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'''YOSHIKA''' is a J-R&B artist most recognised for her work collaborating with [[m-flo]]. She has lived in Canada and California, hence she has a perfect English accent. Originally she released a single and an album under the indies label, [[RED ALERT RECORDS]], however due to her collaboration with [[m-flo]] she was able to debut under the major label [[ATLANTIC JAPAN]]. Her major label debut album, [[Timeless (Yoshika)|timeless]], was released in January of 2006.
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[[Image:Yoshikaredwoodpromo.jpg|thumb|260px|YOSHIKA promoting ''[[Redwood Tree|REDWOOD TREE]]'' (2010)]]
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'''YOSHIKA''' is a J-R&B artist most recognised for her work collaborating with [[m-flo]]. She has lived in Canada and California, hence she has a perfect English accent. Originally she released a single and an album under the indies label, [[RED ALERT RECORDS]], however due to her collaboration with [[m-flo]] she was able to debut under the major label [[ATLANTIC JAPAN]]. Her major label debut album, [[Timeless (Yoshika)|timeless]], was released in January of 2006. After a long hiatus, YOSHIKA came back in 2008 and got a new contract with [[Grand Trax]] (sub-label of [[GRAND FUNK inc.]]) and released her third album "[[World (YOSHIKA)|World]]". In 2010 is scheduled her fourth album named "[[Redwood Tree|REDWOOD TREE]]" and a live album "[[I Sing -Live Best-|I SING -LIVE BEST-]]".
  
  
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==Information==
 
==Information==
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[[Image:JUSTUSPROMO.jpg|thumb|200px|left|YOSHIKA promoting "[[Just Us]]" (2005)]]
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YOSHIKA was born in 1983 in [[Yokohama]]. When she was 11, she moved to [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]] for a year and a half, and then once again when she was 17 she moved to [[Wikipedia:America|America]] for two and a half years. She went to High School in California, and while she was there she became interested in soul, R&B and hip-hop. She is described to have a strong voice, and a bright character.
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After returning back to Japan in mid 2002, she sung many songs for CM's, one of those being "[[Jolie|JOLIE]]", a cover of the [[Wikipedia:Al Kooper|Al Kooper]] song of the same title. "JOLIE" was used for the SONY Cyber-shot theme song, which ran from 2002 till 2003. She even released this as an indies single later on under the [[RED ALERT RECORDS]] label. The song debuted on [[J-WAVE]]'s [[TOKIO HOT100]] request show at #35 and stayed on these charts for a long time.
  
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Yoshika was born in 1983 in [[Yokohama]]. When she was 11, she moved to [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]] for a year and a half, and then once again when she was 17 she moved to [[Wikipedia:America|America]] for two and a half years. She went to High School in California, and while she was there she became interested in soul, R&B and hip-hop. She is described to have a strong voice, and a bright character.
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In November of the same year, YOSHIKA released an 8-track indies album entitled "[[Straight Ahead|STRAIGHT AHEAD]]". She had written and composed all of the tracks (except for the cover) and had even arranged the choruses of each song. Critics labelled the album as "A high-quality, western style R&B album", among other great things.
  
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After returning back to Japan in mid 2002, she sung many songs for CM's, one of those being [[Jolie|JOLIE]], a cover of the [[Wikipedia:Al Kooper|Al Kooper]] song of the same title. JOLIE was used for the SONY Cyber-shot theme song, which ran from 2002 till 2003. She even released this as an indies single later on under the [[RED ALERT RECORDS]] label. The song debuted on [[J-WAVE]]'s [[TOKIO HOT100]] request show at #35 and stayed on these charts for a long time.
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In 2004, by chance her album was heard by the members of [[m-flo]], after which they offered to sign her up as one of the vocalists for their next album, which would later be called "[[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]". YOSHIKA featured on all three m-flo singles prior to the album's release, with their first single, "[[Let Go|let go]]", becoming a major hit. Despite the single only peaking at #12 on Oricon charts, it had an extremely long chart run with a total of 31 weeks. This propelled it to selling 111,632 units and becoming the #91 single for 2005.
  
