Mai Kuraki is a Japanese pop and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single "Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single "Love, Day After Tomorrow" in 1999. In 2000, she released her debut album, Delicious Way, which debuted at number-one and sold over 2.2 million copies in its first week. The album has spawned four top-three singles, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", "Stay by My Side", "Secret of My Heart", and "Never Gonna Give You Up". Eventually, the album sold over 3.5 million copies nationwide and became the best-selling album in Japan in 2000, and has been the ninth best-selling album in Japan of all-time.
Fuse of Love is the fifth studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on August 24, 2005, over two years after If I Believe.
Breakerz is a Japanese rock band formed in 2006 and currently signed under the Zain Records label, subsidiaries of B Zone. The origin of band name comes from English Breakers, only backward alphabet S to Z.
"Beautiful" is Mai Kuraki's thirty-second single, released on June 10, 2009. The single comes in two formats: limited CD+DVD edition and regular edition. It sold 29,446 copies in its first week and peaked at #2.
All My Best is the second greatest hits album by Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter, Mai Kuraki. It was released on September 9, 2009, to commemorate her tenth anniversary in the music business. The album was issued in seven formats: a regular 2CD, a limited 2CD+DVD, a limited microSD, a USB flash drive, a MiniDisc, a compact cassette and an LP album. The album debuted at the top of the Japanese Oricon weekly album chart with sales over 137,050.
Future Kiss is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Mai Kuraki. It was released on 17 November 2010, by Northern Music. The album was originally scheduled to be released on 20 October 2010; however, it was pushed back to 17 November 2010.
Smile is the eleventh studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Mai Kuraki. The album was released on February 15, 2017, by Northern Music. It is the follow-up to her 2014 compilation album, Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope. The album was released on three editions: standard edition, fan club edition, and limited edition, which is accompanied with a bonus disc. Smile
Yuri Nakamura is a Japanese musical composer and singer under Giza Studio label. In years 1999-2013 she was a vocalist and composer of Japanese pop band Garnet Crow.
Mai Kuraki x Meitantei Conan Collaboration Best 21: Shinjitsu wa Itsumo Uta ni Aru! is the fourth greatest hits album by Japanese singer-songwriter Mai Kuraki. It was released on 25 October 2017 by Northern Music, in celebration of Kuraki's long-time collaboration with the Japanese animation Case Closed. The album features all the songs Kuraki had written for the animation.
"Yesterday Love" is a song by Japanese singer songwriter Mai Kuraki, taken from her eleventh studio album Smile (2017). It was released on January 11, 2017 digitally and as a video single by Northern Music. The song was used as the ending fifty-third theme to the animation TV program Case Closed.
"Boyfriend" is a song from Japanese singer Mai Kuraki and American singer-songwriter Michael Africk, taken from Kuraki's ninth studio album Future Kiss.
"Light Up My Life" is a Japanese-language song recorded by Japanese singer songwriter Mai Kuraki, taken from her twelfth studio album Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō (2018).. It was released on March 16, 2018 by Northern Music and served as the theme song to the role-playing video game Valkyria Chronicles 4. The song was written by Kuraki herself, shilo and Shuho Mitani.
Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō is the first concept album by the J-pop singer and songwriter Mai Kuraki. It was released on October 10, 2018, via Northern Music.
"Barairo no Jinsei" is a song recorded by Japanese singer songwriter Mai Kuraki. It was written by Mai Kuraki and Akihito Tokunaga. The song is set to be released through Northern Music on March 20, 2019, as a double-A side with "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai". The single was released as a digital single and in five physical editions: standard edition, limited edition A/B, Detective Conan edition, and Musing & FC edition. The song was served as the theme song to the Japanese animation Case Closed.
Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Mai Kuraki. The album was released on August 14, 2019, by Northern Music. It is the follow-up to her 2018 album Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō. The album was released on standard edition, fan club edition, and five limited editions, each of which includes a lyric book of different designs. Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei is a J-pop album, incorporating elements of R&B, rock, electropop and many other genres.
Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You is the fifth compilation album and first single collection by Japanese singer-songwriter Mai Kuraki. It was released on 25 December 2019 by Northern Music, in commemoration of Kuraki's 20th anniversary since her debut. The album features all the singles and some promotional singles Kuraki has released, since her debut "Love, Day After Tomorrow" (2000) to "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai"/"Barairo no Jinsei" (2019). The four-disc single collection was mastered by the Grammy-nominated/winning engineers, Ryan Smith, Chris Gehringer, Randy Merrill, Joe LaPorta, and Ted Jensen.
Japanese singer-songwriter Mai Kuraki has released twenty-five video albums and three video singles, and been featured in sixty-six music videos, two television series, and eleven commercials. Kuraki debuted in 1999, while she was still in high school, through Giza Studio. The label initially marketed Kuraki in the United States under the name Mai K, and released the single "Baby I Like" (1999). However, the single was a commercial failure which prompted the label to send her back to Japan. There, they released her single "Love, Day After Tomorrow", which peaked at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart and was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAJ). The second single, "Stay by My Side" became her first number one single on the chart. Kuraki's debut album, Delicious Way, topped the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified triple million by the RIAJ.
all at once (オールアットワンス) are a J-pop duo formed in 2018. The duo was formed when its member, Itsuki, asked Narito to be his duo member when they had to perform at the event sponsored by the music school in Tokyo, where they both graduated. The duo was later discovered by the Japanese record label Being and made a contract with the company. In April 2020, they released the debut single "12cm", produced by Seiji Kameda.
"Zero kara Hajimete" is a song recorded by Japanese singer songwriter Mai Kuraki. It was written by Kuraki, Erik Lidbom, Jon Hällgren, and Youth Case, while the production was taken by Kuraki herself. It was released as the lead single from her thirteenth studio album Unconditional Love, through Northern Music for digital download and streaming on 6 March 2021. The song served as the opening song to the Japanese animated television series Case Closed from its 1000th episode which was broadcast on 6 March 2021. "Zero kara Hajimete" was released as a video single on 2 June 2021.
Ikurō Fujiwara is a Japanese pianist, composer, conductor and musical producer signed under Being Inc. He is Pops Executive Producer in the Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo orchestra.
