***The Official AZU Thread***

CHE.R.RY · #1 19th April 2008, 08:11 PM

***Bio:

Birthdate: 1981.12.08
Blood Type: O
Favorite Things: Jellyfish, fruits, vegetables, pickles, and Elmo
Favorite Artists: Noboru Kubota, Brandy, TLC, Boys II Men, and Stevie Wonder
Favorite Cartoons: Dragon Ball, Ojamajo Doremi
Favorite Movie: Coyote Ugly

Since the age of 16, AZU has been performing live at clubs. Her shows were mostly held around the Kansai and Toukai areas. Her name comes from the phrases "A~Z and handed down to you." She made her first appearance on when she was selected by SEAMO to be featured on his second album, Live Goes On. The song, Kokoro no Koe ended up being used as the radio single to promote the album. She also appeared in the video for the song. It was well received and the album reached #1 on the Oricon charts. After this she went on to perform at eight venues on SEAMO's tour. She is one of the artists featured in SEAMO's upcoming event, GOLDEN TIME. AZU was also featured on the Oricon 2007~spring~ Sound Blowin' concert.

bio credit: wiki.theppn

Discography:

Cherish

Released: 2007/05/30

1. CHERISH
2. Summer Breeze
3. Violin
4. CHERISH (Instrumental)
5. Summer Breeze (Instrumental)
6. Violin (Instrumental)

Jewel Sky

Released: 2007/10/03

1. JEWEL SKY
2. So wonderful
3. Kimi ni Yomu Uta (君に詠む歌)
4. JEWEL SKY (Instrumental)
5. SO WONDERFUL (Instrumental)
6. Kimi ni Yomu Uta (Instrumental) (君に詠む歌)

Koiiro (コイイロ)

Released: 2008/01/23

1. Koiiro (コイイロ)
2. Tsuki no Shizuku (月の雫)
3. Koiiro (Instrumental) (コイイロ)
4. Tsuki no Shizuku (Instrumental) (月の雫)

New single "Jikan yo Tomare (時間よ止ま)れ feat. SEAMO"

Out: 2008/07/02

1. Jikan yo Tomare (時間よ止まれ) feat. SEAMO
2. Anata No SPECIAL Ni Naritai (あなたのスペシャルになりたい)
3. Saigo no Koi (最後の恋)
4. Jikan yo Tomare (時間よ止まれ) feat. SEAMO (Instrumental)
5. Anata No SPECIAL Ni Naritai (あなたのスペシャルになりたい) (Instrumental)
6. Saigo no Koi (最後の恋) (Instrumental)

Debut album! "As one" 07.23.08

Discography Thread: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74611

So let's talk about her

!

Amai Yume · #2 19th April 2008, 08:15 PM

My favorite song by her is "Jewel Sky" -> it's so pretty!!!

So her new single is a collab with Seamo? I wonder how that will fair...

CHE.R.RY · #3 19th April 2008, 08:18 PM

^ Yeah! I'm actually asking someone right now to translate the tracklist because I can't read it lol xD! I love that song too but my fav is 'Cherish'.

Amai Yume · #4 19th April 2008, 08:20 PM

credits to AyuroShinja at JPM

AZU 4th Single
[時間よ止まれ feat. SEAMO]
BVCR-19126 ¥1,260
2008.07.02
01. 時間よ止まれ feat. SEAMO [Jikan Yo Tomare]
02. あなたのスペシャルになりたい [Anata No SPECIAL Ni Naritai]
03. 最後の恋 [Saigo No Koi]
04. 時間よ止まれ feat. SEAMO (Instrumental)
05. あなたのスペシャルになりたい (Instrumental)
06. 最後の恋 (Instrumental)

CHE.R.RY · #5 19th April 2008, 08:22 PM

^ Yay! Thanx so much!!!!!!!!

Amai Yume · #6 19th April 2008, 08:40 PM

you can hear preview of the song at http://204.3.218.199/azu/index.html

sounds so pretty!! But I think "Jewel Sky"wins for me

CHE.R.RY · #7 19th April 2008, 08:49 PM

^ It sounds good.

Thanx!!

So when did you discover AZU? I was introduced to her from AyUta a month ago.

Amai Yume · #8 19th April 2008, 08:56 PM

I discovered her around the time the Jewel Sky PV was released. I was instantly captivated by the song. It was over at JPM forums where I found her and I hope she has a very bright future.

I've kind of lost touch with her so I gotta get back into her with this new release. I'm not the biggest fan of Seamo's voice but it sounds good so far.

AyUta · #9 22nd April 2008, 06:30 AM

This thread NEEDS more attention

This girl AZU is AMAZING <3 Her voice is similar to Kuu's but much nicer and smoother, IMO. I think she's adorable and needs more listeners!
XD

CHE.R.RY · #10 27th April 2008, 02:45 AM

^Yeah but I can't think of what to do to promote her lol! I put download links but...it's not doing much justice for this thread

Ehhh...I was expecting this anyways since she's receiving very little recognition as it is.

Amai Yume · #11 27th April 2008, 05:22 AM

Agreed, AZU needs more promotion cause she's awesome. lol, I still love "Jewel Sky"

CHE.R.RY · #12 28th April 2008, 03:43 AM

^ Poor AZU! I always find myself liking the people that are not as well-known about -with the exception of a few- but still.....the song sounds awesome! It sucks that we have to wait until July though O.O;....

AyUta · #13 28th April 2008, 05:32 AM

^ Oh I know

July is such a long time from now. I bet the single wont let us down though. From the preview, it sounds really good

Richieooxx · #14 26th May 2008, 11:53 PM

I like her.
But what is with the 2 drag queens in her videos?
Is she being marketed as a "gay icon" or does she just like drag queens?

AyUta · #15 27th May 2008, 12:05 AM

They are her friends

She likes having them in her videos. I think it's rather cute

GRACE · #16 27th May 2008, 12:15 AM

Yeah, I remember the drag-queens/pre-op trannies, it's a little scary ^^;; But not unwelcome~ It's nice that she'd let them be in her videos ^^~

She's got a really nice voice, how does she do sales wise?

AyUta · #17 27th May 2008, 12:24 AM

I don't know much about her sales. I'm sure someone can figure that out for us though.

I have a feeling she has decent sales.

CHE.R.RY · #18 27th May 2008, 01:14 AM

^ I don't think her sales are that amazing. I think she charts in the hundreds

but I'm not sure. Oh and the drag queen thing, I was like 'ahaha ew' at first but then when I got used to them I was like 'aww they're actually kind of cute'. I think it's nice that she's cool with them -we need more people like that.

GRACE · #19 27th May 2008, 01:31 AM

^I agree, it's a very good thing that she's alright with them, and lets them into her music videos. B-but they're still a little scary looking ^^;;

AyUta · #20 27th May 2008, 01:33 AM

^

I know what you mean. I was a little scared at first too.