Ichiko Hashimoto (musician)
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is a jazz pianist, composer
and singer. She has also acted
in television and film.
Hashimoto was born in Kobe
, grew up in Tokyo
and started playing the piano at the age of five. She attended Musashino Academia Musicae
, where she graduated in 1975.
Ichiko sometimes performs with her sister
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and singer. She has also acted
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
in television and film.
Hashimoto was born in Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, grew up in 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...
and started playing the piano at the age of five. She attended Musashino Academia Musicae
Musashino Academia Musicae
, located in Tokyo, Japan, is a music conservatory founded in 1929. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious music conservatories in Japan...
, where she graduated in 1975.
Ichiko sometimes performs with her sister
Albums
- Colored Music (1981)**
- Ichiko (1984)
- Beauty (1985)*
- VIVANT (1986)*
- MOOD MUSIC (1987)*
- High Exentrique (1988)*
- High Exentrique Piano Music (1988)*
- D.M. (1989)*
- Je m'aime (1990)*
- (1992)
- (1994)
- (1997)
- najanaja (1998)
- original soundtrack (1999)
- Miles Away ～トリビュート・トゥ・マイルスMiles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
(1999) - Phantasmagoria ～幻覚者たち～ (2000)
- Miles Blend (2001)
- RahXephon O.S.T. 1 (2002)
- RahXephon O.S.T. 2 (2002)
- RahXephon O.S.T. 3 (2002)
- Turned Perspective 1994-2001 (2002)
- RahXephon Pluralitas Concentio O.S.T. (2003)
- Ub-X (2006)
- Vega (2007)
- Arc'd-X (2009)
* remastered and reissued in Japan (2007)** remastered and first issued on CD in Japan (2008)
Singles
- "Hold On I'm Comin'" (1988): Single track from High Exentrique. (1992): Single track from . Used in a Nissan BluebirdNissan BluebirdAlthough Nissan's own materials indicate that the Bluebird name emerged in 1959, some records show that the name first adorned a 988 cc, four-door sedan in 1957, which was part of the company's 210 series...
commercial. (1993) Single. Used in a commercial for The Tokyo Electric Power CompanyThe Tokyo Electric Power Company, also known as or TEPCO, is an electric utility servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo...
. - "Heartful Dream" (2003): Maxi singleMaxi singleA maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...
. Used in a commercial for AifulAifulis one of the largest Japanese consumer finance companies. Currently the company is based in Kyoto and has annual profits of close to ¥100 billion on over ¥2 trillion worth of loans. [This article is out-dated and inaccurate...
.
Collaborations
- Yellow Magic OrchestraYellow Magic OrchestraSakamoto first worked with Hosono as a member of his live band in 1976, while Takahashi recruited Sakamoto to produce his debut solo recording in 1977 following the split of the Sadistic Mika Band...
: YMO domestic tour "Yellow Magic Orchestra Technopolis 2000-20" (March 21-April 15, 1980). - "フレバリー･ミュージック" (1987)
- Loom (1990): Album for the PC EnzineTurboGrafx-16TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....
game. - RahXephon sound drama (2002): Ending theme
Movie soundtracks
- AkuemonAkuemonAkuemon is the sixth and last anime episode in the Lion Books series. It was an OVA release. This episode was never broadcast on Japanese TV, but it was instead shown at a Hong Kong film festival...
(1993) Director: Makoto Tezuka - (1984) directed by Takaharu Saeki. The music were performed by Colored Music.
- NUMANITE (1995) and NARAKUE (1997) short film compilations by Makoto Tezuka
- (1999) Director: Makoto Tezuka
- (1999) Director: Makoto Tezuka
- CLOVERClover (manga)is a manga series created by Clamp, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona. The manga takes place in a dystopian future, where the government is out to control the "Clovers", a race of children with special powers....
(1999) Short AnimeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
Clip, Director: Kitarou Kousaka - RahXephon Pluralitas Concentio O.S.T. (2003) Director: Tomoki KyodaTomoki Kyodais a Japanese animation director and animator.Kyoda was born in Osaka, Japan. Formerly a graphic designer, he changed his occupation to the animation industry, having aspired to be an animation director since his childhood...
Supervising director: Yutaka IzubuchiYutaka Izubuchiis a Japanese anime designer and director. Izubuchi is credited for designing costumes, characters and creatures, but most of his designs are mechanical...
Filmography and TV appearances
- MNEMOSYNE (1991)
- (1992)
- RahXephonRahXephonis a Japanese anime series about 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a godlike mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world...
(2002) as Maya Kamina - RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (2003) as Maya Kamina