Ami Onuki
Ami Onuki (Japanese: 大貫 亜美, Hepburn: Ōnuki Ami, born September 18, 1973) is a Japanese singer, musician and a member of J-pop group PUFFY, along with Yumi Yoshimura.
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Birth name | Ami Onuki |
Born | Machida, Tokyo, Japan | September 18, 1973
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Years active | 1988–present |
Labels | Sony Japan Music |
Associated acts | Puffy AmiYumi |
Career
She has co-hosted several Japanese TV shows with the "cool" half of PUFFY, Yumi Yoshimura, including the talk show Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy, part of a morning show called Saku-Saku, and the 2006 series Hi Hi Puffy Bu, in which Ami and Yumi perform one given task each week to comedic effect.
Personal life
She married Teru, the vocalist of the rock band Glay and announced the birth of their baby girl on her blog in March 2003.[1] Rumors of a divorce have persisted on the internet, particularly in the West. These rumors have mostly been ignored by the Japanese media and have never been confirmed by Ami or Teru. On PUFFY's 2007 greatest hits album Hit & Fun, Ami is pictured both on the CD cover and within the CD insert clearly wearing both an engagement and wedding ring on her left ring finger, and she continues to wear her wedding ring in pictures on the PUFFY Staff Diary.[2]
Legacy
On Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, she is vocally portrayed by Japanese-American actress Janice Kawaye. In the show, her hair is pink and done in the classic odango atama hairstyle famously first worn by Usagi Tsukino from the Sailor Moon media franchise.
Instruments
Ami can play:
- Guitar
- Drums (PUFFY SPIKE Daisakusen - Owaranai Uta)
- Harmonica (Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi)
- Timpani (Jet Tour '98 - Ai no Shirushi)
- Trumpet (Cosmic*Wonder)
Solo songs
Ami has sung the listed solo songs:
AmiYumi
- Usagi Channel (Rabbit Channel)
Solo Solo
- Onna no ko, Otoko no ko (Girls and Boys)
- Love Depth
- Honey
- That Sweet Smile
- Be Someone Tonight
- Snacks
- Tadaima (I'm Home)
Jet-CD
- Lemon Kid
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Fever*Fever
- Always Dreamin' About You
The Hit Parade
- Aishuu Date (NEW YORK CITY NIGHTS)
Spike
- Destruction Pancake
Splurge
- Security Blanket
Solo single
On July 2, 1997, Ami and Yumi each released her own solo single before their original solo album, Solo Solo, released on 1997/08/06.
Track listing
- "Honey"
- "Tadaima (I'm Home)"
- "Honey (Original Karaoke)"
- "Tadaima (Original Karaoke)"
External links
- Ami Onuki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Ami Onuki at IMDb
- Home at Epic
- Hit & Run (Japanese management)
- Bar None Records
- Sony Music Artists Inc
- Puffy AmiYumi World
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ami Onuki. |
- "Netscope Amigator". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- "PUFFY Staff Diary". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-17.