Mimori Yusa
Encyclopedia
, is a Japanese singer-songwriter
. Although she has had a very prolific career, Yusa achieved only minor popularity in Japan until very recently when her song newest song, "Kuro", was featured on the popular NHK
television program Minna no Uta
from December 2005 until January 2006. Prior to this NHK feature, Yusa was generally perceived as having peculiar lyrics and melody and thus a mass audience eluded her. However, following the NHK feature Yusa's popularity increased significantly and she gained many new fans.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. Although she has had a very prolific career, Yusa achieved only minor popularity in Japan until very recently when her song newest song, "Kuro", was featured on the popular NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
television program Minna no Uta
Minna no Uta
, literally Everyone's Songs, is a five minute NHK TV and radio program broadcasting several times daily since 1961. The program is generally used as filler at the end of regular television programs...
from December 2005 until January 2006. Prior to this NHK feature, Yusa was generally perceived as having peculiar lyrics and melody and thus a mass audience eluded her. However, following the NHK feature Yusa's popularity increased significantly and she gained many new fans.
Singles
- 瞳水晶 (April 1, 1988)
- 窓を開けたとき (September 9, 1988)
- Chizu o kudasai (地図をください) (February 1, 1989)
- 0の丘∞の空 (May 21, 1989)
- 暮れてゆく空は (September 1, 1989)
- Silent Bells (November 22, 1989)
- 夏草の線路 (March 21, 1990)
- No no Hana (野の花) (August 22, 1990)
- Yume o Mita (夢をみた) (November 1, 1990)
- One (February 21, 1991)
- 靴跡の花 ～アルスラーン戦記より～ (July 18, 1991)
- Sora (空) (October 10, 1991)
- Grace (May 21, 1992)
- Tokyo no Sora no Shita (東京の空の下) (October 21, 1992)
- 一粒の予感 (April 21, 1993)
- 緑の絵 (March 7, 1994)
- 咲くといいな (May 21, 1994)
- 恋かしら (July 21, 1994)
- たしかな偶然 (May 21, 1995)
- 野生のチューリップ (October 1, 1995)
- 生活のプリン*Life Pudding* (June 21, 1996)
- Harmonica Kaigan (ハモニカ海岸) (January 22, 1997)
- Roka (ロカ) (June 21, 1997)
- Tapestry (タペストリー) (October 16, 1997)
- Lemon no Ki (レモンの木) (January 16, 1998)
- Borderline (ボーダーライン) (August 21, 1998)
- Popular (ポプラ) (February 10, 1999)
- Sora ni Saku Hana (空に咲く花) (July 12, 2000)
- Cocoa (ココア) (October 12, 2000)
- I'll Remember (August 8, 2001)
- Light Song (July 30, 2003)
- Kuro (クロ) (December 7, 2005)
Albums
(April 4, 1988) (October 10, 1988) (September 1, 1989)- Hope (September 21, 1990) (September 21, 1991) (November 1, 1992)
- momoism (May 21, 1993) (March 21, 1994) (September 21, 1994) (January 21, 1996)
- Roka (February 1, 1997)
- Echo (February 11, 1998)
- Mimomemo: The Memorable Songs of Mimori Yusa (March 1, 1998) (March 10, 1999)
- Small is Beautiful (November 8, 2000)
- Honoka (October 31, 2001)
- Still Life (October 21, 2001) (July 10, 2002)
- Travelogue Sweet and Bitter Collection (November 7, 2002)
- Bougainvillea (August 20, 2003)
- Bougainvillea Reflect (September 10, 2003)
- Breath at the Show (June 10, 2004) (May 10, 2006)
External links
- Official Site
- Hidamari - Unofficial Site
- Mimori Yusa at MusicBrainzMusicBrainzMusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB...
- [ Mimori Yusa discography at Allmusic.com]