Chihiro Onitsuka
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is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
In 2000, Onitsuka released her debut single "Shine" and gained a recognition with its follow-up "Gekkou" which became a hit. Insomnia
, her first studio album released in following year topped the Japanese Oricon
chart and sold more than a million copies. "Memai", one of the singles from her debut album provided her with honor of winning the prize for lyrics
of the 43rd Japan Record Awards
in 2001.
During her career, Onitsuka has repeatedly brought about troubles that are mostly owing to her physical problem and mental instability. She had put recording career on hold until March 2007, after some confrontations with record labels and management offices during the mid 2000s.
Onitsuka has enjoyed a successful career as one of the most popular Japanese female solo artists during the early 2000s. As of 2009, Onitsuka has released 5 studio albums, 17 singles, 2 compilations and several DVDs, which has sold at least 4.1 million.
Having been influenced by Alanis Morissette
in junior high school days, it was the encounter with Jewel
’s music and presence during the high school years that strongly compelled Onitsuka to become a singer-songwriter. With some 70 original compositions and several other auditions under her belt, Onitsuka entered the 1998 Virgin Tokyo Artists Audition, going on to winning Grand Prize. Then only 17, Onitsuka started her career as a professional and moved to Tokyo
in spring 1999 after graduating from high school.
"Gekkou," a song that led Onitsuka to stardom, was initially featured as the closing theme for Trick, the successful TV drama series starring Yukie Nakama
and Hiroshi Abe
and aired on TV Asahi. A song was later released as a second single for her in August 2000. It debuted at #30 on the Japan's Oricon, and remained on the chart for 10 months. "Gekkou" has been her most commercially successful song to date, peaking at #11 on the charts and selling in excess of 500,000 copies.
In March 2001, the first studio album for Onitsuka entitled Insomnia was released. The album includes her signature song "Gekkou" and two follow-up singles "Cage" and "Memai"/"Edge" (the latter was released as a double A-Side), and newly recorded version of her debut single "Shine." The entire album features relatively minimum sound production by the producer Takefumi Haketa
, and such acoustic-oriented arrangements symbolized her later works too. Insomnia debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon album chart with the sales of over 400,000 copies, and selling more than 1.3 million units by the end of following year. It made her the second youngest female solo artist to have number-one album on the Oricon at the time, trailing Hikaru Utada whose debut album topped the chart at the age of 16. Onitsuka was awarded The Best Lyrics Award for "Memai" at The Japan Record Award (December 2001) and Rock Album Of The Year for album "Insomnia" at The Japan Gold Disc Award (March 2002).
While Insomnia album remained on the chart, she released a followed double A-Side single "Infection"/"Little Beat Rifle" in September 2001. A lead-off track "Infection" was featured as a theme song for Hyouten, a remake version of famous television drama based on same-titled novel written by Ayako Miura. However, owing to the part of its lyrics coincided with September 11 attacks occurred in the U.S., "Little Beat Rifle" was prioritized for promotion instead, to avoid causing controversy.
The release of the first live DVD/video Cradle On My Noise followed in November 2001.
2001 also saw Onitsuka’s music travel overseas. "Innocence" from her first album Insomnia was used in the soundbed of the TV campaign for Applied Materials
based in Silicon Valley
. The TV campaign aired on different channels including CNBC
and CNN
, resulting in many phone calls from the viewers asking who the singer was that they heard on the TV spot. Also, her song "Rasen" was used in the Luc Besson
film Wasabi
starring Jean Reno
and Hirosue Ryoko.
Her second studio album This Armor was released in March 2002. It contains singles "Infection" and "Ryuseigun" which was featured as a theme song for a sequel of Trick drama series. It also includes remake versions of her previous efforts such as "Arrow of Pain" (originally released as a B-Side of "Gekkou") and "Little Beat Rifle" (double A-Side of "Infection").
Shortly after This Armor album came out, Onitsuka embarked on her second concert tour entitled Live Vibe 2002. But she fell gastroenteritis because of overwork during the tour, and postponed 2 shows to be held at Osaka and Sendai. To recover health condition, she took hiatus for months after the tour finished. In November 2002, she made her comeback live performance at the Nippon Budokan
, which was entitled Ultimate Clash 2002 and later issued on same-titled DVD. During the concert, she sang several new songs from her third studio album Sugar High
which was released only 9 months after its predecessor and debuted at the number-two on the charts.
