Taeko Ohnuki

She was born in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, 1953. Her father was Kenichiro Ohnuki, a member of the Japanese Special Attack Units.[7]

In 1973, she formed Sugar Babe with musicians including Tatsuro Yamashita and Kunio Muramatsu.[1] Because the dominant music style at the time was hard rock, they weren't welcomed quite too warmly by the audiences and they ended up splitting only three years later.[4] Her solo activity began in 1976. The same year, after the dissolution of Sugar Babe, she released her first solo album Grey Skies which continued the same style as Sugar Babe's. Her second, landmark album Sunshower the following year had a different style, mixing pop music and jazz. With the third album, Mignonne, she worked with producer Eji Ogura but the sales-focused process was difficult for her, and the album didn't sell as well as expected.[4] She took a two year break from music afterwards. Beginning from 1980 she released her “Europe” trilogy of albums: Romantique, Aventure and Cliché, taking on a more electronic sound.[4]

• In 1998, she won the 21st Japan Academy Award for Best Music Award in the movie "Tokyo biyori".
• From October 5, 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 Game Boy 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 for Animal Crossing: The Movie based on Nintendo's Animal Crossing video game series.[8]
• In 2009, Ohnuki covered Eiichi Ohtaki's song "Kimi wa Tennen Shoku" for the album A Long Vacation From Ladies.[9]

• Taeko Ohnuki discography at Discogs
• Official website