Angela Aki

Angela Aki, 2013

Angela Aki ( Japanese ア ン ジ ェ ラ ・ ア キ , Anjera Aki ; born September 15, 1977 in Itano as Kiyomi Aki ( 安 芸 聖 世 美 , Aki Kiyomi )) is a Japanese singer-songwriter .

Aki is the daughter of a Japanese and an Italian-American and grew up in Japan in Tokushima Prefecture until she was 15, after which she lived temporarily in Hawaii and later in Washington. Her musical education began at the age of three on the piano, followed by violin, guitar and drums.

On January 4, 2000, her first album These Words was released . In 2002 she wrote two songs for the Filipino singer Dianne Eclar . On March 9, 2005 her mini album One was released , which Nobuo Uematsu became aware of and brought her to the Sony Japan label .

Angela Aki was selected in 2005 for the theme song of the video game Final Fantasy XII , which was released on March 15, 2006 under the title Kiss Me Good-Bye . She also performed the song in a video game music concert in Chicago.

Discography

Singles

• Home (September 14, 2005)
• Kokoro no Senshi (January 18, 2006)
• Kiss Me Good-Bye (March 15, 2006)
• This Love (May 31, 2006)
• Sakura iro (March 7, 2007)
• Kodoku no Kakera (May 23, 2007)
• Tashika ni (June 11, 2007)
• Again (August 20, 2007)
• Tegami (August 15, 2008)
• Ai no Kisetsu (September 16, 2009)
• Kagayaku Hito (April 14, 2010)

Albums

• These Words (January 4, 2000)
• One (March 9, 2005)
• Home (June 14, 2006)
• Today (September 19, 2007)
• Answer (February 25, 2009)
• Life (September 8, 2010)
• White (September 28, 2011)
• Songbook (January 11, 2012)
• Blue (July 18, 2012)

DVD

• Angela Aki MY KEYS 2006 in Budokan (March 28, 2007)
• Angela Aki Concert Tour 2007-2008 “TODAY” (October 1st, 2008)

Web links

• www.angela-aki.com (official Japanese website)