Mai Kuraki

Name: Mai Kuraki

Japanesename: ,

Birthday: 28th October 1982

Birthday place: Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Profession: Singer, songwriter

Blood Type: B

Active Since: 8th December 1999 to now

Quote: Let it be

Genre: J-pop, pop

Official ebsite: http://mai-kuraki.com/

Experience

Here is the 27th single from Mai Kuraki entitled "Silent Love ~open my heart~/Be With U". I thought this wasa great single from Mai, this single is a must listen. She will also be releasing an album on January 1st entitled "One Life".

Kurakis career has been somewhat overshadowed by that of her slightly younger contemporary, Utada Hikaru. Despite this, Kurakis album Delicious Way sold more than 3 million copies and became the best selling album of 2000 in Japan, cementing her status with singers like Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru. Her second album, Perfect Crime, sold more than 1 million copies in 2001.

Her all-African-American tour band, Experience, is also somewhat prolific. They were featured in the music video for Stand Up, and released one single featuring Kuraki Mais vocals and a Michael Jackson tribute album.

She was influenced at an early age by Whitney Houston's singing and Michael Jackson's dancing. In her second year of junior high school, she submitted a demo tape to the Giza Studio recording label and won a contract. She debuted in the United States in 1999 with the song "Baby I Like," released as Mai K. Her first Japanese single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", was released later in the year.

It sold 1,385,190 copies in Japan. The success of her debut was quickly followed by her second single "Stay by my side" which become her first no.1 single and eventually sold 922,140 copies. Mai's third single "Secret of my Heart" was also very successful reaching no.2 on the Oricon Weekly Ranking. The single charted for sixteen weeks and sold 968,980 copies. A few weeks before the release of her debut album Mai released her fourth single "Never Gonna Give You Up" featuring Michael Africk. The single peaked at #2 and sold 434,250 copies.

Works

Mai KurakiVideos

FIRST CUT (8 November 2000 DVD/VHS)

Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live 2001 in Zepp Osaka (VHS 19 September 2001)

Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live Tour 2001 ETERNAL MOMENT (DVD/VHS 21 November 2001)

Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Final 2.27 in YOKOHAMA ARENA (VHS 3 April 2002)

Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Complete Edition (DVD 15 May 2002)

My Reflection (DVD 17 January 2004)

Mai Kuraki 5th Anniversary Edition Grow, Step by Step (DVD 5 January 2005)

Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2005LIKE A FUSE OF LIVE (DVD 22 February 2006)

Brilliant Cut Mai Kuraki Live & Document (DVD 22 August 2007)

Mai KurakiMusicians

Musical Director / Guitar: Yoshinobu Oga

Drums: Marvin Lenoar

Keys: Big Boyy T

Bass: Tamon Mori

This song is performed by Mai Kuraki.

shiroi yukigeshiki

shiawase o kazoeru BERU no oto ga hibiku yo

koyoi koso wa kimi o sasoi

futari dake no toki

itsumo ienai kara chiisa na KISS

toki o tomete kono mama

Need your love tonight

sagashiteita unmei no shunkan o

deatta kimi to futari

omoidasu yuki no HOOMU

kimi no kage ga chiisaku naru

zutto anata ni ageru yo WINTER BELL

mado ni tsumoru yuki ga futari o chikazukeru yo Day by day

ima dakishimete...

toori sugiru kaze ni

okubyou ni natteta yo

taisetsu na kimi dakara ima demo

Need your love tonight

RAITO ga hikaru shunkan mirai o

shinjite itai futari

yurete iru KYANDORU ga

mabushiku kono toki o terasu

zutto zutto matteita WINTER BELL

shizuka ni furu yuki ga futari o yasashiku suru Day and night

ima dakishimete...

fuyu ga sugi atarashii kisetsu ga kuru kimi o tsurete

Oh yes yozora ni todoku yo WINTER BELL

kirameku hoshi zora ni kono omoi o kanaeru Sweet starlight

hoshi furu yoru ni sou itsumademo...

Winter Bells La... Stay Forever I'll be with you

Winter Bells La... Stay Forever

Forever with you

Here is the 27th single from Mai Kuraki

Mai Kuraki, hot Singer from JP.

Mai Kuraki, hot Singer from JP.