is a Japanese singer and songwriter under
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
At the age of 5 or 6, Ueda dreamed to become a singer one day. During elementary school she tried out in various auditions at singing contests.
In 2003, at 12, she sang
Yo Hitoto
is a Japanese-Taiwanese pop singer. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Taiwanese. She can speak three languages: Japanese, English, and Mandarin. Tae Hitoto is her older sister. Her name Hitoto is not her real surname, it is her mother's ...
's "Morai Naki" at the Jaccom music festival and won the contest.
When she attended middle school, she was scouted by a Fukuoka talent agency, but she rejected the offer. Then she tried out at a
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 ...
audition in her 3rd year of middle school and won.
2008–2013: Indie career
In spring of 2007, after graduating from junior high school, Ueda went to live alone in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
and started music activities such as live performances and songwriting. Her live performances caught the attention of a staff at the record company, so she began music production.
From January until June 2008, MarUedaie released a monthly digital single. On 30 July 2008, she debuted with her first mini album ''Taikutsu na Coppelia'' under indie label Tent House. The album includes previously six released digital singles plus a new recorded song.
On 27 May 2009, she released her second mini album ''U.M.E.''. The album consists of all new songs unlike the previous work.
On 30 June 2010, she released a third mini album ''Houmuru Liquid Room'', the album includes acoustic version of ''One Hundred Life'' which was previously released in mini album U.M.E. In December, she participated in Christmas cover album ''Christmas Non-Stop Carol'' along with other
Giza
Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9.2 ...
and Tent House artists.
On 18 April 2012, she released her first indie studio album ''Sentimental na Rhythm''. The album includes song which she wrote between ages 17–22. The album debuted on 214 rank in Oricon Weekly Album Charts. Two album tracks received television promotion. Milky was promoted as an ending theme for BS11's talk television program ''Shogetsu no Michibiki''. Sentimental na Rhythm was used as a Friday's ending theme for television Kanzawa's program ''Hana no TV Kan-chan''. Both of album tracks received music videoclips and are uploaded on official YouTube Channel. Both videoclips were included later in DVD disc of limited edition of first major studio album
Hanashi wa Sorekara da.
On 7 August 2013, Ueda released her indies single ''Kokoro/S/Sa''. It was released as a two-track single into a three-disc set. The lead tracks ''Kokoro to Karada'', ''SOS'' and ''Saphire'' were used as a music in smartphone rhythm video game ''
Show by Rock!!
''Show by Rock!!'' (stylized as ''SHOW BY ROCK!!''; also known as ''Show by Rock!! Gonna be a Music Millionaire!'') is a mobile rhythm video game developed and published by Geechs (later Edia), in conjunction with Sanrio. It is Sanrio's f ...
''.
2014: Major debut
On 11–25 January, Marie held first piano live tour ''Live of Lazward Piano at Quattro''.
On 6 August, Ueda start broadcast weekly her first radio program ''Ueda Marie no Hebi Ichigo Daifuku'' on ''Fm Fukuoka'' station.
On 16 August, after 7 years of indie activities she made her major debut with the first single ''Kare ni Mamotte Hoshii 10 no koto'' under Giza Studio label. It served as an ending theme for local television ''KBS Kyoto'' program ''Kyoto Sport''. The single debuted at number 82 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts. The single also debuted at number two on the Billboard Japan Radio songs.
On 7–23 September, Ueda held first one-man live tour ''Utautau Vol.1''.
On 8 October, Ueda start broadcast weekly her second radio program ''Nextup Ueda Marie Edition'' on Inter FM station.
On 14 November, she made her first television appearance in
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...
music program ''Premium Melodix'' with the second single ''Zakuro no Mi''. On 19 November 2014, Marie released second single ''Zakuro no Mi''. The single debuted at number 87 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts.
On 31 December, Ueda has made appearance in live event ''Countdown Japan 14/15''.
2015: First studio album
On 10–18 January, Ueda held second piano live tour ''Live of Lazward Piano: Aoi Haikyo''.
