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. The band's name was created by

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and comes from actresses name,

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who was popular mainly in the 1960s. Pamelah disbanded in 2000.

Biography

Before band formation, Masazumi has already been active as an arranger. His first work was included in

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's debut single ''Sabishisa wa Aki no Iro'' in b-side track ''Stray Cat''. Yuki has been educated with various vocal lessons since 1992 until debut. On February 1995, Pamelah debuted with their single ''Looking for the Truth''. The song was written by Mariko Kurosawa. Since then, all their music was self-produced. In 1996, after releasing their second studio album ''Pure'', they were rewarded with a Japanese Gold Disc in Best 5 New Artist nominations. The album ranked No.3 in Oricon Weekly Charts and sold over more than 200,000 copies. As one of the rare

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artist along with Manish, they've made multiple media appearances on

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. In 1997, their single ''Spirit'' was used as a third ending theme for the anime television series

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. It became their most successful single, reached in Oricon Weekly Charts with rank 15. In 1998, their official website was launched alongside their fan club. In 1999 March they held their first video chat with fans. After releasing their final studio album ''Ism'' in September, they disbanded without announcement. In 2000, Yuki started her solo career by releasing single ''Love is pain'', however soon after release, she stopped appearing in public and her music is no longer sold anywhere. Masazumi continues to provide arrangements and guitar assistance to many

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artists such as

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. In 2003, during the release of ''complete at the being studio'' compilation album series, the album includes two previously unreleased songs: Yuki's solo single and ''Aimai'' which were both exclusively released only for this album. Some of their music videos were released in 2012 in the 2-disc DVD set ''Legend of 90's J-Rock Best Live & Clips''. In 2016, Masazumi appeared as a guest musician during ''Zard'' live tour ''Zard What a beautiful memory: Forever Best 25''. Yuki has not appeared publicly since 2000.

Members

*Yuki Mizuhara (水原由貴)- vocalist, lyricist *Masazumi Ozawa (小澤正澄)- keyboardist, composer, arranger, programmator

Discography

During their career they released five studio albums, three compilation albums, and one remix album, alongside fourteen singles.

Studio albums

*''Truth'' (1995) *''Pure'' (1996) *''Spirit'' (1997) *''Hearts'' (1998) *''Ism'' (1999)

Compilation albums

*''Pamelah Hit Collection: Confidence'' (1997) *''complete "Pamelah" at the Being Studio'' (2003) *''Best of Best 1000 Pamelah'' (2007)

Singles

*''Looking for the truth'' (1995) *''I Feel Down'' (1995) *''Kirei ni nanka Aisenai'' (1995) *''I shall be released'' (1996) *''Blind Love'' (1996) *''Namida'' (1996) *''Spirit'' (1997) *''Itoshii Kimi'' (1997) *''Confidence'' (1997) *''Two of hearts'' (1998) *''Kizuna'' (1998) *''Kioku'' (1999) *''Yurusarenai Koi'' (1999) *''Individualism'' (1999)

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Certifications

*1996: Best 5 New Coming Artist

In-media usage

*Looking for the truth was used as an ending theme for

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news program '' Ongaku News NO.'' *I Feel Down was used as an opening theme for TV Asahi music program ''Ongaku News HO'' *Kirei ni Nanka Aisenai was used as a theme song for TV Asahi '' neo variety'' program ''PafoPafo'' *I shall be released was used as an ending theme for TV Asahi music program ''Ongaku News HO'' *Blind Love was used as an opening theme for TV Asahi sports variety program Ring no Tamashii'' *Namida was used as an opening theme for TV Asahi variety program '' Kamioka Ryuutaro no Kinin'' *Spirit was used as a second ending theme for Anime television series ''

'' *Itoshii Kimi was used as a commercial song for

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new model ''New Jinmy'' and as an ending theme for TV Asahi variety program '' Youkini Capucino'' *Confidence was used as an opening theme for TV Asahi sports variety program ''Ring no Tamashii'' *Two of hearts was used as an opening theme for TV Asahi Owarai program '' Owarai Koujou Iinkai Warawasero'' and as a commercial song for ''

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'' *Kizuna was used as a theme song for

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television drama series Rosetta: The Masked Angel *Kioku was used as a theme song for TV Asahi short television drama series '' Aozora Mahjong'' *Individualism was used as an opening theme for TV Asahi information program '' Midnight Mermaid''

Television appearances

: *Looking for the truth *I Feel Down *Kirei ni nanka Aisenai *I shall be released (guest musician:

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) *Blind Love *Namida *Spirit *Itoshii Kimi *Confidence *Kizuna

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: *I shall be released

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: *Kizuna

Magazine appearances

From Music Freak Magazine: *Vol.11: 1995/October *Vol.14: 1996/January *Vol.15: 1996/February *Vol.21: 1996/August *Vol.22: 1996/September *Vol.26: 1997/January *Vol.28: 1997/March *Vol.29: 1997/April *Vol.32: 1997/July *Vol.36: 1997/November *Vol.37: 1997/December *Vol.42: 1998/May *Vol.45: 1998/August *Vol.46: 1998/September *Vol.47: 1998/October *Vol.51: 1999/February *Vol.54: 1999/May *Vol.55: 1999/June *Vol.58: 1999/September *Vol.59: 1999/October

References

External links

Official SiteMusicbrainzMasazumi Ozawa Discography at Discogs
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