Saki Fukuda

Stage Name: Saki Fukuda 福田沙紀 (fukada saki)
Birthdate: September 19, 1990
Birthplace: Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type: O
Height: 156.5cm
Hobbies: Shopping & Singing
Special skills: Dancing & Sign language
Favorite food: Sweet ones
Hated food: Vegetable stalks, Eggplant, Green peppers


Saki Fukuda is a Japanese actress, singer, talento and former member of Bishoujo Club 31. She debuted in May 2005 under the Pony Canyon label. Fukuda is currently signed to Oscar Promotion agency and EMI Music Japan label.

Ayumi Sakai

Stage Name: Ayumi Sakai 阪井あゆみ (sakai ayumi)
Birthdate: January 21, 1983
Birthplace: Hashimoto, Wakayama, Japan
Blood Type: A
Height: 162cm

Ayumi Sakai is a Japanese pop singer under EMI Music Japan's AWAKE SOUNDS sub-label and model for CanCam magazine. Her song Yokogao is the theme song to Shiroi Haru, a new drama about a former Yakuza who just got released from jail and meets a kind little girl

Kanato Ito

Stage Name : Kanako Ito いとうかなこ(ito kanato)
Birthday : March 28th, 1973
Birthplace : Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Blood Typ e: AB
Genres : J-pop
Occupations : Singer
Years active : 2004 – present
Labels : Indies Maker

Kanako Itō (いとう かなこ, Itō Kanako, born March 28, 1973) is a female Japanese singer from Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. She has sung many songs that have appeared in video games and anime. One of her notable songs in games is "Kanashimi no Mukō e" (悲しみの向こうへ), the "bad end" ending theme to the visual novel School Days. Itō has also sung songs for a drama CD and anime adaptations of School Days. She has sung songs for the games Saya no Uta, Demonbane, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri, and Chaos;Head, along with the anime series Please Twins!, Myself ; Yourself, and Hatenkō Yūgi. Her song "DD" on her single ""A Wish For The Stars" has her singing in French.

ARIA

Stage Name: ARIA
Birthday: June 5th, 1977
ARIA (also known as Asuka) is a Japanese urban pop artist under avex trax's rhythm zone sub-label.
Information

ARIA first started performing after a college friend took her to a club where she performed Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen at the open mic. She began performing Underground in clubs and the like and eventually was signed by rhythm zone. Besides this basic information not much is known as she likes to keep her private information a secret.

SAWA

Stage Name : SAWA(サワ)
Born : November 6
Origin : Japan
Genres : Electropop
Occupations : Singer, songwriter
Years active : 2005 – present
Labels : Front Men Entertainment (2005-2006)
Cyclops (2008-2009)
Wint (2008-2009)
Epic Records Japan (2009-present)
Associated acts : Takeshi Hanzawa, Ram Rider, Ryukyudisko

SAWA is a Japanese electro-pop singer from a suburb outside Tokyo. Since entering the music industry in 2006 she has released five mini-albums, two releases a year since 2008, with the latest one Ai ni Iku yo being released on April 7th, 2010. She is a part of the NEWCOME entertainment offices, part of Sony Music Artists Inc. (SMA), and is signed to the Sony Music Entertainment sub-label EPIC Records.

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SAWA lives in the suburbs, about one hour from Tokyo. Her mother made the pitch-perfect girl pick up the violin at the tender age of four, and by age 10, she took up the piano out of her own will. Later, influenced by favorite artists such as m-flo, Jazztronik and FreeTEMPO, she began writing and performing music based on club music. At the same time, she proceeded to college to make her childhood dream come true – to become a teacher. She acquired the license for a high school English teacher, and taught at a local high school, although only for three months.

SAWA seized the chance in 2006, when she participated in a club event in Yokohama that she thought was an audition (which wasn't one). Her transparent yet characteristic, miraculous voice, as well as her fresh and cute presence that has never been seen in other club music singers in the past, she caught the attention of many music creators. During this time SAWA began working with Front Men Entertainment under the name SK-V. Through the partnership this name changed from SK-V to SK5 and finally to KOUCHI. Titles thought to have been recorded under this label are: "Sakamichi", "Merry-Go-Round", "talking", "happiness", and "In The Music".

On May 1st, 2008 she participated as the vocalist in "Discovery", produced by Yukihiro Fukutomi. The song was used as the opening theme song of PSP game Nippon no Asoko de. One month later, on June 18th, she made her indies debut with COLORS, a mini-album produced by Hanzawa Takeshi (FreeTEMPO). It debuted at #8 on the Japanese iTunes Store's albums chart. It has also stayed in the top 3 for three weeks since release in the dance music chart, already showing signs of a major breakout.

