Nakamura Ayumi

Nakamura Ayumi (2009)

Nakamura Ayumi (中村あゆみ) is a Japanese rock musician, currently signed to Sony Music Entertainment. She made her debut in 1984 with the Takahashi Ken-penned single, "Midnight Kids".

Profile

• Stage Name: Nakamura Ayumi (中村あゆみ)
• Birth date: June 29th 1966
• Birth place: Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
• Blood Type: O

Information

Nakamura Ayumi was born on June 29th 1966 in Fukuoka, Japan. When she was four years old, her family moved from Fukuoka to Osaka.

At the age of 18, Nakamura debuted as a singer in 1984 with the Takahashi Ken produced single "Midnight Kids". Though it wasn't until the release of her third single, "Tsubasa no Oreta Angel", that she became really popular and it also began her career as a singer-songwriter as she was beginning to write her own lyrics (the song was co-written by Nakamura and Takahashi). In late 1985, she held her own concert series, AYUMIDAY, with the first one featuring the band Japanese rock band REBECCA. By 1987, she had started writting all of her songs.

In 1994, Nakamura changed label from Hummingbird Records to Pony Canyon. Her single "Kirai ni Narenai" was used as the second opening theme song to the Magic Knight Rayearth anime. She later went on hitas in 1998 after the release of "Live with LIZ", and stayed off the music scene 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
• [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)

Other Albums

• [1993.11.24] Decade -Ayumi Live- (live album)
• [2008.07.23] VOICE (cover album)
• [2008.11.26] VOICE plus (cover album)
• [2009.06.24] VOICE II (cover album)

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 Profile
• Japanese Wikipedia: 中村あゆみ