akiko

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Started learning piano at the age of four and developed perfect pitch.
Began frequenting London nightclubs at sixteen.
Began exploring music from earlier eras and discovered jazz vocalists such as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald at eighteen, which sparked a deep passion for jazz.

While attending university, began performing as a vocalist at live houses and jazz clubs in Tokyo.
In 2001, signed with Universal Jazz.
Debuted with the album "Girl Talk" as the first Japanese female vocalist on the prestigious Verve label.

Top tracks

01	Let Go	akiko	Let Go			04:16
	Writer: Akiko Ishii / Composers: Yukihiro Fukutomi
02	Humming	akiko	Spectrum			04:40
	Writer: Akiko Ishii / Composers: Masaki Hayashi

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℗ 2025 AVANT//GARDE: 22-05-2025

catch me if you can (remastered)

01	disappear	akiko	catch me if you can (remastered)			03:22
	Writer: akil al-qadi
02	11th hour	akiko	catch me if you can (remastered)			01:50
	Writer: akil al-qadi
03	it's hard to fall in love	akiko	catch me if you can (remastered)			02:48
	Writer: akil al-qadi
04	i got too drunk	akiko	catch me if you can (remastered)			00:54
	Writer: akil al-qadi
05	stockholm	akiko	catch me if you can (remastered)			02:56
	Writer: akil al-qadi
06	euros	akiko	catch me if you can (remastered)			02:35
	Writer: akil al-qadi
07	i don't care	akiko	catch me if you can (remastered)			03:19
	Writer: akil al-qadi

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℗ 2024 AVANT//GARDE: 11-11-2024

690452

01	stalker	akiko	690452			02:12
	Writer: akil al-qadi
02	wanted	akiko	690452			03:41
	Writer: akil al-qadi
03	paranoia	akiko	690452			02:38
	Writer: akil al-qadi
04	berlin	akiko	690452			01:45
	Writer: akil al-qadi
05	pornography	akiko	690452			01:25
	Writer: akil al-qadi
06	to feel something	akiko	690452			03:13
	Writer: akil al-qadi
07	hidden, NY	akiko	690452			03:24
	Writer: akil al-qadi

℗ 2024 PONY CANYON INC.: 02-10-2024

Emptiness Fulfilled

01	Pavane pour une infante defunte	akiko	Emptiness Fulfilled			06:36
	Writer: akiko / Composers: Joseph Maurice Ravel
02	We Never Capture "Now"	akiko	Emptiness Fulfilled			04:51
	Writer: akiko / Composers: Masayoshi Fujita - akiko
03	Am I	akiko	Emptiness Fulfilled			02:55
	Writer: akiko / Composers: Bugge Wesseltoft - akiko
04	Mother	akiko	Emptiness Fulfilled			05:28
	Writer: akiko / Composers: Bugge Wesseltoft - akiko
05	Somei Yoshino	akiko	Emptiness Fulfilled			04:45
	Writer: akiko / Composers: Masaki Hayashi
06	Sync	akiko	Emptiness Fulfilled			03:45
	Writer: akiko / Composers: Masayoshi Fujita - akiko
07	Pavane pour une infante defunte (Reading)	akiko	Emptiness Fulfilled			06:10
	Writer: Sayaka Kai - akiko / Composers: Joseph Maurice Ravel

116/AVANT/GARDE: 22-08-2023

belial

01	high pain tolerance	akiko	belial			02:54
	Writer: seoul eater
02	sex sells	akiko	belial			03:17
	Writer: seoul eater
03	sick of me	akiko	belial			02:52
	Writer: seoul eater
04	miss america	akiko	belial			04:21
	Writer: seoul eater
05	pretty sure he's sentient	akiko	belial			02:50
	Writer: seoul eater
06	sacrifice	akiko	belial			02:17
	Writer: seoul eater
07	attempt at domination	akiko	belial			03:00
	Writer: seoul eater

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2023 ability muse records: 02-08-2023

Jazz Wo Yomu

01	Jazz ~ introducing “How High The Moon”	akiko	Jazz Wo Yomu			04:27
	Writer: Nancy Hamiton - akiko / Composers: Morgan Lewis - akiko
02	Poor Butterfly	akiko	Jazz Wo Yomu			05:46
	Writer: John Golden / Composers: Raymond Hubbell
03	East Of The Sun	akiko	Jazz Wo Yomu			04:15
	Writer: Brooks Bowman - akiko / Composers: Brooks Bowman
04	Crazy He Calls Me	akiko	Jazz Wo Yomu			04:21
	Writer: Bob Russell / Composers: Carl Sigman
05	Where Or When	akiko	Jazz Wo Yomu			04:31
	Writer: Lorenz Hart / Composers: Richard Rodgers
06	Come Rain Or Come Shine	akiko	Jazz Wo Yomu			05:27
	Writer: John H Mercer / Composers: HARORD ARLEN
07	For All We Know	akiko	Jazz Wo Yomu			03:31
	Writer: Samuel M. Lewis / Composers: Fred J. Coots

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2022 ability muse records: 28-10-2022