In the following year, SAWA made her major label debut through Sony Music Entertainment's sub-label, EPIC Records, with the mini-album I Can Fly on July 22nd. Her second mini-album of 2009 titled Swimming Dancing was released on November 25th. I Can Fly had commercial tie-ins to the MBS TV fashion program DRESS as well as a summer commercial for Honda. SAWA's first release of 2010, a mini-album called Ai ni Iku yo is set to be released on April 7th, 2010. This release will see her working with producers Hisashi Nawata, Jazzin'park, Ookubo Jun'ya (ANA) and RAM RIDER.

Nana Tanimura

Stage Name: Nana Tanimura 谷村奈南(tanimura nana)
Birthday: September 10, 1987
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
Blood Type: O
Height: 163 cm / 5'4"
Favorite Artists: Joe, Alicia Keys, OMARION, Craig David, Pharrell, Lloyd, Mario Vazquez, Nina Sky, Christina Aguilera, and Linkin

Tanimura Nana is a Japanese pop artist under avex trax's sub-label SONIC GROOVE and management of VISION FACTORY.

Information

Between the ages of 3 and 8, Tanimura and her family moved between Japan, Los Angeles, and Hawaii due to her father's work schedule. During this time, Tanimura attended a concert of Michael Jackson's in Hawaii, which inspired her to become a singer. With music loving parents and her fondness for piano, Tanimura's talents quickly developed. She was signed to the Japanese record label avex trax in 2007, and is attending Aoyama Gakuin University Department of Law.

Sayuri Sugawara

Stage name : Sayuri Sugawara 菅原紗由理(Sugawara Sayuri)
Born : June 29, 1990
Born Place : Yokote, Akita, Japan
Origin : Tokyo, Japan
Genres : J-Pop, Pop
Occupations :Singer
Instruments : Vocals
Years active :2008–present
Labels : For Life Music
Sayuri Sugawara (菅原紗由理, Sugawara Sayuri) is a Japanese singer. She has recently gained recognition outside of Japan for the song Kimi ga Iru Kara (君がいるから, "Because You're Here"), the theme song for the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIII

Biography

In January 2008, Sayuri Sugawara participated in the "7DAYS Audition" and the "30DAYS Audition". With her transparent voice, she won both auditions and got a contract with For Life Music Entertainment. On December 17, 2008, Sugawara released her first song digitally through Chaku Uta; Destiny is sampled from Franz Liszt's classical masterpiece Liebesträume and featured rapper FEROS. In April 2009, Sugawara released her debut mini-album, Kimi ni Okuru Uta.

Following the digital success of her debut song, Sugawara released her debut single Ano Hi no Yakusoku on September 30, 2009. On September 3, 2009, at the Final Fantasy XIII premiere, it was announced that she will perform its theme song, Kimi ga Iru Kara. Composed by Masashi Hamauzu, Sugawara performed the song with a live orchestral accompaniment at the premiere. A single for Kimi ga Iru Kara was released on December 2, two weeks before the release date of Final Fantasy XIII. Her first album, First Story, was released on January 27th 2010.

On November 13, 2009 For Life Music released the internet radio program 『Sugawara Sayuri no 「kinchoo shimasen!!」 』 (Sayuri Sugawara's 'I am nervous!!') starring Sayuri Sagawara on a special site, which is updated weekly

ZONE

ZONE was an all-female pop rock band started in Sapporo, Japan in 1999. Though it initially started as a dance group, they turned to an all female band. ZONE has been categorized in a new genre called "bandol" (a portmanteau of the words band and idol). The band was started by Studio RunTime and released their first single under the major record label Sony Records, "Good Days", on February 7, 2001.

Their most famous song is "Secret Base: Kimi ga Kureta mono" released on August 8, 2001. The single sold about 744,000 copies on Japanese Oricon charts.

Tomoka Nishimura

Stage Name : Tomoka Nishimura 西村朝香(Nishimura Tomoka)
Role: Guitar and Vocals
Date of Birth : 19/09/1986
Place of Birth : Hokkaido
Zodiac Sign : Virgo
Blood type : O
Height : 160cm
Family : Parents
Hobby : Skiing, skating
Favorite food : Organs (animals)
Food that hates : Celery
Likes : Ron-cha(her dog)

Maiko Sakae

Stage Name: Maiko, MAIKO (舞衣子, まいこ)
Born Name: Sakae Maiko (榮舞子)
Birth Date: 1986.07.24
Birth Place: Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type: O
Height: 154cm
Pet: Her Dog, Ritz
Bands: ZONE (1999-2005), MARIA (2006-Current)


Maiko Sakae was part of bandoru (band idol) ZONE, once an eight-member dance group (including ex-member Takayo, Tomoka [replaced Takayo after departure, early 2004], Mizuho, and Miyu) formed in 1997 under Studio RunTime Artists Development School. The group was later reduced to six, then four, with her and three other members (ex-member Takayo, Mizuho, Miyu) as part of the lineup.