On 25 February, Ueda released her first studio album ''
Hanashi wa Sorekara da''. Album track ''Friday'' served as a commercial song for the Ezaki Glico's candy ''Collon''. The album was released in two formats: CD and CD+DVD. DVD disc includes music videoclips in years 2010–2014. The album debuted at number 45 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts.
On 15 March – 3 April, Ueda held her first album tour ''Hanashi wa Sorekara da''.
On 25 March was final broadcast of the radio program ''Ueda Marie no Hebi Ichigo Daifuku''.
On 3 April, Ueda released digital single ''Naita Onakamushi''. The single was released on Being Studio official digital download service. In the media it served as a theme song for
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...
television program ''Minna no News''. As of 2019, it was never released as a single and was never recorded in the studio album.
On 7 July, Ueda started broadcast her third radio program ''E-Tracks Selection: Ueda Marie no Ikayounimo Kayou'' on FM Osaka station.
On 12 August, Ueda released her third single ''Wakannai no wa Iya da''. B-side track ''Clear'' was served as a commercial song for brand Orbis product ''Clear''. This was first Ueda single which was released in two formats: CD and CD+DVD. The DVD disc includes footage from album tour ''Hanashi wa Sorekara da'' with total 10 tracks. In the media the single served as an ending theme on August in TBS music television program
Count Down TV
(also known as CDTV) is a Japanese late-night music television program, broadcast on TBS since 1993. The program is shown weekly, and features a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, live performances from musicians and music information. ...
. Single cover jacket was chosen among top 50 single jackets of the year. The single debuted at number 35 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts. It was Marie first single which debuted into top 40 of Oricon Weekly Single Charts.
On 3–25 October, Ueda held her second one-person live tour ''Utautau Vol.2''.
On 22 December, was final broadcast of Ueda's third radio program ''E-Tracks Selection: Ueda Marie no Ikayounimo Kayou''.
2016: First live DVD
On 16 January – 13 February, Ueda held her third piano live tour ''Live of Lazward Piano: Old Fashioned''.
On 1 February, Ueda released her fourth single "Spectacle". The single was released in two formats: CD and CD+DVD. B-side track ''Calendar no 13 gatsu'' was written during Ueda's indies times in 2012. DVD disc includes live footage of ''Lazward Piano: Aoi Haikyo'' with total 4 tracks. The single debuted at number 20 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts. It was first Marie's single which reached into Top 20 of
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
Weekly Single Charts. As of 2019, the record remains the same.
On 6 March, was final broadcast of Ueda's second radio program ''Nextup Ueda Marie Edition''.
On 3 April, Ueda held one-day piano live ''Live of Lazward Piano: Calendar no 13 Gatsu Again''.
On 6 April, Ueda released her first live DVD which includes footage from live ''Uta Utau Vol.2''.The DVD debuted at number 34 on the Oricon Weekly DVD Charts. On the same day, Ueda start broadcast her fourth radio program ''Ueda Marie no Anmari Nemutakunai Kayou'' on Inter FM station.
On 4 July, Ueda released her fifth single ''Furetara Kieteshimau''. The single has received multi usage in the media, it was served as a song in the smartphone game ''Show By Rock'' and on
AbemaTV
Abema (, stylized as ABEMA) is a Japanese live TV streaming website owned by the entertainment company, AbemaTV, Inc. that provides over-the-top media services to customers in Japan. The website primarily acts as an online television network, ...
as an ending theme for online television program ''Minomonta no Yoru Buzz!''. B-side track ''Rookie'' served as a cheering song event ''2016 KAB Natsu no Koukou Yakyuu''. The single was released in two formats: CD+photobook and CD+DVD. DVD disc includes footage from live ''Shibuya Eggman November 30, 2015''. The single debuted at number 32 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts. Official music videoclip has more than one 1,2 million viewers as of April 2019.
On 23 July, Ueda held her first live in
Akasaka Blitz live hall ''Palpable! Bubble! Live!: Summer 2016''.
