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宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru), born January 19, 1983 in New York City, United States, also known by her fan-nickname “ヒッキー” (Hikki), is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer in Japan and the United States. 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru) is the name she uses for her Japanese releases. Her English releases should be tagged as Utada, as she has stated herself that she wants her Japanese music to be separate from her English releases.
Utada Hikaru was born in New York City to Japanese parents who both had roots in the Japanese music industry; her father, Teruzane Utada, was a producer, while her mother, Junko Utada, was an enka singer (she performed under the stage name Keiko Fuji). Utada Hikaru has been recording since 1993. She made her first professional recording at the age of twelve, and recorded her first album, Precious, in 1996 under the pseudonym Cubic U. This album led to her career overseas. In a recent MTV interview (MTV’s You Hear It First, October 2004), Utada said: “Someone in Japan heard it, at a Japanese record company, and he said, ‘Oh, can’t you write in Japanese? You speak Japanese.’ And I didn’t want to say no, so I had to try it.”
Utada Hikaru may be most known in some cultures for her contribution to the Square-Enix & Disney video game series “Kingdom Hearts” where she performed the song “Hikari”/”光” (or mostly known as “Simple And Clean” in the English version) for the first game. She also performed “Sanctuary” and “Passion” (English and Japanese versions of the same song, respectively) for the second game.
Utada Hikaru was born in New York City to Japanese parents who both had roots in the Japanese music industry; her father, Teruzane Utada, was a producer, while her mother, Junko Utada, was an enka singer (she performed under the stage name Keiko Fuji). Utada Hikaru has been recording since 1993. She made her first professional recording at the age of twelve, and recorded her first album, Precious, in 1996 under the pseudonym Cubic U. This album led to her career overseas. In a recent MTV interview (MTV’s You Hear It First, October 2004), Utada said: “Someone in Japan heard it, at a Japanese record company, and he said, ‘Oh, can’t you write in Japanese? You speak Japanese.’ And I didn’t want to say no, so I had to try it.”
Utada Hikaru may be most known in some cultures for her contribution to the Square-Enix & Disney video game series “Kingdom Hearts” where she performed the song “Hikari”/”光” (or mostly known as “Simple And Clean” in the English version) for the first game. She also performed “Sanctuary” and “Passion” (English and Japanese versions of the same song, respectively) for the second game.
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SelenaSweety wrote:
just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. Prisoner Of Love is my favorite, love it!
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BKBarbie wrote:
Who Cares About Looks It's All About The Music,And Talent.Plus She Isn't Ugly to Me
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Trystane wrote:
What are the arguments for her 'fuglyness'? Blindness? She's very cute.
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WonderGirls09 wrote:
Who cares what she looks like. The music is brilliant. [2]
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Hikadu wrote:
She isn't ugly otherwise she is talented so mindless trolls can't find another excuses and call her fugly and whatever. LIES
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deadgrandma wrote:
True that and Im ashamed that I made such an immature comment. Heart Station and Ultra Blue 4 LIFE
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jdrevpile wrote:
Who cares what she looks like. The music is brilliant.
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Kamikamikami wrote:
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deadgrandma wrote:
Wut wait people think she's fugly. Like any of you weeaboos could get anything remotely resembling a female. Fuck off.
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Kamikamikami wrote:
Go do something with ur life! -> U can't do anything with something you don't have.
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DesiChan wrote:
...people think she's ugly!? Well then it's a good thing that it's all about her MUSIC =) ..most people already stated why her MUSIC is good, so please don't say that her music is horrible or something. + ROFL why are 'haters' commenting anyway? Go do something with ur life! O.O
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xForTheRecord wrote:
uh she is gorgeous deal with it [3] okay [2]
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thebestthing wrote:
uh she is gorgeous deal with it [2] okay
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Kamikamikami wrote:
>.>
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hyunawh wrote:
uh she is fug deal with it
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utadarulez wrote:
sry2say but utada>>>>>>>>>>>>>>this raggedy hot mess
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Kamikamikami wrote:
I would say you're stupid if you said to me that Utada is anything near ugly.
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thebestthing wrote:
Utada is the queen, but namie just took the crown for a while. Utada likes to be polite and share it with Namie.
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Polarimetric wrote:
I don't think she's a beauty queen or anything, but I actually think she's really cute, especially in some pictures. And Ayumi with her Next Level hair is just a mess, haha, although I love her, too.
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xForTheRecord wrote:
I can't believe anyone would actually think she's ugly btw if you think Ayumi is any prettier you're CLEARLY deluded and/or blind lol.
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Utada "In the Flesh" 2010
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Utada "In the Flesh" 2010
House Of Blues (Sunset Strip), West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States
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Jan
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Utada "In the Flesh" 2010
Showbox At The Market, Seattle, United States
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