BENNIE K

BENNIE K & BECCA promoting "Dreamer" (2009)

BENNIE K is a Japanese hip-hop, R&B, and pop group that consists of a vocalist and a rapper. They met in America while YUKI was in Los Angeles for voice training after she graduated high school in New Zealand. After getting hooked onto American hip-hop, they decided to combine their talents and start a unit. BENNIE K made their debut in January 2001 with the single "Melody" under the For Life Music label.

The trained vocals of YUKI with CICO rapping, along with the mix of Japanese and English in many of their songs have given this group a unique sound that has yielded some hits for them on the Oricon charts. To date they have put out five albums and two mini-albums. Their 4th album, Japana-rhythm, debuted at #1 on the Oricon Album charts.

Members

• YUKI (Vocals)
• CICO (MC)
• DK HI-KICK (DJ)

Information

In August of 2009, BENNIE K decided that YUKI had left the group as a vocalist to focus on the role of producer. As a result, they have launched their newest project called BK Project, which will start activities in November. BK Project seems to consist of a series of collaborations with guests artists. The first collaboration will be with American singer BECCA, who is currently promoting herself in Japan and has already provided one of the ending theme songs to the popular anime Kuroshitsuji, "I'm ALIVE!".

Discography

BENNIE K promoting BEST OF THE BESTEST (2008)

Albums

• [2002.07.24] Cube
• [2003.11.05] essence
• [2004.11.04] Synchronicity
• [2005.11.09] Japana-rhythm
• [2007.05.23] THE WORLD
• [2010.04.07] BENNIE BECCA (as BENNIE BECCA)

Best Albums

• [2008.04.23] BEST OF THE BESTEST
• [2008.10.29] THE "BESTEST" BENNIE K SHOW

Mini-Albums

• [2004.05.08] The BENNIE K Show (ザ・ベニーケー・ショウ)
• [2006.08.02] The BENNIE K Show ~on the floor Hen~ (ザ・ベニーケー・ショウ ~on the floor編~; Compilation)

Singles

• [2001.01.24] Melody
• [2001.05.23] SCHOOL GIRL
• [2001.10.31] Sunshine
• [2002.04.24] NAI / P-DAD
• [2003.03.05] MY WAY
• [2003.07.23] Better Days
• [2003.10.22] Tegami / Nagori Natsu (手紙 / なごり夏; Letter / Traces of Summer)
• [2004.09.22] Sunrise (サンライズ)
• [2005.06.08] Dreamland
• [2005.09.21] Sky
• [2006.11.08] Joy Trip
• [2007.03.07] 1001Nights
• [2008.02.20] Monochrome (モノクローム)
• [2008.09.03] Music Traveler with SOFFet
• [2009.11.04] Dreamer (BENNIE BECCA)

DVDs

• [2006.05.10] Trippin' Channel ~LIVE Japana-rhythm~
• [2006.09.06] The BENNIE K Show ~on the floor Hen?~ (ザ・ベニーケー・ショウ ~on the floor編?~; Compilation)
• [2007.11.07] THE "new" WORLD -WORLD TOUR!? in JAPAN-

Other DVDs

• [2006.12.20] ap bank fes'06 (#5 Dreamland)

Compilation / Other

• [2003.12.10] VOICE OF LOVE POSSE - VOICE OF LOVE ~Ue wo Muite Arukou (上を向いて歩こう)
• [2004.12.15] 2BACKKA - Turn (Orugooru Tokei feat. BENNIE K)
• [2005.08.24] m-flo - BEAT SPACE NINE (#2 Taste Your Stuff)
• [2005.10.12] SEAMO with BENNIE K - a love story
• [2005.11.02] m-flo - DOPE SPACE NINE (#10 Taste Your Stuff (Happy Drive))
• [2006.07.26] m-flo - m-flo inside -Works Best II- (#11 HAPPY DRIVE ~Taste Your Stuff~)
• [2007.02.21] Alpha - Going! Going! Gone!
• [2007.03.21] Little Hippies - Tabi-Ban (#1 pink noise babies -midnight Girl's Show- with BENNIE K)
• [2007.09.26] SEAMO - Get Back on Stage (#2 a love story (album version) with BENNIE K)
• [2007.10.24] 2BACKKA + BENNIE K - HOME
• [2008.05.21] TSUYOSHI - Yasashii Namida (#3 Renso Game (Mo'Tax Remix) BENNIE K with TSUYOSHI)
• [2008.07.23] We Love Cyndi -Tribute to Cyndi Lauper- (#6 Product Of Misery with Yukie)
• [2009.04.29] Sparks (#6 Orugōru tokei feat. BENNIE K '09 Remix / 2BACKKA+DJ HI-KICK)

External Links

• Official Website
• Japanese Wikipedia: BENNIE K
• English Wikipedia: BENNIE K