Aska (singer-songwriter)

Aska, past stage name; nihongo|Ryo Aska or Ryo Asuka|飛鳥 涼|Asuka Ryo (born nihongo|Shigeaki Miyazaki|宮﨑 重明|Miyazaki Shigeaki on February 24, 1958, Ono, now part of Onojō, Fukuoka) is a Japanese singer-songwriter.

Aska is best known for work as part of the music duo Chage and Aska. As a composer, he wrote most of the principal hit songs for the duo, such as "Morning Moon", "Love Song", "Say Yes", and "Meguriai". Over half of their released singles were written by him. He also wrote for many singers or groups besides Chage and Aska. In particular, his songwriting for Hikaru Genji in the late 1980s has produced some of his most notable works. He began his own solo career in 1987, and was highly successful in the first half of 1990s. His most well-known song as a solo singer is "Hajimari wa Itsumo Ame", a single from his second album. It reached #2 on oricon and sold over 1,160,000 copies. Success of this song lead his group to widespread popularity across East Asia. [ [http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/aska.html] ]

Discography

ingles

*"My Mr. Lonely Heart" / "Otona ja Nakute ii" (1987, #16)
*"Midnight 2 Call"/ "Yume Haruka" (1988, #22)
*"Hajimari wa Itsumo Ame"/"Kimi ga Ai o Katare" (1991, #2)
*"Seiten o Homerunara Yugure o Mate" / "Only Lonely" (1995, #1)
*"Every Day Of Your Life" / "CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE" / "TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT" (Richard Marx with Aska) (1997)
*"ID" / "Kaze no Inryoku" (1997, #4)
*"One" / "Chakuchiten" / "Konnafuuni" (1997, #19)
*"Girl" / "Hana wa Saitaka" (1998, #6)
* "good time" / "judge by myself" (2000, #14)
*"Kokoro ni Hana no Saku Hou e" (2003, #5)

Albums

tudio albums

*"Scene" (1988, #3)
*"Scene II" (1991, #1)
*"Never End" (1995, #1)
*"One" (1997, #4)
*"Kicks" (1998, #4)
*"Scene III" (2005, #6)

Compilation album

*"Aska the Best" (1999, #8)
*"Scene I & II" (2005, #32)
*"Scene of Scene: Selected 6 Songs from Scene I,II,III" (2006, #23)

Contributions for other artists

ongwriting

*Sanma Akashiya - "Teku Teku"
*Yoko Oginome - "Dear -Cobalt no Kanata e" (music only)
*Yuji Oda - "Sonna Mon darou"
*Yuki Katsuragi - "Bohemian" (lyrics only), "Midori no Bara" (lyrics only)
*Shizuka Kudo - "Step" (music only)., "Yume" (music only)
*Yuki Kuroda - "Kaze Fuiteru", "cry"
*Noriko Sakai - "Ichioku no Smile -Please your smile-" (music only), "Fight!", "Madogiwa no Koihikou", "Listen to Me"
*Kojiro Shimizu - "Crescent Mystery" (music only), "Love Affair"
*Judy Ongg - "Tatta Hitotsu no Tonight" (music only)
*Shonentai - "Futari", "My Girl"
*Masayuki Suzuki - "No Credit"
*S.E.N.S. - "Arukutabi ni Sukitoru Kaze" (music only) "Otonatachi no Niwa" (co-songwriting), "Asuka" (co-songwriting)
*Mariko Takahashi - "Izayoi", "Tokai no Sora"
*Naomi Chiaki - "Image", "Tsutawarimasuka"
*Teresa Teng - "Imademo...", "Elegy"
*Saburo Tokito - "Kimi ga Ai o Katare", "Shiroi Enogu to Orchestra"
*Hideaki Tokunaga - "Kokoro no Ball"
*Yuri Nakae - "Hana o Kudasai"
*Masatoshi Nakamura - "Kaze no Sumu Machi"
*Hiroko Yakushimaru - "Ame ni Sarawarete", "Tomatta Tokei"
*Miho Nakayama - "Honkidemo...", "Midnight Taxi"
*Hikaru Genji - "A Ki Su To Ze Ne Ko", "Itsuka Kitto...". "Glass no Judai", "Graduation" (lyrics only), "Long Run" (lyrics only), "Koya no Megalopolis", "The Windy", "Starlight", "Paradise Ginga", "Hurry Up", "Please", "Little Birthday", "Rainy Girl"
*Multi Max - "I Miss You" (music only), "Leven It to the Future" (lyrics only)
*Akina Nakamori - "Yokan", "Nocturne", "Yume no Fuchi" (lyrics only)
*Yoko Minamino - "Film no Mukougawa", "Maria"
*Miho Morikawa - "Onna ni Naare"
*Marina Watanabe - "Hoshi ni Kizuite"
*Na Ying - "Weep No More" (music only)

References

LinksShigeaki Miyazaki [http://faithweb2.tripod.com/chageampaska/]