Ai Kawashima
Ai Kawashima ( Japanese 川 嶋 あ い , bourgeois 川島 愛 , both read Kawashima Ai ; born February 21, 1986 in Fukuoka ) is a Japanese singer-songwriter , pianist and former singer of the pop duo I WiSH .
Musical career
Ai Kawashima began her music career in 1999 as an enka singer and was a street musician in Shibuya , but the success she had hoped for did not materialize. Together with Sugawara Naohiro, she founded the pop duo I WiSH in 2002 and became known through their first single, Asu e no Tobira . The duo reached number 6 in the Japanese annual charts and sold over 750,000 copies. After further publications the duo was dissolved in 2005 and Ai Kawashima began her solo career.
Her 6th single Zetsubou to Kibou was used as the theme song for the PlayStation 2 game Shining Force Neo and her 12th single Compass was the theme song of the 8th One Piece film Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates . In 2004, she sang the credits song Kimi no koe for the anime film The Place Promised In Our Early Days . In addition, their 15th single Door Crawl , released in late 2007, was also the theme tune for the Wii game Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon .
In September 2005 she published her autobiography Saigo no Kotoba , which landed on the bestseller lists and sold over 300,000 times. Ai Kawashima works with several aid organizations and opened two schools in Cambodia and Burkina Faso . The third school is being built in Liberia and a fourth is already being planned. In the spring of 2009 she performed at the Japanese National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC .
Discography
Studio albums
| publication | title | Chart position * | Sales * | Annotations and Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2002 | Kono Basho kara… こ の 場所 か ら ・ ・ ・ |
- | - | 1. Extended play |
| October 18, 2002 | Habatakeru Hi made… は ば た け る 日 ま で ・ ・ ・ |
- | - | 2. Extended play |
| December 26, 2002 | Ayumi Tsuzukeru Tame ni… 歩 み つ づ け る た め に ・ ・ ・ |
- | - | 3. Extended play |
| March 8, 2003 | Yuki ni Saku Hana no Yō ni… 雪 に 咲 く 花 の よ う に ・ ・ ・ |
- | - | 4. Extended play |
| May 23, 2003 | Ashita o Shinjite… 明日 を 信 じ て ・ ・ ・ |
- | - | 5. Extended play |
| August 2, 2003 | Utai Tsuzukeru kara… 歌 い つ づ け る か ら ら ・ ・ ・ |
- | - | 6. Extended play |
| May 18, 2005 | 12-ko no message 12 個 の 歌 (メ ッ セ ー ジ) |
5 | 55,000 | 1st studio album |
| September 28, 2005 | Rojōshū I-gō 路上 集 Ⅰ 号 |
25th | 19,000 | 1. Concept album |
| May 24, 2006 | Thank You! サ ン キ ュ ー! |
8th | 32,000 | 2nd studio album |
| August 23, 2006 | Piano Songs: Rojōshū 2-gō Piano Songs ~ 路上 集 2 号 ~ |
20th | 11,000 | 2. Concept album |
| June 27, 2007 | Ashiato 足 あ と |
20th | 22,000 | 3rd studio album |
| April 23, 2008 | Café & Musique: Rojōshū 3-gō Café & Musique ~ 路上 集 3 号 ~ |
43 | 4,000 | 3. Concept album |
| June 8, 2008 | Single best | 16 | 28,000 | 1st compilation |
| Coupling order | 27 | 8,000 | 2nd compilation | |
| June 3, 2009 | Simple Treasure | 20th | 7,000 | 4th studio album |
| May 26, 2010 | 24/24 | 34 | 5,000 | 5th studio album |
| July 29, 2011 | My Favorite Songs: Wing | 54 | - | 3. Compilation |
| February 22, 2012 | My Favorite Songs: Tabidachi My Favorite Songs ~ 旅 立 ち ~ |
53 | - | 4. Concept album |
| June 26, 2013 | One song | 45 | 2,873 | 6th studio album |
| June 25, 2014 | Shutter | 52 | - | 7th studio album |
| "-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication. * Charts and sales in Japan only . |
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Singles
| publication | title | Chart position ( Oricon ) | Sales (Japan) | Single type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2003 | Tenshi-tachi no Melody / Tabidachi no Asa | 21st | 43,000 | 1. Single |
| February 18, 2004 | 12-ko no Kisetsu - 4-dome no Haru | 10 | 67,497 | 2nd single |
| June 2, 2004 | 525 pages | 14th | 38,469 | 3. Single |
| August 4, 2004 | Mermaid | 16 | 23,951 | 4. Single |
| November 17, 2004 | Sayonara Arigatō - Tatta Hitotsu no Basho | 18th | 26,070 | 5. Single |
| April 6, 2005 | Zetsubo to Kibo | 9 | 31,067 | 6. Single |
| August 24, 2005 | ... Arigatō ... | 25th | 19,713 | 7. Single |
| February 1, 2006 | Dear / Tabidachi no Hi ni ... | 9 | 49,513 | 8. Single |
| April 19, 2006 | Mienai Tsubasa | 10 | 20,030 | 9. Single |
| October 11, 2006 | Taisetsu na Yakusoku / Mō Hitotsu Yakusoku | 10 | 14,809 | 10. Single |
| February 14, 2007 | my love | 5 | 61,249 | 11. Single |
| March 14, 2007 | compass | 17th | 16,239 | 12. Single |
| May 30, 2007 | Kimi ni ...... | 11 | 14,176 | 13. Single |
| October 3, 2007 | Shiawase Desu ka / Suitcase | 12 | 9,898 | 14. Single |
| December 12, 2007 | Door crawl | 20th | 10,251 | 15. Single |
| August 20, 2008 | Kakera | 22nd | 7,039 | 16. Single |
| April 8, 2009 | Daijōbu Da yo | 10 | 8,065 | 17. Single |
DVDs
- Michi no Tochū de ... (December 1, 2004)
- Live 1000 Kai Tassei Kinen - 1136 Hi no Kiroku (June 8, 2005)
- PV Collection + α (December 21, 2005)
- Tsubasa Matsuri '06 - Haru no Jin (June 21, 2006)
- Tsubasa Matsuri '06 - Himitsu no Jin (November 29, 2006)
- Kawashima Ai Concert Tour 2006 - Thank You! (December 20, 2006)
- Shibuya Kōkaidō - Tabidachi no Asa (April 11, 2007)
- Tsubasa Matsuri '07 - Haru no Jin (June 27, 2007)
- Ai Kawashima Concert Tour 2008 The BEST -seventeenfivetwentyto- (April 8, 2009)
Books
- 16 Toshi no Shiroi Chizu ( 16 歳 の 白 い 地 図 ; August 2003)
- Rojō no Tenshi - Kawashima Ai Monogatari ( 路上 の 天使 - 川 嶋 あ い 物語 - ; June 2004)
- Aoi Tabi no Tsuzuki ( 蒼 い 旅 の 続 き ; August 2004)
- Taisetsu na Yakusoku - How tears fall ( 大 切 な 約束 -How tears fall- ; June 2005)
- Saigo no Kotoba ( 最後 の 言葉 ; September 2005)
- Namida 100-man Tsubu no Kizuna ( 涙 100 万 粒 の キ ズ ナ ; May 2006)
- Piano Songs - Rojōshū 2-gō Official Piano Score ( オ フ ィ シ ャ ル ・ ピ ア ノ ・ ス コ ア Piano Songs ~ 路上 集 2 号 ~ ; October 2006)
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Twitter (Japanese)
- Facebook (Japanese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kawashima, Ai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 川 嶋 あ い (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | japanese singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fukuoka , Japan |