Aimyon

Aimyon was influenced to become a singer-songwriter in part because of her grandmother, who herself aspired to be a singer or actress, and her father, who worked as an audio engineer; she grew up with music and started writing songs when she was in middle school.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2015 |title=あいみょん『貴方解剖純愛歌 〜死ね〜』でデビュー、インタヴュー掲載!! |url=https://ototoy.jp/feature/2015030405 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=ototoy.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=「私は言いたいことを言い続けていく」 あいみょん、反骨精神とユーモアのルーツを語る |url=https://realsound.jp/2015/12/post-5663.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Real Sound｜リアルサウンド |date=December 22, 2015 |language=ja}}

She began writing lyrics when she was in her second year of middle school, and around the same time, her father gave her an electric guitar; however, it was not the acoustic guitar she wanted, so she quit after playing for less than a month.{{Cite web |date=2015-07-09 |title=MUSIC FACTORY TOKYO |url=http://musicfactorytokyo.com/special_detail.html?id=341 |access-date=2022-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709124105/http://musicfactorytokyo.com/special_detail.html?id=341 |archive-date=July 9, 2015 }} When she was in her third year of middle school, an English teacher who was an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) left her an acoustic guitar when they left Japan. At first, she looked at an instruction book by herself and began to teach herself how to play the guitar, covering songs by Yutaka Ozaki and Spitz.

Aimyon began penning songs in her first year of high school.{{Cite web |title=歌を歌うだけじゃない、新世代アイコン「あいみょん」を知る {{!}} CINRA |url=https://www.cinra.net/article/interview-201611-aimyong |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.cinra.net |language=ja}} While she was in school, she appeared on a music program that a friend uploaded on YouTube and performed the song in public for the first time.{{Cite web |last=陸 |first=小川 |date=2018-04-20 |title=共感を呼ぶ過激な歌詞 兵庫発"特異"シンガー・ソングライター、あいみょん |url=https://www.wwdjapan.com/articles/602389 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=WWDJAPAN |language=ja}} She also made it to the final rounds of an audition that her friends had sent her application to without her knowledge.

After graduating from high school, a YouTube video of one of her performances caught the attention of her first music label, Lastrum Music Entertainment.{{cite news | title=配信ないけど激推ししてます!!ーー西宮在住の19歳SSW・あいみょんが鮮烈デビュー | url=https://ototoy.jp/feature/2015030405 | newspaper=Ototoy | language=Japanese | accessdate=January 12, 2019}} Therefore, she has not been active on the street or at live houses.

In 2014, Aimyon was introduced by the president of her agency to Ryoma Suzuki, a representative of Unborde.{{Cite web |title=あいみょんプロデューサー 鈴木竜馬が語るヒットの法則「音楽業界のエッジからセンターへ」 |url=https://agenda-note.com/career/detail/id=1244 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Agenda note (アジェンダノート) |language=ja}} However, as she wanted to "grow into an artist who will be loved for a long time rather than making a debut in a hurry", it was decided that her first release would be under an indie label as test marketing. Training including performances started. Additionally, producer Junichi Hoshino told her to make 50 songs before officially joining the agency, and she started writing songs. By the time of her debut, she had about 130 demo songs.{{Cite web |date=2015-05-27 |title=「飾るというよりは本質の部分を磨きあげる」 星野純一×あいみょんが考える音楽の魔法とは？（後編） |url=http://musicfactorytokyo.com/special_detail.html?id=380 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Music Factory Tokyo}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023}}

