Yanokami (stylized as yanokami) was a Japanese music duo consisting of

Akiko Yano is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s. She has been called "one of the major musical talents of the Japanese popular music world", and her vocals an ...

and

Rei Harakami was a Japanese record producer from Hiroshima. He was based in Kyoto. He was one half of the duo Yanokami along with Akiko Yano is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing c ...

History

Yanokami was formed by

and

in 2003. The duo's debut studio album, ''Yanokami'', was released on 8 August 2007. It peaked at number 24 on the

Oricon Albums Chart The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu ...

. An English-language version of the album, titled ''Yanokamick'', was released on 12 March 2008. It peaked at number 234 on the Oricon Albums Chart. On 14 December 2011, the duo posthumously (as Harakami had died 5 months prior) released a studio album, titled ''Tōku wa Chikai'', and its instrumental version, titled ''Tōku wa Chikai: Reprise''. They peaked at number 58 and 134, respectively, on the Oricon Albums Chart.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Yanokami'' (2007) * ''Yanokamick'' (2008) * ''Tōku wa Chikai'' (2011) * ''Tōku wa Chikai: Reprise'' (2011)

EPs

* ''Yanokami EP'' (2007) * ''iTunes Live from Tokyo'' (2007)

Singles

* "Bamboo Music" (2011)

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control Japanese pop music groups Musical groups established in 2007 Musical groups disestablished in 2011