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In November of the same year, YOSHIKA released an 8-track indies album entitled [[Straight Ahead|STRAIGHT AHEAD]]. She had written and composed all of the tracks (except for the cover) and had even arranged the choruses of each song. Critics labelled the album as "A high-quality, western style R&B album"; among other great things.
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[[Image:TIMELESSPROMO1.jpg|thumb|190px|YOSHIKA promoting ''[[Timeless (YOSHIKA)|timeless]]'' (2006)]]
  
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In 2004, by chance her album was heard by the members of [[m-flo]], after which they offered to sign her up as one of the vocalists for their next album, which would later be called [[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]. Yoshika featured on all three m-flo singles prior to the album's release, with their first single, [[Let Go|let go]], becoming a major hit. Despite the single only peaking at #12 on Oricon charts, it had an extremely long chart run with a total of 31 weeks. This propelled it to selling 111,632 units and becoming the #91 single for 2005.
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Because of the great exposure from this hit single, YOSHIKA signed up for a major label debut, under [[ATLANTIC JAPAN]] with the single "[[Call Me (YOSHIKA)|Call Me]]". "Call Me" was written and composed by songstress [[Bonnie Pink|BONNIE PINK]]. After Yoshika's summer tour with [[m-flo]] ended, she released her second single, "[[Just Us]]". Despite "Just Us" being used for the Nikon Coolpix camera ad's CM song, it did not do as well as "Call Me" had done on the charts.
  
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Because of the great exposure from this hit single, Yoshika signed up for a major label debut, under [[ATLANTIC JAPAN]] with the single [[Call Me (Yoshika)|Call Me]]. Call Me was written and composed by songstress [[Bonnie Pink|BONNIE PINK]]. After Yoshika's summer tour with [[m-flo]] ended, she released her second single, [[Just Us]]. Despite Just Us being used for the Nikon Coolpix camera ad's CM song, it did not do as well as Call Me had done on the charts.
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In January of 2006, YOSHIKA released her first major label album, called "[[Timeless (YOSHIKA)|timeless]]". The album was met with minor commercial sucess, as it reached #16 on Oricon charts. As a comeback single after her album, it was announced that YOSHIKA would release her fourth single, "[[Touch (YOSHIKA)|Touch]]", in July of 2006. However, the single was cancelled due to Yoshika's pregnancy. In December of 2006, Yoshika gave birth to a little girl.
  
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In January of 2006, Yoshika released her first major label album, called [[Timeless (Yoshika)|timeless]]. The album was met with minor commercial sucess, as it reached #20 on Oricon charts.
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After two years of absence, YOSHIKA came back in September of 2008, with a digital single named "[[Stand Up (Yoshika)|Stand Up]]". She also got a new contract with [[Grand Trax]] (sub-label of [[GRAND FUNK inc.]]). She released two other digital singles and, finally, by the end of the year, her third album "[[World (YOSHIKA)|World]]" came out.
  
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As a comeback single after her album, it was announced that Yoshika would release her fourth single, [[Touch (YOSHIKA)|Touch]], in July of 2006. However, the single was cancelled due to Yoshika's pregnancy. In December of 2006, Yoshika gave birth to a little girl.
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In 2010, YOSHIKA will release her fourth album, "[[Redwood Tree|REDWOOD TREE]]" and a first live album "[[I Sing -Live Best-|I SING -LIVE BEST-]]".
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==Discography==
 
==Discography==
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[[Image:WorldYOSHIKApromo.jpg|thumb|200px|YOSHIKA promoting ''[[World (YOSHIKA)|World]]'' (2008)]]
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===Albums===
 
===Albums===
 
* [2003.11.28] [[Straight Ahead|STRAIGHT AHEAD]]
 
* [2003.11.28] [[Straight Ahead|STRAIGHT AHEAD]]
 
* [2006.01.18] [[Timeless (YOSHIKA)|timeless]]
 
* [2006.01.18] [[Timeless (YOSHIKA)|timeless]]
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* [2008.12.24] [[World]]
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* [2008.12.24] [[World (YOSHIKA)|World]]
 
* [2010.01.13] [[Redwood Tree|REDWOOD TREE]]
 
* [2010.01.13] [[Redwood Tree|REDWOOD TREE]]
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* [2010.03.24] [[I Sing -Live Best-|I SING -LIVE BEST-]] (live album)
  
 
===Singles===
 
===Singles===
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* [2003.02.26] [[Jolie|JOLIE]]
 
* [2003.02.26] [[Jolie|JOLIE]]
 
* [2005.05.25] [[Call Me (YOSHIKA)|Call Me]]
 
* [2005.05.25] [[Call Me (YOSHIKA)|Call Me]]
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* [2008.10.22] [[Touch (YOSHIKA)|Touch]]
 
* [2008.10.22] [[Touch (YOSHIKA)|Touch]]
 
* [2008.12.17] [[X'mas Surprise!]]
 
