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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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| − | + | * '''Birthday:''' December 20, 1983 | |
| − | + | * '''[[Blood Type]]:''' O | |
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| − | * '''Birthday:''' 1983 | ||
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* '''Height:''' 168cm | * '''Height:''' 168cm | ||
| − | * '''Birth Place:''' [[ | + | * '''Birth Place:''' [[Yokohama]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]] |
* '''Hobby:''' Cooking | * '''Hobby:''' Cooking | ||
* '''Liked Foods:''' Mexican Food, Omelette Rice | * '''Liked Foods:''' Mexican Food, Omelette Rice | ||
| − | * '''People She Respects:''' Mum, Dad, [ | + | * '''People She Respects:''' Mum, Dad, [[Wikipedia:Stevie Wonder|Stevie Wonder]] |
* '''Favourite Artists:''' Common, India.Arie, King Britt, Lenny Kravitz, Missy Elliott, TLC | * '''Favourite Artists:''' Common, India.Arie, King Britt, Lenny Kravitz, Missy Elliott, TLC | ||
| − | == | + | ==Information== |
| − | Yoshika was born in 1983 in [[ | + | 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. |
| − | 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 [ | + | 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. |
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. | 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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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. | 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. | ||
| − | Because of the great exposure from this hit single, Yoshika signed up for a major label debut, under [[ | + | 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. |
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. | 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. | ||
| − | As a comeback single after her album, it was announced that Yoshika would release her fourth single, [[Touch ( | + | 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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| + | ==Discography== | ||
| + | ===Albums=== | ||
* [2003.11.28] [[Straight Ahead|STRAIGHT AHEAD]] | * [2003.11.28] [[Straight Ahead|STRAIGHT AHEAD]] | ||
| − | * [2006.01.18] [[Timeless ( | + | * [2006.01.18] [[Timeless (YOSHIKA)|timeless]] |
| + | * [2008.12.24] [[World]] | ||
| − | === | + | ===Singles=== |
* [2003.02.26] [[Jolie|JOLIE]] | * [2003.02.26] [[Jolie|JOLIE]] | ||
| − | * [2005.05.25] [[Call Me ( | + | * [2005.05.25] [[Call Me (YOSHIKA)|Call Me]] |
* [2005.10.26] [[Just Us]] | * [2005.10.26] [[Just Us]] | ||
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| − | === | + | ===Internet Exclusive=== |
| + | * [2008.09.17] [[Stand Up (Yoshika)|Stand Up]] | ||
| + | * [2008.10.22] [[Touch (YOSHIKA)|Touch]] | ||
| + | * [2008.12.17] [[X'mas Surprise!]] | ||
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| + | ===DVD / VHS=== | ||
* [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=== |
| − | * [2003.03.26] [[ | + | * [2003.03.26] [[CM STYLE -Sony CM Tracks-]] (JOLIE) |
* [2004.11.17] [[m-flo]] - "[[Let Go|let go]]" (let go) | * [2004.11.17] [[m-flo]] - "[[Let Go|let go]]" (let go) | ||
* [2005.02.23] [[m-flo]] - "[[Dopamine|DOPAMINE]]" (tO yOUR bEAT) | * [2005.02.23] [[m-flo]] - "[[Dopamine|DOPAMINE]]" (tO yOUR bEAT) | ||
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* [2005.08.24] [[m-flo]] - "[[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]" (Loop In My Heart; tO yOUR bEAT; let go) | * [2005.08.24] [[m-flo]] - "[[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]" (Loop In My Heart; tO yOUR bEAT; let go) | ||
* [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)) | * [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)) | ||
| − | * [2006.02.22] [[Tomita Lab|Tomita Lab]] - "[[ | + | * [2006.02.22] [[Tomita Lab|Tomita Lab]] - "[[Shiplaunching]]" (Shiawase no Blue [しあわせのBlue]) |
| − | * [2006.05.24] [[Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi|Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi]] (Here, Always {[[ | + | * [2006.05.24] [[Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi|Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi]] (Here, Always {[[Tommy Snyder]] & Yoshika}) |
| − | * [2006.07.26] [[m-flo]] - "[[m-flo Inside -Works Best II-]]" ( | + | * [2006.07.26] [[m-flo]] - "[[m-flo Inside -Works Best II-]]" (CD 1 #9 ''Sunshine'' & #10 ''let go (acoustic version)'') |
| − | + | * [2008.02.13] [[m-flo]] - "[[Award SuperNova -Loves Best-]]" (#1 ''love comes and goes'') | |
| − | + | * [2008.05.08] [[supreme sound recreation]] - "[[Tabiuta]]" (タビウタ) ([[supreme sound recreation]] meets '''YOSHIKA''') | |
| + | ==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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[[Category:Artists]] | [[Category:Artists]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:1983 Births]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Blood Type O]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Yokohama Artists]] | ||
| + | [[Category:English Fluent]] | ||
| + | [[Category:iTunes Artists]] | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 26 April 2009
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.
Contents
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 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.
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 #20 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.
Discography
Albums
- [2003.11.28] STRAIGHT AHEAD
- [2006.01.18] timeless
- [2008.12.24] World
Singles
Internet Exclusive
- [2008.09.17] Stand Up
- [2008.10.22] Touch
- [2008.12.17] X'mas Surprise!
DVD / VHS
- [2006.02.22] m-flo - m-flo TOUR2005 BEAT SPACE NINE at Nippon Budokan (Taste Your Stuff, Loop In My Heart, tO yOUR bEAT)
Collaborations
- [2003.03.26] CM STYLE -Sony CM Tracks- (JOLIE)
- [2004.11.17] m-flo - "let go" (let go)
- [2005.02.23] m-flo - "DOPAMINE" (tO yOUR bEAT)
- [2005.07.13] m-flo - "Loop In My Heart / HEY!" (Loop In My Heart; let go (Reggae Disco Rockers Remix))
- [2005.08.24] m-flo - "BEAT SPACE NINE" (Loop In My Heart; tO yOUR bEAT; let go)
- [2005.11.02] m-flo - "DOPE SPACE NINE" (Loop In My Heart (Home Grown Remix); tO yOUR bEAT (GAGLE re-treatment remix); let go (Reggae Disco Rockers Remix))
- [2006.02.22] Tomita Lab - "Shiplaunching" (Shiawase no Blue [しあわせのBlue])
- [2006.05.24] Kiraware Matsuko no Utatachi (Here, Always {Tommy Snyder & Yoshika})
- [2006.07.26] m-flo - "m-flo Inside -Works Best II-" (CD 1 #9 Sunshine & #10 let go (acoustic version))
- [2008.02.13] m-flo - "Award SuperNova -Loves Best-" (#1 love comes and goes)
- [2008.05.08] supreme sound recreation - "Tabiuta" (タビウタ) (supreme sound recreation meets YOSHIKA)