Ukulele Lady2

01	YASASHISANI TSUTSUMARETANARA	akiko	Ukulele Lady2			03:12
	Writer: Yumi Arai / Composers: Yumi Arai
02	DAHIL SAYO	akiko	Ukulele Lady2			02:48
	Writer: Mike Velarde - Jr. / Composers: Mike Velarde - Jr.
03	SWEET MEMORIES	akiko	Ukulele Lady2			04:18
	Writer: Takashi Matsumoto / Composers: Masaaki Omura
04	WAINREDDONO KOKORO	akiko	Ukulele Lady2			03:39
	Writer: Yosui Inoue / Composers: Koji Tamaki
05	TASOGARENO BIGIN	akiko	Ukulele Lady2			03:27
	Writer: Rokusuke Ei / Composers: Hachidai Nakamura
06	RINGONO KINOSHITADE	akiko	Ukulele Lady2			02:22
	Writer: Harry Williams - Minoru Kashiwagi / Composers: Egbert Van Alstyne
07	NINGYO	akiko	Ukulele Lady2			03:59
	Writer: Nokko / Composers: Kyohei Tsutsumi

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2021 ability muse records: 21-06-2021

Ukulele Lady

01	Ukulele Lady	akiko	Ukulele Lady			01:03
	Writer: Gus Kahn / Composers: Richard A. Whiting
02	Walkin' My Baby Back Home	akiko	Ukulele Lady			02:30
	Writer: Roy Turk / Composers: Fred E. Ahlert
03	As Time Goes By	akiko	Ukulele Lady			01:59
	Writer: Herman Hupfeld / Composers: Herman Hupfeld
04	Tea for Two	akiko	Ukulele Lady			01:24
	Composers: Vincent Youmans
05	Guilty	akiko	Ukulele Lady			02:12
	Writer: Gus Kahn / Composers: Richard A. Whiting - Harry Akst
06	East of the Sun	akiko	Ukulele Lady			02:45
	Writer: Brooks Bowman / Composers: Brooks Bowman
07	Someday My Prince Will Come	akiko	Ukulele Lady			01:10
	Composers: Frank E. Churchill

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2019 ability muse records: 07-08-2019

Spectrum

01	Bluegray Road	akiko	Spectrum			05:44
	Writer: Akiko Ishii / Composers: Masaki Hayashi
02	Humming	akiko	Spectrum			04:40
	Writer: Akiko Ishii / Composers: Masaki Hayashi
03	The Flower of Life	akiko	Spectrum			04:24
	Writer: Akiko Ishii / Composers: Masaki Hayashi
04	I Loves You, Porgy	akiko	Spectrum			06:50
	Writer: Ira Gershwin / Composers: George Gershwin
05	Teal	akiko	Spectrum			04:23
	Writer: Akiko Ishii / Composers: Masaki Hayashi
06	Music Elevation	akiko	Spectrum			03:40
	Writer: Akiko Ishii / Composers: Akiko Ishii
07	If	akiko	Spectrum			05:11
	Writer: Akiko Ishii / Composers: Masaki Hayashi

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2017 ability muse records: 01-11-2017

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

01	I'll Be Home for Christmas	akiko	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas			04:31
	Writer: Buck Ram - Kim Gannon / Composers: Buck Ram - Walter Kent
02	Here Comes Santa Claus	akiko	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas			02:43
	Writer: Gene Autry - Oakley Haldeman / Composers: Gene Autry - Oakley Haldeman
03	Blue Christmas	akiko	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas			03:49
	Writer: Billy Hayes - Jay W Johnson / Composers: Billy Hayes - Jay W Johnson
04	Baby, It's Cold Outside	akiko	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas			02:53
	Writer: Frank Loesser / Composers: Frank Loesser
05	Christmas Time is Here	akiko	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas			03:47
	Writer: Vince Guaraldi - Lee Mendelson / Composers: Vince Guaraldi - Lee Mendelson
06	All I Want for Christmas Is You	akiko	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas			03:14
	Writer: Walter N Afanasieff - Mariah Carey / Composers: Walter N Afanasieff - Mariah Carey
07	Ave Maria	akiko	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas			02:01
	Composers: P.D.

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2015 ability muse records: 04-02-2015

Rockin' Jivin' Swingin'

01	Come On-A My House	akiko	Rockin' Jivin' Swingin'			01:57
	Writer: Ross Bagdasarian - William Saroyan / Composers: Ross Bagdasarian - William Saroyan
02	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter	akiko	Rockin' Jivin' Swingin'			02:28
	Writer: Joseph Young / Composers: Fred E. Ahlert
03	Relax Max	akiko	Rockin' Jivin' Swingin'			02:44
	Writer: Sid Wayne / Composers: Al Frisch
04	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	akiko	Rockin' Jivin' Swingin'			03:13
	Writer: Harry M Woods / Composers: Harry M Woods
05	Fools Fall in Love	akiko	Rockin' Jivin' Swingin'			02:46
	Writer: Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller / Composers: Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller
06	Rum and Coca Cola	akiko	Rockin' Jivin' Swingin'			03:10
	Writer: Morey Msterdam - Jeri Sullivan - Paul Baron / Composers: Morey Msterdam - Jeri Sullivan - Paul Baron
07	I'm Walkin'	akiko	Rockin' Jivin' Swingin'			02:36
	Writer: Dave Bartholomew - Antoine Domino / Composers: Dave Bartholomew - Antoine Domino

