Artist Bio
Name: Akiko Yano
Spotify Genres: city pop, shibuya-kei, art pop, kayokyoku, japanese indie
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Biography
Born as Akiko Suzuki (鈴木顕子) on 13 February 1955 in Tokyo, Akiko Yano studied jazz piano in high school and recorded her first album, Japanese Girl, in 1976. To the familiar wispy, girlish voice of Japanese idoru, Yano added something different: a whimsical sense of mischief and the ability to simultaneously sing and improvise on the piano. Japanese Girl caused a sensation in the Japanese music scene, with Yano standing out from the Japanese pop scene of the time as something entirely original and different. After a failed marriage to Makoto Yano, the producer of Japanese Girl, she went on to become the wife and musical partner of Ryuichi Sakamoto, soundtrack auteur and former member of legendary '80s ele-pop unit Yellow Magic Orchestra. The partnership saw Yano join YMO on tour worldwide in the early '80s as support keyboardist, and she began to cultivate her own following in the US. Little Feat supported her on the West Coast, and she also participated in recordings with UK rock band Japan, led by David Sylvian and Thomas Dolby. Separating from Sakamoto, she moved to New York in the '90s, where she now gigs regularly and records with a range of musicians, mostly in the jazz field. Mother of [a=Miu Sakamoto] alias [a=Sister M].
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1.春咲小紅ただいま。
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2.Ikimonotachi eIkimonotachi e
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3.ひとつだけごはんができたよ
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4.Hitotsudakeyanoakikoimawanokiyoshirowoutau
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5.I'LL BE THERETOKYO JOE
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6.Supurinkurah (Sprinkler)Piano Nightly
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7.ただいまの歌 ～ふたりぼっちで行こうver.～ふたりぼっちで行こう
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8.TONG POOごはんができたよ
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9.Kawarushi - Live at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall / 2024Step Into Paradise -LIVE IN TOKYO-
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10.横顔ふたりぼっちで行こう
Discogs Release Info
Release: 矢野顕子* = Akiko Yano - ただいま。
Year: 1981
Genres: Electronic, Pop
Styles: Synth-pop, New Wave