Ai Otsuka is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks.
"Sakuranbo" is Ai Otsuka's second single, which was released on December 17, 2003. It is often considered as Otsuka's breakthrough single and was used in 2004 as an ending theme song on the TV show, "Mecha Mecha iketerū! (めちゃ2イケてるッ!)," which Fuji TV produces.
Love Cook is Ai Otsuka's third album released on 14 December 2005 under the Avex Trax record label. It was released in four formats: CD only, CD+DVD, CD+Photobook and CD+Picture Book. The latter two are limited to 150,000 copies each, and feature different sleeve case covers. The picture book illustrations are hand-drawn by Ai herself.
VS is the debut single by Koda Misono, under the stage name "misono." misono is the former lead vocalist of the Japanese group day after tomorrow and the younger sister of singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. It was the first single released for her studio album Never+Land, and carried a fairy tale theme, as would the following singles.
"Like a Love?" is the eighth single released by Japanese singer Ami Suzuki under label Avex Trax. It was released in July 2006.
"Planetarium" is Ai Otsuka's tenth single, which was released on 21 September 2005. The single had great success and became Otsuka's second #1 hit on the Oricon charts, selling 316,425 copies. In 2005, Planetarium sold 215,114 copies, making it the #41 best-selling single of the year. However, it still charted into the next year and was the #99 best-selling single in 2006, selling 100,555 copies. Planetarium is her second best-selling single after "Sakuranbo."
"Ren'ai Shashin" is the 13th single by Japanese singer Ai Otsuka, released on the Avex Trax label. It is also her third and final single released in 2006.
"Frienger" is Ai Otsuka's 11th single under the avex trax label and her first of three singles in 2006.
"Kingyo Hanabi" is Ai Otsuka's fifth single. It was released by avex trax on August 18, 2004. The DVD version was sold simultaneously. It became the theme song of the Japanese television program "Super TV". 50,000 limited edition copies were sold which included a picture book drawn by Otsuka. It reached number three on the Oricon charts.
"Chu-Lip" is Ai Otsuka's 14th single under the avex trax label. It is also her first single released in 2007.
"Love no Theme" is Ai Otsuka's first single under the avex trax label under her pen name Love. It is also her second single released in 2007.
"Daisuki da yo." is Ai Otsuka's sixth single, which was released on October 20, 2004 under the avex trax label. It peaked at number three on the Oricon chart in Japan.
Love (ラブ) is a fictional female bunny character and singer created by Japanese singer Ai Otsuka. Love was to star in an album originally titled I canChu♥ and a promotional music video from I canChu♥, but the release was changed to a single and titled "Love no Theme" before it was released on April 11, 2007. Otsuka released a second single under Love titled "White Choco" on November 21, 2007. On November 18, 2009, the debut mini-album of Love was released, titled Love It.
"Peach/Heart" is Ai Otsuka's 15th single released under the avex trax label. It was released on 25 July 2007 and was her second (third) single to be released in 2007.
"Pocket" is Ai Otsuka's 16th single released under the avex trax label. It is her third (fourth) single to be released in 2007. This is her first single to be released after her fourth album, approximately two months after Love Piece. This is Otsuka's first original single since her debut single "Momo no hanabira", which sold 44,822 copies, to sell less than 100,000 copies.
Love It is the debut mini-album of Ai Otsuka under her pen name Love. It was released on November 18, 2009 under the label Avex Trax, and was released only one week after the release of Otsuka's compilation album Love Is Best.
"Zokkondition/Lucky Star" (ゾッ婚ディション/LUCKY☆STAR) is the twentieth single by Japanese singer Ai Otsuka under the label Avex Trax. It was released on April 7, 2010, more than a year after her last single "Bye Bye".
ChocoMimi is a shōjo 4-panel manga series written and illustrated by Konami Sonoda. It was first serialized in the magazine Ribon Original in 2003, and later the main Ribon magazine in March 2004. 11 volumes of the manga have been published by Shueisha under the Ribon Mascot Comics imprint, and Viz Media published the first five volumes in English under the Viz Kids imprint.
Love Fantastic is the sixth studio album released by Ai Otsuka on 16 July 2014. It was her first album released in 6 years, as the previous one—Love Letter—was released in 2008.
Yukika Teramoto, also known mononymously as Yukika, is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is also a former model and voice actress.
