Amii Ozaki

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., real name Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., is a Japanese singer songwriter born on 19 March 1957 in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] She has written music such as Oribia o Kikinagara by Anri and Tenshi no Uinku by Seiko Matsuda, as well as many other songs. Ozaki makes irregular appearances on her friend Akira Kamiya's internet radio show Kamiya Akira Hot Beat Party. Her husband is musician Ray Ohara. Her mother is Akemi Ozaki, a maker of popular handbags and purses made from vintage obi.[3]

History

Ozaki began studying classical piano in 1965 at the age of eight.[2] By the time she was sixteen, after graduating from Kyoto Municipal Kinugasa Junior High School, she had begun writing her own works and participating in an amateur composers club. Her first work, Hitorikko ka Bakko, tells the story of the loneliness of searching for one's mother.[2] She attended Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro High School.

In 1974, Ozaki participated in her first contest, winning ¥5000 and making a favorable impression on one of the judges who indicated that he thought she was going to become a professional in the near future.[2] She became a DJ for Fōkusu Studio in 1976, and began giving concerts where she played both guitar and piano to accompany her songs. She made her professional debut in 1976 with the Toshiba EMI Express single Contemplation / Winter Poster.[2][4] Her stage name "Ami" comes from the French word for "friend".

Discography

Listed alphabetically by year.

Singles

1970s

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  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1976, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1977, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1977, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1978, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1978, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1978, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1979, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1979, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1979, Toshiba EMI, promotional single never sold in stores)

1980s

  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1980, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1980, Pony Canyon)
  • Love Is Easy / My Shiny Town (1981, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1981, Pony Canyon)
  • My Song for You / Foggy Night (1982, Pony Canyon)
  • I'm A Lady Tiger / It's Easy If You Try (1982, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1983, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1983, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1984, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1984, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1985, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1986, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1985, Papi, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1987, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1988, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1988, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1989, Peach Princess, Pony Canyon)

1990s

  • Endless Dream (1990, Pony Canyon)
  • Southern Cross (1990, Pony Canyon)
  • Heart of Glass (1992, Peach Princess Band, Pony Canyon)
  • My Best Friends (1992, Hira-o-Saki (with Eri Hiramatsu and Kenjirō Sakiya), Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1992, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1993, Peach Princess Band, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1993, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1994, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1994, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1995, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1997, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1998, Toshiba EMI)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1998, Toshiba EMI)
  • I Wanna Do More/Should I Do? (1999, from Magic Users Club, Toshiba EMI)

2000s

  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2005, Columbia Music Entertainment)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2005, Columbia Music Entertainment)

Sources:[5]

Albums

1970s

  • Shady (1976, Toshiba EMI)
  • Mind Drops (1977, Toshiba EMI)
  • Prismy (1978, Toshiba EMI)
  • Stop Motion (1978, Toshiba EMI)
  • Little Fantasy (1979, Toshiba EMI)

1980s

  • Meridian-Melon (1980, Pony Canyon)
  • Air Kiss (1981, Pony Canyon)
  • Hot Baby (1981, Pony Canyon)
  • Shot (1982, Pony Canyon)
  • Miracle (1983, Pony Canyon)
  • Points (1983, Pony Canyon)
  • Plastic Garden (1984, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1985, Pony Canyon)
  • Kids (1986, Pony Canyon)
  • Points-2 (1986, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1987, Pony Canyon)
  • Amii Remix World (1988, Pony Canyon)
  • Dinner's Ready (1988, Pony Canyon)
  • Lapis Lazuli (1988, Pony Canyon)

1990s

  • Natural Agency (1991, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1992, Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Pony Canyon)
  • Hot Baby with David Foster (1992, Canyon)
  • Points-3 (1992, Pony Canyon)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1993, Pony Canyon)
  • Topaz (1994, Pony Canyon)
  • Special (1997, Toshiba EMI)
  • Wi2sh (1997, Toshiba EMI)
  • Arrows in My Eyes (1998, Toshiba EMI

2000s

Sources:[5][6]

References

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