* [2008.12.17] [[X'mas Surprise!]]
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* [2010.09.22] [[Strongly in Life|Strongly In Life]]
  
 
===DVD / VHS===
 
===DVD / VHS===
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* [2006.02.22] [[m-flo]] - [[M-Flo Tour2005 Beat Space Nine at Nippon Budokan|m-flo TOUR2005 BEAT SPACE NINE at Nippon Budokan]] (Taste Your Stuff, Loop In My Heart, tO yOUR bEAT)
 
* [2006.02.22] [[m-flo]] - [[M-Flo Tour2005 Beat Space Nine at Nippon Budokan|m-flo TOUR2005 BEAT SPACE NINE at Nippon Budokan]] (Taste Your Stuff, Loop In My Heart, tO yOUR bEAT)
  
 
===Collaborations===
 
===Collaborations===
  
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* [2003.03.26] [[CM STYLE -Sony CM Tracks-]] (JOLIE)
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* [2003.03.26] [[CM STYLE -Sony CM Tracks-]] ''(#[[Jolie|JOLIE]])''
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* [2004.11.17] [[m-flo]] - "[[Let Go|let go]]" (let go)
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* [2004.11.17] [[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]] - [[Let Go (m-flo)|let go]]
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* [2005.02.23] [[m-flo]] - "[[Dopamine|DOPAMINE]]" (tO yOUR bEAT)
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* [2005.02.23] [[m-flo]] loves [[EMYLI]] & [[Diggy-MO']] - [[DOPAMINE]]
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* [2005.07.13] [[m-flo]] - "[[Loop In My Heart / HEY!]]" (Loop In My Heart; let go (Reggae Disco Rockers Remix))
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** Track 02: "[[To Your Beat|tO yOUR bEAT]]" <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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* [2005.08.24] [[m-flo]] - "[[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]" (Loop In My Heart; tO yOUR bEAT; let go)
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** Track 05: "[[To Your Beat|tO yOUR bEAT (Instrumental)]]" <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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* [2005.11.02] [[m-flo]] - "[[Dope Space Nine|DOPE SPACE NINE]]" (Loop In My Heart (Home Grown Remix); tO yOUR bEAT (GAGLE re-treatment remix); let go (Reggae Disco Rockers Remix))
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* [2005.07.13] [[m-flo]] loves [[EMYLI]] & [[YOSHIKA]] - [[Loop In My Heart / HEY!]]
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* [2006.02.22] [[Tomita Lab|Tomita Lab]] - "[[Shiplaunching]]" (Shiawase no Blue [しあわせのBlue])
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* [2005.08.24] [[m-flo]] - "[[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]"  
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* [2006.05.24] [[Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi|Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi]] (Here, Always {[[Tommy Snyder]] & Yoshika})
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** Track 03: [[Loop In My Heart]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[EMYLI]] & [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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* [2006.07.26] [[m-flo]] - "[[m-flo Inside -Works Best II-]]" (CD 1 #9 ''Sunshine'' & #10 ''let go (acoustic version)'')
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** Track 08: [[To Your Beat|tO yOUR bEAT]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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* [2008.02.13] [[m-flo]] - "[[Award SuperNova -Loves Best-]]" (#1 ''love comes and goes'')
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** Track 15: [[Let Go|let go]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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* [2008.05.08] [[supreme sound recreation]] - "[[Tabiuta]]" (タビウタ) ([[supreme sound recreation]] meets '''YOSHIKA''')  
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* [2005.11.02] [[m-flo]] - "[[Dope Space Nine|DOPE SPACE NINE]]"
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** Track 07: [[Loop In My Heart|Loop In My Heart (Home Grown Remix)]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[EMYLI]] & [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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** Track 08: [[To Your Beat|tO yOUR bEAT (Gagle Re-Treatment Remix)]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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** Track 09: [[Let Go|let go (Reggae Disco Rockers Remix)]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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* [2006.02.22] [[Tomita Lab|Tomita Lab]] - "[[Shiplaunching]]" (# [[Shiawase no Blue]])
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* [2006.05.24] [[Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi|Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi]] (# [[Here, Always]] {[[Tommy Snyder]] & [[YOSHIKA]]})
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* [2006.07.26] [[m-flo]] - "[[m-flo Inside -Works Best II|m-flo inside -WORKS BEST II-]]"
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** CD1 Track 09: [[Sunshine (YOSHIKA)|Sunshine ]] <small>([[YOSHIKA]] feat. [[VERBAL]])</small>
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** CD1 Track 10: [[Let Go|let go (acoustic version)]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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* [2008.02.13] [[m-flo]] - "[[Award Supernova: Loves Best]]" (#1 ''love comes and goes'')
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** Track 02: [[Love Comes and Goes|love comes and goes]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[Hinouchi Emi]] & [[Ryohei]] & [[Emyli]] & [[YOSHIKA]] & [[LISA]])</small>
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** Track 06: [[Loop In My Heart]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[EMYLI]] & [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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** Track 12: [[Let Go|let go]] <small>([[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]])</small>
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* [2008.05.08] [[supreme sound recreation]] - "[[Tabiuta]]" ([[supreme sound recreation]] meets [[YOSHIKA]])
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
* [http://www.yoshika.info Official Website]
 
