Aika

Aika may refer to:

Aika (singer)

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Aika (pronounced "ah-ee-kah" and stylized "AIKA"),平原愛花（ひらはらあいか）is a Japanese singer/songwriter, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She is known for her 2006 debut album Ai-Wo, with its songs "Orange Moon" and "Ai-wo", which reached the top 10 in Japanese charts on its first week of its release. Her second studio album is scheduled for release at the end of 2015. She co-wrote the gold-certified song "Path of Independence" for her sister, Ayaka Hirahara.

Background

Aika was born in Tokyo, Japan. She began playing the piano and the saxophone while growing up. Her love for music led her to pursue a music degree at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Shortly after completing her degree, she released her debut album “Ai-Wo” from EMI records, which reached the top 10 on the Japanese radio charts. Her father is a professional saxophonist, Makoto Hirahara, and her grandfather is a professional trumpet player, Tsutomu Hirahara. Her sister, Ayaka Hirahara is also a performer, signed to Universal Music Japan.

Aika (album)

Aika is the second solo studio album by a Finnish singer-songwriter Aki Sirkesalo. Released by Sony Music Entertainment in 1996, the album peaked at number three on the Finnish Albums Chart.

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Chart performance

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EMP

EMP or Emp may refer to:

Science and technology

Organizations

Lord Emp

Lord Emp is a comic book character from DC Comics/Wildstorm.

Fictional character biography

Like the other Kherubim on Earth, Emp arrived on the planet when the Explorer ship he was travelling on crash-landed thousands of years ago, following an orbital battle with a Daemonite vessel (which was also brought down). The Kherubim mostly integrated themselves among the similar-looking humans, and for the next several centuries, they fought a secret war against the surviving Daemonites, who plotted to conquer their new world.

Middle Ages

Over the centuries Emp was one of the leaders of the Kherubim, using a variety of aliases. In medieval times, Emp and his brother, Lord Entropy, fought side by side against the Daemonites. While battling the Daemonite Brannoch the Black, they killed Brannoch, but the Daemonite inside escaped and possessed Entropy's wife, Gwynith. Emp was forced to slay Gwynith and Entropy became mad with grief. He swore to avenge her and disappeared.

Modern Age

Enpō

Enpō (延宝), also Empo, was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Kanbun and before Tenna. This period spanned the years from September 1673 to September 1681. The reigning emperor was Reigen-tennō (霊元天皇).

Change of era

Events of the Enpō era