is a former Japanese

pop singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

and

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under the

Giza Studio is a Japanese record label. The Giza Studio started as an indie label in the late 1990s under the name Garage Indies Zapping Association, but soon Being Inc. bought it as their sister label company. Giza Studio is located in Osaka, Japan and ...

label.

Biography

Before her solo debut, Ai participated in the cover album " The Hit Parade" covering the song ''Sono Mama Kinisanaide'' (by ''Candies'') alongside Giza singers Aiko Kitahara and Yuka Saegusa. Produced by

Tak Matsumoto is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist and main composer of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He also has a successful solo career where, in addition to winn ...

of Japanese rock band B'z. In 2004 she debuted with single ''Kimi no Soba de'' composed by

Aika Ohno Aika may refer to: Arts and media * ''Aika'' (album), a 1996 album by Finnish singer-songwriter Aki Sirkesalo *''Agent Aika'', a 1997 anime OVA produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Fantasia * AIKA Online, an MMORPG *Aikakone or Aika, a Finnish m ...

and produced by

Akihito Tokunaga (born 22 September 1971) is a Japanese musical composer and arranger under Giza Studio label since 2000. Biography Since college he worked as orchestrator, then start working as a bassist. For artists as Zard, Mai Kuraki, B'z and many others ...

. The most well-known song is "Koi Hanabi" which was produced by Nakano Junko. The song was used as a theme song for

Tokyo Broadcasting System Television JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Networ ...

television drama ''Kodomo no Jijou''. It was later included in two Giza Studio compilation albums as representative song. In 2007, she performed cover of

Field of View The field of view (FoV) is the extent of the observable world that is seen at any given moment. In the case of optical instruments or sensors it is a solid angle through which a detector is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. Humans a ...

's biggest hit ''Totsuzen'' on Hill PanKoujou event ''Being 90's Party'' along with from NaokI Ko-jin from

Naifu Naifu were a Japanese 4-piece rock band formed in 2007 under Giza Studio label. Naifu disbanded in 2009. Their management office was Ading. Members *Naoki Ko-jin (荒神直規)- vocalist, guitarist (born 15 April) *Atsuhi Yamaguchi (山口篤)- d ...

. In 2008 single ''Gomenne Ima demo Suki de Imasu'' was her last work which reached into Oricon Weekly Charts, the song was used as an ending theme for television music program ''Music B.B''. She was active in Giza until 2009. In 2010 she moved to Box Corporation agency under Posuka label. In 2011 her official blog announced that she was taking a break from music.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Magazine Interview

From Music Freak Magazine: *Vol.111 2004/February *Vol.112 2004/March *Vol.115 2004/June *Vol.117 2004/August *Vol.119 2004/October *Vol.132 2005/November *Vol.137 2006/April *Vol.141 2006/August *Vol.151 2007/August *Vol.162 2008/June *Vol.166 2008/October *Vol.169 2009/January *Vol.172 2009/April From Hot Express: *Takaoka Ai special interview From J-Groove Magazine: *August/2005 *May/2006

References

External links

*Official website

*Official blog

*Official MySpace

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