is a former Japanese

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and

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. She recorded for 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

In 2001 Sugazaki won the Grand Prix Award in Miss Pure Pure Audition 2001 and made a cover appearance for ''Pure 2x'' magazine. In 2002 Sugazaki won GIZA studio's Super Starlight contest. She sang

Mai Kuraki (born October 28, 1982) is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single " Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single " Love, Day After Tomorro ...

's "

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". On July 17 she participated as a guest vocalist on the compilation album ''Giza studio Mai-K & Friends Hotrod Beach Party''. On July 30 she debuted withsingle "Beginning dream", which was written by

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and

Yoshinobu Ohga is a Japanese musical arranger and guitarist in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label Giza Studio. In years 2000-2002 he was part of the Japanese soul band ''Nothin' but love'', in years 2004-2009 part of Japanese pop band ''OOM'' and ...

from the band

Nothin' but love Nothin' but love was Japanese pop unit under the Giza Studio label. History In June 1999 Yoshinobu has created demo tape and during music production he met in studio with Yuuya. In June 2000, the band formation began. In May 2001, they've rel ...

. The song was used in the advertising campaign for The Music 272 channel program ''

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''. In May 2003, Sugazaki released her final single "''Koigokoro"'' which was used as an ending theme for Anime television series ''

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''. In October she released her first full album ''Beginning''. In November she covered ''"Ichigo Hakusho" wo Mou Ichido'' originally by Van Van. The recording appeared on cover album '' The Hit Parade'' 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 ...

from rock band B'z. In 2004 and 2005 Sugazaki regularly appeared on ''Pan Koujou Thursday Live'' sessions. In February 2006 Sugazaki last updated her column corner and one year later was deleted from Giza artist official website. In 2011 Sugazaki's debut single, ''Beginning dream'', appeared on Giza studio compilation album ''GIZA studio presents Girls''. In 2013 songwriter

covered this song on her album ''Silent Passage'' with a new arrangement.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other appearances

Magazine Interviews

From Music Freak Magazine: *Vol.92 2002/7 *Vol.96 2002/11 *Vol.97 2002/12 *Vol.101 2003/4 *Vol.102 2003/5 *Vol.106 2003/9 *Vol.107 2003/10 From J-Groove Magazine: *September/2002 *January/2003 *July/2003

References

External links

*Official website: (WebArchived
Wayback Machine
* *Official Musing pag
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