1996)
"Milk Tea" (February 25 1998)
"Yuganda Taiyō" (May 21 1998)
"Kazoetarinai Yoru no Ashioto" (November 25 1998)
"Skirt no Suna" (April 28 1999)
"Private Surfer" (September 22 1999)
"Senko" (July 24 2002)
"DOROBON" (December 18 2002)
"Lightning" (March 3 2004)
"Odoru Tori to Kin no Ame" (May 25 2004)

PETIT (October 21 1995) - A mini-album with six songs
11 (October 23 1996)
FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS (April 23 1997) - A live album
AMETORA (April 22 1998)
turbo (October 27 1999)
Dorobou (September 19 2002)
Sora no Koya (April 23 2003) - A live album
Illuminate "the very best songs" (September 17 2003)
Uta UUA UUA (March 13 2004)- contains her songs for NHK's Do Re Mi children's program
SUN (March 24 2004)
Breathe (March 30 2005)
la (September 22 2005) - A live album
Nephews (October 26 2005) - contains UA's collaborations with other artists, including Towa Tei, Mondo Grosso and Hiroshi Fujiwara
cure jazz (July 26 2006) - collaborative album of jazz standards with 菊地成孔 (Naruyoshi Kikuchi)

This article about a Japanese singer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.