Nakamura Ayumi

Nakamura Ayumi (2008)

Nakamura Ayumi (中村あゆみ) is a Japanese rock musician.

Profile

• Stage Name: Ayumi (晏由美)
• Birthdate: June 29, 1966
• Birthplace: Fukuoka Prefecture
• Raised In: Osaka Prefecture
• Blood Type: O

Information

When Nakamura Ayumi was 4 years old, she moved from Fukuoka to Osaka. She later debuted as a singer in 1984 with the Takahashi Ken produced single Midnight Kids. Her big hit came a year later with her third single, Tsubasa no Oreta Angel, which also began her career as a singer-songwriter as she was beginning to write her own lyrics. She would later write all her songs in 1987. That same year in 1985, she would go onto with her own concert series, AYUMIDAY, with the first one featuring the band REBECCA.

In 1994, she changed labels to Hummingbird Records and then to Pony Canyon. She later took a small hiatus until 2004, when she reopened her activities as a singer at a Kayama Yuuzou event. Four years later, she would release her first cover label under Sony Records named VOICE. Also, she would release her first single in nearly four years on April 2009, entitled Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni.

Discography

Albums

• [1984.10.02] Midnight Kids
• [1985.05.02] Be True
• [1986.03.02] FAIR CHILD
• [1986.12.16] Holly-Night
• [1987.04.02] Smalltown Girl
• [1987.11.21] HEART of DIAMONDS
• [1988.05.18] INNOCENT TEARS
• [1989.06.24] KIDS BLUE
• [1990.08.29] BROTHER
• [1991.08.02] Calendar Girl
• [1992.07.29] HEART of DIAMONDS 2
• [1993.02.24] Dreams
• [1993.11.24] Decade -Ayumi Live-
• [1994.08.24] Be Natural
• [1995.07.12] Cry Baby
• [1998.12.24] Live with LIZ
• [2004.08.04] ROCKS
• [2005.07.20] YES
• [2006.04.26] Grapefruit Moon (グレープフルーツムーン)
• [2008.07.23] VOICE
• [2008.11.26] VOICE plus
• [2009.06.24] VOICE II

Singles

• [1984.09.05] Midnight Kids
• [1984.12.16] Kanashimi no Sensation (悲しみのセンセイション)
• [1985.04.21] Tsubasa no Oreta Angel (翼の折れたエンジェル)
• [1985.10.21] A BOY
• [1986.02.16] Mayonaka Lanaway (真夜中にラナウェイ)
• [1986.04.16] Chotto ya Sotto Ja CAN'T GET LOVE (ちょっとやそっとじゃCAN'T GET LOVE)
• [1986.11.21] ONE HEART
• [1987.03.21] Rolling Age
• [1987.10.21] Still
• [1988.03.30] Precious friend
• [1988.10.19] Only You
• [1989.04.12] Tomodachi (ともだち)
• [1989.07.19] Main Street (メインストリート)
• [1990.01.31] LIKE A FIRE
• [1990.05.02] It's All right
• [1990.07.25] BROTHER
• [1991.03.27] HERO
• [1992.09.23] JinJinJin
• [1993.01.27] LADY BOOGIE
• [1993.06.23] MIDNIGHT HALLELUJAH
• [1994.08.24] Soratobu Mahou no Jyuutan (空飛ぶ魔法のジュータン)
• [1994.12.19] Shining Love
• [1995.05.10] Kirai ni Narenai (キライになれない)
• [1995.09.01] Kaze ni Nare (風になれ)
• [1996.01.25] Eden (エデン)
• [1997.02.50] Love Reincarnation (ラブ・リインカーネイション)
• [1997.04.23] Venus
• [1998.06.17] I'm NUDE
• [2004.11.13] Kaze ni Nare (風になれ)
• [2005.09.21] Sa-ah!
• [2009.04.22] Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni (僕が僕であるために)

DVD

• [2004.12.29] AYUMI DAY Fukkatsu ~Kyotyuu wa Ikiteita~ (AYUMI DAY復活 ～恐竜は生きていた!～)
• [2009.02.11] VOICE Live

Books

• [1986] THE WILD CHILD BOUND
• [1986] Message Shishuu FAIR CHILD (メッセージ・詩集 FAIR CHILD)
• [1986] Liberal Nakamura Ayumi Shashinshuu (Liberal 中村あゆみ写真集)
• [1987] HEART of DIAMONDS
• [1990] It's All right
• [2005] Kyouuryuu wa Ikiteita (恐竜は生きていた)
• [2006] LIVE! LIVE! LIVE! OH! CARNIVAL
• [2009] VOICE Live

External Links

• Official Site
• Official Blog
• Sony Music Japan
• Japanese Wikipedia: 中村あゆみ