Otsuka Ai

Otsuka Ai Biography :

Ai Otsuka (大塚愛, Ōtsuka Ai, born September 9, 1982) is a Japanese pop female singer-songwriter from Osaka, Osaka Prefecture She is best-known for her 2003/2004 hit Sakuranbo, which stayed on the charts for 82 weeks.

Ai Otsuka is signed to record label avex trax, one of the biggest record labels in Japan which also manages other high-profile artists like Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, Ami Suzuki, Every Little Thing, and EXILE.

Her first single, 2003's "momo no hanabira", peaking at #86, wasn't a big hit, but stayed on the charts for 17 weeks. Her next single, "sakuranbo", released on the December of the same year was one of the best selling singles of 2004. Gradually climbing the charts to top 5, the single stayed on the chart for 82 weeks, and a special "encore press" version was comissioned, which peaked at #4. In March 2004, her first album "LOVE PUNCH" was released, which debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon Charts and sold more than 320,000 copies in its first week. She continued to release singles and gradually gained popularity among teenage girls. In November 2004, the follow-up to "LOVE PUNCH", "LOVE JAM" was released, which was also a success.

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Sasaki Nozomi

Name: Nozomi Sasaki
Birthday: 1988.2.8
Hometown: Kurashiki City, Okayama pref.
Blood type: AB



Nozomi Sasaki is a pretty 20 year Japanese fashion model and gravure idol from Akita prefecture. Nozomi-chan started as a teen model when she won two modeling competitions Young Jump’s GYARUKON Grand Prix 2005 and Princess Pinky Grand Prix 2006. She has been featured many times as fashion model for Pinky magazine though she has also been featured Young Jump, Up To Boy, Weekly Playboy, Sabra, Bidan and some fashion catalogs.

She has also appeared in several TV commercials for CHERICHE perfume, POLA cosmetics, Sokenbicha Tea (Coca Cola), NTT Do Co Mo, Sony Internet SO-Net and Kate Ruber jewellery, a music video for Jpop group Aqua Timez and besides wanting to be a successful model, her future plan is to have an acting or TV career. She co hosts TVMX’s Entertainment Audition show Garimpeiro and Wowwow’s UEFA Euro 2008 soccer coverage.

Hatsune Okumura

Birthday: October 11, 1990
Birth place: Osaka, Japan
Okumura Hatsune is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter on avex trax. Born in the Osaka Prefecture, she was named Hatsune, meaning "first note," by her music-loving parents. She began taking ballet and piano lessons at an early age, and in her fifth year of elementary school, began writing and composing her own music. She has since written over one hundred original songs.