Mayo Okamoto
{{short description|Japanese pop singer and songwriter (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2010}}
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| origin = Nakamura, Kōchi, Japan
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = J-pop
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 1995–present
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| website = {{URL|www.mayo-okamoto.com/}}
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{{Nihongo|Mayo Okamoto|岡本 真夜|Okamoto Mayo|born January 9, 1974, in Nakamura, Kōchi}} is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/196021/profile/|title = 岡本真夜のプロフィール| date=November 11, 2022 }} Her 1995 debut single "Tomorrow" peaked at number 1 on the Oricon weekly single charts. She released her greatest hits album Rise 1 in 2000. The album topped the Oricon weekly album charts.
Her song "Itsuka Kitto" is the Japanese theme song for the dub of Chicken Little.{{Cite web |title=映画「チキン・リトル」が新3D上映システムで日本初試写 |url=https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20051216/buena.htm |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=av.watch.impress.co.jp}}{{Cite web |date=2009-06-04 |title=甲斐名都、日本人3人目の快挙。ディズニー映画に楽曲起用 |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000049933 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=BARKS |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=ブエナ、DVD「チキン・リトル」を4月28日発売 |url=https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20060220/buena.htm |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=av.watch.impress.co.jp}}
Expo 2010 Shanghai China theme song plagiarism
It was alleged that the promotional song for Expo 2010 Shanghai China, "Right Here Waiting for You 2010", was plagiarized from Okamoto's 1997 song "Sonomama no Kimi de Ite".{{cite web | title = Shanghai Expo song cut after plagiarism charges| work = The China Post| url = http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/shanghai/2010/04/21/253413/Shanghai-Expo.htm | accessdate = April 22, 2010 }} Okamoto's agency later announced that the Expo Committee subsequently requested permission to use the song, to which Okamoto's agency agreed.Mainichi: [http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/news/20100419mog00m200023000c.html "岡本真夜：上海万博PR曲に盗作された疑いの「そのままの君でいて」が正式決定" (April 19, 2010)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421021441/http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/news/20100419mog00m200023000c.html |date=April 21, 2010 }}. Retrieved April 22, 2010. {{in lang|ja}}
Discography
= Albums =
- Sun&Moon (1995/6/10)
- Pureness (1996/3/16)
- Smile (1997/3/5)
- Hello (1998/4/29)
- Crystal Scenery (1998/12/9) (mini-album)
- Mahō no Ring ni Kiss o Shite (魔法のリングにkissをして) (1999/8/4)
- Dear... (2002/3/20)
- Saikai (Kimi ni Tsuzuru) (再会〜君に綴る〜) (2005/5/18)
- Wonderful Colors (2006/1/25) (mini-album)
- Soul Love (2006/12/6)
- seasons (2008/10/29)
- Crystal Scenery II (2009/05/27)
= Compilations =
- Mayo Okamoto Best Rise 1 (2000/5/31)
- Mō Ichido Ano Koro no Sora o (もう一度あの頃の空を) (2003/10/22)
= Singles =
- Tomorrow (1995/5/10)
- Forever (1996/2/12)
- Alone (1996/11/5)
- Sonomama no Kimi de Ite (そのままの君でいて) (1997/1/16)
- Nakechauhodo Setsunaikedo (泣けちゃうほど せつないけど) (1997/3/5)
- Sayonara/Hoshizora no Sanpomichi (サヨナラ/星空の散歩道) (1997/11/19)
- Daijōbudayo (大丈夫だよ) (1998/2/25)
- Omoide ni Dekinakute (想い出にできなくて) (1998/4/16)
- Everlasting (1998/11/18)
- Takaramono (宝物) (1999/2/10)
- Kono Hoshizora no Kanata (この星空の彼方) (1999/7/7)
- Hapihapi Birthday/Itoshii Hito yo (Remember Me) (ハピハピ バースデイ/愛しい人よ～remember me～) (2001/12/21)
- Dear... (2002/3/13)
- Life (2003/1/22)
- Ai to Iu Na no Hana (愛という名の花) (2003/3/19)
- Kakegae nai Hito yo (かけがえない人よ) (2005/1/13)
- Utsukushiki Hito (美しき人) (2005/4/20)
- Itsuka Kitto (いつかきっと) (2005/11/30)
- Dōsōkai (Dear My Friends) (同窓会～Dear My Friends～) (2006/10/25)
- Destiny (2008/8/6)
= Videos =
- Pureness '96 (1996/8/21)
- Mayo Okamoto Smile Tour '97(VHS) (1997/9/19)
- Mayo Okamoto Smile Tour '97(DVD) (2000/6/28)
- Mayo Okamoto Hello Tour '98(VHS) (1998/10/21)
- Mayo Okamoto Hello Tour '98(DVD) (2000/6/28)
- Mayo Okamoto Tour '99 – Maho no Ring (2000/4/5)
- Mayo Okamoto Tour 2000 -RISE- (2001/11/8)
- Mayo Okamoto Clip 1995–1998 (2002/4/3)
- Mayo Okamoto Clip 1998–2002 (2002/4/3)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.mayo-okamoto.com}} {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/196021/ Mayo Okamoto] at Oricon {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Japanese women singer-songwriters
Category:Japanese women pop singers
Category:Musicians from Kōchi Prefecture
Category:Singers from Kōchi Prefecture
Category:20th-century Japanese women singers
Category:20th-century Japanese singers
Category:21st-century Japanese women singers