Akiko Yano (矢野 顕子 Yano Akiko) is a Japanese pop and jazz musician. She was born as Akiko Suzuki (Suzuki Akiko) on February 13, 1955. She married and soon after divorced Makoto Yano, a producer of her first recording. She later married Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of the members of Yellow Magic Orchestra, then divorced him in 2002. This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. ... Yellow Magic Orchestra were a Japanese electropop band, formed in 1978. ...

In addition to her solo work, she has recorded with Thomas Dolby, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Chieftains, The Hammonds, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Kazumi Watanabe, The Boom, Tetsuro Kashibuchi and Ryuichi Sakamoto. She appeared on the recording "Snowflake" reading a children's story with Peter Gabriel and music by Akira Inoue. Thomas Dolby Thomas Morgan Robertson (born October 14, 1958), popularly known by his stage name, Thomas Dolby, is a British musician. ... Yngwie J. Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a guitarist from Sweden who achieved widespread acclaim in the 1980s due to his technical proficiency and fusion of classical music elements with heavy rock guitar. ... The Chieftains is an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. ... Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born June 11, 1957) is a Jazz preformer. ... Kazumi Watanabe was born on October 14, 1953 in Tokyo, Japan. ... The Boom is a Japanese rock band. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. ... Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ...

Members of Little Feat, Pat Metheny, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, David Sylvian, Lyle Mays, Kenji Omura, Jeff Bova, Yukihiro Takahashi, the band Quruli and her son Futa Sakamoto have performed on her albums. Little Feat is a band who have mixed blues, R&B, country and rock and roll styles together since they formed in 1969 in Los Angeles, and are known for their eclectic mix of many forms of music. ... Pat Metheny in Melbourne, Florida, USA Patrick Bruce Metheny (born 12 August 1954 in Lees Summit, Missouri USA) is an American jazz guitarist and leader of the Pat Metheny Group. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. ... Haruomi Hosono (細野 晴臣 Hosono Haruomi) is a Japanese popular musician, best known internationally as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra. ... David Sylvian David Sylvian (born David Batt in February 23, 1958) is a British singer and songwriter who first rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the band Japan, and whose subsequent solo career has been influenced by a variety of musical styles, including jazz and electronic music (primarily... Pianist Lyle Mays Lyle Mays, born 1952 in Wausau, Wisconsin, USA, is a jazz pianist. ... TAKAHASHI Yukihiro (高橋幸宏) is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra. ... Quruli (くるり, kururi) is a Japanese popular music group formed in 1996. ...

Discography

• Japanese Girl (1976)
• Nagatsuki Kannazuki (1976)
• Iroha Nikonpeitou (1977)
• Tokimeki (1978)
• Tokyo wa Yoru no Shichi Ji (1979)
• Asoko no Akkochan (1979)
• Gohangadekitayo (1980)
• Tadaima (1981)
• Ai Ga Nakuchane (1982)
• Oesu Oesu (1984)
• Tooge No Wagaya (1986)
• Brooch (1986)
• Granola (1987)
• Good Evening Tokyo (1988)
• Welcome Back (1989)
• Home Music (1989)
• Akiko Yano (1990)
• Love Life (1991)
• Super Folk Song ( 1992)
• Love Is Here (1993)
• Demae Concert (1994)
• Elephant Hotel (1994)
• Piano Nightly (1996)
• Hitotsudake (1996)
• Oui Oui (1997)
• Go Girl (1999)
• Twilight (2000)
• Home Girl Journey (2000)
• Honto No Kimochi (2004)

External links

• Nippop Profile | Akiko Yano