Utada Hikaru
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Utada Hikaru
Contents
Profile
- Name: Japan: Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル); USA/UK: Utada
- Maiden Name: 宇多田光 (Utada Hikaru)
- Married Name: Iwashita Hikaru
- Profession: singer, song-writer, producer
- Date of Birth: January 19th, 1983
- Height: 158cm
- Weight: 45kg
- Star Sign: Capricorn
- Blood Type: A
- Birthplace: New York City (Manhattan), New York, USA
- Marital Status: Married
- Spouse: Kiriya Kazuaki
- Talent Agency: Toshiba EMI (Japan), Island Def Jam (USA), Mercury (UK)
Drama Theme Songs
- Can You Keep A Secret?, from Hero
- First Love, from Majo no Jouken
Trivia
- Daughter of famed Enka (traditional Japanese ballard) singer, Fuji Keiko. Father is musician, producer, Utada Teruzane.
- Born in New York, but believed to have spent most of her childhood in Tokyo, Japan. Travelled back and forth between the two metropolitan cities to allow her parents to pursue their music careers.
Albums
- First Love (1999)
- Distance (2001)
- Deep River (2002)
- Exodus (2004)
Singles
Related Articles
Utada Hikaru & Kiriya Kazuaki's marriage, Translated from Gendai Net
It seems as if their positions have been switched.
Before Utada Hikaru and Kiriya Kazuaki got married, not many people knew who he was. However, his movie, CASSHERN made after his marriage was a hit and achieved ticket sales of 1 billion. The US version's rights have been bought by Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks and Kiriya is currently in US working on the film.
However, Utada who is one of the biggest divas in Japan debuted in the US last autumn and will shift her career focus back to Japan with a new single, "Be My Last" in Sep which is the theme song of movie, Haru no Yuki.