On February 4, 2015, she debuted as a lyricist with "Time Goes By" on Johnny's West's third single "Zundoko Paradise".{{cite web |title=ズンドコ パラダイス｜ジャニーズWEST｜Johnny's Entertainment |url=https://www.jehp.jp/jwest_discography/article/872 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029100223/https://www.jehp.jp/jwest_discography/article/872 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |accessdate=January 12, 2019 |publisher=Johnny's Entertainment |language=Japanese}} She made her indie debut on March 4 with the single "Anata Kaibō Jun'aika ~Shine~" (貴方解剖純愛歌 〜死ね〜), only available at Tower Records.{{Cite web |title=ROCKIN'ON JAPAN 2015年4月号 {{!}} ROCKIN'ON JAPAN {{!}} 出版 {{!}} 事業内容 |url=https://www.rockinon.co.jp/business/publication/magazine/119237 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=ロッキング・オン・グループ (rockin’on group) |language=ja}} Its extreme lyrics became a hot topic, and although TV and radio stations refrained from broadcasting, it ranked 10 on the Oricon Indies Weekly Chart.{{Cite news |date=2015-03-04 |title=兵庫県西宮発のあいみょん 放送禁止曲『貴方解剖純愛歌 〜死ね〜』でデビュー |work=Billboard JAPAN |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/26355/2}}{{cite web |date=March 21, 2015 |title=あいみょん、全国のサーキット系フェス続々出演決定 |url=https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Okmusic_2354/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415165624/https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Okmusic_2354/ |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |access-date=January 13, 2019 |language=Japanese |newspaper=Excite News}} On May 20, she released her first indie mini-album tamago, which was her first nationwide distribution release; she released her second mini-album Nikumarekko Yo ni Habakaru later in December.{{cite news |date=April 9, 2015 |title=あいみょん、自信満々の1stミニアルバム完成 |language=Japanese |newspaper=Natalie |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/143549 |accessdate=January 12, 2019}}{{cite news |date=October 15, 2015 |title=あいみょん、個性的な曲名並ぶ新作「憎まれっ子世に憚る」 |language=Japanese |newspaper=Natalie |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/163007 |accessdate=January 12, 2019}}

On February 16, 2016, Aimyon was selected by Space Shower TV as one of ten new artists expected to break out in the new future and performed at Space Shower New Force.{{Cite web |title=ミセス、DAOKO、Suchmos、ネバヤン、あいみょん、LILI LIMIT……若手6組が切磋琢磨したスペシャ新人イベントを観た |url=https://realsound.jp/2016/02/post-6431.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Real Sound｜リアルサウンド |date=February 21, 2016 |language=ja}} On April 10, she had her first live performance in front of 8,000 people at the event "Coca-Cola presents unBORDE 5th Anniversary Fes 2016" commemorating the fifth anniversary of Unborde.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-11 |title=unBORDE創立5周年記念、完全招待制の主催フェスに15組が登場 7000名が熱狂 |url=https://www.musicman-net.com/artist/51261 |website=Musicman-NET}} On November 30, she released her major label debut single "Ikite Itanda yona" under Unborde. The staff at Unborde unanimously chose this song as her debut single with the theme of a high school girl's suicide.{{NoteTag|This is a strategy that takes advantage of not receiving much coverage on TV or radio when the theme of a release is suicide. As a result, a year after the release, Aimyon performed it on an NHK TV program calling it "a song that could not be played on the radio when it was first released".|name=}} The title song was used as the theme song for the drama Kichijōji dake ga Sumitai Machi Desuka?. Additionally, fans called November 30 "Aimyon Day" and "Iisao Day (Guitar Day)". Aimyon likes November 30 as a fateful day.{{Cite journal |date=2018-11-30 |title= |journal=Rockin'on Japan |issue=January 2019 |pages=142–143 |asin=B07KLPTNX5}}

On February 4, 2017, Aimyon released her first movie theme song "Bleach" for the movie Renai Kitan Shu. On August 2, she released her third single "Kimi wa Rock wo Kikanai", which won power play/heavy rotation in August on 42 AM/FM radio stations nationwide, setting a record after achieving it after 4 years and 3 months.{{Cite web |title=あいみょん、ラジオパワープレイ／ヘビロテ獲得数を4年3か月ぶりに更新 |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000145456 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=BARKS | date=August 7, 2017 |language=ja}} On September 13, she released her first full-length album Seishun no Excitement which recorded long sales for more than two years on Oricon charts.