Onitsuka released three singles in 2003, though those were less successful compared to her early efforts.Her seventh single "Ii Hi Tabidachi, Nishi e" is one of a few materials Onitsuka herself did not write. It was remake
of a hit tune "Ii Hi Tabidachi" recorded by Momoe Yamaguchi
in 1978, featuring renewed lyrics written by Shinji Tanimura
who composed the original version. Onitsuka's interpretation was featured as the theme for Japan Railway's "Discover the West" campaign. At first, Onitsuka herself planned to show up in the campaign, but she refused later.
Around summer of that year, Onitsuka had suffered from vocal cord nodules. She underwent a surgery to get over poor throat condition, shortly after the recording of "Ii Hi Tabidachi, Nishi e." At the same time, she also managed to record part of a new song called "Watashi to Waltz wo". Like "Gekkou" and "Ryuseigun," it was featured as a closing theme for a sequel of Trick series aired in autumn 2003. The song was newly recorded after throat surgery, and issued as her final single from EMI in November 2003.
Fourth studio album was planned to be coming out in February 2004, and its catalogue number was already determined. But eventually it was not released, and a box set comprising all her previous singles was issued alternatively, without permission of her.
cover. Contrary to popular belief, she did not announce a hiatus at this time; no hiatus was announced and the subsequent lack of release from her had been a great mystery to her fans, who eagerly anticipated the next release and hoped that one would indeed be forthcoming. At one point she said that the reason for her departure from the music scene was because of mental fatigue caused by the series of new releases and tight schedules. However in an interview printed in the October 19, 2007, issue of the Japanese popular music magazine Barfout (http://barfout.jp/), done while promoting the album Las Vegas, Onitsuka said that in 2004 she had attempted suicide by overdosing on medication (French report: http://www.mimu-net.net/news.php?pge=8&newsid=1304 - Japanese Wikipedia site has full Japanese sourcing). In addition, Onitsuka mentioned a polyp on her vocal cords around that time, as well as an eating disorder that saw her weight drop as low as 79 pounds (36 kilograms).
Even though Onitsuka is on a different label now, Toshiba EMI has still been releasing her music in the forms of DVDs and singles collections. The singles collection does not even have a photo of Chihiro as the cover, and instead a drawing replaces her.
Chihiro Onitsuka's single "Bokura Barairo no Hibi" reached #13 on the Oricon
top 100 charts.
The preorders for 'LAS VEGAS' made the album #4 on Amazon.com
Japan Music Top Sellers. The album reached #2 on the Oricon
Daily Charts and #6 on the Weekly Charts.
In April 2011, Onitsuka will release a new single "Aoi Tori". Not long after, she released a new album titled ”Ken to Kaede”.
In 2000, Onitsuka released her debut single "Shine" and gained a recognition with its follow-up "Gekkou" which became a hit. Insomnia
Insomnia (Chihiro Onitsuka album)
is the debut album by Japanese singer-songwriter Chihiro Onitsuka, released in March 2001. The album features acoustic-oriented production arranged by Takefumi Haketa, who produced all her studio albums released under the Virgin Tokyo label distributed by Toshiba EMI...
, her first studio album released in following year topped the Japanese Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
chart and sold more than a million copies. "Memai", one of the singles from her debut album provided her with honor of winning the prize for lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
of the 43rd Japan Record Awards
43rd Japan Record Awards
The 43rd Annual Japan Record Awards took place on December 31, 2001, starting at 6:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.- Award winners :*Japan Record Award:...
in 2001.
During her career, Onitsuka has repeatedly brought about troubles that are mostly owing to her physical problem and mental instability. She had put recording career on hold until March 2007, after some confrontations with record labels and management offices during the mid 2000s.
Onitsuka has enjoyed a successful career as one of the most popular Japanese female solo artists during the early 2000s. As of 2009, Onitsuka has released 5 studio albums, 17 singles, 2 compilations and several DVDs, which has sold at least 4.1 million.
Early life
Her parents encouraged Onitsuka to listen to Western music and by the time she was ten, she wrote her first poems, receiving praise from her parents, friends and teachers, who called them 'earnest efforts'. Secretly, however, she knew that just writing 'earnestly' wasn’t enough. From that time onward, she tried to write every day, and by the time she was in junior high school, she began to gain more confidence.Having been influenced by Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
in junior high school days, it was the encounter with Jewel
Jewel (singer)
Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet...