On 12 October, Ueda released her fifth single ''Yume no Parade''. The single served as an ending theme for TV Asahi music television program Music-ru TV. B-side track ''Say Hello'' was originally written during indies times in 2013 and released as a digital single on 20 November 2013. Another B-side track ''210 Bango'' was in medie served as a theme song for TV Asahi television program ''Nagasaki Meguri: Utsuwa ni Koisuru Imadoki Onnanoko''. The single was released in two formats: CD and CD+DVD. DVD disc includes footage from live DVD UtaUtau Vol.2 Omake: ''Marie Ueda Mawari Kurume''. The single debuted at number 28 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts. As of 2019, its last Ueda single which debuted into Top 30 of Oricon Weekly Charts.
On 14 December, Ueda released her second studio album ''Lonely Night Magic Spell''. The theme of the album is ''dream''. Album track ''Dining'' has become the promotion track and served in the media as a power-play song in music television program ''Bazurizumu'' and as a song in smartphone game ''Show By Rock''. The album was released in the two formats: CD and CD+DVD. DVD disc includes music videoclips from years 2015–2016. The album debuted at number 30 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts.
On 21 December was final broadcast of Ueda's fourth radio program ''Ueda Marie no Anmari Nemutakunai Kayou''.
2017: Acting debut
On 1 January, Ueda released her second live DVD ''Palpable! Bubble! Live!: Summer 2016''. The DVD debuted at number 25 on the Oricon Weekly DVD Charts.
On 13 January – 18 February, Ueda held second album live tour ''Lonely Night Magic Spell''.
On 29 January, was the premiere of anime movie "Gou-chan Moko to Chinjuu no Mori no Nakama-tachi". In the credits, Ueda appeared as a performer and writer of song ''Niji wa Kakaru kara''.
On 5 May, Ueda released her first digital single ''Niji wa Kakaru kara''.
On 6 May 2017, Ueda made first appearance in the movie ''Tomoshibi: Choshi Dentetsu no Chiisa na Kiseki'', where she also performed and write theme song for the movie ''Tomoshibi''.
On 5 May, Ueda released her second digital single ''Tomoshibi''.
On 9 August, Marie released her seventh single ''Revolver''. Ueda directed original music videoclip.The song was written sometime during her indies times. It served as an opening theme for local television ABC Asahi variety progra ''Bebop High-heel''. The single was released in two formats: CD and CD+DVD. DVD disc includes making footage of production of music videoclip. The single debuted at number 32 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts. As of 2019, this single hasn't been recorded in Marie's studio album.
On 6–10 September, Ueda held her third one-man live tour ''Utau Utau Vol.3''.
On 3 October, Ueda start broadcast her fifth radio program ''LIFESTYLE MUSIC 929'' on Tokai Radio station.
2018: Indies 10th debut anniversary
On 3 February – 25 March, Ueda held fourth piano live tour "Live of Lazward Piano: Bilberry".
On 21 February, Ueda released her third live DVD ''Lonely Night Magic Spell''. The DVD debuted at number 33 on the Oricon Weekly DVD Charts.
On 20 March, Ueda participated in live house even "hills at PanKoujou 15th anniversary" along with Giza Studio artists as Sensation,
Doa and
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 ...
.
On 6 July 2018, Ueda appeared on
BS Japan
BS, B.S., Bs or bs may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*BS-, a prefix for all games broadcast for the Satellaview modem via the Japanese Broadcasting Satellite system
* "B.S." (song), a song by Jhené Aiko from the album ''Chilombo''
*Team BS, ...
music television program ''Shouwa Ongaku Matsuri'', where she performed covers of Shouwa songs
Mizuiro no Ame and
Ihoujin.
On 21–30 July, Ueda held live tour ''Indies 10th Anniversary Live loadSTAR'' in celebration of Ueda's 10th indies debut anniversary. The live footage was later published on official fanclub.
On 25 July, Ueda released her eighth single ''Wasurena ni Kuchizuke''. The single was released in two formats: CD and CD+DVD. DVD disc includes live footage of Wasurena ni Kuchizuke from Live of Lizward Piano Tour: Bilberry Tour. In the media it served as a commercial song for Chouya drink ''Natsu Ume''. The single debuted at number 41 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts.
