is a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 enka

Enka

is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more...

 singer within Hello! Project

Hello! Project

is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...

. She started her career under the renowned enka record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 Teichiku in 2000 with her debut single "Naki Usagi", but did not have any charting singles in Japan until she signed with Up-Front Works and their label Zetima

Zetima

is a Japanese record label owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company. The label is handled by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Outside Japan the label is most famous for releasing music by several participants in Hello! Project, the most famous...

 in 2003. In mid-2004 she was transferred to another Up-Front Works label, Rice Music

Rice Music

Rice Music is a Japanese record label owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company. The label is handled by King Records. The label tends to focus on enka or enka-inspired pop music. Internationally the label is most famous for being home to Hello! Project artist Yuki Maeda....

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Singles

#	Title	Release date	Peak rank
1

} || April 12, 2000 || –
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| 2 || || January 1, 2001 || –
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| 3 || || February 21, 2002 || –
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| 4 || || July 16, 2003 || #134
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| 5 || || January 1, 2004 || #130
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| 6 || || September 29, 2004 || #83
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| 7 || || July 26, 2006 || #182
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| 8 || || September 26, 2007 || –
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| 9 || || February 25, 2009 || –
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External links

• Official Hello! Project profile
• ThePPN: Maeda Yuki