Akane Sugazaki
{{Short description|Japanese singer (b. 1989)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Akane Sugazaki
| native_name = 菅崎茜
| native_name_lang = ja
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- singer
- songwriter
- idol
}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|7}}
| birth_place = Osaka Prefecture, Japan
| genre = {{flatlist|
- J-pop}}
| years_active = 2001–2006
| label = {{flatlist|
}}
| associated_acts = Yoshinobu Ohga
Aika Ohno
| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20040813042559/http://akane-sugazaki.com:80/}}
}}
{{nihongo|Akane Sugazaki|菅崎 茜|Sugazaki Akane|born 7 January 1989}} is a former Japanese pop singer and songwriter. She recorded for the Giza Studio label.
Biography
In 2001 Sugazaki won the Grand Prix Award in Miss Pure Pure Audition 2001 and made a cover appearance for Pure 2x magazine.[http://east.portland.ne.jp/~toshi7/idoldata1-1.html IdolData(January)]｜east.portland.ne.jp
In 2002 Sugazaki won GIZA studio's Super Starlight contest. She sang Mai Kuraki's "Stand Up". On July 17 she participated as a guest vocalist on the compilation album Giza studio Mai-K & Friends Hotrod Beach Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2002/02_07/0207_tokushu3.html|title=Mai-K&Friends liner notes コンピレーション・アルバム|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
On July 30 she debuted withsingle "Beginning dream", which was written by Aika Ohno and Yoshinobu Ohga from the band Nothin' but love. The song was used in the advertising campaign for The Music 272 channel program SKY PerfecTV.
In May 2003, Sugazaki released her final single "Koigokoro" which was used as an ending theme for Anime television series Detective School Q. In October she released her first full album Beginning. In November she covered "Ichigo Hakusho" wo Mou Ichido originally by Van Van. The recording appeared on cover album The Hit Parade produced by Tak Matsumoto from rock band B'z.{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2003/03_11/0311_tokushu1.html|title=TAK MATSUMOTO ソロ・プロジェクト・カヴァー・アルバム 『THE HIT PARADE』11月26日リリース！|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
In 2004 and 2005 Sugazaki regularly appeared on Pan Koujou Thursday Live sessions.
In February 2006 Sugazaki last updated her column corner{{Cite web|url=http://www.akane-sugazaki.com:80/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820104523/http://www.akane-sugazaki.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2006|date=August 20, 2006|access-date=September 19, 2019}} and one year later was deleted from Giza artist official website.
In 2011 Sugazaki's debut single, Beginning dream, appeared on Giza studio compilation album GIZA studio presents Girls. In 2013 songwriter Aika Ohno covered this song on her album Silent Passage with a new arrangement.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/105999|title=作曲家デビュー15周年の大野愛果、11年ぶりセルフカバー集|language=Japanese|website=Natalie.mu}}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| + List of EPs, with selected details, chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:9.5em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18.5em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! scope="col" style="width:3em;" | JPN |
| scope="row" | Beginning
|
| 47 |
|---|
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Single
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%;"| JPN |
| style="text-align:left;"|"Beginning Dream"
|rowspan="2"| 2002 | 38 |rowspan="3"|Beginning |
| style="text-align:left;"|"Kimi no Namae Yobu dakede" ({{nihongo2|君の名前 呼ぶだけで}})
| 50 |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Koigokoro" ({{nihongo2|恋ごころ}})
| 2003 | 38 |
=Other appearances=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Other performer(s) ! scope="col" | Album |
| align="left"| "Girls on the Beach"
| 2002 | rowspan="1"|Various Artists | Giza Studio Mai-K and Friends Hotrod Beach Party |
| align="left"| ""Ichigo Hakusho" wo Mo Ichido" ({{nihongo2|『いちご白書』をもう一度}}) | 2003 |
Magazine Interviews
From Music Freak Magazine:
- Vol.92 2002/7{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2002.html#92|title=Music Freak Magazine 2002 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
- Vol.96 2002/11{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2002.html#96|title=Music Freak Magazine 2002 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
- Vol.97 2002/12{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2002.html#97|title=Music Freak Magazine 2002 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
- Vol.101 2003/4{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2003.html#101|title=Music Freak Magazine 2003 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
- Vol.102 2003/5{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2003.html#102|title=Music Freak Magazine 2003 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
- Vol.106 2003/9{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2003.html#106|title=Music Freak Magazine 2003 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
- Vol.107 2003/10{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2003.html#107|title=Music Freak Magazine 2003 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}
From J-Groove Magazine:
- September/2002{{cite web|url=http://www.j-rock.com:80/J-GROOVE/BACK_GROOVE/2002/023.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030220171615/http://www.j-rock.com/J-GROOVE/BACK_GROOVE/2002/023.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-02-20|title=Back Number 2002|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of J Groove Magazine|access-date=2019-09-19}}
- January/2003{{cite web|url=http://www.j-rock.com:80/J-GROOVE/BACK_GROOVE/2003/027.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030220153228/http://www.j-rock.com/J-GROOVE/BACK_GROOVE/2003/027.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-02-20|title=Back Number 2003|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of J Groove Magazine|access-date=2019-09-19}}
- July/2003{{cite web|url=http://www.j-rock.com:80/J-GROOVE/BACK_GROOVE/2003/033.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031006084425/http://www.j-rock.com/J-GROOVE/BACK_GROOVE/2003/033.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-10-06|title=Back Number 2003|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of J Groove Magazine|access-date=2019-09-19}}
References
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External links
- Official website: (WebArchived) [https://web.archive.org/web/20040813042559/http://akane-sugazaki.com/ Wayback Machine]
- {{ann|people|16338}}
- Official Musing page [http://musing.jp/artist/akane_sugazaki/ 菅崎茜]
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