English Name: Mai Kuraki
Alias: Mai.K
Birthday: October 28, 1982
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 162cm
Blood Type: B
Birthplace: Japan
Date of Debut 8/12/1999
Interests: Movies, music, painting, jewelry making...
Education: Ritsumeikan University
Favorite Colors: Red, Pink, Orange, Black, White
Favorite Animals: Dogs, Cats, Pandas
Favorite Snacks: Mizunari, Yuzu
Favorite Instrument: Piano
Important Things: Friendships, Time, Family, School Life
Motto: Let it Be
Motto: "Let it Be"... it be
Favorite artists: Whitney Houston, Lauren Hill, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Back street Boys
Love of music: Black Music
Love of people: Parents
Mantra: Sengoku! ばなる!
In October 1999, when she was still only 16 years old, she already made her debut in the United States, released her first CD "Baby I Like", in the form of "foreign input disk" in Japan, and immediately snapped up, followed by last year's debut in Japan with the song "Love, Day after tomorrow", and became famous, and her name began to Her name has been on the top of music magazines and Oricon charts since then.
She was able to record her debut CD at the famous Cybersound in Boston, where she collaborated with many famous musicians, such as Larry Thomas, the head of Cybersound, and others. After seeing Michael Jackson and Whitney Housten movies when she was in upper elementary school, she fell in love with British and American music and wanted to be one of those singers. After listening to the demo tape of "Baby I like", Mark Kamins, a famous American musician, praised her so much that he invited many famous DJs to produce a vinyl remix of the album "Baby I like REMIXS" for her.
Kuraki Mai's second CD "Love, Day after tomorrow" became her debut in Japan, her songs are all filled with her own lyrics, the lyrics are ****ing, her style of music at the same time with the flavor of R&B and PoP, her voice has a penetrating feeling, because of the many aspects of the resemblance and Utada Hikaru, so has been likened to a second!
From the current charts, we can see at a glance that half of the songs in the front rankings were combined with the opening and closing credits of TV dramas (Tight-Up), commercials, or other event theme songs to build up each other's momentum, but then disappeared a few weeks after the release of the movie. ...... Of course, now the Kuraki Ma Yi also began to combine the TV ending song (Secret Of My Heart / Cartoon Detective Conan Ending Song) to create momentum, there are a lot of people because they heard "Kuraki Ma Yi" to buy, this is the word of mouth brought about by the chain reaction. But it was only because of the growing number of supporters for her own songs and music that Kuraki Mai became an overnight sensation and "put on her golden shoes" and entered the charts.
Kuraki appeared on the scene in December 1999 with the release of her debut single "Love, Day After Tomorrow". At the time of its release, there was no Tight-Up, and the public didn't think she had a chance of making it to the top of the charts or generating a warm response; however, around the time of its release, FM radio stations across the country kept asking, "Whose song is this? After 3 months, Kuraki's steady single success jumped to #2, with sales exceeding 1.27 million copies! Mai Kuraki is unanimously recognized as a long-selling singer with good sound quality and strong vocals. She doesn't feel like a star, but she has pure and transparent singing power.
Kuraki's second single "Stay By My Side", which has been highly praised by the public since then, has been a chart-topping hit, and has become a long-selling song like her previous single. The never-before-seen Kuraki Mai naturally became the subject of much interest and curiosity from the outside world, with questions such as: "Who is Kuraki Mai?", "What is she like? and "What's she like?" ...... and so on. The reason for these people's concern and curiosity was entirely due to the fact that they liked her songs, and that was the strongest part of Kuraki Mai.
Kuraki Mamoru, who has a plain, cute face, is currently a junior in high school. The most important things for her right now are: time, friends and school life. As Kuraki says, she is a normal girl who prioritizes her studies and lives her life like any other girl. However, even such a diligent high school girl has released singles in the United States and achieved great success! What made Kuraki Mai become a singer? She says, "When I was playing the piano in elementary school, I had a feeling that music was very close to my body, and songs came out of my mouth and became an indispensable part of my daily life. I saw a movie of Michael Jackson's autobiography, and it was so touching to see his voice blossom with the movement of his body! It makes me want to sing.
Before Mai Kuraki returned to Japan to release "Love, day~," she recorded three English songs for her Japanese solo album, "Baby I Like," a soulful Maxi Single, which she traveled to Boston to record, and which she remembers as "Window shopping and Harvard University. Shopping and Harvard University. I remember that I was recording while I was shopping, and Boston has a lot of European-style buildings, so I never thought I'd see European-style buildings in the US, so it was really great! I would love to live like this." From the candid "Window Shopping and Harvard University" and her amazing creative talent, one can realize that she is a unique girl who has the qualities of both a normal teenager and an entertainer, yet manages both identities well. The single "Baby I Like" recorded by Mai Kuraki was also highly praised by American promoters: "Japanese POP music has yet to make a big splash in the U.S., but Baby I Like is sure to cause a stir in both Japan and the U.S.!" As expected, Mai Kuraki's "Baby I Like", released under the name "Mai.K", was not only highly praised in the U.S., but also by Mark Kelley, who has produced music for Madonna and Mariah Carey. Mark K, who has produced music for Madonna and Mariah Carey, even produced an Anologe version of the song. When the single was first released in the U.S., Mai Kuraki said, "I didn't believe it at all! It wasn't until I saw the promotional article in Billboard that I felt the sense of realization that 'this is really real'."
At 17, "Heisei songstress" Mai Kuraki has finally passed a special audition to enter the narrow doors of Kyoto's Ritsumeikan University, giving Japan another "college student entertainer" starting next spring.
Kuraki Mai since her debut, has been giving people a high degree of mystery, despite the release of the single sells, but has not seen her openly appeared in any public occasions, or on any program to do publicity, this is entirely because of Mai and his mother between a pact, her mother asked her to "if you want to get into the acting world, must be to get into the University! " In order to pursue her favorite singing career, Mai spent her hibernation time at home, studying hard. Now that she has entered Ritsumeikan University's Faculty of Industrial Sociology, which was her first choice, she has finally fulfilled the promise she made with her mother.
Of the 92 people who took the test, only 52 qualified and passed, and the university announced the names of the applicants on the 20th. After the school announced the list of admitted students on the 20th, Ms. Asako herself has not yet made a public statement, and we are most concerned about when she will actually public activities Ms. Asako's agency said that Ms. Asako has just been admitted to the university, and even she, including herself, we are very happy for this, as for the future development plan, there is not yet any decision at the present stage. However, the current situation seems to believe that soon we will be able to see in the major media as well.
This kind of "college student entertainer" seems to be very popular in Japan's entertainment industry these days, and in addition to Kuraragi, there are a number of well-known female entertainers such as Utada Hikari, Hiroshima Ryoko, Tomo Rie, and Shinohara Tomoe who are currently studying at universities in the U.S. and Japan, but it is not an easy thing for them to take care of their studies and careers simultaneously. But it's not easy for them to juggle their studies and careers at the same time, and the uproar on campus over Ryoko Hiroma's enrollment last year is likely to be repeated at Ritsumeikan University next spring.