On 25 August, the song ''Nagai Yoru'' served as a commercial song for furniture company Sansyodo campaign Anata de Iru. In 2019 it was recorded in the mini album W.A.H.
On 22 September – 4 November, Ueda held one-man live tour ''Tatta Hitori no One-Man Live Vol.3: Good-bye Stereotype''.
On 25 September was final broadcast of Ueda's fifth radio program ''LIFESTYLE MUSIC 929''.
2019: Major 5th debut anniversary
On 1 January, was launched website to celebrate Ueda's 5th anniversary debut with five releases through first half year.
On 16 January, Ueda released her third digital single ''Far'' for the first time after two years.
On 23 January, Ueda released her first Blu-Ray disc ''Live of Lazward Piano "bilberry tour" at The Globe Tokyo''. The Blu-Ray includes additional live CD from same live tour however recorded on different day. The first press edition included 8 cm CD ''Bilberry song''. The Blu-Ray debuted at number 36 on the Oricon Weekly Blu-Ray Charts.
On 20 February, Ueda released her fourth mini album
FAR which will include leading digital single ''Far''. The concept of the album is "the growth in adulthood" with intersects of nostalgia and anxiety. The album debuted at number 47 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts.
On 10–23 March, Ueda held piano live tour ''Live of Lazward Piano: Frozen Constellation''. The Blu-ray footage was scheduled to be release in January 2020.
On 13 March, Ueda released her fifth digital single ''Bloomin. It serves as an ending theme for the TBS television program
Count Down TV
(also known as CDTV) is a Japanese late-night music television program, broadcast on TBS since 1993. The program is shown weekly, and features a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, live performances from musicians and music information. ...
.
On 17 April, Ueda released her fifth mini album ''
WAH''. The mini album includes fourth digital single Bloomin', latest disc single Wasurena ni Kuchizuke and digital single Tomoshibi.
On 5 May- 30 June, Ueda will hold third album live tour ''F.A.R. / W.A.H.'', for the first time after two years.
To expand the celebration of 5th anniversary of major debut, between 4–6 August she held small live event ''Five Flowers Anniversary'' in Tokyo. Each day will represent instrumentation session and topic of live with various guests. On the first day ''Piano Romantic Emotion'' are invited singer Ryoko Yamada and instrumentalist Youdai Nagakome. On the second day ''Band Divine Emotion'' is invited vocalist Mikoto of visual key's band Zigzag. On the final third day ''Hikigatari Daily Emotion'' is invited singer Hana Sekitori.
On 14 September, she held 25-hour live broadcast on her official YouTube channel. In this broadcast, Ueda gave herself a challenge to write q song and film music videoclip in the span of the 25 hours. After the challenge broadcast ended, the song ''I Just Wanna Be Star'' was uploaded on her YouTube Channel. On 2 April 2020, it was announced to be a theme song to the Japanese television series. The single is scheduled to release digitally on 1 May 2020.
On 1 October, she released her fourth digital single ''Stranger'', which will serve as a theme song to the department store Flags to celebrate their 21st anniversary.
On 1 November, she to perform special live''Palpable! Marie! Live!: ANNIVERSARY 2019'' in venue house "Zepp DiverCity". The live event with subtitle Palpable is for the first time after three years.
In December, Ueda will release acoustic album, which will be available only to fanclub members. The public inquiry is available for everyone and can choose five songs which fans want Ueda to record in album.
2020: National tour and 3rd album ''Heartbreaker''
On 26 January – 9 February 2020 held two piano live series "Live of Lazward Piano "Academic!"" in Osaka's live venue "Mielparque hall" and Tokyo's live venues "Hulic Hall". The announcement was published on news after the live Palpable ended.
In Spring 2020, her new song "What's" will be included as a theme song to the theatrical movie ''Mrs.Noisy'', which will premiere in the 33rd Tokyo Film Festival. It is her second movie theme song for first time in two years. It will release as a digital single on 1 May.
