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Ayaka Hirahara

is a Japanese pop singer who belongs to the music label Dream Music. Her father Makoto Hirahara is a saxophone player, grandfather Tsutomu Hirahara was a trumpet player, and her older sister Aika Hirahara is a singer. From the age of 6, she belonged to The Matsuyama Ballet for 11 years. She started playing saxophone when she was 13 years old, then learned classical saxophone at Senzoku Gakuen High School. Currently, she is studying in the Faculty of Jazz majoring in saxophone at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. Her first single, "Jupiter", was released in Japan in December 2003, and went on to be one of the biggest selling singles of 2004. The melody of the song is based around the melody to the "Jupiter" section of The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst. In 2006, she sang the ending theme "Reset" of the PlayStation 2 game Ōkami and the opening theme for the anime The Story of Saiunkoku.

Profile

  • Name:
  • Nickname:
  • Birthdate: 1984.05.09
  • Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
  • Blood Type: A

Discography

Albums

Album # Album information
1st "ODYSSEY"

  • Released: 2004.02.18
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #2
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 688,986

2nd "The Voice"

  • Released: 2004.11.25
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #8
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 131,205

3rd "From To"

  • Released: 2005.11.02
  • Studio Album:
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #4
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 213,441

4th "Yottsu no L"
Alternate Title:
"The Four L's"
or ""

  • Released: 2006.03.23
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #7
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 56,984

5th "Sora"
Alternate Title:
"Sky"
or ""

  • Released: 2007.01.31
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #9
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 26,050

Compilation Album

Album # Album information
1st "Jupiter～Hirahara Ayaka Best～"
Alternate Title:
""

  • Released: 2008.02.13
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #4
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 100,965

Singles

Single # Single information
1st "Jupiter"

  • Released: 2003.12.17
  • Studio Album:ODYSSEY
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #2
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 890,000+

2nd "Ashita"
Alternate Title:
"Tomorrow"
or ""

  • Released: 2004.2.18
  • Studio Album: ODYSSEY
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #19
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

3rd "Kimi to Iru Jikan no Naka de"
Alternate Title:
"In the Time We Were Together"
or ""

  • Released: 2004.5.26
  • Studio Album: The Voice
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #28
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

4th "Niji no Yokan"
Alternate Title:
"Rainbow Premonition"
or ""

  • Released: 2004.7.28
  • Studio Album: The Voice
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #22
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

5th "BLESSING Shukufuku"
Alternate Title:
"BLESSING Blessing"
or "BLESSING "

  • Released: 2004.10.07
  • Studio Album: The Voice
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #14
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

6th "Hello Again, JoJo"
Alternate Title:
"Haro Agein, JoJo"
or ""

  • Released: 2004.11.25
  • Studio Album: The Voice
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #161
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

7th "Ashita" (re-released)
Alternate Title:
"Tomorrow"
or ""

  • Released: 2005.1.23
  • Studio Album: 2005.9.28
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #16
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

8th "Eternally"
Alternate Title:
""

  • Released: 2005.5.25
  • Studio Album: 4tsu no L
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #18
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

9th "Banka (Hitori no Kisetsu) / Inochi no Namae"
Alternate Title:
"Late Summer (The Alone Season) / The Name of Life"
or ""

  • Released: 2005.9.28
  • Studio Album: From To
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #16
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 6,208

10th "Chikai"
Alternate Title:
"Oath"
or ""

  • Released: 2006.1.18
  • Studio Album: 4tsu no L
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #14
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 43,226

11th "Voyagers / Kokoro"
Alternate Title:
"Voyagers / Heart"
or "Voyagers / "

  • Released: 2006.07.19
  • Studio Album: Sora
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #46
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 3,329

12th "CHRISTMAS LIST"

  • Released: 2006.11.15
  • Studio Album: Sora
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #29
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 3,678

13th "Kansha"
Alternate Title:
"Appreciation"
or ""

  • Released: 2006.12.25
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position:
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

14th "Ima, Kaze no Naka de / To be free / Shabondama"
Alternate Title:
"Now, inside the wind / To be free / Bubble"
or ""

  • Released: 2007.11.28
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: #49
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: 3,053

15th "Hoshi Tsumugi no Uta"
Alternate Title:
"Song of Star Pongee"
or ""

  • Released: 2008.01.23
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position:
  • Language: Japanese
  • Sold Copies: N/A

DVD

  • Ayaka Hirahara Music Video Collection Vol. 1 (2005)
  • LIVE TOUR 2006 “4L” at (2006)

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