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'''Emyli''' is a bilingual [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] singer-songwriter and vocal producer based in [[Wikipedia:Tokyo|Tokyo]]. She made her debut in 2003 as an R&B singer under the name '''EMYLI'''. In 2004, Emyli started working as one of the main artists in [[m-flo]]'s ''[[m-flo loves|loves...]]'' series. As of 2010, Emyli had returned to working on her solo career as an indie artist. After graduating from [[Wikipedia:Sophia University|Sophia University]] in Tokyo, she has written for [[J-Pop]] stars such as [[Amuro Namie]], [[May J.]], [[E-girls]] and [[Kuraki Mai]], as well as Korean talents such as [[KARA]], [[2PM]], [[2AM]], [[Taeyang]] ([[BIG BANG]]), [[Melody Day]], and more. Emyli continues to write with songwriters from all over the world, traveling back and forth to LA, London, Stockholm and Korea.
  
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== Profile ==
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* '''Stage Name:''' Emyli (エミリ)
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* '''Birthdate:''' {{bda|1988|04|23|mf=yes}}
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* '''Birthplace:''' [[Wikipedia:Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
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* '''[[Blood Type]]:''' B
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* '''Favorite Artists:''' [[Wikipedia:Donny Hathaway|Donny Hathaway]], [[Wikipedia:Alicia Keys|Alicia Keys]], [[Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera|Christina Aguilera]]
  
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* '''Stagename:''' EMYLI (エミリ)
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== Information ==
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* '''Birthdate:''' April 23rd, 1988
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[[Image:Emyli Flowerof.jpg|thumb|200px|Emyli promoting ''[[Flower of Life]]'' (2003)]]
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* '''Birthplace:''' [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
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[[Image:Emyli Tekito.jpg|thumb|200px|Emyli promoting "[[Tekito Lover]]" (2007)]]
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* '''[[Blood Type]]<nowiki>:</nowiki>''' B
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[[File:Emyli2009.jpg|thumb|200px|Emyli (2009)]]
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* '''Favorite Artists:''' Donny Hathaway, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera
 
  
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Emyli was born and raised in a residential area in [[Tokyo]], Japan not far from [[Wikipedia:Shibuya, Tokyo|Shibuya]]. She grew up with her parents having deep roots in music, as her father was a vocalist, music producer, and a vocal coach. She attended American schools from a young age. Since a child, Emyli has taken a variety of dance class and began taking ballet lessons at the age of three and when she was seven, she began learning hip-hop dancing. At the age of 11 she started working towards a professional career in singing and started working with a vocal coach.<ref name="jpopworld">[http://www.j-popworld.com/Interviews/Emyli.php J-Pop World: Interview with Emyli (2007)]</ref>
  
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EMYLI was born in Japan to parents with deep roots in music. She attended American schools from a young age and began ballet lessons at the age of three. When she was seven, she began learning hip-hop dancing and from 11 starting singing.
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In 2003, she signed with major record label [[BMG Japan|BMG Japan]] at the age of 15 and made her debut as '''EMYLI''' with the single "[[Rain (EMYLI)|RAIN]]". In September she released both her second single and which was soon followed by her debut album, ''[[Flower of Life]]''. After this EMYLI would take a break from her solo work and became part of the collaboration project [[VOICE OF LOVE POSSE|VOICE OF LOVE POSSE]]. EMYLI was also part of the ''VOICE OF LOVE 2003 LIVE TOUR'' charity tour.
  
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EMYLI debuted in 2003 on [[BMG Japan|BMG Japan]] with the single "[[Rain (EMYLI)|Rain]]". In September she released both her second single and first album, and was included in the collaboration project [[VOICE OF LOVE POSSE|VOICE OF LOVE POSSE]]. EMYLI was also part of the "VOICE OF LOVE 2003 LIVE TOUR" charity tour.
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In 2004, EMYLI collaborated with [[m-flo]] for his ''[[m-flo loves|loves...]]'' series. They worked together on the song "[[The Other Side of Love]]", where she was credited as '''Sister E'''. The song was the B-side track to m-flo's best selling "[[Let Go|let go]]" single with [[YOSHIKA]]. The following year she collaborated with m-flo several more times on [[m-flo]] ''[[m-flo loves|loves...]]'' singles, working this time on two a-side tracks: "[[Dopamine|DOPAMINE]]" and "[[Loop in My Heart|Loop In My Heart]]". It wasn't until September 2005 that she released her third single, "[[Come Home]]". With the release of this single her stage name changed from all capital letters to "Emyli". She also released the single independently, instead of with her previous major label.
  
