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Nango, Miyazaki, Japan (2000 – present)
Chihiro Onitsuka (鬼束ちひろ, Onitsuka Chihiro, born October 30, 1980 in Nango, Miyazaki, Japan) is a female popular music singer-songwriter and pianist.
Chihiro Onitsuka’s music is heavily seeded with ballads and folk music, having grown up listening to The Carpenters and Carole King. She has written and composed most of her own songs, even citing Jewel as a major influence in her decision to pursue singing as a career. She started singing, performing and writing in high school, then eventually decided to leave for Tokyo to further her dreams.
She had allegedly written over 60 songs six months after her move to Tokyo. In early 2000 she was signed on to Toshiba EMI and debuted with the single Shine (シャイン), but it did not manage to break the charts. It was her sophomore single, Gekkou, that placed #11 on the Oricon charts, possibly fueled by the fact that it was also used as the ending theme to the television drama Trick. Her next single, Cage, was released later in the year and marked her US debut.
Chihiro’s first album, Insomnia (インソムニア), was released more than a year from her own debut, garnering critical acclaim by placing #1 on the the Oricon charts with over a million units sold. Her subsequent albums,This Armor and Sugar High also enjoyed similar success on the charts.
In early September 2003, Chihiro recorded her October single Ii Hi Tabidachi, Nishi e, a cover of a 1978 song, to be used as the theme for Japan Railway’s “Discover the West” campaign. She recorded this song right before she took a hiatus to have throat surgery.
Chihiro Onitsuka’s music is heavily seeded with ballads and folk music, having grown up listening to The Carpenters and Carole King. She has written and composed most of her own songs, even citing Jewel as a major influence in her decision to pursue singing as a career. She started singing, performing and writing in high school, then eventually decided to leave for Tokyo to further her dreams.
She had allegedly written over 60 songs six months after her move to Tokyo. In early 2000 she was signed on to Toshiba EMI and debuted with the single Shine (シャイン), but it did not manage to break the charts. It was her sophomore single, Gekkou, that placed #11 on the Oricon charts, possibly fueled by the fact that it was also used as the ending theme to the television drama Trick. Her next single, Cage, was released later in the year and marked her US debut.
Chihiro’s first album, Insomnia (インソムニア), was released more than a year from her own debut, garnering critical acclaim by placing #1 on the the Oricon charts with over a million units sold. Her subsequent albums,This Armor and Sugar High also enjoyed similar success on the charts.
In early September 2003, Chihiro recorded her October single Ii Hi Tabidachi, Nishi e, a cover of a 1978 song, to be used as the theme for Japan Railway’s “Discover the West” campaign. She recorded this song right before she took a hiatus to have throat surgery.
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Zabibu_Kavu wrote:
piano!!!! *IN LOVE*
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Talisasan wrote:
I like new album. Not All, but many songs like it.
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Noyara wrote:
Dorothy is really amazing album [3] like all of her albums !
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centipedejewels wrote:
she's beautiful!
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Cosmasia wrote:
I'd love more new songs too, but then again I'd always love new songs by Oni.
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Bara_Megami wrote:
Too many previously heard songs on "Dorothy" - but still a good album overall. Looooove the "real" version of "I Pass By".
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makoenergy wrote:
Dorothy is probably one of the best albums I've listened to this year. Which is odd, since I haven't listened to her for a year and realized she was going to release a new album about a month before it came out.
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ShinjiPG wrote:
shitstorm
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ZoiQ wrote:
god this bitch is hot inb4 shitstorm
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ImpactBreaker wrote:
They did an amazing job producing her looks for DOROTHY. She's very different!
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SkianDhu wrote:
Hm, it is so difficult to find words to express my opinion on Dorothy. I really think that her voice is almost back to the level of her earlier works. I find her songs still very touching, but it is somehow not the same. I just do not feel the urge to start humming along if I hear one of her new songs. I mean were are those catchy songs like edge and sign...
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baboona wrote:
ストーリーテラー is beautiful. VENUS is very underwhelming to me. Perhaps because someone on here compared it to infection (which is one of, if not her best song)
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Beat_2 wrote:
Dorothy is really amazing album [2]
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Paradesu wrote:
Dorothy is really amazing album, i really love songs "STEAL THIS HEART", "Story Teller", "I pass by" and "VENUS". othes are amazing too ~~ and the covers are also brillant.. ah this is a must buy ^^
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ShinjiPG wrote:
May be insults, but it's still her music.
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JEWELian wrote:
Her bests are an insult to her... she left EMI because they fucked around with her and they just released them for money once she'd left... I'd start with "Sugar High", it's an amazing album.
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chocobooo wrote:
the ultimate collection [5] is the best starting point. It's a best album, so you get a good overview of her career up to her hiatus. [2]
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Beat_2 wrote:
Well if this makes you feel better I'll let you know that I'm getting fuckin' addicted to X and Story Teller >.< Now I need to find a good website that sells her previous works at a reasonable price =P
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ShinjiPG wrote:
OMG I wanna stop listening to "VENUS" but I can't and it doesn't help that I put it on my mp3 player ;_; Besuto Songu Ebaa <3
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ropedancer wrote:
the ultimate collection [4] is the best starting point. It's a best album, so you get a good overview of her career up to her hiatus.
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