In April 2018, she participated in the temporary group Radio Bestsellers singing the campaign song "Bookmark" for the FM802 spring campaign "FM802 X Tsutaya Access!".{{Cite web |title=尾崎世界観によるFM802キャンペーン曲、Voにあいみょん、スガシカオら6組 {{!}} CINRA |url=https://www.cinra.net/news/20180331-access |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.cinra.net |language=ja}}{{NoteTag|Radio Bestsellers consisted of Aimyon, Sekaikan Ozaki (Creep Hype), Kenta Kataoka (sumika), GEN (04 Limited Sazabys), Kousuke Saito (Unison Square Garden), and Shikao Suga.|name=}} On June 22, Aimyon held her first overseas performance with "Aimyon Tour 2018: Telephone Lobster – Additional Show 'Taiwan'" in Taipei, performing "Ikite Itanda yona" due to the popularity of Kichijōji dake ga Sumitai Machi Desuka?. Around one thousand people attended the concert.{{Cite web |title=【ライブレポート】あいみょん初の海外公演は超満員、台湾語MCで現地のファンを沸かす（写真8枚） |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/288065 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja}} On August 8, she released her fifth single "Marigold", which recorded 1st on the streaming chart for 20 consecutive weeks. She was in charge of writing and composing the song "Karada no shin kara made moete irunda", one of the double theme songs of the drama Onryou o Agero Tako! Nani Utatteten noga Zenzen Wakaneendayo!! released on October 12.{{Cite web |title=「音量を上げろタコ！」2曲の主題歌をHYDE＆いしわたり淳治、あいみょんが制作（コメントあり） |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/287374 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=映画ナタリー |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=映画『音量を上げろタコ！』、HYDE＆あいみょんらによるW主題歌が聴ける予告編公開－rockinon.com｜https://rockinon.com/news/detail/178253 |url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/178253 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=rockinon.com |language=ja}} On December 31, she made her first appearance on the 69th edition of NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen, performed her song "Marigold".{{cite news |date=December 31, 2018 |title=あいみょん、初紅白で「マリーゴールド」披露 嵐・櫻井翔＆内村光良も虜「この2日間ずっと聞いてる」＜紅白本番＞ |language=Japanese |newspaper=Modelpress |url=https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1813565 |accessdate=March 20, 2019}} Chief producer Yoshihito Shibuya said that Aimyon was chosen because "[Marigold] is popular in distribution. It's popular with people in their 10s and 20s who are said to be 'digital natives', and this year's activity is remarkable."{{cite news |date=November 14, 2018 |title=2人の注目歌姫・あいみょん＆DAOKOが紅白初出場 選考理由は？NHK明かす＜第69回 NHK紅白歌合戦＞ |language=Japanese |newspaper=Modelpress |url=https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1804736 |accessdate=March 20, 2019}}

On January 25, 2019, Aimyon released the theme song "Ra, no Hanashi" for the feature animation Ashita Sekai ga Owaru to Shitemo (Even if the World Ends Tomorrow). On April 17, she released her seventh single "Harunohi" which was used as the theme song for Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~.{{Cite web |title=あいみょんが『映画クレヨンしんちゃん』主題歌担当 新曲"ハルノヒ" {{!}} CINRA |url=https://www.cinra.net/news/20190206-aimyong |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.cinra.net |language=ja}} She wrote and composed "Dare ni Datte Wake ga Aru" (Everybody Has a Reason) and "Tachimachi Arashi" for the film Sayonara Kuchibiru (Goodbye Lip), which was released on May 31. The song was sung by the guitar duo Harureo, consisting of Nana Komatsu and Mugi Kadowaki, from the movie.{{Cite web |title=小松菜奈&門脇麦のデュオ・ハルレオ、秦 基博プロデュース楽曲＆あいみょん制作楽曲でデビュー－rockinon.com｜https://rockinon.com/news/detail/185605 |url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/185605 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=rockinon.com |language=ja}} From October, she held a hall and arena tour "Aimyon Tour 2019: Sixth Sense Story".

