Mika Nakajima-Yuki no Hana

about Mika Nakajima

"Yuki no hana"is a snowdrop in English.

[edit] Early life and debut
Born on the island of Kyūshū, Nakashima was the youngest of three children. She dreamed of pursuing a singing career from a young age. She decided not to attend high school or college in order to pursue a music career.

At age 17, she was chosen from among 3,000 girls to be the heroine of the Fall 2001 Fuji TV drama, Kizudarake no Love Song (Tainted Love Song). In November, she made her debut with Sony Music Associated Records with the single "Stars," which was also the theme song of the drama. Her second single "Crescent Moon", an 80's themed song, was limited to 100,000 copies. It sold out the first day of its release. In March of 2002 she released her third single, "One Survive," and her first video collection, "Film Lotus". This was followed in May by her 4th single, "Helpless Rain", and in August, by her 5th single "Will", which went on to rack up sales of over 140,000. Both were top ten hits and sold over or near the key 100k mark, proving Nakashima's rising star appeal.


[edit] Rise to fame
Nakashima's first album, TRUE, released in August 2002, was a #1 hit on the Oricon charts. In 3 weeks, TRUE sold a million copies. Then, as a commemoration of one year since her debut, Nakashima released a Premium EP: RESISTANCE, which hit the charts' #1 spot for two weeks in a row. On December 18, a documentary video, Kiseki: the document of a star, was released. In 2002, the singer received the "New Artist of the Year" award at the Japan Gold Disc Awards and "Best New Artist of the Year" at the All Japan Request Awards 2002. She also won the "New Artist of the Year" award from the 44th Japan Record Awards.

Mika's second album, LOVE, which was released in November 2003, sold over 1.41 million copies, surpassing that of her debut. The Japan Composers Association awarded LOVE the Best Album Award. After releasing a second mini-album, Oborozukiyo~Inori, in September 2004, Nakashima topped the Oricon Album Chart again with MUSIC in March 2005, as well as with BEST (her first Greatest Hits album) in December of that year. BEST is the third album by Nakashima to have sold a million copies or more.

Her most popular songs include "Stars," Gundam Seed's ending song "Find the Way", "Sakurairo Maukoro"(桜色舞うころ）, and "Yuki no Hana"（雪の華） which was covered by South Korean male singer Hyo-Shin Park and this covered song was inserted in the popular Korean drama I'm Sorry, I Love You. Another Korean version was sung by female singer Seo Young Eun. It was also one of the most popular karaoke songs in Japan in 2004. The song was first covered by Singapore singer Joi Chua in 2005 by the same title "Sorry I Love You". It was also covered by Mainland Chinese singer Han Xue on August 2004 in Mandarin; and by Hong Kong singer Vincy Chan in 2006, in Cantonese. Another covered version was released on June 2006, sung by Japanese male singer Hideaki Tokunaga. In 2004 she sang the ending theme of the anime series based on the manga Hi no Tori as aired on NHK.


[edit] Debut on the silver screen: Nana and The End

Nana starring Mika NakashimaIn 2005, Nakashima co-starred alongside Aoi Miyazaki in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name, which was released September 10, 2005. She also sang one of the theme songs for the movie, which was released as a single under the name "Nana starring Mika Nakashima". The single, titled "Glamorous Sky," was written by the manga's author, Ai Yazawa, and composed by L'Arc~en~Ciel vocalist Hyde. It was Mika's first #1 single on the Oricon Singles Charts. This single sold over 423,000 copies in 2005, making it the best-selling female single of the year and the tenth highest selling in the world. The single continued selling well into the next year and sold 442,000 copies, which was about 25,000 copies less than her Nana co-star, Yuna Ito's "Endless Story". The single is featured in Konami's guitar/drum simulation game GuitarFreaks and Drummania V3, as well as Nintendo's Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2.

Nakashima was nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan as "Best BuzzAsia from Japan" for "Amazing Grace '05", and the "Glamorous Sky" video was nominated as "Best Female Video" and "Best Video from a Film". She won the "Best Video from a Film" award.

Due to the success of Nana, a sequel was released in December, 2006, as well as new songs by Nakashima, again under the name Nana starring Mika Nakashima. The theme song to Nana 2 movie is "Hitoiro" (One Color), which is also written by Yazawa, while the music is composed by Glay's leader Takuro, who is also the author of the coupling song, "Eyes for the Moon." Besides the single, Mika released the album The End, featuring all her songs under the name Nana starring Mika Nakashima.

On December 18, 2006 Nakashima and Yui Ichikawa came to New York City for the International Premiere of 'Nana 2' at the IFC Center.


[edit] YES era
Following the release of the 'Nana' movie, Nakashima visited Memphis, Tennessee, and started another project beginning with the heavily gospel-influenced "Cry No More", the ending theme of the anime BLOOD+. She also contributed to the New Orleans charity tribute when she teamed up with American musicians such as Cyril Neville of the Neville Brothers and famed jazz pianist/musician Alan Toussaint, and released the single All Hands Together. A month after "All Hands Together," Mika released another single "My Sugar Cat" following the same theme of "Cry No More" and "All Hands Together", her earlier 2006 singles. Unfortunately, "My Sugar Cat" dropped out of the Top 50 a week after its release.

On February 21, 2007 Nakashima's 21st single "Mienai Hoshi" (見えない星) was released. The single is the theme song for the Japanese drama 「ハケンの品格, which aired starting Jan 10th 2007. The b-side track "I LOVE YOU" is a cover of the Ozaki Yutaka ballad. Promotional videos were made for both songs. On March 14, 2007, Mika's 5th studio album, "Yes," was released in Japan. The title "Yes" continues Mika's trend of having one-word album titles, such as "Love" and "True," excluding the Nana album "The End." Her 22nd single, Sunao na Mama, was released on the same day.