On 28 August, is scheduled to release third studio album ''
Heartbreaker
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*''The Heart Breakers'', a 1916 film starring Andrew Arbuckle
*''The Heart Breaker'', a 1925 film directed by Benjamin Stoloff
* ''Heartbreaker'' (1983 film), an American f ...
''.
In autumn 2020, was scheduled new national tour with the new studio album for the first time in four years, however due to the worldwide pandemic situation of
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
the whole tour has been postponed until further announcement.
Musical style
Influence
Female musicians who Ueda was influenced or admired are
Hikaru Utada
, who is also known by the mononym Utada, is a Japanese-American pop singer, songwriter and producer. By 2010, Utada had become one of the most influential, and best-selling, musical artists in Japan.
Born in the United States to Japanese parent ...
,
Shiina Ringo
, known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen.
She describes herself as "". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled ...
,
Yuko Ando,
Chara,
Yuki the vocalist of Judy and Mary,
Yoeko Kurahashi and
Salyu
is a Japanese singer, produced by Takeshi Kobayashi. She debuted in 2000 as the fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou for the film ''All About Lily Chou-Chou'', and later debuted as a solo artist in 2004. She is best known for her charity single coll ...
.
Discography
Ueda has released 8 singles, 2 studio albums, 5 mini albums, 3 DVDs and 1 Blu-ray.
Albums
Studio albums
Extended plays
Box albums
Singles
As lead artist
Digital singles
Video albums
Interview
From Natasha Ent.:
*2014 "Kareshi Mamotte Hoshii 10 no Koto"
*2014 "Zakuro no Mi"
*2015 "Hanashi wa Sorekara da"
*2015 "Wakannai no wa Iyada"
*2016 "Spectacle"
*2016 "Furetara Kieteshimau"
*2016 "Yume no Parade"
*2016 "Lonely Night Magic Spell"
From Rockinon:
*2014 "Kareshi Mamotte Hoshii 10 no Koto"
*2014 "Zakuro no Mi"
*2015 "Hanashi wa Sorekara da"
*2015 "Wakannai no wa Iyada"
From Skream!:
*2015 "Wakannai no wa Iyada"
*2016 "Spectacle"
*2016 "Furetara Kieteshimau"
*2016 "Yume no Parade"
*2016 "Lonely Night Magic Spell"
From M-found:
*2014 "Kareshi Mamotte Hoshii 10 no Koto"
*2014 "Zakuro no Mi"
*2015 "Hanashi wa Sorekara da"
*2015 "Wakannai no wa Iyada"
From Okmusic:
*2014 "Kareshi Mamotte Hoshii 10 no Koto"
*2014 "Zakuro no Mi"
*2015 "Hanashi wa Sorekara da"
From Barks:
*2014 "Kareshi Mamotte Hoshii 10 no Koto"
*2014 "Zakuro no Mi"
*2015 "Hanashi wa Sorekara da"
*2015 "Wakannai no wa Iyada"
*2016 "Spectacle"
*2016 "Furetara Kieteshimau"
*2016 "Yume no Parade"
*2016 "Lonely Night Magic Spell"
*2017 "Revolver"
From Music Voice:
*2017 "Revolver"
From Duke express:
*2016 "Lonely Night Magic Spell"
From HMW:
*2016 "Lonely Night Magic Spell"
Magazine appearances
From Music Freak Magazine:
*May 2009 Vol.173
*October 2009 Vol.178
*December 2009 Vol.180
From Music freak magazine ES:
*August 2010 Vol.008
*August 2012 Vol.032
*November 2012 Vol.035
*February 2013 Vol.038
*August 2013 Vol.044
*July 2014 Vol.055
*October 2014 Vol.058
*November 2014 Vol.059
*February 2015 Vol.062
*March 2015 Vol.063
*April 2015 Vol.064
*July 2015 Vol.067
*September 2015 Vol.068
*November 2015 Vol.069
*January 2016 Vol.071
*February 2016 Vol.072
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Being Inc. artists
Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture
21st-century Japanese singers
Japanese women songwriters
Japanese women singer-songwriters
Japanese singer-songwriters
21st-century Japanese women singers