Aiko Yanai

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Aiko Yanai ( Japanese 柳 井 愛 子 , Yanai Aiko ; born November 22, 1975 in Suita ), known by her stage name aiko , is a J-Pop singer and songwriter . Her music consists primarily of love songs, which are particularly successful with the young female target group. She was voted the most popular Japanese singer in a poll by the official chart publisher Oricon in 2005 and 2006 .

Musical career

Aiko completed her vocal studies at Osaka College of Music in 1996 and then became a radio host at FM Osaka . She made her debut as a singer in 1998 with the single Ashita . Since then, her songs have mainly been used in various television series and commercials.

With her third single Hanabi , she entered the top 10 of the Japanese charts for the first time and her second studio album, Sakura no Ki no Shita , has already sold over a million copies. Her sixth single Boyfriend is her best-selling song to date. She got an invitation to the most famous Japanese music show Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2000. She has since taken part in the show seven more times. Her 3rd studio album Natsufuku and her 5th studio album Akatsuki no Love Letter were named Rock & Pop Album of the Year at the Japan Gold Disc Awards in 2002 and 2004, respectively. Although she has continuously entered the top 3 in the single charts since 2000, she only managed to reach first place in 2009 with her 25th single milk / Nageki no Kisu . With the song Modorenai Ashita , released a year later, she managed to reach the top of the charts a second time. The song is also the opening title for the dorama Magerarenai Onna. On March 31st, (e) aiko plans to release their album Baby .

From 2009 to 2010 she was on a long, three-part tour, during which she gave a total of 54 live concerts, and which she ended on July 8, 2010 with a performance at Osaka Jo Hall.

Discography

Albums

publication title Chart placement ( Oricon ) Sales (Japan) Album type
April 21, 1999 Chiisana Marui Kōjitsu 30th 130,000 1st studio album
March 1, 2000 Sakura no Ki no Shita 1 1,407,000 2nd studio album
June 20, 2001 Natsufuku 1 979.810 3rd studio album
September 4, 2002 Aki, Soba ni Iru yo 2 497.100 4th studio album
November 27, 2003 Akatsuki no Love Letter 1 516,726 5th studio album
March 2, 2005 Yume no naka no massugu na michi 1 469,000 6th studio album
August 23, 2006 Kanojo 1 456,000 7th studio album
April 2, 2008 Himitsu 2 460,569 8th studio album
March 31, 2010 INFANT 1 207,702 9th studio album
June 20, 2012 Toki no silhouette 1 147,568 10th studio album
May 28, 2014 Awa no you na Ai datta 1 116,838 11th studio album
May 18, 2016 May Dream 1 96,443 12th studio album

Singles

publication title Chart placement ( Oricon ) Sales (Japan) Single type
July 17, 1998 Ashita 86 29,978 1. Single
March 3, 1999 Naki-mushi 26th 56,790 2nd single
August 4, 1999 Hanabi 10 213,320 3. Single
November 17, 1999 Kabutomushi 8th 214,550 4. Single
February 17, 2000 Sakura no toki 12 133,880 5. Single
September 20, 2000 Boyfriend 2 520.693 6. Single
February 21, 2001 Hatsukoi 3 321,500 7. Single
May 30, 2001 Rosie 2 146.050 8. Single
November 21, 2001 Oyasuminasai 2 161.090 9. Single
April 24, 2002 Anata to Akushu 2 100,190 10. Single
August 14, 2002 Kondo made niwa 3 90,340 11. Single
April 23, 2003 Chocho-musubi 4th 120.287 12. Single
August 6, 2003 Andromeda 3 136,840 13. Single
November 6, 2003 Eriashi 5 90.108 14. Single
April 28, 2004 Kaban 2 90,891 15. Single
September 1, 2004 Hanakaze 2 117,893 16. Single
February 16, 2005 Mikuni-eki 3 93,068 17. Single
August 3, 2005 Kirakira 2 210.387 18. Single
November 30, 2005 star 2 111,373 19. Single
July 12, 2006 Kumo wa Shiro Ringo wa Aka 3 89,178 20th single
May 30, 2007 Shiawase 2 96.128 21. Single
August 22, 2007 Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao 2 111.506 22. Single
March 12, 2008 Futari 3 82,298 23. Single
July 23, 2008 KissHug 2 107,625 24. Single
February 18, 2009 milk / Nageki no Kisu 1 102.234 25. Single
February 3, 2010 Modorenai Ashita 1 69,920 26. Single
April 21, 2010 Mukaiawase 2 68,078 27. Single
May 11, 2011 Koi no Super Ball / Home 4th 97,249 28. Single
November 23, 2011 Zutto 4th 62,275 29. Single
17th July 2013 Loveletter / 4gatsu no Ame 2 60,351 30. Single
January 29, 2014 Kimi no Tonari 5 44,981 31. Single
November 12, 2014 Atashi no Mukou 4th 43,910 32nd single
April 29, 2015 Yume Miru Sukima 7th 50,662 33.Single
18th November 2015 Puramai 5 34,682 34.Single
March 9, 2016 motto 3 41,921 35th single
September 21, 2016 Koi wo Shita no wa 3 34,081 36th single
29th November 2017 Yokoku 3 31,213 37th single
2nd May 2018 Straw TBA TBA 38th single

DVDs

  • Love Like Pop (November 22, 2000)
  • Utau Inu (November 22, 2000)
  • Yuraku-cho de Aimasho ~ Love Like Pop Vol. 6 ~ (March 20, 2002)
  • Utau Inu 2 (March 19, 2003)
  • Love Like Rock (April 14, 2004)
  • LOVE LIKE POP add. (May 11, 2005)
  • Utau Inu 3 (September 20, 2006)
  • LOVE LIKE POP add. 10th anniversary (March 21, 2007)
  • DECADE (March 14, 2009)
  • Pop to Rock (July 27, 2011)
  • Utau Inu 4 (March 21, 2012)
  • 15 (April 3, 2013)
  • aiko 15th Anniversary Tour "POPS" (March 20, 2015)
  • aiko 15th Anniversary Tour "ROCKS" (March 20, 2015)
  • ROCK to ALOHA (May 3, 2016)

swell

  1. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/050727_01.html
  2. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/060726_01.html
  3. ↑ 2 Works of aiko Having Ranked Top 1 within ORICON Weekly Charts !! , musicJAPANplus . Retrieved April 18, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Honestly, honestly Thank You" - aiko at Her Moving Tour Final. , musicJAPANplus . Retrieved July 9, 2010. 

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personal data
SURNAME Yanai, Aiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 柳 井 愛 子 (Japanese); aiko (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Suita , Japan