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In 2004, EMYLI collaborated with [[m-flo]] for the song "The Other Side of Love", where she was credited as "Sister E". The following year she collaborated with m-flo several more times on [[m-flo loves|m-flo loves]] singles. It wasn't until September 2005 that she released her third single, and with this single her stagename changed from all capital letters to "Emyli".
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After graduating from an American school in June 2006, she began attending the prestigious [[Wikipedia:Sophia University|Sophia University]] where she plans to major in Japanese literature. That year she signed with [[Up-Front Works]] and has been releasing singles under [[zetima]]'s [[Seventh Code]] sub-label. With the release of her first single on the label, "[[Don't Vanish Love]]", Emyli had already run into problems with the label. She was not given full artist control like she wanted and the song and it's [[PV|music video]] "involved some ideas that were out of [her] control."<ref name="jpopworld" />
  
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After graduating from an American school in June 2006, she began attending the prestigious [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_University Sophia University]. She has since signed with [[Up-Front Works]] and has been releasing singles from there.
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After the release of two more singles, Emyli parted ways with [[Seventh Code]]. She is currently recording songs as an indie artist. In 2010, Emyli released her eighth single "[[Take Me Away]]" exclusively to [[Wikipedia:iTunes|iTunes]] and [http://cdbaby.com CD Baby] for world-wide digital purchase.
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==Discography==
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===Albums===
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* [2003.09.25] [[Flower of Life]]
  
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==<span class="mw-headline"> Discography </span>==
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=== Singles ===
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* [2003.06.25] [[Rain (EMYLI)|RAIN]]
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* [2003.09.10] [[Someday (EMYLI)|Someday]]
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* [2005.09.02] [[Come Home]]
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* [2006.10.25] [[Don't Vanish Love]]
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* [2007.04.18] [[Day by Day (Emyli)|Day by Day]]
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* [2007.07.18] [[Tekito Lover|Tekito LOVER]] feat. [[VERBAL]] (テキトーLOVER; ''The Right Lover'')
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* [2010.04.29] [[Take Me Away (Emyli)|Take Me Away]]
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* [2010.07.23] [[Wanna Dance]]
  
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px">[[Image:Emyli Flowerof.jpg|[[Image:180px-Emyli_Flowerof.jpg|180px|EMYLI promoting Flower of Life (2003)]]]]<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="float: right">[[Image:Emyli Flowerof.jpg|[[Image:magnify-clip.png]]]]</div>EMYLI promoting [[Flower of Life]] (2003)</div></div></div>
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=== Others / Collaborations ===
  
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* [2003.12.10] [[VOICE OF LOVE POSSE]] - "[[Voice of Love ~Ue wo Muite Arukou|VOICE OF LOVE ~Ue wo Muitearukou]]"
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* [2004.11.17] [[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]] - "[[Let Go|let go]]" (#2 ''The Other Side of Love'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves Sister E''')</small>)
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* [2005.02.23] [[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']] - "[[Dopamine|DOPAMINE]]"
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* [2005.07.13] [[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]] - "[[Loop in My Heart / Hey!|Loop In My Heart / HEY!]]" (#1 ''Loop In My Heart'')
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* [2005.08.24] [[m-flo]] - ''[[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]'' (#3 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #10 ''DOPEMAN?'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>, #12 ''The Other Side of Love'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves Sister E''')</small>)
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* [2005.11.02] [[m-flo]] - ''[[Dope Space Nine|DOPE SPACE NINE]]'' (#3 ''DOPEMAN? (MABOROSHI REMIX)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>, #6 ''The Other Side of Love (cubismo grafico mix)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves Sister E''')</small>, #7 ''Loop In My Heart (Home Grown Remix)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>)
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* [2006.02.22] [[m-flo]] - ''[[m-flo Tour 2005 Beat Space Nine at Nippon Budokan|m-flo Tour 2005 BEAT SPACE NINE at Nippon Budokan]]'' (#2 ''Taste Your Stuff'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #3 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #6 ''VANESSA'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI''')</small>, #11 ''COZMO-NAUGHTY'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI''')</small>, #12 ''DOPEMAN?'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>) 
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* [2006.08.16] [[Shinhwa]] - ''[[Inspiration 1|Inspiration #1]]'' (#6 ''HIGHWAY STAR -Featuring Vocal '''Emyli-''''')
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* [2007.10.31] [[m-flo]] - ''[[m-flo Tour 2007 Cosmicolor at Yokohama Arena|m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena]]'' (DVD1: #4 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>; DVD2: #3 ''Taste Your Stuff'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>)
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* [2008.02.13] [[m-flo]] - ''[[Award Supernova -Loves Best-|Award SuperNova -Loves Best-]]'' (#1 ''love comes and goes'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]] & [[Hinouchi Emi]] & [[Ryohei]] & Emyli & [[LISA]]''')</small>, #6 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>)
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* [2009.10.07] [[m-flo]] - ''[[MF10 -10th Anniversary Best-|MF10 -10th ANNIVERSARY BEST-]]'' (CD2: #6 ''DOPEMAN?'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>)
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* [2010.04.28] [[MAKAI]] - ''[[Love Lite|LOVE LITE]]'' (#3 ''Your #1 feat. Emyli & [[WISE]]'', #7 ''I Belong 2 U feat. [[Hinouchi Emi]] & Emyli & [[Hiromi]]'')
  