’s music and presence during the high school years that strongly compelled Onitsuka to become a singer-songwriter. With some 70 original compositions and several other auditions under her belt, Onitsuka entered the 1998 Virgin Tokyo Artists Audition, going on to winning Grand Prize. Then only 17, Onitsuka started her career as a professional and moved to Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
in spring 1999 after graduating from high school.
Rising to fame; "Gekkou" and Insomnia (2000-2001)
Chihiro Onitsuka's debut single "Shine" was released on March 2, 2000, under the Virgin Tokyo label which was distributed by the Toshiba EMI. A song was not successful and failed to chart, but soon after she gained a recognition with its subsequent single "Gekkou.""Gekkou," a song that led Onitsuka to stardom, was initially featured as the closing theme for Trick, the successful TV drama series starring Yukie Nakama
Yukie Nakama
is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...
and Hiroshi Abe
Hiroshi Abe (actor)
is a Japanese model and actor.He began his career as a model, but he successfully made the transition to acting, becoming one of the most regularly visible presences in Japanese media. He is a 1988 graduate of Chuo University.-Career:...
and aired on TV Asahi. A song was later released as a second single for her in August 2000. It debuted at #30 on the Japan's Oricon, and remained on the chart for 10 months. "Gekkou" has been her most commercially successful song to date, peaking at #11 on the charts and selling in excess of 500,000 copies.
In March 2001, the first studio album for Onitsuka entitled Insomnia was released. The album includes her signature song "Gekkou" and two follow-up singles "Cage" and "Memai"/"Edge" (the latter was released as a double A-Side), and newly recorded version of her debut single "Shine." The entire album features relatively minimum sound production by the producer Takefumi Haketa
Takefumi Haketa (composer)
Takefumi Haketa is a Japanese composer, producer and arranger. His work includes composing music of the anime of Uninhabited Planet Survive!, Someday's Dreamers, Vampire Knight and Miyori no Mori, producing the Chihiro Onitsuka albums Insomnia, Sugar High and This Armor and arranging one of the...
, and such acoustic-oriented arrangements symbolized her later works too. Insomnia debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon album chart with the sales of over 400,000 copies, and selling more than 1.3 million units by the end of following year. It made her the second youngest female solo artist to have number-one album on the Oricon at the time, trailing Hikaru Utada whose debut album topped the chart at the age of 16. Onitsuka was awarded The Best Lyrics Award for "Memai" at The Japan Record Award (December 2001) and Rock Album Of The Year for album "Insomnia" at The Japan Gold Disc Award (March 2002).
2001-2003: Subsequent works
After the release of the first DVD/video Me And My Devil, a collection of her video clips, Onitsuka went on her first tour Chihiro Onitsuka Live Tour 2001. She then appeared at various rock festivals across Japan in summer of 2001. She was only accompanied by a piano on stage at the festivals full of famous rock bands.While Insomnia album remained on the chart, she released a followed double A-Side single "Infection"/"Little Beat Rifle" in September 2001. A lead-off track "Infection" was featured as a theme song for Hyouten, a remake version of famous television drama based on same-titled novel written by Ayako Miura. However, owing to the part of its lyrics coincided with September 11 attacks occurred in the U.S., "Little Beat Rifle" was prioritized for promotion instead, to avoid causing controversy.
The release of the first live DVD/video Cradle On My Noise followed in November 2001.
2001 also saw Onitsuka’s music travel overseas. "Innocence" from her first album Insomnia was used in the soundbed of the TV campaign for Applied Materials
Applied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc. is a capital equipment producer serving the semiconductor, TFT LCD display, Glass, WEB and solar manufacturing industries....
based in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
. The TV campaign aired on different channels including CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
and CNN
CNN
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, resulting in many phone calls from the viewers asking who the singer was that they heard on the TV spot. Also, her song "Rasen" was used in the Luc Besson
Luc Besson
Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:...
film Wasabi
Wasabi (film)
Wasabi is a 2001 movie directed by Gérard Krawczyk, written and produced by Luc Besson and starring Jean Reno, Michel Muller and Ryōko Hirosue...
starring Jean Reno
Jean Reno
Jean Reno is a French actor. Working in French, English, Spanish and Italian, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, Ronin and Couples Retreat, but also in European productions such as the...
and Hirosue Ryoko.
