Angela Aki
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| Angela Aki | |
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| Birth name | Kiyomi Aki 安芸 聖世美 |
| Also known as | Angie, Lina |
| Born | September 15, 1977 |
| Origin | Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan |
| Genre(s) | J-pop |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Label(s) | Sony Music Japan, Tofu Records |
| Website | Official site (Japanese)
Tofu Records: Angela Aki (English) |
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Aki.
Angela Aki (アンジェラ・アキ Anjera Aki?), born on September 15, 1977, in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, to a Japanese father and an Italian-American mother, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Her birth name was Kiyomi Aki (安芸 聖世美 Aki Kiyomi).
Angela Aki speaks English and Japanese as she was raised in Japan, but moved to Hawaii at the age of fifteen where she graduated from 'Iolani School. From there she moved on to George Washington University where she graduated with majors in politics and music.
She originally released an indie album in the United States in 2000, called These Words, which received much critical acclaim. In 2002, she composed two tracks for "Let It Fall" by Dianne Eclar, a teenage pop singer from the Philippines. In 2005, in Japan, she released an indie mini-album under Virgo Music entitled One, which alerted Nobuo Uematsu to her music. Angela Aki is now signed under Sony Japan. In 2005, she was announced as the singer of the Final Fantasy XII theme song, "Kiss Me Good-Bye."
On March 9, 2007, she revealed in her official blog that she is married to a music director who has been supporting her before her debut. She also revealed that while she was in Washington D.C., she had married once before but the marriage ended in a divorce.
She is good friends with JPOP star Yuna Ito. Both singers attended the same Japanese language school.
Angela Aki is the daughter of Kiyoshi Aki, the owner/co-founder of AEON Institute of Language Education. This is one of the "Big Four" Eikaiwa (English conversation) schools in Japan.
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[edit] Reaching an English audience
In May 2006, Angela signed with Tofu Records in order to release English singles and albums. Her first release with Tofu was releasing "Kiss Me Good-Bye" as a digital single in the USA, with a slightly altered track list. Later that month she performed the Final Fantasy XII theme song, "Kiss Me Good-Bye" at the premiere PLAY! A Video Game Symphony concert in Chicago on May 27, 2006. With orchestral backup, she played piano and sang the English lyrics, which she had written herself. She also performed a cover version of "Eyes On Me", the theme song of Final Fantasy VIII, with a piano accompaniment.
[edit] Marriage
On Aki's blog dated March 9, 2007, she announced her marriage to Japanese music producer, Hide Sanjougi. She also mentioned that it will be the second marriage for her.[1] Her first marriage was to engineer, producer, and artist Tony Alany [2] who coproduced her first album in Vienna, VA.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| # | Information | Sales | ||
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| Indie albums | ||||
| 1st /Debut Album |
These Words | N/A | ||
| 2nd Album |
One | N/A | ||
| Sony Music albums | ||||
| 1st / Debut Album |
Home | 523,613 copies sold (as of 2007.5.24) |
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| 2nd Album | Today
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195,694 copies sold (as of 2008.2.9) |
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[edit] Singles
| # | Information | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1st / Debut Single |
Home
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N/A |
| 2nd | Kokoro no Senshi (心の戦士 / Soldier of the Heart)
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22,394 copies sold |
| 3rd | Kiss Me Good-Bye | 68,968 copies sold |
| 4th | This Love | 62,561 copies sold |
| 5th | Sakura iro (サクラ色 / Color of Sakura) |
105,796 copies sold |
| 6th | Kodoku no Kakera (孤独のカケラ / Fragment of Solitude) |
31,534 copies sold |
| 7th | Tashika ni (たしかに / Surely) |
11,210 copies sold |
[edit] DVDs
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Site (Japanese)
- Angela Aki discography at MusicBrainz
- Angela Aki Profile at Oricon (Japanese)
- Official English site (Tofu Records)
- ThePPN:Angela Aki
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Aki, Angela |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | アキ, アジェラ (Japanese); 安芸, 聖世美 (Japanese birth name); Aki, Kiyomi (birth name) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