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* [2003.09.25] [[Flower of Life]]
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==Composed Works==
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===[[Amuro Namie]]===
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* [[Alive (Amuro Namie)|Alive]] <small>(Vocal director)</small>
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* [[Birthday]] <small>(Lyrics, music, and chorus)</small>
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* [[Chit Chat]] <small>(co-written music & lyrics)</small>
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* [[Christmas Wish]] <small>(lyrics)</small>
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* [[Golden Touch]]
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* [[Heaven (Amuro Namie)|Heaven]] <small>(lyrics, music, vocal director, and backing vocals)</small>
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* [[It]] <small>(Backing vocals)</small>
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* [[Fashionista]] <small>(Lyrics, music, and backing vocals)</small>
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* [[Fighter (Amuro Namie)|Fighter]] <small>(music & lyrics)</small>
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* [[Fly (Amuro Namie)|Fly]] <small>(Backing vocals)</small>
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* [[La La La (Amuro Namie)|La La La]] <small>(Vocal director and backing vocals)</small>
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* [[Let Me Let You Go]] <small>(Vocal director)</small>
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* [[Mint (Amuro Namie)|Mint]] <small>(co-written music & lyrics)</small>
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* [[Photogenic]] <small>(Lyrics, music)</small>
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* [[Rainbow (Amuro Namie)|Rainbow]] <small>(Vocal director and backing vocals)</small>
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* [[Scream (Amuro Namie)|Scream]]
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* [[Show Me What You've Got]] <small>(Vocal director and backing vocals)</small>
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* [[Stranger]] <small>(Backing vocals)</small>
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* [[Supernatural Love]] <small>(Vocal director)</small>
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* [[Time Has Come]] <small>(Backing vocals)</small>
  
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===[[CDL ∞]]===
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* [[Crash & Burn (CDL ∞)|CRASH & BURN]] <small>(Lyrics, Music)</small>
  
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px">[[Image:Emyli Dayby.jpg|[[Image:180px-Emyli_Dayby.jpg|180px|EMYLI promoting Day By Day (2007)]]]]<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="float: right">[[Image:Emyli Dayby.jpg|[[Image:magnify-clip.png]]]]</div>EMYLI promoting [[Day By Day (EMYLI)|Day By Day]] (2007)</div></div></div>
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===[[MOONCHILD (group)|MOONCHILD]]===
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* [[Lonely (MOONCHILD)|Lonely]] <small>(Lyrics)</small>
  
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* [2003.06.25] [[Rain (EMYLI)|Rain]]
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==Filmography==
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* [2003.09.10] [[Someday (EMYLI)|Someday]]
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===Television===
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* [2005.09.02] [[Come Home]]
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* [2022] [[Icon Z ~Dreams for Children~|iCON Z ~Dreams For Children~]] <small>(Vocal Trainer)</small>
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* [2006.10.25] [[Don't Vanish Love]]
 
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* [2007.04.18] [[Day By Day (EMYLI)|Day By Day]]
 
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* [2007.07.18] [[Tekitou Lover|Tekitō LOVER]] featuring [[Verbal]] (テキトーLOVER; ''The Right Lover'')
 
  
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===<span class="mw-headline">Others / Collaborations</span>===
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
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* [2003.12.10] [[Voice of Love|Voice of Love]] Posse - [[Voice of Love|Voice of Love]]
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== External Links ==
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* [2004.11.17] [[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]] - [[Let Go (m-flo)|let go]]
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* [https://www.emylimusic.com/ Official Website]
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** Track 02: "[[The Other Side of Love|The Other Side of Love]]" ([[m-flo]] loves Sister E)
 
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* [2005.02.23] [[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']] - [[DOPAMINE]]
 
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* [2005.07.13] [[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]] - [[Loop In My Heart / HEY!]]
 