On July 24, 2020, she was in charge of the special program "Aimyon's All Night Nippon" on Nippon Broadcasting System.{{Cite web |title=7月23日(木) 「あいみょんのオールナイトニッポン」 放送決定！ |url=https://www.aimyong.net/news/detail/946 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=あいみょん OFFICIAL SITE |language=ja}}

On November 15, 2022, it was announced that she would be in charge of the theme song for serial TV novel Ranman in the first half of 2023.{{Cite web |title=連続テレビ小説『らんまん』主題歌を歌うアーティストは、あいみょんさんに決定！ - NHK |url=https://www.nhk.jp/g/blog/qal61m8ts/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=NHKドラマ |language=ja}} It was the first time a solo artist had been in charge of the theme song for a serial TV novel, and it had been seven and a half years since a singer who was born after the start of the Heisei era.{{NoteTag|In 2015, AKB48 (with lead vocal Aya Yamamoto) was in charge of the theme song for "365日の紙飛行機" (Airplane of the 365th day). Asuka Hayashi was in charge of the opening/middle songs, not the theme song, for "Imotako Nankin" in 2006.|name=}}

On December 8, 2024, it was announded that she would be in charge of the theme song for Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales, it marked the first time in 10 years since "Nobita's Space Heroes" (2015) that a female solo artist has been in charge of the theme song.

She is the third artist to perform the theme songs for both the Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon films series, following mihimaru GT and Yuzu, but it is the first time that she has first performed the theme song for Crayon Shin-chan and then the Doraemon theme song.

Her musical influences include Spitz, Shōgo Hamada, Takuro Yoshida, Eigo Kawashima, Yutaka Ozaki, Flipper's Guitar, Kenji Ozawa, and Ken Hirai among others.{{Cite web |last=GUEST ROOM BACK NUMBER |date=2017-05-28 |title=Guest : あいみょん |url=https://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/tokiohot100/guest_past/past_20170528.htm |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=J-WAVE WEBSITE : TOKIO HOT100}}{{Cite web |title=強烈な歌詞とポップさを融合させた新世代歌姫のあいみょんとは |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/50366/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=ORICON NEWS}}{{Cite web |last=株式会社ローソンエンタテインメント |title=無人島 ～俺の10枚～ 【あいみょん 編】 |url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/1511240043/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.hmv.co.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=ミュージシャンが注目する新世代ミュージシャン、あいみょんの素顔 {{!}} Numero TOKYO |url=https://numero.jp/talks49/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=numero.jp|date=May 21, 2018 }}{{Cite web |last=日本経済新聞社・日経BP社 |title=あいみょん 過激な歌詞で人気、官能的表現にも挑戦｜アート＆レビュー｜NIKKEI STYLE |url=https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO32344540Y8A620C1H40A00?channel=DF130120166038 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=NIKKEI STYLE |date=July 15, 2018 |language=ja}} She looks up to male singer-songwriters who choose words with opposite sensibility, emphasize lyrics rather than melodies, and prefers artists who are good at metaphorical expressions. She especially likes folk songs.{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/aimyongtter/status/791620528893140992 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Twitter |language=en}} Her first musical goals were similar to those of Kenji Ozawa and Flipper's Guitar.

Aimyon likes how men are desperate for the women they like, and she admires them, so she creates many songs from a male perspective.{{Cite web |last=清本 |first=千尋 |title=あいみょん「愛を伝えたいだとか」インタビュー - 音楽ナタリー 特集・インタビュー |url=https://natalie.mu/music/pp/aimyong02 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja}}

She said that after watching the film Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Adult Empire Strikes Back she was drawn to Tower of the Sun, Tarō Okamoto, Takuro Yoshida, and Betsy & Chris. Later, she sympathized with Tarō Okamoto's view of life and made it her goal to sing under the Tower of the Sun.

Aimyon has stated that she has not yet decided on her musicality, what genre her music belongs to, or what kind of music she wants to do.{{Cite web |last=宮崎 |first=敬太 |title=あいみょん「マリーゴールド」インタビュー｜音楽家としての成長過程の中で生まれたストレートなラブソング - 音楽ナタリー 特集・インタビュー |url=https://natalie.mu/music/pp/aimyong05 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja}} Song production and arrangers expand the image based on lyrics written by Aimyon and the demo song played with guitar. She said that her own music consists of only her guitar and voice, and it would be best if people thought that she played and sang the best, so that is her strength as a singer-songwriter.

