Akiko Yano discography

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The discography of a Japanese singer-songwriter Akiko Yano. The list includes materials recorded with other artists.

Albums

Studio albums

Solo albums
Year Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[1][2]
1976 Japanese Girl
  • Released: July 25, 1976
  • Label: Nippon Phonogram
 35
1977 Irohanikonpeitō (いろはにこんぺいとう)
  • Released: August 5, 1977
  • Label: Nippon Phonogram
 35
1978 To Ki Me Ki (ト･キ･メ･キ)
  • Released: September 5, 1978
  • Label: Nippon Phonogram
 46
1980 Gohan ga Dekitayo (ごはんができたよ)
  • Released: November 20, 1980
  • Label: Japan
 31
1981 Tadaima. (ただいま｡)
  • Released: May 1, 1981
  • Label: Japan
 20
1982 Ai ga Nakucha ne. (愛がなくちゃね｡)
  • Released: June 25, 1982
  • Label: Japan
 29
1984 OSOS (オーエス オーエス, Ōesu Ōesu)
  • Released: June 25, 1984
  • Label: Tokuma Japan
 23
1986 Tōge no Wagaya (峠のわが家)
  • Released: February 21, 1986
  • Label: Midi
 20
Brooch
  • Solo Piano and Vocal Album
  • Released: September 5, 1986
  • Label: Midi/Yano Music
 57
1987 Granola
  • Released: November 21, 1987
  • Label: Midi
 36
1989 Welcome Back
  • Released: April 21, 1989
  • Label: Midi
 27
1991 Love Life
  • Released: October 25, 1991
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 21
1992 Super Folk Song
  • Solo Piano and Vocal Album
  • Released: June 1, 1992
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 10
1993 Love Is Here
  • Released: June 2, 1993
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 12
1994 Elephant Hotel
  • Released: October 1, 1994
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 16
1995 Piano Nightly
  • Solo Piano and Vocal Album
  • Released: October 21, 1995
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 21
1997 Oui Oui
  • Released: July 1, 1997
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 21
1999 Go Girl
  • Released: August 4, 1999
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 29
2000 Home Girl Journey
  • Solo Piano and Vocal Album
  • Released: November 1, 2000
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 38
2002 Reverb
  • Released: March 20, 2002
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 64
2004 Honto no Kimochi (ホントのきもち)
  • Released: October 27, 2004
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communications
 34
2008 Akiko
  • Released: October 22, 2008
    (simultaneously issued with English Version)
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communications
 28
2010 Ongakudō (音楽堂)
  • Solo Piano and Vocal Album
  • Released: February 10, 2010
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communications
 30
2013 Yano Akiko, Imawano Kiyoshirō o Utau
(矢野顕子、忌野清志郎を歌う)
  • Released: February 6, 2013
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communications
 34
2014 Tobashite Ikuyo
(飛ばしていくよ)
  • Released: March 26, 2014
  • Label: Speedstar Records
 34
2015 Welcome to Jupiter
  • Released: September 16, 2015
  • Label: Speedstar Records
 28
2017 Soft Landing
  • Solo Piano and Vocal Album
  • Released: November 29, 2017
  • Label: Speedstar Records
 26
2018 Futari Bocchi de Ikou
(ふたりぼっちで行こう)
  • Released: November 28, 2018
  • Label: Speedstar Records
 27
2021 Ongaku wa Okurimono
(音楽はおくりもの)
  • Released: August 25, 2021
  • Label: Speedstar Records
Collaborative albums
Year Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[1][2]
1997 Life Behind TV
(with Jeff Bova)
  • Artist: The Hammonds
  • Released: July 1, 1997
    (simultaneously issued with English Version)
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 87
2006 Hajimete no Yano Akiko (はじめてのやのあきこ)
(feat. Yosui Inoue, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Hiromi Uehara, Kazumasa Oda, Noriyuki Makihara, Yuki)
  • Artist: Akiko Yano
  • Released: March 8, 2006
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communications
 42
2007 Yanokami
(with Rei Harakami)
  • Artist: yanokami
  • Released: August 8, 2007
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communications
 24
2010 Anata to Utaō (あなたと歌おう)
(with Ryoko Moriyama)
  • Artist: YaMori
  • Released: July 14, 2010
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communications
 83
2011 Tōku wa Chikai (遠くは近い)
(with Rei Harakami)
  • Artist: yanokami
  • Released: December 14, 2011
    (simultaneously issued with Instrumental Version)
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communications
 58
2020 Asteroid and Butterfly
(with Hiromitsu Agatsuma)[3]
  • Artist: Akiko Yano
  • Released: March 4, 2020
  • Label: Nippon Columbia

Live albums

Solo albums

Year Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[1][2]
1976 Nagatsuki Kannazuki (長月 神無月)
  • Released: December 30, 1976
  • Label: Nippon Phonogram
 60
1979 Tokyo wa Yoru no Shichi-ji (東京は夜の七時)
  • Released: April 25, 1979
  • Label: Nippon Phonogram
 —
1988 Good Evening Tokyo
  • Released: May 21, 1988
  • Label: Midi
 30
1994 Demae Concert (出前コンサート)
  • Released: July 21, 1994
  • Label: Midi
 —
2000 Twilight: the "LIVE" Best of Akiko Yano
  • Released: June 21, 2000
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 84
2008 Japanese Girl: Piano Solo Live 2008
(iTunes exclusive)
  • Released: September 24, 2008 (download only)
  • Released: November 26, 2014 (CD)[4]
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communication
 —
2012 Koya no Yobigoe (荒野の呼び声)
  • Released: August 8, 2012
  • Label: Yamaha Music Communication
 79
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released