ZONE's members each developed individual musical instrument aptitude in 2000. Aside from vocals, which each member has her own part, Maiko plays bass.

From 2004-2005, Maiko hosted her radio show, "Oh!Mai!Song."

December of last year (2004), Mizuho decided to leave the group. Maiko and the others thought about continuing with only three members left, but in January of this year (2005), the remaining members decided to discontinue. On the first of April 2005, ZONE had their first and last concert in Nippon Budokan.

At present, Maiko has formed MARIA. Last thirty-first of October, they were officially launched at Crystal Live, Runtime's graduation special. They released their first single on March 8, 2006, entitled "Chiisana Uta". Maiko wrote the lyrics for Chiisana Uta.

Saito Mizuho

Stage Name: Saito Mizuho
Birthdate: 12 Dec 1986
Blood Type: A
Position: Vocal, Drums, Leader
Homeland: Hokkaido
Hobbies: watch people, collecting red coloured objects
Fav Colour: Red
Fav Pasttime: Chatting
Height: 153cm

Miyu Nagase

Stage Name : Miyu Nagase 長瀬 実夕( Nagase Miyu)
Born : May 20, 1988
Origin :Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Genres : Japanese Pop, Japanese Rock
Occupations :Singer, Guitarist
Years active :1999—present
Miyu Nagase (長瀬 実夕, Nagase Miyu) is a Japanese singer, guitarist and a former member of all-girls J-pop band ZONE which disbanded in 2005

Biography

She was born on May 20, 1988, and is from Hokkaido.

As a young child, Miyu loved to sing. By third grade, she decided to take her singing abilities seriously and enrolled at Studio RunTime, a children’s school for the performing arts. In 1998, she was selected as one of the final four members to be in the pop band ZONE. Because ZONE was a creation of Studio RunTime who had deep ties with Sony Music Entertainment of Japan, the band was able to make a high-profile debut in 2000 at the “Sapporo Lilac Festival”.

Mr. Ominami Tadayuki, a representative of Sony Records, noticed that the crowd reaction to the debut concert was particularly enthusiastic. At this point, ZONE was strictly a dance group. Following his belief that ZONE had the makings of a hit, Mr. Ominami watched a LIVE video of the band playing with instruments at the "KomeKome Klub" and felt that, due to the overabundance of dance groups, ZONE had the makings of a true pop sensation IF they could play instruments as well as sing and dance.

With the release of their third single, secret base ~kimi ga kureta mono~, ZONE became a bona fide pop sensation in Japan. Miyu's guitar skills were rapidly improving and, by the time of their final single, Egao Biyori, ZONE fans had no doubt, whatsoever, that she could hold her own with her instrument (typically a Fender guitar), as well as with her already accomplished skills as a singer.

Miyu released two solo singles in December 2004: Just 4 your Luv (2004.12.1) Snowy Love (2004.12.15) On February 23, 2005, she released Luv & love CLIPS ~from N.Y.~. This shows her makings of Just 4 Your Luv and Snowy Love in New York. Also, her sites around N.Y. including her singing Amazing grace.

ZONE disbanded on April 1, 2005. They remain a beloved force in Japanese pop music, due to the high production values of their singles and the unabashed charm of its members.

Miyu also released a single with the Nagisa no All Stars in August 2006: Taiyo no Take Off / Kimi wa Boku no Aozora.

On October 10, 2007, Miyu released a fourth single: Key ~Yume Kara Samete~. This was her first release under a new label, CAM Entertainment. On November 21, 2007, she released her first solo album: Gateway to Tomorrow.

On February 13, 2008, she released her fifth single: Rose. On May 21, 2008, she released her sixth single: Akane. this was the day after her birthday, May 20. Also, one of the theme songs for the drama Mama no Kamisama.

On June 27, she will on her first acting role on Mama no Kamisama on the final episode. The show has been using Nagase's latest release, "Akane," as its theme song. Nagase will play a nurse who deals with Aota's character, who is hospitalized due to anxiety.

Manami Watanabe

Stage Name: Manami Watanabe 渡辺 愛未(watanabe manami)
also know as : Aimmy アイミ(Aimi)
Born : December 28, 1986 (1986-12-28) (age 23)
Origin : Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Occupations : Singer, songwriter
Years active : 2004 - present
Labels : Sistus Records
Associated acts:Jyukai

Manami Watanabe (渡辺 愛未, Watanabe Manami) (born December 28, 1986, in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is the female lead singer of Jyukai, a Japanese pop/soft rock group.

Biography
At an early age, she aspired to be a singer. While she was an elementary pupil, she practiced songwriting and idolized Speed and Namie Amuro.
In 2003, she met her friend, fellow music addict Yoshiaki Dewa. A year later, they formed Jyukai and started doing gigs at Osaka. They were signed by Sistus Records in 2006, while Manami was signed solo at the same label two years later.
She composes her band's songs as the vocalist/composer.

