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Tofu Records: Angela Aki

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   , born on September 15, 1977, in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, to a Japanese father and an Italian-American mother, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Her birth name was Kiyomi Aki (安芸聖世美 Aki Kiyomi).
   Angela Aki speaks English and Japanese as she was raised in Japan, but moved to Hawaii at the age of fifteen where she graduated from 'Iolani School. From there she moved on to George Washington University where she graduated with majors in politics and music.
   She originally released an indie album in the United States in 2000, called These Words, which received much critical acclaim. In 2002, she composed two tracks for "Let It Fall" by Dianne Eclar, a teenage pop singer from the Philippines. In 2005, in Japan, she released an indie mini-album under Virgo Music entitled One, which alerted Nobuo Uematsu to her music. Angela Aki is now signed under Sony Japan. In 2005, she was announced as the singer of the Final Fantasy XII theme song, "Kiss Me Good-Bye."
   On March 9, 2007, she revealed in her official blog that she's married to a music director who has been supporting her before her debut. She also revealed that while she was in Washington D.C., she'd married once before but the marriage ended in a divorce.
   She is good friends with JPOP star Yuna Ito. Both singers attended the same Japanese language school.
   Angela Aki is the daughter of Kiyoshi Aki, the owner/co-founder of AEON Institute of Language Education. This is one of the "Big Four" Eikaiwa (English conversation) schools in Japan.

Reaching an English audience

In May 2006, Angela signed with Tofu Records in order to release English singles and albums. Her first release with Tofu was releasing "Kiss Me Good-Bye" as a digital single in the USA, with a slightly altered track list. Later that month she performed the Final Fantasy XII theme song, "Kiss Me Good-Bye" at the premiere PLAY! A Video Game Symphony concert in Chicago on May 27, 2006. With orchestral backup, she played piano and sang the English lyrics, which she'd written herself. She also performed a cover version of "Eyes On Me", the theme song of Final Fantasy VIII, with a piano accompaniment.

Marriage

On Aki's blog dated March 9, 2007, she announced her marriage to Japanese music producer, Hide Sanjougi. She also mentioned that it'll be the second marriage for her. Her first marriage was to engineer, producer, and artist Tony Alany who coproduced her first album in Vienna, VA.

Discography

Albums

#	Information	Sales
Indie albums
1st /Debut Album	These Words Released: January 4, 2000 Servant's Heart Indie Review Total Score: 97/100	N/A
2nd Album	One Released: March 9, 2005 HMV's Indies Weekly Charts: #3 HMV's Indies Yearly Charts: #1	N/A
Sony Music albums
1st / Debut Album	Home Released: June 14, 2006 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #2	523,613 copies sold (as of 2007.5.24)
2nd Album	Today Released: September 19, 2007 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #1	195,694 copies sold (as of 2008.2.9)

Singles

#	Information	Sales
1st / Debut Single	Home Released: September 14, 2005 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak:#38	N/A
2nd	*Kokoro no Senshi* (心の戦士 / Soldier of the Heart) Released: January 18, 2006 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #13	22,394 copies sold
3rd	Kiss Me Good-Bye Released: March 15, 2006 May 16, 2006 (US Digital) Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #6	68,968 copies sold
4th	This Love Released: May 31, 2006 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #6	62,561 copies sold
5th	*Sakura iro* (サクラ色 / Color of Sakura) Released: March 7, 2007 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #8	105,796 copies sold
6th	*Kodoku no Kakera* (孤独のカケラ / Fragment of Solitude) Released: May 23, 2007 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #9	31,534 copies sold
7th	*Tashika ni* (たしかに / Surely) Released: July 11, 2007 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #15	11,210 copies sold

DVDs

Angela Aki MY KEYS 2006 in Budokan - March 28, 2007Further Information

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