Akeboshi

Akeboshi (Japaneseアケボシ; born July 1, 1978 in Yokohama as Yoshio Akeboshi (明星 嘉 男, Akeboshi Yoshio ) ) is a Japanese pop and folk musicians. His most famous single wind was used on the first guy of the anime Naruto.

Life

He learned to play the piano at age three. With eight or nine years he lived in New Zealand, where he came into contact with Western music, especially U2. At 13 he had his first band. During his high school years he was also in a band for classical piano as well as hardcore punk. He studied music in Liverpool. There he was in the club band Sofa King. His first own work, the mini-album Stoned Town was released in 2002 and sold more than 100,000 times.

Work

Akeboshis songs consist mainly of Japanese texts, some well known, however, are held in English, including Night and day, Money and wind. In his plays, such as wind and Kamisama no Shitauchi, he uses rather the 5/4- instead of the common 4:4 signature.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Akeboshi: Akeboshis self-titled debut album was released on June 22, 2005 by Epic Records Japan. Most of these titles are taken from the mini- albums, however, were taken with slightly different arrangements. This album contains at the end of the last song ( after about one minute silence) as hidden tracks a diversified recording of the flute theme from A nine days' wonder.
  • Meet along the way: His second album, Meet along the way, has been released on Epic Records Japan on November 7, 2007.

Mini albums

  • STONED TOWN ( 8 August 2002 )
  • White reply ( 18 June 2003)
  • Faerie Punks (10 March 2004)
  • Yellow Moon (19 April 2006)
  • Colorful drops ( 22 August 2007)
  • Start forming the words (15th June 2012)

Best-of- albums

  • Roundabout ( 11 June 2008)

Singles

  • Rusty lance (19 October 2005)

Takako Matsu work with

Takako Matsu's single, Toki no Fune (published in September 2004 ) contains two tracks that were composed by Akeboshi. The title song is a version of A nine days' wonder, even though the text of the song was changed and the tune has some small modifications. The song was used in the drama RUNAWAY, a remake of the film The Fugitive in 1993. The single also includes a cover version of White reply.

J-Pop The Fugitive (1993 film)
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