[Maemi]

✿ NEW SINGLE! 桜流し

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01 桜流し
02 桜流し (Instrumental)

*Theme song for Evangelion 3.0.

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Lyrics:

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Watching flowers just blossomed fall
"Too early, this year" you said,
In disappointment, regret
And you were beautiful

If you could see me now
I wonder what you would think
Me, living without you

Everybody finds love
In the end

If you could hear the newborn's cry,
Sound and healthy
Ringing in the town you protected
I know you would be so pleased
The footsteps that continue after us

Everybody finds love
In the end

I can't believe that I'll never see you again
I haven't told you anything yet
I haven't told you anything yet

Watching flowers just blossomed fall
The trees stood by, helpless

However great the fear, I will not look away
If at the end of everything, there is love


Music by Utada Hikaru and Paul Carter
Words by Utada Hikaru

✿ ABOUT HIKKI

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Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter under the Emi Music Japan label. Utada is one of Japan's most successful artists of all time. Her debut album First Love is the #1 best selling album in Asian music history with over 7.65 million copies sold in Japan alone. In total she has sold over 38,000,000 million records in Japan, and 3 of her albums are in the Top 10 best-selling albums of all time in Japan (#1, #4, #8), making her one of the most successful and popular singers in J-pop history. Utada is bilingual as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo. She is also known in the west under her English language project name 'Utada', most famous for singing the Kingdom Hearts theme song, "Hikari / Simple And Clean" and the Kingdom Hearts II theme song, "Passion / Sanctuary". Initially, Utada's music had a heavy R&B style to it, but later her music progressed to a more pop / experimental tone. Her distinct R&B sound brought her much attention with her first release in Japan, "Automatic / time will tell". Utada was married to director Kiriya Kazuaki, who directed the movie CASSHERN, but in March 2007 the couple split.

On August 9, 2010, Utada announced plans to go on indefinite hiatus following the release of "Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2", her second compilation album. On November 24, 2010, "Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2" was released. It debuted atop the Oricon charts once again. It has also been anounced that Utada has severed ties with Island Def Jam, who releases her English language works. She has secured a global contract with EMI Music. Upon returning from her hiatus, all her future releases will be under the name Utada Hikaru regardless of the country of release.

Utada Hikaru has been deemed the Most Influential Japanese Artist of the past decade (2000-2010) by Japan Times.

Source: generasia.com

✿ NEWS

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✿ JAPANESE DISCOGRAPHY

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Albums

[1999.03.10] First Love (#1 10,056,000 copies sold)
[2001.03.28] Distance (#1 4,472,343 copies sold)
[2002.06.19] DEEP RIVER (#1 3,605,000 copies sold)
[2006.06.14] ULTRA BLUE (#1 909,113 copies sold)
[2008.03.09] HEART STATION (#1 1,011,373 copies sold)

Best Albums

[2004.03.31] Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 (#1 2,586,347 copies sold)
[2010.11.24] Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2 (#1 442,589 copies sold)

Singles

[1998.12.09] Automatic / time will tell
[1999.02.17] Movin' on without you
[1999.04.28] First Love
[1999.11.10] Addicted To You
[2000.04.19] Wait & See ~Risk~ (Wait & See ～リスク～)
[2000.06.30] For You / Time Limit (For You / タイム・リミット)
[2001.02.16] Can You Keep A Secret?
[2001.07.25] FINAL DISTANCE
[2001.11.28] traveling
[2002.03.20] Hikari (光; Light)
[2002.05.09] SAKURA Drops / Letters (SAKURAドロップス / Letters)
[2003.01.29] COLORS
[2004.04.21] Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ; When Someone's Wish Comes True)
[2005.09.28] Be My Last
[2005.12.14] Passion
[2006.02.22] Keep Tryin'
[2006.11.22] Boku wa Kuma (ぼくはくま; I'm a Bear)
[2007.02.28] Flavor Of Life
[2007.08.29] Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry
[2008.02.20] HEART STATION / Stay Gold
[2008.05.21] Prisoner Of Love

Download Exclusive

[2006.05.31] This Is Love
[2007.05.31] Kiss & Cry
[2007.06.27] Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 MIX-
[2008.03.27] Fight the Blues
[2008.10.31] Eternally -Drama Mix-
[2009.06.27] Beautiful World -PLANiTb Acoustica Mix-
[2010.10.09] Hymne à l'amour ~Ai no Anthem~ (Hymne à l'amour ～愛のアンセム～) (Édith Piaf cover)
[2010.11.03] Goodbye Happiness
[2012.11.16] 桜流し (Sakura Nagashi)

DVD / VHS / Blu-ray

[1999.12.16] UTADA HIKARU SINGLE CLIP COLLECTION VOL.1 UH1
[2000.06.30] Wait & See ~Risk~ (Wait & See ～リスク～)
[2000.12.09] BOHEMIAN SUMMER 2000
[2001.09.27] UTADA HIKARU SINGLE CLIP COLLECTION VOL.2 UH2
[2001.11.28] Utada Hikaru Unplugged
[2002.01.30] traveling
[2002.09.30] UTADA HIKARU SINGLE CLIP COLLECTION+ VOL.3 UH3+
[2003.03.12] COLORS
[2003.08.29] UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ikeike! (UH LIVE STREAMING 20代はイケイケ！)
[2004.07.28] Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004 Hikaru no 5 (Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004 ヒカルの5)
[2004.07.28] Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ)
[2004.10.06] Easy Breezy (Utada)
[2006.09.27] UTADA HIKARU SINGLE CLIP COLLECTION VOL.4 UH4
[2006.12.20] UTADA UNITED 2006
[2011.04.20] WILD LIFE

Vinyls

[1999.02.17] Automatic / time will tell
[1999.06.30] First Love
[2000.05.10] Fly Me To The Moon
[2001.07.25] Distance
[2002.xx.xx] SAKURA Drops (Sonic Sprout Mix)
[2002.09.30] DEEP RIVER

✿ US DISCOGRAPHY (as Utada)

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Albums

[2004.09.08] EXODUS (#1 in Japan - 1,074,393 copies sold; #160 on the US Billboard Hot 200 Albums Chart - 55,000 copies sold)
[2009.03.14] This Is The One (#3 in Japan - 242,657 copies sold; #69 on Billboard Top 200 albums ranking, #2 in the iTunes Pop Albums and #18 in the iTunes General Albums)

Compilation Albums

[2010.11.24] Utada The Best (#12 - 20,278 copies sold)

Singles

[2004.08.03] Easy Breezy
[2004.09.14] Devil Inside
[2005.06.21] Exodus '04
[2005.10.17] You Make Me Want To Be A Man
[2009.02.10] Come Back To Me
[2009.12.21] Dirty Desire

Vinyls

[2004.09.13] Devil Inside
[2005.05.17] Exodus '04
[2005.09.05] You Make Me Want To Be A Man (Promo)
[2005.09.17] You Make Me Want To Be A Man

Download Exclusives

[2004.08.03] Easy Breezy
[2004.08.03] Devil Inside (The Richard Vission Radio Edit / The Scum Frog Radio Edit mixes)
[2009.02.10] Come Back To Me
[2009.07.22] Sanctuary (Opening)
[2009.07.22] Sanctuary (Ending)
[2009.12.21] Dirty Desire

✿ CREDITS & LINKS:

Generasia
The official website
The official twitter
Hikki's staff twitter
Wikipedia
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