Steffanie Borges

Steffanie Reiko Borges (born 30 August 1961), known under her stage name Steffanie (Japanese: ステファニー) is a Japanese-American singer, songwriter, musician and model.[1]

Steffanie Borges
Birth nameSteffanie Reiko Borges
Also known asSteffanie, Stevany
Born (1961-08-30) August 30, 1961
San Francisco
GenresPop, glam metal, hard rock
Occupation(s)singer, songwriter, model
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1977–1997
LabelsDisco Mate, Warner, Creedence
Associated actsShow-Ya

Biography

She was born on 30 August 1961 and is the daughter of Hawaiian jazz singer Jimmy Borges[2] and Japanese Shizuko Yagi.[1] She she went to live in Honolulu, Hawaii soon after her birth.

She began her career in Japan as a model for advertising and TV campaigns.

Borges started her singing career recording two debut singles between 1977 and 1978, along with an album in the same year.

In 1982, under the stage name Stevany, she performed the theme song for the soundtrack of the anime film Andromeda Stories. During the 1980’s, she changed her image and genre from hard rock and melodic heavy metal and producing two new solo albums recorded in Japan, which were released by Warner Japan.[3]

While the musicians that recorded the albums were all Japanese, the band accompanying her in various Japanese television shows were composed by American performers, including her cousins Tony and David Borges and her future husband Randy Juergenson.[4] In this period, she also worked on songs for the anime series Urusei Yatsura and for the movie Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love.

After a few auditions in 1991, she replaced singer Keiko Terada within the all-female Japanese heavy metal band Show-Ya under her full name, Steffanie Borges. She remained in the band for six years, performing a highly media covered concert in North Korea in June 1991 and recording the single "Flame of the Angels" in 1992 and the album Touch the Sun in 1995 with the group.

She left the band in 1996 and moved to Los Angeles in the United States with her husband Randy Juergenson, who had worked with her during the recording sessions of Touch the Sun. She has since retired from music and lives in Tarzana, California.[1]

Discography

Solo albums
  • Page One (ページ・ワン) (1978)
  • Hideaway (1985)
  • Pink Noise (1986)

Albums with Show-Ya

Singles
  • "Koi no Location" / "I'm a Lucky Girl" (恋のロケーション / アイム・ア・ラッキーガール) (1977)
  • "Silhouette" / "Futari no Love Song" (シルエット / ふたりのラヴ・ソング) (1978)
  • "Rock the Planet" / "Every Day" (1985)
  • "Born to Be Free" / "Remember My Love" (1985)
  • "Hideaway" / "Survival in the Streets" (1985)
    • song for the Japanese TV drama Triangle Blue
  • "Burnin' Up the Night" / "Breakout" (1986)
    • song for the Japanese TV drama Triangle Blue 2
  • "School's Out" / "Change of Heart" (1986)
  • "Flame of the Angels" / "Don't Say Goodbye" (1992)

References
  1. "Steffanie Borges" (in Japanese). Livedoor Blog.jp. November 12, 2008. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  2. "HARA Awards". Midweek.com. April 25, 2008. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  3. "Steffanie". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  4. "Make It Tonight – Steffanie w/ Pink Noise (HD)". YouTube.com. February 28, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
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