* [http://www.yoshika.info Official Website]
 
* [http://wmg.jp/artist/yoshika Official Warner Music Profile]
 
* [http://wmg.jp/artist/yoshika Official Warner Music Profile]
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* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOSHIKA Japanese Wikipedia]
 
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/317739/ Oricon Profile]
 
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/317739/ Oricon Profile]
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[[Category:iTunes Artists]]
 
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 14 September 2010

YOSHIKA promoting REDWOOD TREE (2010)

YOSHIKA is a J-R&B artist most recognised for her work collaborating with m-flo. She has lived in Canada and California, hence she has a perfect English accent. Originally she released a single and an album under the indies label, RED ALERT RECORDS, however due to her collaboration with m-flo she was able to debut under the major label ATLANTIC JAPAN. Her major label debut album, timeless, was released in January of 2006. After a long hiatus, YOSHIKA came back in 2008 and got a new contract with Grand Trax (sub-label of GRAND FUNK inc.) and released her third album "World". In 2010 is scheduled her fourth album named "REDWOOD TREE" and a live album "I SING -LIVE BEST-".


Profile

  • Birthday: December 20, 1983
  • Blood Type: O
  • Height: 168cm
  • Birth Place: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Hobby: Cooking
  • Liked Foods: Mexican Food, Omelette Rice
  • People She Respects: Mum, Dad, Stevie Wonder
  • Favourite Artists: Common, India.Arie, King Britt, Lenny Kravitz, Missy Elliott, TLC

Information

YOSHIKA promoting "Just Us" (2005)

YOSHIKA was born in 1983 in Yokohama. When she was 11, she moved to Canada for a year and a half, and then once again when she was 17 she moved to America for two and a half years. She went to High School in California, and while she was there she became interested in soul, R&B and hip-hop. She is described to have a strong voice, and a bright character.

After returning back to Japan in mid 2002, she sung many songs for CM's, one of those being "JOLIE", a cover of the Al Kooper song of the same title. "JOLIE" was used for the SONY Cyber-shot theme song, which ran from 2002 till 2003. She even released this as an indies single later on under the RED ALERT RECORDS label. The song debuted on J-WAVE's TOKIO HOT100 request show at #35 and stayed on these charts for a long time.

In November of the same year, YOSHIKA released an 8-track indies album entitled "STRAIGHT AHEAD". She had written and composed all of the tracks (except for the cover) and had even arranged the choruses of each song. Critics labelled the album as "A high-quality, western style R&B album", among other great things.

In 2004, by chance her album was heard by the members of m-flo, after which they offered to sign her up as one of the vocalists for their next album, which would later be called "BEAT SPACE NINE". YOSHIKA featured on all three m-flo singles prior to the album's release, with their first single, "let go", becoming a major hit. Despite the single only peaking at #12 on Oricon charts, it had an extremely long chart run with a total of 31 weeks. This propelled it to selling 111,632 units and becoming the #91 single for 2005.

YOSHIKA promoting timeless (2006)

Because of the great exposure from this hit single, YOSHIKA signed up for a major label debut, under ATLANTIC JAPAN with the single "Call Me". "Call Me" was written and composed by songstress BONNIE PINK. After Yoshika's summer tour with m-flo ended, she released her second single, "Just Us". Despite "Just Us" being used for the Nikon Coolpix camera ad's CM song, it did not do as well as "Call Me" had done on the charts.

In January of 2006, YOSHIKA released her first major label album, called "timeless". The album was met with minor commercial sucess, as it reached #16 on Oricon charts. As a comeback single after her album, it was announced that YOSHIKA would release her fourth single, "Touch", in July of 2006. However, the single was cancelled due to Yoshika's pregnancy. In December of 2006, Yoshika gave birth to a little girl.

After two years of absence, YOSHIKA came back in September of 2008, with a digital single named "Stand Up". She also got a new contract with Grand Trax (sub-label of GRAND FUNK inc.). She released two other digital singles and, finally, by the end of the year, her third album "World" came out.

In 2010, YOSHIKA will release her fourth album, "REDWOOD TREE" and a first live album "I SING -LIVE BEST-".

Discography

YOSHIKA promoting World (2008)

Albums

Singles

Internet Exclusive

DVD / VHS

Collaborations

External Links

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