Yuki Koyanagi
Yuki Koyanagi is a Japanese pop singer. She released her first single, "Anata no kisu o kazoemashô – You Were Mine" on September 15, 1999. This song was a huge hit in Japan and made the 17-year-old a sensation overnight. Her second album, Expansion, sold over 1.3 million copies, and it features her biggest chart hit, "Aijo". She has done several albums of cover songs, including disco and movie standards.
After a break of several years, her album Sunrise was released in March 2007.
Life and career
Koyanagi was born in Saitama City, Japan. She is known for singing the English version of "Cross Colors", the ending theme of Dynasty Warriors 4. Before that, she worked with Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men who wrote most of the songs on and produced her album Intimacy. She performed the songs in English, without understanding what she was singing.Yuki sang the American and Japanese National Anthems during the 2006 World Baseball Classic in Tokyo. She also sang the Japanese National Anthem for an international soccer match between Japan and Trinidad & Tobago in 2006.
Discography
Albums
Cover albums
- FREEDOM
- Koyanagi the Covers PRODUCT 1
- EXPANSION
- Koyanagi the Live in Japan 2000 - 2 discs
- my all...
- KOYANAGI the BALLADS 1999~2001
- intimacy
- buddy
- KOYANAGI THE LIVE IN JAPAN 2001-2002 - 4 discs
- KOYANAGI the DISCO
- KOYANAGI the COVERS PRODUCT 2
- Type
- Acoustic Concert at Orchard Hall - 2 discs
- MY ALL<YUKI KOYANAGI SINGLES 1999-2003> - CD+DVD
- I'll Be Travelin' Home
- Sunrise
- The Best Now&Then ~10th Anniversary~
- Prelude
Singles
- あなたのキスを数えましょう ~You were mine~ - JAP #7
- fairyland
- あなたのキスを数えましょう Opus II
- 愛情 - JAP #3
- be alive
- Koyanagi the Christmas
- DEEP DEEP
- beautiful world
- my all...
- remain~心の鍵~
- HIT ON
- Endless
- Lovin' you
- ON THE RADIO
- 恋のフーガ/会いたい
- Crystal Days
- 最後に記憶を消して
- Fair Wind
- 誓い
- we can go anywhere
- MacArthur Park / All at Once
Video/DVDs
- KOYANAGI THE MOVIES PRODUCT 1
- KOYANAGI THE BUDOKAN KOYANAGI THE LIVE IN JAPAN 2000
- KOYANAGI THE MOVIES PRODUCT 2