Collaborative albums

Year Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
2000 Live Beautiful Songs
(with Taeko Onuki, Tamio Okuda, Keiichi Suzuki, Kazufumi Miyazawa)
  • Artist: Various artists
  • Released: October 18, 2000
  • Label: Toshiba EMI
 10
[5]
2011 Get Together -Live in Tokyo-
(with Hiromi Uehara)
  • Artist: Akiko Yano × Hiromi
  • Released: November 23, 2011
  • Label: Universal J
 22
[6]
2017 ラーメンな女たち -Live in Tokyo-
(with Hiromi Uehara)
  • Artist: Akiko Yano × Hiromi
  • Released: March 8, 2017
  • Label: Telarc
 —
2024 Step Into Paradise -Live in Tokyo-
(with Hiromi Uehara)
  • Artist: Akiko Yano × Hiromi
  • Released: December 6, 2024
  • Label: Telarc
 —

Compilation albums

Year Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[2]
1982 From Japan to Japan
  • Label: Tokuma Japan
 —
1988 Home Music
  • Label: Yano Music
 —
1989 Home Music II
  • Released: January 1, 1989
  • Label: Midi
 90
1989 Asoko no Akko-chan (あそこのアッコちゃん)
  • Released: July 25, 1989
  • Label: Tokuma Japan
 —
1990 Akiko Yano
  • Released: October 5, 1990
  • Label: Elektra Nonesuch
 —
1992 On the Air
  • Released: September 21, 1992
  • Label: Midi
 88
1995 Ai ga Tarinai (愛がたりない)
  • Released: January 21, 1995
  • Label: Midi
 —
1996 Hitotsudake: The Very Best of
  • Released: September 23, 1996
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 7
2003 Piyanoakiko: The Best of Solo Piano Songs
  • Released: October 1, 2003
  • Label: Epic/Sony
 66
2006 Ima Made no Yano Akiko (いままでのやのあきこ)
  • Released: August 23, 2006
  • Label: Sony Music Direct
 97
2016 Yano Sanmyaku (矢野山脈)
  • Released: November 30, 2016
  • Label: Victor

Singles

  • "Iro wa Konpeitō" (1977)
  • "Ike Yanagida" (1977)
  • "Gohan ga Dekita yo" (1980)
  • "Harusaki Kobeni" (February 1, 1981)
  • "Tadaima" (June 1, 1981)
  • "Ashita Koso, Anata" (November 25, 1981)
  • "Gomennasai Oh Yeah" (1982)
  • "Watashi no Nyanko" (1983)
  • "Ramen Tabetai" (August 5, 1984)
  • "Ai ga Tarinai" (1985)
  • "Hana no Yō ni..." (November 21, 1987)
  • "David" (October 21, 1990)
  • "Bakabon" (January 22, 1990)
  • "Super Folk Song" (June 1, 1992)
  • "Children in the Summer" (May 1, 1993)
  • "Subarashii Hibi" (May 1, 1994)
  • "Yume no Hiyoko" (July 1, 1994)
  • "Ai ga Areba? (Love Can't Be Blind)" (September 7, 1994)
  • "Omoide no Sanpomichi" (October 21, 1995)
  • "Harusaki Kobeni" / "Hitotsu Dake" (July 21, 1996)
  • "Cream Stew (The Stew)" (May 1, 1997)
  • "Home Sweet Home" (March 25, 1998)
  • "Oka o Koete" (April 22, 1998)
  • "Girlfriends Forever" (May 21, 1999)
  • "Hitoribocchi wa Yameta" (July 1, 1999)
  • "Dreaming Girl" (March 5, 2002)
  • "Atashinchi" (December 3, 2003)
  • "Presto" (February 1, 2006)
  • "Shiawase na Bakatare" (August 30, 2011)
  • "Konyara no Uta" (March 18, 2012)
  • "Rilakkuma no Watashi" (August 7, 2013)
  • "Ton Poo" (September 5, 2015)
  • "Soft Landing" (June 23, 2017)

References

  1. ^ a b c Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  2. ^ a b c d "矢野顕子のCDアルバムランキング" [Akiko Yano: Peak positions and weeks on chart]. Original Confidence. Retrieved February 15, 2013.Note: Reference indicates chart positions from 1988 onwards, and part of the information are currently unavailable
  3. ^ St. Michel, Patrick (26 February 2020). "Departing from tradition with Hiromitsu Agatsuma and Akiko Yano". The Japan Times LTD. The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Akiko Yano – Japanese Girl - Piano Solo Live 2008 - (2014, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ "LIVE Beautiful Songs オムニバス" [Chart position and weeks of "Live Beautiful Songs" by Various artists]. Original Confidence. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  6. ^ "Get Together -LIVE in Tokyo- 矢野顕子×上原ひろみ" [Chart position and weeks of "Get Together (Live in Tokyo)" by Akiko Yano × Hiromi Uehara]. Original Confidence. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
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