Person
Akiko Yano
Sound · Born 1955-02-13 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Akiko Yano (矢野 顕子, Yano Akiko, born Akiko Suzuki (鈴木 顕子, Suzuki Akiko); February 13, 1955) is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s. She has been called "one of the major musical talents of the Japanese popular music world", and her vocals and singing style have been compared to English singer Kate Bush.
Known for
Ponyo
Ponyo's Sister (voice)
tiny desk concerts JAPAN
Piano･Keyboard･Vocal
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Teacher Fujihara (voice)
Blanket Cats
Theme Song Performance
Take the X Train
Theme Song Performance
Love Life
Songs
Mon Mon the Water Spider
Mon Mon / Miss Pond Skater / Water flea (voice)
Bread of Happiness
Theme Song Performance
Rebirth of Mothra
Songs
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
Musician
Filmography
- 2024Akiko Yano × Hiromi – Step Into Paradise -Live In Tokyo-Self
- 2024Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His EraSelf
- 2024tiny desk concerts JAPANPiano･Keyboard･Vocal
- 2022ELLEGARDEN: Lost & Found
- 2022Love LifeSongs
- 2017Blanket CatsTheme Song Performance
- 2013Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl ShipMusician
- 2012Bread of HappinessTheme Song Performance
- 2011YANOYAOriginal Music Composer
- 2011Director DisqualifiedMusic Supervisor
- 2008PonyoPonyo's Sister (voice)
- 2006House Hunting(Voice)
- 2006Mon Mon the Water SpiderMon Mon / Miss Pond Skater / Water flea (voice)
- 2005Portrait of the WindOriginal Music Composer
- 1999Complete HurrahSelf
- 1999My Neighbors the YamadasTeacher Fujihara (voice)
- 1996Rebirth of MothraSongs
- 1993TV-YMOSelf
- 1993YMO – Live At Budokan 1980self
- 1992Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna
- 1987Take the X TrainTheme Song Performance
- 1986Ryuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn LiveWriter
- 1985Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi SakamotoSelf
- 1983Where the Toys Come FromMusic
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