Ami Onuki

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Ami Onuki
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Ami Onuki in Paris, France in 2009
Background information
Birth name Ami Onuki
Also known as Jane
Born (1973-09-18) September 18, 1973 (age 51)
Origin Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Genres Japanese pop, Pop rock, Punk rock, Power rock
Occupation(s) Singer, musician, guitarist, voice actress
Instruments Vocals, guitar, drums, trumpet, harmonica
Years active 1991 - present
Labels Sony Japan Music
Associated acts Puffy AmiYumi

Ami Onuki (大貫 亜美 Ōnuki Ami?, born September 18, 1973 in Machida, Tokyo, Japan), also known as Jane, is a Japanese singer, musician, and voice actress. She is a member of Japanese pop group PUFFY, along with Yumi Yoshimura.

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:

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

  1. Honey
  2. Tadaima (I'm Home)
  3. Honey (Original Karaoke)
  4. Tadaima (Original Karaoke)

External links

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