AKIKO

Vocal Jazz / Pop/Art Song/Folk / Bossa Nova • Japan
Jazz music community with review and forums
AKIKO picture
Japanese jazz singer.

Born: 14 December 1976 in Saitama, Urawa (now Saitama City), Japan.

In the year 2001, Akiko became the first Japanese jazz singer to sign with the renowned jazz label, Verve Records. She recorded her first album "Girl Talk" (2001) in France with the famous French producer, Henri Renaud, released in June the same year.

She was initially famous for her repertoire of over 500 standard jazz songs, but also for her flexibility towards different genres, always molding in new styles for each album she releases. Other than in Japan, she has recorded in Paris, London, New York, Rio De Janeiro, and Oslo.

In previous albums, she has worked with producers such as Swing Out Sister, Tatsuo Sunaga, Yasuharu Konishi (of Pizzicato Five), Bugge Wesseltoft (of Jazzland), et al. At the same time, she has participated as guest vocalist for artists in different genres such as [re:jazz], Hajime Yoshizawa, Studio Apartment, Quasimode,
read more...
Thanks to snobb for the addition

AKIKO Online Videos

See all AKIKO videos

Buy AKIKO music

More places to buy jazz & AKIKO music

AKIKO Discography

AKIKO albums / top albums

AKIKO Girl Talk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Girl Talk
Vocal Jazz 2001
AKIKO Hip Hop Bop album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hip Hop Bop
Vocal Jazz 2002
AKIKO Mood Swings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mood Swings
Vocal Jazz 2003
AKIKO Akiko's Holiday album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akiko's Holiday
Vocal Jazz 2003
AKIKO Mood Indigo = ムード・インディゴ album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mood Indigo = ムード・インディゴ
Vocal Jazz 2004
AKIKO Little Miss Jazz & Jive Goes Around The World! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Little Miss Jazz & Jive Goes Around The World!
Vocal Jazz 2005
AKIKO A White Album album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A White Album
Vocal Jazz 2007
AKIKO Vida album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Vida
Bossa Nova 2007
AKIKO What's Jazz?: Style album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
What's Jazz?: Style
Vocal Jazz 2008
AKIKO What's Jazz? : Spirit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
What's Jazz? : Spirit
Vocal Jazz 2008
AKIKO Hit Parade - Londonnite album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hit Parade - Londonnite
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2009
AKIKO Words album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Words
Vocal Jazz 2009
AKIKO Across The Universe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Across The Universe
Vocal Jazz 2011
AKIKO Dark Eyes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dark Eyes
Vocal Jazz 2012
AKIKO Jazz Me NY album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Me NY
Vocal Jazz 2014
AKIKO Rockin’ Jivin’ Swingin’ album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rockin’ Jivin’ Swingin’
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2015
AKIKO Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2017
AKIKO akiko x Masaki Hayashi : Spectrum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
akiko x Masaki Hayashi : Spectrum
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2019
AKIKO Ukulele Lady album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ukulele Lady
Vocal Jazz 2021
AKIKO Ukulele Lady2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ukulele Lady2
Vocal Jazz 2022
AKIKO akiko with 海野雅威TRIO : ジャズを詠む album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
akiko with 海野雅威TRIO : ジャズを詠む
Vocal Jazz 2023
AKIKO Emptiness Fulfilled album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Emptiness Fulfilled
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2024

AKIKO EPs & splits

AKIKO Upstream album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Upstream
Vocal Jazz 2001
AKIKO Little Miss Jazz and Jive Goes Around the World album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Little Miss Jazz and Jive Goes Around the World
Vocal Jazz 2005
AKIKO Akiko With Chai-Chii Sisters : Swingy, Swingy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akiko With Chai-Chii Sisters : Swingy, Swingy
Vocal Jazz 2012

AKIKO live albums

AKIKO Simply Blue album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Simply Blue
Vocal Jazz 2005
AKIKO Collage Tour at Osaka Blue Note album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Collage Tour at Osaka Blue Note
Vocal Jazz 2009

AKIKO demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

AKIKO A White Album album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A White Album
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2007

AKIKO re-issues & compilations

AKIKO Collage = コラージュ -ベスト・セレクション album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Collage = コラージュ -ベスト・セレクション
Vocal Jazz 2006
AKIKO Best 2005-2010 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Best 2005-2010
Vocal Jazz 2010
AKIKO Greatest Hits album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Greatest Hits
Vocal Jazz 2011
AKIKO Elemental Harmony album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Elemental Harmony
Vocal Jazz 2016

AKIKO singles (0)

AKIKO movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)

AKIKO Reviews

No AKIKO music reviews posted yet.

AKIKO Movies Reviews

No AKIKO movie reviews posted yet.

AKIKO Shouts

Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
A Love Supreme Post Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
Kind of Blue Cool Jazz
MILES DAVIS
Buy this album from our partners
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Progressive Big Band
CHARLES MINGUS
Buy this album from our partners
Blue Train Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
My Favorite Things Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners

New Jazz Artists

New Jazz Releases

Cabaret Eclectic Fusion
MARIUS NESET
Buy this album from MMA partners
Living Ghosts Post-Fusion Contemporary
MICHAEL WOLLNY
Buy this album from MMA partners
Live at Donte's, Vol. 1 Vocal Jazz
MIKE CAMPBELL
Buy this album from MMA partners
Sunday Afternoon Fusion
FURIO DI CASTRI
Buy this album from MMA partners
São Paulo Creative 4 : Supernova Avant-Garde Jazz
IVO PERELMAN
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Jazz Online Videos

Sunday afternoon
FURIO DI CASTRI
snobb· 2 hours ago
Harmônicos
FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO
js· 17 hours ago
Con Alma
GENE BERTONCINI
js· 20 hours ago
Our Walk (Live)
BEN MARKLEY
js· 20 hours ago
More videos

New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Jazz News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us