YU-A

Stage Name: YU-A
Real Name: Sato Ayumi (佐藤鮎美)
Birthdate: May 29, 1986
Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan
Blood Type: A

YU-A is a member of the group Foxxi misQ. She made her debut as a solo artist with the single Aitai... in April 2009.

Ahyoomee / ICONIQ

Stage Name:Ahyoomee / ICONIQ
Birth name :Ayumi Itō
Born:August 25, 1984
Origin:Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Genres:K-Pop, J-Pop
Occupations :singer, actress, MC
Years active :2002-2006 (group), 2006-present (solo)
Labels :SM Entertainment (Korea)
Rhythm Zone (Japan)
Associated acts

Ahyoomee or Ayumi Lee or ICONIQ (Korean: 이 아유미, Japanese: 伊藤あゆみ, born Ayumi Itō (伊藤亜由美, Itō Ayumi) August 25, 1984,), from former Korean girl-group Sugar, was raised in Japan for much of her younger life and is the reason for her Japanese accent, although she is now fluent in both languages. Although Ayumi's name is commonly believed to be Japanese in origin, she has explained that her name is hanja-based. She has also attended Korea Kent Foreign School

Ayumi stated on the 66th episode of SBS's Xman that she was discovered at a H.O.T. concert. The singer debuted in 2002 as part of the girl group Sugar, contributing to their 3 Korean and 2 Japanese albums. She has recently branched out as a solo artist, releasing two digital singles. The first, a cover of the theme song for Cutie Honey (also covered by Kumi Koda), came out on July 13, 2006 with a lot of fanfare, as Ayumi was criticized for her heavy accent and the overall Japanese feel of performances on the various Korean music shows. Her second digital single, "Jalmotdwen Mannam" (Korean: "잘못된 만남", "Wrongful Meeting") was released on November 7, 2006, and is a cover of Kim Gun Mo's hit from 1995. She switched labels in early 2007, moving to SM Entertainment.
She released her 1st Japanese single, "I'm lovin' you" on December 9, 2009 under her new alias, ICONIQ.

JASMINE

Stage Name: JASMINE
Birthday: May 19th, 1989
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan


JASMINE is a Japanese pop-R&B singer signed to Sony Music Entertainment. She made her major debut in June 2009 with the single sad to say which topped RIAJ download charts

Biography
JASMINE comes from a musical family and was involved in music from an early age. At the age of 13, she had the first experience of singing in a gospel choir at the U.S. Yokota Air Base. JASMINE later joined the American Expedition Choir the age of 15. At 17 year-old, JASMINE sang regularly at her local church, where she started to sing since she was a year old to train her vocal techniques.

JASMINE's dream was to have amazing vocals, to write her own music with her own lyrics to express her feelings, emotions beautifully and to become a professional singer. She sent "sad to say" as a demo song in to Sony Music Entertainment and got a contract with the company. After its digital release, "sad to say" was regularly played on J-Wave, this made the name of JASMINE more well-known. She made her major debut by physically releasing "sad to say" on June 24, 2009. Following the digital success of her debut single, she released her second single "No More" on October 2009.

shela

Stage Name:shela
Other Name: Oizumi Megumi (大泉めぐみ)
Birthdate: March 4, 1980
Birthplace: Hokkaido Prefecture
Blood Type: A
Favorite Food: Hamburger, Ice Cream
Favorite Artist: Amuro Namie


shela is a J-Pop singer formerly under the Avex label. Before her solo career, shela was the lead vocalist and saxophonist of the three member band FBI from 1997 to 1998 under the name Oizumi Megumi. She also used to be part of the band sunny-side up while they were still releasing under Avex. She is currently under an indies label.

JUJU

Stage Name:JUJU
Birthday: February 14
Birthplace: New York, United States of America
Influences: Sarah Vaughan, Caron Wheeler, Lady Miss Kier


JUJU is a pop/R&B singer-songwriter under Sony Music Associated Records label.
JUJU wanted to be a jazz singer since the age of 12, and at 18 years old, she went to the US from Kyoto, Japan. She performed live in New York' famous JAZZ MUSICIAL, and has been establishing her own sound in the center of music of the world with influences such as R&B, HIP HOP, SOUL, LATIN and HOUSE, besides Jazz. Since 2001, she has been featured in more than 10 songs. On October 10th, 2007, she released her first full album, "Wonderful Life". On December 12th, 2007, she released her first double A-side single, "Wish for snow / Kiseki wo Nozomu Nara... Xmas story". "Kiseki wo Nozomu Nara" was used as the ending song for the dorama, Takeshi no Dare Demo Picasso, and the dwango.jp TV-CM song.