Hitomi Yaida

Hitomi Yaida ( Japanese 矢 井田 瞳 ; born July 28, 1978 in Toyonaka , Osaka Prefecture , Japan ), also known as Yaiko ( ヤ イ コ ), is a Japanese folk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Life

She graduated from Kansai University in French Language and Literature. Her father, Osamu Yaida, is a professor at Kyoto Women's University . Although she had never played publicly before, she sent a demo tape to a local producer in Osaka on a whim . Azora Records released their first song Howling , which was initially only played on the three largest radio stations in Tokyo. She then signed a contract with Toshiba EMI and released her singles B'Coz I Love You and My Sweet Darlin ' . This was followed by her first album Dayia-Monde .

Yaida married on July 29, 2007. All that is known about her husband is that he is one year older and works for a music company.

Trivia

She loves to "play" with anagrams . The title of her first album daiya-monde is an anagram of her name, combined with the French "monde" - translated as "Yaida's world" or an interpretation of the English word "diamond". i / flancy is an anagram for "I can fly", a song title from the third album, while the title of their album Air / Cook / Sky is an anagram for "Yaiko Rocks".

reception

After Ken Hirai and Hikaru Utada , Yaiko was the third Japanese singer to make an MTV Unplugged appearance. Her song Buzzstyle was released in 2001 as an English version by the Irish girl band Bellefire in Japan under the title Buzzstyle (Find My Way) .

Discography

Singles

• HOWLING - May 3, 2000
• B'coz I Love You - July 12, 2000
• I Like 2 - September 15, 2000
• I Like 2 - September 22, 2000 [English publication]
• My Sweet Darlin '- October 4th, 2000
• Darling Darling - January 1, 2001
• I'm here saying nothing - January 24, 2001
• Look back again - June 27, 2001
• Buzzstyle - September 27, 2001
• Ring my Bell - March 27, 2002
• Andante - July 10, 2002
• mikansei no MELODY - December 4th, 2002
• Kodoku na Cowboy - April 23, 2003
• Hitori Jenga - September 10, 2003 [limited release]
• Chapter 1 / Marble-iro no hi - March 17, 2004
• Monochrome Letter - October 27, 2004
• Mawaru Sora - July 6, 2005
• Go my way - March 15, 2006
• START LINE - June 21, 2006
• Hatsukoi - November 1, 2006
• I Love You - October 10, 2007
• Simple is Best - February 9, 2011
• Dojo Mitaina Love - April 20, 2011

Albums

• Daiya Moons - October 25, 2000
• Candlize - October 31, 2001
• UK COMPLETION BEST - January 23, 2002
• i / flancy - October 9, 2002
• Music Pool 2002 - February 19, 2002
• Air / Cook / Sky - October 29, 2003
• Single Collection - July 28, 2004
• Yaiko's selection - July 28, 2004
• Here today - gone tomorrow - August 15, 2005
• Sound drop ~ MTV Unplugged + Acoustic live 2005 ~ - December 7, 2005
• IT'S A NEW DAY - November 22nd, 2006
• colorythm - March 5th, 2008
• VIVID MOMENTS - May 19, 2011

Best of albums

• UK COMPLETION - January 23, 2002
• Music Pool 2002 CD & DVD - February 19, 2003
• Single collection / Yaiko's selection box set - July 28, 2004
• Single collection - July 28, 2004
• Yaiko's Selection - December 1, 2004
• Sound drop ~ MTV Unplugged + Acoustic live 2005 ~ CD & DVD - December 7, 2005
• ベ ス ト ア ル バ ム [THE BEST OF HITOMI YAIDA] - February 18, 2009

DVDs

• The First Reflection VHS / DVD - April 25, 2001
• HITOMI YAIDA 2001 SUMMER LIVE SOUND OF CLOVER VHS / DVD - November 28, 2001
• Candle in the lives VHS / DVD - July 3, 2002
• Candle in the eyes VHS / DVD - July 3rd, 2002
• Casket of Candleyes DVD - July 3, 2002
• Sparkles of light DVD / VHS - March 29, 2003
• Live Completion '03 “i can fly, can you?” DVD - January 28, 2004
• HITOMI YAIDA Music in the Air “dome live2004” DVD - February 16, 2005
• Hitomi Yaida MTV Unplugged DVD - December 7th, 2005
• COLOROCK LIVE 2008 - June 25, 2008
• ビ デ オ ク リ ッ プ 集 [HITOMI YAIDA MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION] - February 18, 2009

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yaida is the family name, Hitomi the first name.