826aska

826aska (はちにいろくあすか, Hachiniiroku Asuka, born August 26 2001) is a Japanese electric organist from Fukui Prefecture. Her 2019 debut album, DEPARTURES, and her 2020 follow-up, possible, have both charted on the Oricon Albums Chart.

826aska
Born (2001-08-26) August 26, 2001[1]
OriginSabae, Fukui, Japan[1]
Genrespopular music
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrumentselectric organ
LabelsYamaha Music Communications

Early life

826aska hails from Sabae, Fukui Prefecture.[2] She began to play piano at the age of five. She began to play electric organ at the age of eight and post videos of her performance on YouTube.[1]

Career

On December 31, 2015, 826aska posted a YouTube video of her performing a Star Wars theme medley on the electric organ.[3] The video went viral, earning over one million views in less than a month and garnering media attention for 826aska.[3][4][5]

After that, she appeared in Japanese TV programs Miyaneya on May 2016[6] and Nakai kun no manabu switch hosted by Masahiro Nakai on September 2018.[7]

826aska released her debut album, DEPARTURE, in March 2019.[1][5] Continuing from the previous year, she went on a nation-wide tour in 2019.[8]

Discography

Albums
TitleRelease dateLabelOricon (JPN)
peak chart position
DEPARTUREMarch 27, 2019Yamaha Music
Communications		33[9]
possibleMarch 25, 202036[10]
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References
  1. "826aska". Tower Records Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  2. "826askaさん語る福井の魅力 パックンとラジオ番組に出演 | 催し・文化 | 福井のニュース". 福井新聞ONLINE (in Japanese). 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. "福井発の「スター・ウォーズ」演奏動画が話題 再生100万回、海外からコメントも". 福井経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. "Elle joue tous les instruments du thème de Star Wars seule à l'orgue". Le Nouvelliste (Valais) (in French). 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  5. "女子高生YouTuber、826askaがヤマハからメジャーデビュー". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  6. "「情報ライブ ミヤネ屋」で紹介された情報". Kakaku.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  7. "「なかい君の学スイッチ」で紹介された情報". Kakaku.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  8. "826askaさんメジャーデビュー アルバム「DEPARTURE」発売 | 催し・文化 | 福井のニュース". 福井新聞ONLINE (in Japanese). 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  9. "826aska DEPARTURE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  10. "826aska possible". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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