Her second studio album This Armor was released in March 2002. It contains singles "Infection" and "Ryuseigun" which was featured as a theme song for a sequel of Trick drama series. It also includes remake versions of her previous efforts such as "Arrow of Pain" (originally released as a B-Side of "Gekkou") and "Little Beat Rifle" (double A-Side of "Infection").
Shortly after This Armor album came out, Onitsuka embarked on her second concert tour entitled Live Vibe 2002. But she fell gastroenteritis because of overwork during the tour, and postponed 2 shows to be held at Osaka and Sendai. To recover health condition, she took hiatus for months after the tour finished. In November 2002, she made her comeback live performance at the Nippon Budokan
Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in central Tokyo, Japan.This is the location where many "Live at the Budokan" albums were recorded...
, which was entitled Ultimate Clash 2002 and later issued on same-titled DVD. During the concert, she sang several new songs from her third studio album Sugar High
Sugar High
Sugar High is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Chihiro Onitsuka, released in December 2002.The album came out only 9 months after its predecessor This Armor, and it comprises 9 tracks that were previously unreleased as the singles.The album title was quoted from the lyrics of a...
which was released only 9 months after its predecessor and debuted at the number-two on the charts.
Onitsuka released three singles in 2003, though those were less successful compared to her early efforts.Her seventh single "Ii Hi Tabidachi, Nishi e" is one of a few materials Onitsuka herself did not write. It was remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
of a hit tune "Ii Hi Tabidachi" recorded by Momoe Yamaguchi
Momoe Yamaguchi
is a former Japanese singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980. In that time, she became one of the most notable singers in Japanese music, and an acclaimed actress. She withdrew from the entertainment business at the peak of her career to marry her frequent costar, fellow...
in 1978, featuring renewed lyrics written by Shinji Tanimura
Shinji Tanimura
is a Japanese singer and songwriter.- Biography :In 1971, Tanimura set up the musical group, Alice, along with Takao Horiuchi, and in 1972 produced his first extended play musical album. Two years later, they produced their first album from the musical group...
who composed the original version. Onitsuka's interpretation was featured as the theme for Japan Railway's "Discover the West" campaign. At first, Onitsuka herself planned to show up in the campaign, but she refused later.
Around summer of that year, Onitsuka had suffered from vocal cord nodules. She underwent a surgery to get over poor throat condition, shortly after the recording of "Ii Hi Tabidachi, Nishi e." At the same time, she also managed to record part of a new song called "Watashi to Waltz wo". Like "Gekkou" and "Ryuseigun," it was featured as a closing theme for a sequel of Trick series aired in autumn 2003. The song was newly recorded after throat surgery, and issued as her final single from EMI in November 2003.
Fourth studio album was planned to be coming out in February 2004, and its catalogue number was already determined. But eventually it was not released, and a box set comprising all her previous singles was issued alternatively, without permission of her.
2004-2006: "Sodatsu Zassou" and two-year hiatus
By May 2004, Onitsuka left EMI and signed on as an artist under Universal Music, and given a lot more freedom in her work. She released one single, "Sodatsu Zassou (育つ雑草)," which was a major change from her folk-pop style into rock. Prior to the release, she held a concert in which she performed the song and a NirvanaNirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
cover. Contrary to popular belief, she did not announce a hiatus at this time; no hiatus was announced and the subsequent lack of release from her had been a great mystery to her fans, who eagerly anticipated the next release and hoped that one would indeed be forthcoming. At one point she said that the reason for her departure from the music scene was because of mental fatigue caused by the series of new releases and tight schedules. However in an interview printed in the October 19, 2007, issue of the Japanese popular music magazine Barfout (http://barfout.jp/), done while promoting the album Las Vegas, Onitsuka said that in 2004 she had attempted suicide by overdosing on medication (French report: http://www.mimu-net.net/news.php?pge=8&newsid=1304 - Japanese Wikipedia site has full Japanese sourcing). In addition, Onitsuka mentioned a polyp on her vocal cords around that time, as well as an eating disorder that saw her weight drop as low as 79 pounds (36 kilograms).
2007-present
Onitsuka started her full come-back to the music industry in 2007, with a live performance on March 17 at AP BANG! Tokyo Kankyo Kaigi, Studio Coast, Tokyo and has announced plans to release a come-back album and do concert touring. Her first release is the single titled "Everyhome," which was released on May 30. It reached #9 on the Oricon weekly charts.Even though Onitsuka is on a different label now, Toshiba EMI has still been releasing her music in the forms of DVDs and singles collections. The singles collection does not even have a photo of Chihiro as the cover, and instead a drawing replaces her.