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2014 ability muse records: 27-08-2014

Jazz Me NY

01	Intro - New York New York	akiko	Jazz Me NY			00:55
	Composers: Fred Ebb - John Kander
02	All Blues	akiko	Jazz Me NY			04:25
	Writer: Oscar Brown / Composers: Miles Davis
03	Change Partners	akiko	Jazz Me NY			04:13
	Writer: Irving Berlin / Composers: Irving Berlin
04	Black Coffee	akiko	Jazz Me NY			05:47
	Writer: Francis J. Burke - Sonny Burke - Paul Francis Webster / Composers: Francis J. Burke - Sonny Burke - Paul Francis Webster
05	Sometimes I'm Happy	akiko	Jazz Me NY			03:40
	Writer: Irvin Caeser - Clifford Grey / Composers: Vincent Youmans
06	Cherokee	akiko	Jazz Me NY			03:01
	Writer: Ray Noble / Composers: Ray Noble
07	In a Sentimental Mood	akiko	Jazz Me NY			05:25
	Writer: Manny Kurtz - Irving Mills / Composers: Duke Ellington

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2012 ability muse records: 29-08-2012

Dark Eyes

01	Magazine St.	akiko	Dark Eyes			00:47
	Composers: Takeshi Okawa
02	Dark Eyes	akiko	Dark Eyes			04:34
	Writer: Takeshi Okawa / Composers: Florian Hermann
03	Groovin' High	akiko	Dark Eyes			03:16
	Writer: RR / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
04	After You've Gone	akiko	Dark Eyes			02:42
	Writer: Henry Creamer - Turner Layton / Composers: Henry Creamer - Turner Layton
05	Love Me or Leave Me	akiko	Dark Eyes			03:44
	Writer: Takeshi Okawa / Composers: Walter Donaldson
06	It's Just the Blues	akiko	Dark Eyes			04:33
	Writer: akiko / Composers: akiko
07	Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen	akiko	Dark Eyes			02:47
	Writer: Sammy Cahn - Saul Chaplin / Composers: Sholem Secunda

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℗ 2009 Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC: 01-01-2009

Words

01	Poor Butterfly	akiko	Words			04:33
	Writer: John Golden / Composers: Raymond Hubbell
02	All Of My World	akiko	Words			04:12
	Composers: akiko
03	Norwegian Wood	akiko	Words			05:42
	Composers: John Lennon - Paul McCartney
04	What Is It	akiko	Words			00:18
	Writer: akiko
05	It	akiko	Words			04:05
	Writer: akiko / Composers: Bugge Wesseltoft
06	I Miss You	akiko	Words			04:44
	Composers: akiko
07	It's Only A Paper Moon	akiko	Words			02:50
	Writer: Billy Rose - E.Y. Harburg / Composers: Harold Arlen

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℗ 2009 Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC: 01-01-2009

Hit Parade

01	You Really Got Me	akiko	Hit Parade			02:51
	Composers: Ray Davies
02	Breakaway	akiko	Hit Parade			02:45
	Composers: Jackie DeShannon - Shari Sheeley
03	Should I Stay Or Should I Go	akiko	Hit Parade			04:23
	Composers: Mick Jones - Joe Strummer
04	Sugar Baby Love	akiko	Hit Parade			04:40
	Composers: Wayne Bickerton - Tony Waddington
05	Video Killed The Radio Star	akiko	Hit Parade			05:25
	Composers: Geoffrey Downes - Trevor Horn - Bruce Woolley
06	Perfect	akiko	Hit Parade			03:25
	Composers: Mark E. Nevin
07	Goody Two Shoes	akiko	Hit Parade			03:22
	Composers: Adam Ant - Marco Pirroni

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℗ 2008 Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC: 08-10-2008

What's Jazz? -Style-

01	Come Together	akiko	What's Jazz? -Style-			03:18
	Composers: Paul McCartney - John Lennon
02	Madly	akiko	What's Jazz? -Style-			04:33
	Composers: akiko
03	What's Jazz?	akiko	What's Jazz? -Style-			04:01
	Composers: akiko
04	Ladies Love Mercedes	akiko	What's Jazz? -Style-			04:21
	Writer: Arvin Homa Aya / Composers: akiko
05	La Vie En Rose	akiko	What's Jazz? -Style-			03:17
	Writer: Edith Piaf / Composers: Louiguy
06	Jazz - Introducing "How High The Moon"	akiko	What's Jazz? -Style-			04:57
	Composers: akiko - Morgan Lewis - Nancy Hamilton
07	Love Theme From "Spartucus"	akiko	What's Jazz? -Style-			04:20
	Writer: Terry Callier / Composers: Alex North

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