Tomonori Shiba says that "Aimyon is the 'J.GIRL' who inherited Shogo Hamada at the end of the Heisei era, and the legitimate successor of Misu-Chiru and Spitz who has finally appeared." Aimyon has also said that she was the first star to emerge from a streaming service.{{Cite web |title=なぜあいみょんはブレイクしたのか？ 大谷ノブ彦×柴那典が語る {{!}} CINRA |url=https://www.cinra.net/article/interview-201906-otanishiba02 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.cinra.net |language=ja}}

Voice actor Wasabi Mizuta has professed to being a fan, and Aimyon has also been spoken highly of by Yurano Ochi of Atarashii Gakko!.{{Cite web |title=あいみょんのライブ |url=https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/reading/wasadora93/70751/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=【アニメ・ドラえもん 水田わさび公式】 わさドラブログ}} Additionally, bassist OKP-STAR, formerly of Aqua Timez, professed to be a big fan, and has been attending live performances.

Her stage name "Aimyon" was originally a nickname given to her by a friend who was the model for the song {{nihongo|"--chan"|○○ちゃん}} on her EP Tamago. She has released her work in Taiwan under the name "{{lang|zh|愛繆}}" (Àimóu).

Aimyon was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. She is the second daughter of six siblings.{{Cite web |title=あいみょん「楽譜読めない」祖母は孫・ひ孫が２８人、大家族ぶりも告白/デイリースポーツ online |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2021/03/27/0014188345.shtml |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=デイリースポーツ online |language=ja}} Both of her parents were 21 when she was born. Her older and younger sisters each have four children, and her grandmother has 28 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

When she was in middle school, she belonged to the track and field club and served as the deputy director. She hates studying, and has dropped out of high school once.{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/aimyongtter/status/1290655458991190016 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=＜あいみょんインタビュー＞フィーバー真っ只中、本人は今なにを思う？ 苦しいと思った時期、夢を叶えるために一番重要なこと…【瞬間的シックスセンス】 - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1821582 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース |date=February 13, 2019 |language=ja}} Her favorite food is ikura, and she dislikes fish and mushrooms, the latter of which is the result of choking on it when she was little.{{Cite web |title=☆あいみょんのラジオ聞いてほしいんだよな☆ - FM大阪 85.1 |url=https://www.fmosaka.net/_ct/17021317 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.fmosaka.net |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=☆あいみょんのラジオ聞いてほしいんだよな☆ - FM大阪 85.1 |url=https://www.fmosaka.net/_ct/17023496 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.fmosaka.net |language=en}} Aimyon likes animals, and she said that she used to often visit Ueno Zoo. She cites her father as her ideal type. Aimyon likes watching Doraemon and Castle in the Sky.

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• [http://www.aimyong.net Aimyon] Official site
• [https://wmg.jp/aimyon/ Aimyon] Warner Music Japan page
• [https://www.lastrum.co.jp/labelproducts/%E3%81%82%E3%81%84%E3%81%BF%E3%82%87%E3%82%93/ Aimyon] Lastrum artist page
• [https://www.youtube.com/user/aimyong Aimyon] YouTube Channel
• [https://eggs.mu/artist/ss1600305 Aimyon] Egg artist page
• [https://twitter.com/aimyonGtter Aimyon] (@aimyonGtter) Twitter
• [https://twitter.com/AimyongStaff Aimyon staff] (@AimyongStaff) Twitter
• {{Instagram|aimyon36}}
• [https://www.facebook.com/aimyong/ Aimyon] (aimyong) Facebook
• [https://line.me/R/ti/p/%40aimyon Aimyon] (@aimyon) LINE Add Friend
• [https://www.tiktok.com/@aimyon_official Aimyon] (@aimyon_official) TikTok
• [https://music.amazon.co.jp/artists/B01MCSV87O Aimyon] Amazon Music
• [https://music.apple.com/jp/artist/1165017710 Aimyon] Apple Music
• [https://music.line.me/artist/mi000000000ac4f218 Aimyon] LINE MUSIC
• [https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kVZa4lFUmAQlBogl1fkd6 Aimyon] Spotify
• [https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCQG5sjqWWe4MRhYM_OAEIyw Aimyon] YouTube Music

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