Aska (singer)


Shigeaki Miyazaki, known professionally as Aska, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He is best known for work as part of the music duo Chage and Aska. As a composer, he wrote most of the duo's hit songs, including "Morning Moon", "Love Song", "Say Yes", and "Meguriai". He has also written for many other singers and groups, including Hikaru Genji. He was formerly known as Ryo Aska or Ryō Asuka.
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Biography

Aska was born on February 24, 1958, in Ono, Onojō, Fukuoka.
He began a solo career in 1987, and was highly successful in the early 1990s. His most well-known song as a solo singer is "Hajimari wa Itsumo Ame", which was a single from his second solo album. The song reached No. 2 on oricon and sold over 1,160,000 copies. The song led him to prominence across East Asia.
He was arrested in May 2014 for possession of an illegal stimulant. On September 12, 2014, he was sentenced to three years in prison suspended for four years. He restarted his career in 2017.
In 2019, Aska announced he would leave Chage and Aska.

Stage name origin

Initially, it was thought that his stage name was derived from the Ryo Asuka character of the Devilman manga series by Go Nagai. Aska later denied this, explaining that his name was derived from "Asuka", the name of female radio DJ in Fukuoka on whom he had a crush in college. When he thought about his stage name, he used Aska to get back at the DJ. At first, the English notation of his name was Ryo Asuka, but this was often mispronounced, so Asuka was changed to Aska.

Discography

Singles

  • "My Mr. Lonely Heart" / "Otona ja Nakute ii"
  • "Midnight 2 Call"/ "Yume Haruka"
  • "Hajimari wa Itsumo Ame"/"Kimi ga Ai o Katare"
  • "Seiten o Homerunara Yugure o Mate" / "Only Lonely" / "Seiten o Homerunara Yugure o Mate "
  • "Every Day of Your Life " / "Can't Help Falling in Love " / "Take It to the Limit "
  • "ID" / "Kaze no Inryoku"
  • "One" / "Chakuchiten" / "Konnafuuni"
  • "Girl" / "Hana wa Saitaka"
  • "good time" / "judge by myself"
  • "Kokoro ni Hana no Saku Hou e"
  • "UNI-VERSE" / "Shougen Ni Sofa Wo Oite " / "Tsuki Ga Chikazukeba Sukoshi Ha Mashidaro " / "Please "
  • "Anataga Nakukotowanai" / "L&R"
  • "Utani Naritai / Breath of Bless -Subeteno Athlete Tachi e"
  • "Waratte Arukou yo"
  • "PRIDE"
  • "地球という名の都" from Sawano Hiroyuki's fifth album called "V"

Studio albums

Scene Scene II Never End One Kicks Scene III SCRAMBLEToo many peopleBlack & WhiteBreath of Bless
  • ''Wonderful world''

Cover album

Standard 12 Kimi no Shiranai Kimi no Uta Bookend
  • ''Boku ni Dekirukoto''

Compilation album

Aska the Best Scene I & II Scene of Scene: Selected 6 Songs from Scene I,II,III We are the Fellows Made in ASKA SCENE -Remix ver.-
  • ''SCENE II -Remix ver.-''

Videography

good time My Game Is ASKA Concert tour 05>>06 ASKA SYMPHONIC CONCERT TOUR 2008 "SCENE" ASKA WALK Concert tour 2009 The Melody You Heard That Night Shouwa Ga Miteita Christmas Concert Tour 10>>11 Faces ASKA CONCERT 2012 Shouwa Ga Miteita Christmas!? Prelude to The BookendToo many people Music Video + Iroiro Black&White Music Video ASKA PREMIUM SYMPHONIC CONCERT 2018 -THE PRIDE- ASKA CONCERT TOUR 2019 Made in ASKA – 40 Nen no Arittake – in Nippon Budokan ASKA premium ensemble concert -higher ground- 2019>>2020 ASKA CONCERT TOUR 12>>13 ROCKET
  • ''ASKA premium concert tour -higher ground- encore stage 2022''

Contributions for other artists

Songwriting