[edit] After YES
Following the release of YES, Mika embarked on her first tour since 2005, "Mika Nakashima Concert Tour 2007 YES MY JOY," which ended in late July and was subsequently released on DVD on November 7, 2007. Mika's 23rd single "LIFE" as well as "Film Lotus VI," her sixth compilation of music videos, were released in August 2007. "LIFE" was the theme song for the drama adaptation of the shoujo manga series of the same name by Keiko Suenobu.

Mika's 24th single, Eien no Uta, appeared in October 2007, and was the theme to the movie Southbound. Promotional videos were made for both Eien no Uta and its B-side, a cover of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To."

Her 25th single, SAKURA ~Hanagasumi~, was released in March 2008. It has recently made it #12 on the ORICON.

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kimi ga mukou de waratta
yume no tokedashita sekai de
tooku ni mieru boku ga sora o tonda

tomo ni itami o nakushita
boku no mune wa tada kogoesou na
yuganda aibu wa such a wave of my joy

I just wanna laugh again in other way
toki ga katte ni ubatteku you na
maybe a kind of mistake
yameru you ni kimi o dakishimeta

I will be with you, darling with you
atasha alone
arikitari no tabi no hate ni
atasha hold on me baby
I will be with you, darling with you
atasha alone
yume no tsuzuki to ai o kimi e

sora wa nageiteru bakka
ano hi mujou naru violence
amaku mi o yojiru akui nante

I just wanna love again in other way
mune ga katte ni egutteku you na
maybe a kind of mistake
madobe kara kimi to maiorita love again

fukashigi na tenderness
my baby can you feel me tonight?
toki ga tada boku o kizamitsuzukeru
segamu you ni kimi o dakishimeta

I will be with you, darling with you
atasha alone
arikitari no tabi no hate ni
atasha hold on me baby
I will be with you, darling with you
atasha alone
arittake no ai no hate ni
kimi to yume o mita
I will be with you, darling with you
atasha alone
yume no tsuzuki to ai o kimi e

kimi ga mukou de waratta
yume no tokedashita sekai de
tooku ni mieru boku ga sora o tonda

LOVE PSYCHEDELICO
is a Japanese music unit. Even an abbreviated designation called DELICO is known. As for position label, in Victor entertainment, position office, it is JVC entertainment. The woman of the image character who resembled KUMI is used for the covers such as 1st, 2nd albums and official goods with "DELICO".

Member KUMI (Kumi, April 11, 1976) - I am from) vocalist guitar other charge Chiba. I live in American San Francisco with returnee children in early childhood and can speak the English that is a native. It can be said that the result or Japanese (intonation) is slightly improper.

NAOKI (Naoki, July 21, 1973) - I am from) guitar base other charge Shizuoka. The real name： Naoki Sato (the ember which is sugar). A musician to love and respect Van Halen, John Lennon. I seem to like beer (whether there is the influence of John Lennon) and perform performances to drink can beer all over the live broadcasting well.
is a Japanese music unit. Even an abbreviated designation called DELICO is known. As for position label, in Victor entertainment, position office, it is JVC entertainment. The woman of the image character who resembled KUMI is used for the covers such as 1st, 2nd albums and official goods with "DELICO".

Member KUMI (Kumi, April 11, 1976) - I am from) vocalist guitar other charge Chiba. I live in American San Francisco with returnee children in early childhood and can speak the English that is a native. It can be said that the result or Japanese (intonation) is slightly improper.

NAOKI (Naoki, July 21, 1973) - I am from) guitar base other charge Shizuoka. The real name： Naoki Sato (the ember which is sugar). A musician to love and respect Van Halen, John Lennon. I seem to like beer (whether there is the influence of John Lennon) and perform performances to drink can beer all over the live broadcasting well.

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LOVE PSYCHEDELICO IMFOMATION

MAY 20th
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JUNE 9th
『LIVE PSYCHEDELICO 1 -LET YOU FREE-』
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JUNE 18th
USA 1st. ALBUM(Japanese version)『This is LOVE PSYCHEDELICO～U.S.Best～』
LIVE DVD『GOLDEN GRAPEFRUIT BOX』
RELEASE


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LOVE PSYCHEDELICO
Kumi and Naoki formed Love Psychedelico in 1997, while studying at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Through their music, they are strongly committed to promoting the values of Love and Peace throughout the world.

THE DELICO SOUND

Love Psychedelico’s unique sound emerges from a fusion of rock with the infinite possibilities brought to music by the digital age.
Naoki’s distinctive guitar riffs and Kumi’s unconventional but smooth blend of Japanese-English lyrics have had a tremendous impact on the Japanese music scene since the release of their first single “Lady Madonna / Yuutsu Naru Spider”in April 2000.
The band’s first four albums, “The Greatest Hits” (Jan.2001), “Love Psychedelic Orchestra” (Jan.2002), “Love Psychedelico III” (Feb.2004) and “Golden Grapefruit” (Jun.2007) are still selling strong..

LOOKING BEYOND JAPAN

In November 2004 Love Psychedelico embarked on their first Asian solo tour, which took them through Hong Kong and South Korea. Taiwan was their next major destination in June 2005, and now their sights are set on projects in Shanghai and Singapore.
Extremely positive encounters with crowds outside Japan have convinced Love Psychedelico that music has the potential of becoming a powerful vector of communication among Asians, despite the ups and downs of Japan’s image in the region.
Europe and the United States, where rock music was born, are naturally on their list of potential projects abroad.