Akiko Yano
- Sound
- February 13, 1955 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Akiko Yano (矢野 顕子, Yano Akiko, born Akiko Suzuki (鈴木 顕子, Suzuki Akiko); February 13, 1955) is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s. She has been called "one of the major musical talents of the Japanese popular music world", and her vocals and singing style have been compared to English singer Kate Bush.
Known for
Filmography
- Akiko Yano × Hiromi – Step Into Paradise -Live In Tokyo- · Self
- Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era · Self
- tiny desk concerts JAPAN · Piano･Keyboard･Vocal
- ELLEGARDEN: Lost & Found
- Love Life · Songs, Theme Song Performance
- Blanket Cats · Theme Song Performance
- Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship · Musician
- Bread of Happiness · Theme Song Performance
- YANOYA · Music
- Director Disqualified · Music Supervisor, Music
- Ponyo · Ponyo's Sister (Voice)
- House Hunting · Voice
- Mon Mon the Water Spider · Mon Mon / Miss Pond Skater / Water flea (Voice)
- Portrait of the Wind · Music
- Complete Hurrah · Self
- My Neighbors the Yamadas · Teacher Fujihara (Voice), Music
- Rebirth of Mothra · Songs, Music
- TV-YMO · Self
- YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 · Self
- Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna
- Take the X Train · Theme Song Performance
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live · Writer
- Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto · Self
- Where the Toys Come From · Music