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Yuki Koyanagi (小柳 ゆき, Koyanagi Yuki, born January 26, 1982) is a Japanese pop singer. She released her first single, "Anata no kisu o kazoemashô – You Were Mine" on September 15, 1999. This song was a huge hit in Japan and made the 17-year-old a sensation overnight. Her second album, Expansion, sold over 1.3 million copies, and it features her biggest chart hit, "Aijo". She has done several albums (in English) of cover songs, including disco and movie standards.

After a break of several years, her album Sunrise was released in March 2007.

Life and career

Koyanagi was born in Saitama City, Japan. She is known for singing the English version of "Cross Colors", the ending theme of Dynasty Warriors 4. Before that, she worked with Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men who wrote most of the songs on and produced her album Intimacy. She performed the songs in English, without understanding what she was singing.

Yuki sang the American and Japanese National Anthems during the 2006 World Baseball Classic in Tokyo. She also sang the Japanese National Anthem for an international soccer match between Japan and Trinidad & Tobago in 2006.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Cover albums

• FREEDOM (1999/11/25)
• Koyanagi the Covers PRODUCT 1 (2000/5/24)
• EXPANSION (2000/8/23)
• Koyanagi the Live in Japan 2000 (2001/2/28)- 2 discs
• my all... (2001/5/30)
• KOYANAGI the BALLADS 1999～2001 (2001/11/28)
• intimacy (2002/4/24)
• buddy (2002/8/21)
• KOYANAGI THE LIVE IN JAPAN 2001－2002 (2002/11/27)- 4 discs
• KOYANAGI the DISCO (2003/3/26)
• KOYANAGI the COVERS PRODUCT 2 (2003/9/25)
• Type (2003/9/25)
• Acoustic Concert at Orchard Hall (2003/11/12)- 2 discs
• MY ALL＜YUKI KOYANAGI SINGLES 1999－2003＞ (2004/1/28)- CD+DVD
• I'll Be Travelin' Home (2004/11/24)
• Sunrise (2007/3/21)
• The Best Now&Then ～10th Anniversary～ (2010/2/24)
• Prelude (2019/9/4)

Singles

• あなたのキスを数えましょう ～You were mine～ (1999/9/15)- JAP #7
• fairyland (trans@k feat. 小柳ゆき) (1999/10/27)
• あなたのキスを数えましょう Opus II (with trans@k) (Anata no Kisu o Kazoemashou) (2000/1/26)
• 愛情 (Aijou) (2000/4/12)- JAP #3
• be alive (2000/7/26)
• Koyanagi the Christmas (2000/11/15)
• DEEP DEEP (2001/4/25)
• beautiful world (2001/4/25)
• my all... (2001/6/13)
• remain～心の鍵～ (remain～Kokoro no Kagi) (2001/11/21)
• HIT ON (2002/2/14)
• Endless (2002/7/10)
• Lovin' you (2002/10/17)
• ON THE RADIO (2003/3/5)
• 恋のフーガ／会いたい (Koi no Fuga / Aitai) (2003/8/6）- JAP #36
• Love knot～愛の絆～ (Love Knot – Ai no Kizuna) (2004/1/28)
• Crystal Days (2004/11/24)
• 最後に記憶を消して (Saigo ni Kiwoku wo Keshite) (2005/4/27)
• Fair Wind (2006/5/10)
• 誓い (Chikai) (2006/10/11)
• we can go anywhere (2008/10/15)
• MacArthur Park (Donna Summer) / All at Once (2012.07.25)

Video/DVDs

• KOYANAGI THE MOVIES PRODUCT 1 (2000/09/27)
• KOYANAGI THE BUDOKAN KOYANAGI THE LIVE IN JAPAN 2000 (2001/07/11)
• KOYANAGI THE MOVIES PRODUCT 2 (2001/09/05)

References

1. "DYNASTY WARRIORS 4 INCLUDES NEW J-POP SINGLE". KOEI North America. February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007.
2. Drake, Kate (July 8, 2002). "Soul Sister Tokyo-Style". TIME Asia. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010.

External links

• Yuki-Koyanagi.jp – Koyanagi Yuki's official website (in Japanese)
• Universal Music profile (in Japanese)
• Warner Music profile (in Japanese)
• Cross Colors lyrics in English version

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Singers from Saitama (city)
• Japanese women pop singers
• Universal Music Japan artists
• 21st-century Japanese singers
• 21st-century Japanese women singers