Chihiro Onitsuka's single "Bokura Barairo no Hibi" reached #13 on the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
top 100 charts.
The preorders for 'LAS VEGAS' made the album #4 on Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
Japan Music Top Sellers. The album reached #2 on the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
Daily Charts and #6 on the Weekly Charts.
In April 2011, Onitsuka will release a new single "Aoi Tori". Not long after, she released a new album titled ”Ken to Kaede”.
Incident
On August 18, 2010, Onitsuka was assaulted by her then boyfriend Komiya Yusuke in her apartment. Onitsuka and Komiya had been dating since September 2009 and the two shared an apartment together. During late night on August 18, Komiya was out drinking and came home completely drunk. While Onitsuka was sleeping, Komiya punched her in the eyes. Onitsuka then tried to retaliate but was severely beaten resulting in several broken ribs. Onitsuka began her lawsuit against him on December 16, 2010Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Label | RIAJ Certification |
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| JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 2001 | Insomnia Insomnia (Chihiro Onitsuka album) is the debut album by Japanese singer-songwriter Chihiro Onitsuka, released in March 2001. The album features acoustic-oriented production arranged by Takefumi Haketa, who produced all her studio albums released under the Virgin Tokyo label distributed by Toshiba EMI... |
1 | Toshiba EMI/Virgin Tokyo | 6x Platinum |
| 2002 | This Armor This Armor is the second album by Japanese singer-songwriter Chihiro Onitsuka, released on March 6, 2002.-Track listing:All songs written and composed by Chihiro Onitsuka, arranged by Takefumi Haketa#"ROLLIN'"#""#""#"everything, in my hands"#"Our Song"#""... |
3 | 2x Platinum | |
| Sugar High Sugar High Sugar High is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Chihiro Onitsuka, released in December 2002.The album came out only 9 months after its predecessor This Armor, and it comprises 9 tracks that were previously unreleased as the singles.The album title was quoted from the lyrics of a... |
2 | Platinum | ||
| 2007 | Las Vegas | 6 | Universal/A&M | |
| 2009 | Dorothy | 10 | ||
| 2011 | For Life Music Entertainment | |||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Label | RIAJ Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 2004 | The Ultimate Collection | 3 | Toshiba EMI/Virgin Tokyo | Platinum |
| 2005 | Singles 2000-2003 | 7 | Gold | |
| 2010 | One of Pillars: Best of Chihiro Onitsuka 2000-2010 | 13 | Universal |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Label | RIAJ Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 2000 | "" | - | EMI Virgin Tokyo |
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| "" | 11 | 2x Platinum | ||
| "Cage" | 15 | Gold | ||
| 2001 | "" | 6 | Platinum | |
| "Infection"/"Little Beat Rifle" | 5 | Gold | ||
| 2002 | "" | 7 | Gold | |
| 2003 | "Sign" | 4 | ||
| "Beautiful Fighter" | 9 | |||
| "" | 4 | Gold | ||
| "" | 8 | |||
| 2004 | "" | 10 | Universal Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations... A&M A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:... |
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| 2007 | "Everyhome" | 9 | ||
| "" | 13 | |||
| 2008 | "" | 11 | ||
| 2009 | 11 | |||
| "" | 13 | |||
| "" | 13 | |||
| 2011 | "" | For Life Music Entertainment |
DVD
- Me And My Devil (11 April 2001)
- Cradle On My Noise L*I*V*E ~Live Insomnia Video Edition~ (7 November 2001)
- Princess Believer (11 December 2002)
- Ultimate Crash '02 Live At Budokan (21 May 2003)
- the complete clipsThe complete clipsthe complete clips is a DVD compilation of music videos by Japanese pop singer/songwriter Chihiro Onitsuka, released by Toshiba-EMI on December 1, 2004, the same day as her compilation album the ultimate collection. The DVD contains seventeen music videos, taken from Onitsuka's three previous...
(1 December 2004) - NINE DIRTS AND SNOW WHITE FLICKERS (6 August 2008)
- HARD RED FANTASIA (30 June 2010)
External links
- Official website
- Frozen Call The latest news on Chihiro Onitsuka in English
- Nippop Profile | Chihiro Onitsuka
- Chihiro Onitsuka International