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Osaka, Japan (2003 – present)

Ai Otsuka (大塚 愛) is a Japanese pop female singer-songwriter and pianist who was born on the 9th of September, 1982, in Osaka, Japan. As a child she wanted to be a ballerina. She made her solo debut on September 10, 2003 with the single, “Momo no Hanabira” (桃ノ花ビラ). Her second single, “Sakuranbo” (さくらんぼ), released on the 17th of December 2003, was a major success, staying in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 85 weeks.

A piano player since the age of 4, Ai Otsuka started composition and songwriting at the age of 15. Her music ranges from upbeat catchy pop/rock music that can be heard in tracks like “Happy Days” and “さくらんぼ” to touching ballads like “大好きだよ。” and “甘えんぼ”. Several of her songs have also been used as theme songs, such as Planetarium in Hana Yori Dango, Cherish in Love for Nana, and フレンズ and ユメクイ for the Tokyo Friends drama and movie respectively (which she starred in).

She studied to go to Osaka University, and her highest level of education is junior college. She has stated in the past that when her music career ends, she’ll teach kindergarten (which she has a license to).

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  • Simo_Pamyu

    she should release a b-sides best **

    7 Apr 1:25pm Reply
  • Sachiyo-chan

    It sounds her LiB 10th live concept is that "fans have the choice" she asked on her fanclub official website which songs fans wanted to hear and which ones they would like to hear in a Hikigatari version.

    27 Mar 4:13pm Reply
  • Sachiyo-chan

    V i'm sure we'll have solo material again =) since she's going to do some events on the following months as Otsuka Ai and not as Rabbit. As she actually never said she stopped her solo career she just wanted to try something new. =D

    27 Mar 4:11pm Reply
  • oopstheuniverse

    If we never get another solo Ai album ever again, at least LOVE LETTER ended her solo career on a high note. Well, at least to me. It's like her usual style grew up a little and perfected itself. The silly songs, the zippy pop songs, the delicate ballads, everything was refined on that album. (Although LOVE COOK isn't far behind in terms of quality.)

    18 Mar 11:08pm Reply
  • Sachiyo-chan

    I've been a fan for 8 years now and still can't describe my love for her. SHE is a jewel.

    11 Mar 9:05pm Reply
  • Clad69-2

    I can't choose among her 5 original albums. Each one have their own jewel <3

    11 Mar 5:39pm Reply
  • Joyful_Blue

    Forgot just how awesome her first three albums are. Then I remembered again.

    1 Mar 10:52pm Reply
  • aidoll

    100k listeners!

    10 Feb 2:41am Reply
  • HuynhTrungVien

    Listening Trend 99,999 listeners all time <3

    8 Feb 5:55pm Reply
  • love-chin

    aww, i want to see ur baby girl, Ai-chin! ♥ ♥ ♥

    21 Jan 8:42am Reply
  • hecate1859

    I LOVE her

    18 Jan 4:56pm Reply
  • Paradesu

    I hope she'll release an album like Rabbit's with her name soon ^^ ! the rabbit album was a nice change of her style. i really like it and that more mature sound for her :) !

    10 Jan 10:09pm Reply
  • kuriirin

    Can't get enough of Rabbit's album; I missed your voice Ai♡ (*´▽`*)

    13 Dec 2012 Reply
  • Pheebs-

    v Hahaha XD

    9 Dec 2012 Reply
  • Paradesu

    i'm just glad she'll be back anyways! :D no matter what or with what project or whatnot she'll release. of course i wish she'd do another solo album soon ^^ only thing i'm worried about is the tag we have to use in here! i don't really feel like sharing a page with THIS group XDD !!!

    1 Dec 2012 Reply
  • hitomitay93

    Rabbit's album sounds amazing so far.

    24 Nov 2012 Reply
  • SailorHamster

    Rabbit released previews of the tracks from their debut album: http://conglorabbit.com/music/ PV for Nikki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVbsSAx_67A

    14 Nov 2012 Reply
  • OmerNurelian

    i agree with iIpleut.... this project sure will be really different from all Ai's works, butt its just mean she is trying some new stuff... you can't judge it untill you listen to all of it.

    9 Nov 2012 Reply
  • SailorHamster

    If you're curious what Rabbit will sound like, here's a radio rip of the band's first song titled "Nikki". Listen here: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY4MzM5MzUy.html

    1 Nov 2012 Reply
  • saddreams

    Can't wait for Rabbit :)

    28 Oct 2012 Reply
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