Tsukiko
Amano's Bio
Tsuki Amano is a Japanese singer, famous for singing
"Chō", the ending song of Fatal Frame II. She also sang the theme
song for Fatal Frame III, "Koe" (Voice), the theme song (and
alternate ending song) of Fatal Frame IV, Zero no Chōritsu, and its ending song,
"Noise". She released 23 singles and 11 albums.
Amano's love of music began at the age of five, when she
started piano lessons. Not much is known about her personal life, but her early
career included songwriting for theatre groups and a band with her friend and
backing singer, Rie.
Her first single, Hakoniwa, was released on April 1st
2001 as a tie-in with theatre company PORT+PORTAL's play of the same name. It
was also used as the ending theme for the TV Asahi drama "D's Garage".
Her breakthrough single came in November of that year with Bodaiju reaching #66
on the Oricon chart. This song was the ending theme for another TV Asahi drama,
"Midnight Mermaid."
She has contributed a total of four songs to the Fatal
Frame series. The first was "Chou" for 2003's Fatal Frame II: Crimson
Butterfly. She was asked to return with another song for 2005's Fatal Frame
III: The Tormented, and produced "Koe".
In 2008, Amano announced her decision to
"retire" the name of Tsukiko Amano, and that along with her album
ZERO, her image songs for Fatal Frame IV would be her last releases under that
name. These two songs, "Zero no Chouritsu" and "NOISE" are
both used as ending themes, "Zero no Chouritsu" used in the Hard Mode
ending and "NOISE" for the rest.
The next year, she changed her artist name "TSUKIKO
AMANO" to "TSUKI AMANO". This is to draw a clear line between
what she had been and what she came to be after her quest for artistic freedom.
In 2010, as TSUKI AMANO, she came back to the music scene
and released 2 songs with digital picture book CD-ROMs, a children's song album
and an original mini album.
Marking her 10th anniversary in 2011, she hopes to extend
her activities to any possible genres of art and music.
Tsukiko Amano is a solo alternative artist, but has been
known to team up with other artists on the Otokora label. While she will be
ending her solo career, she is still pursuing music and songwriting through
other forms of expression. She is still part of the Otokura group: A Lunch.
Amano has been playing music ever since she was 5 when
she started taking piano lessons. She was part of her junior high chorus club
(as a soprano), and in high school she began to experiment with various musical
instruments and joined the theater group. It was also in high school where she
bought her very first guitar which is what she now primarily plays.
As Amano grew in her musical experience, she began to
play in clubs, bars and on the street having gigs almost every day. She even
joined a band for a little while, however this venture eventually failed, and
the band broke up. Her major break came when she sent a demo tape to a close
friend...who somehow managed to get the tape into the hands of one of Otokura
Record's producers.
Although she is considered more of an underground artist
when it comes to Japanese music, she has been slowly been finding herself in
the spotlight, especially in 2001 with her smash hit 'Bodaiju'. Many of Amano's
songs have also been used as theme songs for commercials, television shows,
movies, and video games. Tsukiko Amano is primarily a solo alternative artist,
but has been known to team up with other artists on the Otokora label.
Besides writing all of her own songs, Amano also designs
and makes most of the unique costumes in her videos (and for her performances)
herself. She also loves to draw and has a unique artistic style. Not only does
she publish a comic on Otokura.com website, she's published a storybook she
wrote while recording her Ningyou video. A variety of her artwork can also be
seen on singles, albums, and posters promoting her stage performances.
Tsukiko
Amano Timeline
2001
Hakoniwa
Love Dealer
B.G.
Bodaiju
2002
Sniper
Treasure
Honey
Ningyo
-Meg and Lion-
2003
Same
Chou
Love Dealer -Type 2003-
2004
Tsuki
Idea
-Tenryuu-
-Winona Riders-
2005
Hisui
Koe
-A Moon Child in The Sky-
2006
Karasu
Utakata
Konton
Fukurou
Fuusen
-Catalog-
2007
Howling
-Uma Salmon-
2008
Heaven's Gate
Zero no Chouritsu
-ZERO-
-NOISE-
2010
Hikari no Circus
Utsukushii Mono
-Litch-
2011
Ringo no Ki
Core
-Bara to Shinju-
-Chelsea-
2012
-Sora no Ki-
