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J-Pop Artist of the Week #49 [Rock/Folk-Rock]: Chihiro Onitsuka (Week of April 8th-14th)

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The J-Pop Artist of the Week threads are back and suggestions are open! Please PM me if you have an artist you'd like to see featured next week or in the future!


April is all filled up with requests, so if you have an artist you want, their thread will be sometime in May.


This Week's Artist:
Chihiro Onitsuka


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Chihiro Onitsuka is a singer-songwriter under For Life Music Entertainment. She has been influenced by Western artists since her youth, and US songwriter Jewel inspired her to become a singer. Chihiro wrote her first song titled "Call" at the age of 17. After reading an ad for a music audition in De-View magazine, she performed "Call" at the audition and won the grand prize. This lead to her being signed by MELODY STAR RECORDS. After graduating high school, she went to Tokyo to prepare for debut.


She released her debut single "Shine" in 2000, and gained recognition from the follow up hit "Gekkou", which was the theme song for the drama TRICK. When she released her debut album Insomnia the following year, it topped the Oricon chart and sold more than a million copies.


Chihiro dropped her label in 2004 and switched to Universal Music. After releasing only one single, she went on an extended hiatus until 2007. Once her contract ended in 2011, she switched  to her current label FOR LIFE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
 
Chihiro Onitsuka is well-known for her string of high-profile drama tie-up ballad singles.


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Music

Because her latest release is a best album, all music links are going to be in the tracklist. See below!

 

Latest Release


[best Album] GOOD BYE TRAIN -All Time Best 2000-2013
Release Date: December 18th, 2013
Editions: CD-Only


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DISK 1


1. Shine (1st Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Shine-%28unplugged%29/ffc9cd4782d51f6dd832a7bf096894c5
2. BACK DOOR (1st Single)
3. Gekkou (2nd Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Gekkou/efd5ee1639691e3f2a656c3031aef72e
4. Arrow Of Pain (2nd Single)
5. Cage (3rd Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Cage/e018b9bdaa55286da423b5774b67e12a
6. Memai (4th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Memai/e8f2511a90346fc77dc0edc8d0697e0e
7. edge (4th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Edge/f218ccf0298aa505d11570d39133f724
8. infection (5th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Infection/6ee3ece368abca4171963ddcba08cd06
9. LITTLE BEAT RIFLE (5th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---LITTLE-BEAT-RIFLE/9399159e98c4b674bca50de7e51c9763
10. Ryuuseigun (6th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Ryuuseigun/fe83d0800106a8019be734797faf558a
11. Sign (7th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Sign/6838d9711ad1a072a9d384812c626c2f
12. Dining Chicken (7th Single)
13. Beautiful Fighter (8th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Beautiful-Fighter/1c8f44d7cb8885ef4eb9c3440331f648
14.

(8th Single)
15. Ii Hi Tabidachi.Nishi e (9th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Ii-Hi-Tabidachi-Nishi-e/f05d38935d4ab06c6ba4bbd5d207dc2b
16. Watashi to Waltz Wo (10th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Watashi-to-Waltz-wo/6eeacade5261c7741c88e66d24da12a4


DISC 2


1. Sodatsu Zassou (11th Single)
2. everyhome (12th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---everyhome/fb197a900b30d1bfae4a622ec6dfaab5
3. MAGICAL WORLD (12th Single)
4. Bokura Barairo No Hibi (13th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Bokura-Barairo-no-Hibi/746c335eeffe39448640cd5092774c67
5. Now (13th Single)
6. Hotaru (14th Single)
7. HIDE AND SCREAM (14th Single)
8. X (15th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/group/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---X/54d0e520bce77f7c2d9eab3ba006099a/1da3548df876926d8a62811799c2cd9f
9. Last Melody (15th Single)
10. Kaerimichi wo Nakushite (16th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Kaerimichi-wo-Nakushite/1b50be63d470bf69e6745565392f3208
11. Kagerou (17th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Kagerou/13c00bb27c779b6ca4b4189dd5d7f969
12. Ai no Serifu (17th Single)
13. Aoi Tori (18th Single)
PV: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Chihiro-Onitsuka---Aoi-Tori/8bf9c2beabb1cc0fae366b6d3a9b3cca
14. Itazura Pierrot (19th Single)
15. Anata to  SciencE (20th Single)
 
If you are a fan of Chihiro Onitsuka, please suggest even more of her music for people to listen to!


Websites and Social Media


Official Website: http://www.onitsuka-chihiro.jp/

 

Please check out C-Pop Artist of the Week if you like this!

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Previous Weeks
 
Female Soloists
 

 

Kana Nishino
Miliyah Kato
Yuka Masaki
Jasmine
MiChi
Seiko Matsuda
AI
Akina Nakamori
JUJU
Mika Nakashima
alan

 

 
Male Soloists
 

 

Daichi Miura
Yuya Matsushita
Tetsuya Komuro
Ken Hirai
Keisuke Kuwata

 

 
Duos
 

 

m-flo

 

 
Dance/Vocal Units
 

 

EXILE
E-Girls
w-inds.
BRIGHT
AAA
J Soul Brothers
TRF
LEAD

 

 
Non-Dance Groups
 

 

Kalafina

 

 
Idols
 

 

Kanjani8
ARASHI

 

 
Bands
 

 

Sakanaction
SPYAIR
ONE OK ROCK
GIRL NEXT DOOR
BACK-ON

 

 
Special Weeks and Features
 

 

Zainichi Korean Artists
Top 3 Highest-Selling Japanese Rock Bands
The Queens of J-Pop
Artists Who Used to Be Idols

 

 
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Could not find half of the old threads, so I'll have to completely re-do some of these. Please be patient!
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OniChii is such a talented singer-songwriter. Her best album above covers most of her hit songs, but sadly excludes stuff from what I think is her best album, SUGAR HIGH. Not your god, Koe, Suna no Tate, Borderline, Tiger in my love, Castle Imitation, King of Solitude are amazing songs from the album.

 

 

 

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Thanks for creating this thread :ahmagah:  Happy to see her get some promotion on this forum! I love the melancholic quality in her music and even though her voice has unfortunately deteriorated somewhat, it still moves me.
 

 

^ Totally agreed about Tiger in my Love and Not your God.

 

 

I might have missed it, but was Rasen included up there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCvtbf1BQQg

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Love her!

 

Infection is still one my favorite songs to date, I get chills whenever I listen to it

It's kind of sad her voice deteriorated, but it's really one of the unique voices I've heard. 

 

Not from that list, I also like Hyouruu no Hane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgcWO-kh388

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