Ayaka

Ayaka Iida (飯田 絢香 Iida Ayaka, born December 18, 1987), known mononymously as Ayaka, is a Japanese female singer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009.

Biography

Early life

In the summer of 2003, Ayaka began a live performance in her hometown of Osaka. In the spring of 2004, she started going to the music school "Voice", the principal of which is her former music producer Yoshihiko Nishio, in Fukuoka. She commuted between Osaka and Fukuoka every weekend and started to learn a songwriting under the direction of Nishio. She eventually transferred to another high school in Fukuoka. The demo of songs which she produced in "Voice" was soon brought to the music industry and led to her contract with Warner Music Japan.

2006

In January 2006, Ayaka recorded "I Believe" as the opening theme for the Japanese drama Rondo. The full single was first released as a download-only single and went on to become one of the fastest songs to reach 1,000,000 downloads, as well as becoming the 3rd-highest-selling download debut single for a female artist.

Ayaka (given name)

Ayaka (あやか, アヤカ) is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Ayaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 彩花, "colorful, flower"
  • 彩夏, "colorful, summer"
  • 彩霞, "colorful, mist"
  • 彩香, "colorful, scent"
  • 彩風, "colorful, wind"
  • 綾花, "design, flower"
  • 綾香, "design, scent"
  • 綾風, "design, wind"
  • 綾夏, "design, summer"
  • 絢花, "kimono design, flower"
  • 絢香, "kimono design, scent"
  • The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

    People

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  • Ayaka Kitazawa (北沢 綾香), a Japanese pop singer
  • Ayaka Komatsu (小松 彩夏), a Japanese model/actress
  • Ayaka Nishiwaki (西脇 綾香), a member of the Japanese electropop group Perfume
  • Ayaka Ohashi (大橋 彩香), a Japanese voice actress
  • Ayaka Saito (齋藤 彩夏), a Japanese voice actress
  • Ayaka Yamashita (山下彩花), a 10-year-old- girl who was murdered by Sakakibara Seito in 1997
  • Podcasts:

    朱花

    ALBUMS

    絢香

    ALBUMS

    アヤカ

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    ALBUMS

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Okaeri

    by: Ayaka

    Mata heiki na furi wo shite
    Kanashimi no iro wo nuri tsubushite
    Waratte shimaun desu
    Shinjiru koto no taisetsu sa
    Wakatteru noni iza to iu toki
    Utagatte shimaun desu
    Karappo no karada nagareru toki ni
    Uite shimai sou ni naru kedo
    Anata no koto dakishimetai
    Kono kimochi ga tsuki ugokasu no
    Okaeri I’m home hitokoto de mitasareru kokoro
    Okaeri sweet home kaeru basho ai wo arigatou
    Sweet home
    Jibun no koto bakari wo
    Kangaeru otona wa zuruin dato
    Omotte itan desu
    Demo hisshi de kaeru koto wo
    Sakenderu hito mo iru n dato
    Yatto shittan desu
    Atari mae no shiawase nanka
    Kono sekai ni hitotsu mo nai
    Anata no tame sou omoeta
    Kono kimochi ga tsuki ugokasu no
    Okaeri I’m home speed ga kasoku shiteku mainichi
    Okaeri sweet home kawaranai zutto aru keshiki
    Sweet home
    Sagashite nakushita kokoro no kizu ga tachimukau
    Tsuyosa ni kawareta nowa okaeri ga atta kara
    Okaeri I’m home hitokoto de mitasareru kokoro
    Okaeri sweet home kaeru basho ai wo arigatou
    Okaeri I’m home daijoubu anata ga iru kara
    Okaeri sweet home mattete ne mou sugu tsuku kara




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