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* [2005.08.24] [[m-flo]] - [[Beat Space Nine]]
 
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** Track 03: "[[Loop in My Heart|Loop In My Heart]]" ([[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Yoshika|YOSHIKA]])
 
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** Track 10: "[[Dopamine (song)|DOPEMAN?]]" ([[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']])
 
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** Track 12: "[[The Other Side of Love|The Other Side of Love]]" ([[m-flo]] loves EMYLI)
 
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* [2005.11.02] [[m-flo]] - [[Dope Space Nine]]
 
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** Track 03: "[[Dopamine (song)|DOPEMAN? (MABOROSHI REMIX)]]" ([[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']])
 
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** Track 06: "[[The Other Side of Love|The Other Side of Love (cubismo grafico mix)]]" ([[m-flo]] loves EMYLI)
 
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** Track 07: "[[Loop in My Heart|Loop In My Heart (Home Grown Remix)]]" ([[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Yoshika|YOSHIKA]])
 
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* [2006.02.22] [[M-Flo Tour2005 Beat Space Nine at Nippon Budokan]] DVD
 
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* [2006.08.16] [[Shinhwa]] - [[Inspiration#1|Inspiration #1]]
 
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** Track 06: "HIGHWAY STAR" (featuring Emyli)
 
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* [http://www.emyli.net/ Official Site]
 
 
* [http://ameblo.jp/emyli-diary Online Blog]
 
* [http://ameblo.jp/emyli-diary Online Blog]
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* [http://www.myspace.com/emylimusicnet Official MySpace]
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* [https://www.instagram.com/emyli__emyli/ Official Instagram]
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Emyli (2021)

Emyli is a bilingual Japanese pop singer-songwriter and vocal producer based in Tokyo. She made her debut in 2003 as an R&B singer under the name EMYLI. In 2004, Emyli started working as one of the main artists in m-flo's loves... series. As of 2010, Emyli had returned to working on her solo career as an indie artist. After graduating from Sophia University in Tokyo, she has written for J-Pop stars such as Amuro Namie, May J., E-girls and Kuraki Mai, as well as Korean talents such as KARA, 2PM, 2AM, Taeyang (BIG BANG), Melody Day, and more. Emyli continues to write with songwriters from all over the world, traveling back and forth to LA, London, Stockholm and Korea.

Profile

Information

Emyli promoting Flower of Life (2003)
Emyli promoting "Tekito Lover" (2007)
Emyli (2009)

Emyli was born and raised in a residential area in Tokyo, Japan not far from Shibuya. She grew up with her parents having deep roots in music, as her father was a vocalist, music producer, and a vocal coach. She attended American schools from a young age. Since a child, Emyli has taken a variety of dance class and began taking ballet lessons at the age of three and when she was seven, she began learning hip-hop dancing. At the age of 11 she started working towards a professional career in singing and started working with a vocal coach.[1]

In 2003, she signed with major record label BMG Japan at the age of 15 and made her debut as EMYLI with the single "RAIN". In September she released both her second single and which was soon followed by her debut album, Flower of Life. After this EMYLI would take a break from her solo work and became part of the collaboration project VOICE OF LOVE POSSE. EMYLI was also part of the VOICE OF LOVE 2003 LIVE TOUR charity tour.

In 2004, EMYLI collaborated with m-flo for his loves... series. They worked together on the song "The Other Side of Love", where she was credited as Sister E. The song was the B-side track to m-flo's best selling "let go" single with YOSHIKA. The following year she collaborated with m-flo several more times on m-flo loves... singles, working this time on two a-side tracks: "DOPAMINE" and "Loop In My Heart". It wasn't until September 2005 that she released her third single, "Come Home". With the release of this single her stage name changed from all capital letters to "Emyli". She also released the single independently, instead of with her previous major label.

After graduating from an American school in June 2006, she began attending the prestigious Sophia University where she plans to major in Japanese literature. That year she signed with Up-Front Works and has been releasing singles under zetima's Seventh Code sub-label. With the release of her first single on the label, "Don't Vanish Love", Emyli had already run into problems with the label. She was not given full artist control like she wanted and the song and it's music video "involved some ideas that were out of [her] control."[1]

After the release of two more singles, Emyli parted ways with Seventh Code. She is currently recording songs as an indie artist. In 2010, Emyli released her eighth single "Take Me Away" exclusively to iTunes and CD Baby for world-wide digital purchase.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Others / Collaborations

Composed Works

Amuro Namie

CDL ∞

MOONCHILD

Filmography

Television

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J-Pop World: Interview with Emyli (2007)

External Links

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