Akane Sugazaki

Akane Sugazaki (菅崎 茜, Sugazaki Akane, born 7 January 1989) is a former Japanese pop singer and songwriter. She recorded for the Giza Studio label.

Akane Sugazaki
菅崎茜
Born (1989-01-07) January 7, 1989
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • idol
Years active2001–2006
Labels
Associated actsYoshinobu Ohga
Aika Ohno
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20040813042559/http://akane-sugazaki.com:80/

Biography

In 2001 Sugazaki won the Grand Prix Award in Miss Pure Pure Audition 2001 and made a cover appearance for Pure 2x magazine.[1]

In 2002 Sugazaki won GIZA studio's Super Starlight contest. She sang Mai Kuraki's "Stand Up". On July 17 she participated as a guest vocalist on the compilation album Giza studio Mai-K & Friends Hotrod Beach Party.[2]

On July 30 she debuted withsingle "Beginning dream", which was written by Aika Ohno and Yoshinobu Ohga from the band Nothin' but love. The song was used in the advertising campaign for The Music 272 channel program SKY PerfecTV.

In May 2003, Sugazaki released her final single "Koigokoro" which was used as an ending theme for Anime television series Detective School Q. In October she released her first full album Beginning. In November she covered "Ichigo Hakusho" wo Mou Ichido originally by Van Van. The recording appeared on cover album The Hit Parade produced by Tak Matsumoto from rock band B'z.[3]

In 2004 and 2005 Sugazaki regularly appeared on Pan Koujou Thursday Live sessions.

In February 2006 Sugazaki last updated her column corner[4] and one year later was deleted from Giza artist official website.

In 2011 Sugazaki's debut single, Beginning dream, appeared on Giza studio compilation album GIZA studio presents Girls. In 2013 songwriter Aika Ohno covered this song on her album Silent Passage with a new arrangement.[5]

Discography

During her career, Sugazaki released three singles and one studio album.[6]

Singles
No. Release Day Title Rank[7]
1st 2002-07-31 Beginning dream 38
2nd 2001-12-11 Kimi no Namae Yobu Dakede (君の名前 呼ぶだけで) 50
3rd 2003-05-28 Koigokoro (恋ごころ) 38

Albums
No. Release Day Title Rank[8]
1st 2003-10-22 Beginning 47

Magazine Interviews

From Music Freak Magazine:

From J-Groove Magazine:

gollark: Just Capitalize Every Word, It's Consistent And Easy.
gollark: "Behold, a being from planet Round."
gollark: At least we have a non-generic species name.
gollark: Petition to rename Earth to Planetland.
gollark: The quick brown Fox jumped over the lazy Dog.

References
  1. IdolData(January)｜east.portland.ne.jp
  2. "Mai-K&Friends liner notes コンピレーション・アルバム". Official Website of Music Freak Magazine (in Japanese).
  3. "TAK MATSUMOTO ソロ・プロジェクト・カヴァー・アルバム 『THE HIT PARADE』11月26日リリース！". Official Website of Music Freak Magazine (in Japanese).
  4. "Wayback Machine". August 20, 2006. Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  5. "作曲家デビュー15周年の大野愛果、11年ぶりセルフカバー集". Natalie.mu (in Japanese).
  6. "Akane Sugazaki Discography list". Akane Sugazaki Official Website (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2006-05-25. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  7. "Akane Sugazaki single rankings". Oricon News.
  8. "Akane Sugazaki album rankings". Oricon News.
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