Taeko Ohnuki

Taeko Onuki
Native name 大貫妙子
Born (1953-11-28) November 28, 1953
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Composer
Instruments
Years active 1971 - present
Associated acts Sugar Babe, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Website http://onukitaeko.jp

Taeko Onuki (大貫妙子, Onuki Taeko, born November 28, 1953), is a Japanese singer and songwriter.[1][2]

Biography

  • Born in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, 1953, her father was Kenichiro Ouchi, a member of the Japanese Special Attack Units.
  • In 1973, she formed Sugar Babe with Tatsuro Yamashita, Kunio Muramatsu.
  • Her solo activity began in 1976. After the dissolution of Sugar Babe, she released her first solo album "Grey Skies" the same year.
  • In 1998, she won the 21st Japan Academy Award for Best Music Award in the movie "Tokyo biyori".
  • From 5 October 2005, she is served as Wednesday navigator (DJ) of the program " NIGHT STORIES " " THE UNIVERSE " of FM radio station J-WAVE in Tokyo
  • On November 2, 2006, the soundtrack for the Gameboy Advance game, Mother 3, was released, featuring the song "We miss you ~ The theme of love ~", which Ohnuki sang.
  • In 2006, she sang the theme song of Animal Crossing: The Movie, based on the Nintendo franchise with the same name.
  • In 2009, Ohnuki covered Eiichi Ohtaki's song "Kimi wa Tennen Shoku" for the album A Long Vacation From Ladies.[3]

Discography

Album Year Record Company
Grey Skies [グレイ・スカイズ] 1976 Panam
Sunshower [サンシャワー] 1977 Panam
Mignonne [ミニヨン] 1978 RCA
romantique [ロマンティーク] 1980 RCA
AVENTURE [アヴァンチュール] 1981 RCA
Cliche [クリシェ] 1982 RCA
SIGNIFIE [シニフィエ] 1983 Dear Heart
カイエ 1984 Dear Heart
コパン [copine] 1985 Dear Heart
Comin' Soon [カミング・スーン] 1986 Dear Heart
アフリカ動物パズル 1986
A Slice of Life [スライス・オブ・ライフ] 1987 Dear Heart, Midi Inc.
PURISSIMA [プリッシマ] 1988 Midi Inc.
NEW MOON 1990 Midi Inc.
DRAWING 1992 Eastworld
Shooting star in the blue sky 1993 Eastworld
TCHAU [チャオ!] 1995 Eastworld
LIVE '93 Shooting star in the blue sky 1996
pure acoustic [ピュア・アコースティック] 1996
LUCY [ルーシー] 1997 Eastworld
東京日和 1997
attraction [アトラクシオン] 1999
ensemble [アンサンブル] 2000 Eastworld
note [ノート] 2002
One Fine Day [ワン・ファイン・デイ] 2005
Boucles d'oreilles [ブックル・ドレイユ] 2007
UTAU (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) 2010

References

  1. "大貫妙子 Taeko Onuki / profile". onukitaeko.jp. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  2. "Taeko Ohnuki". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  3. "大滝詠一の歴史的名盤『A LONG VACATION』、女性が歌って"秋サウンドに"". Oricon (in Japanese). 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2018-04-15.


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