is a former singer,

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and English teacher in Japan. She is a ''

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'' American who started her music career under the name "Patty Fink" in 1979.

Bio

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Ann Fink was born on November 5, 1960 in

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, to a Japanese mother, Hiroko Takahashi and an American father, an

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. She attended Kubasaki and

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and Yokota High School in Tokyo. In 1979, she made her recording debut with her first single "My Life", a soundtrack song of the movie "

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" (Japanese title: My Life) on the Seven Seas label ( King Records) as Patty Fink. As Patty, she signed with

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record label (

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) and released her second single, "Taiyo no Utopia" on February 5, 1980. This

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drama

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song peaked at No. 18 on the

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chart. In the same year, she sang other channel 4 drama's title songs "Konoyume no Hatemade" (Oricon #27) and "Ashita...Saku" (Oricon #29). Without English lyrics, "Ashita" is best remembered among Japanese people. She released three vinyl albums, "My Life" (1978), "Far Away" (1980), "Second Impression" (1981) and one compact disc, "Idol Miracle Bible Patty Best" (2003), reissue of her EMI albums and a single. As she is fluent in both

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and

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, she appeared on television and radio shows a lot. She also posed in

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s for

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magazine three times and the cover of Heibon Punch magazine. She now lives with two chihuahuas in

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Music

Songs

*My Life (written by

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) *Taiyo no Utopia *Konoyume no Hatemade / Yesterday Is Gone *Kimagure ni Sayonara / Wind *Ashita...Saku *Létranger *Blue My Love *Ai no Country Song *Ai no Coffee Break *Omoide no Pendant (Kisetsu no Mayoigo) *Cisco yori Ai wo Komete / You Never Made Me Feel Bad *A Traveller in New Orleans *Lovers in Paris *The Land of the Midnight Sun *Jiyu heno Kokai / Far Away *Amor *Summer Love Affair *Squall Love *Pearl Islands *Nagisa no Omoide *Yumeiro Heart *Toki no Mayoigo

Albums

*''My Life ''(Original Soundtrack, last name misspelled as "Finck") *''Far Away'' *''Second Impression'' *''Idol Miracle Bible Patty Best''

Television

*Bikkuri Nihon Shinkiroku *Kakkurakin Daihoso!! *Let's Go Young *8jidayo! Zenin Shugo (DVD release) *Kohaku Utano Best Ten *Yanyan Utau Studio

Radio

*Hyakumannin no Eigo (English for Millions)

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Dojo with Hyde Yano
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*Yoru ha Tomodachi Koasa no Happy Talk *

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no All Night Nippon

Magazines

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Trivia

*One of her favorite memories was interviewing Styx for a concert at the age of 22. She was starstruck and could barely talk.interviewing Styx for a concert
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concert as her manager in 1994.

References

External links

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