Anri

Anri (杏里), real name Eiko Kawashima (川島 栄子, Kawashima Eiko) (born 31 August 1961), is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, born in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.[2]

See also: Anri (given name)

Anri
Born
Kawashima Eiko (川島 栄子)

(1961-08-31) 31 August 1961
Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan[1]
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Musical career
GenresJapanese pop, city pop
Years active1978–present

Biography

Her debut release was the 1978 Oribia o Kikinagara (While Listening to Olivia),[3][1][4] written by Amii Ozaki. Her song "Cat's Eye" was used as the first opening theme for the eponymous 1983 anime series Cat's Eye[3][5][6] and debuted as No. 1 on Countdown Japan. It spent 4 weeks at No. 1 on the Oricon chart.[7] It was one of the first J-pop songs used as an anime theme song. Another of her hit from the same year was Kanashimi ga Tomaranai (I can't stop the loneliness).[6][4][8][9] Both songs appeared on the 1983 album "Timely!!". She also appeared at the Red and White New Year's Music Special at the end of that same year. Another hit single she had released is "Goodbye Boogie Dance" from November 1983.

Other hit songs include Summer Candles and Dolphin Ring, both of which became standard songs played at Japanese weddings and receptions. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Anri's albums were bestsellers. She has had highly successful tours—one with attendance of almost 100,000—and toured Hawaii for the first time in 1987. She sang the closing theme for the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano.[2] In 2002, she began collaborating with jazz fusion guitarist Lee Ritenour, who produced her 2002 LP Smooth Jam – Quiet Storm.[2]

With the renewed popularity of city pop, and her songs having been sampled by many new artists of the vaporwave and future funk genres, Anri has also enjoyed new popularity outside of Japan.[2]

Discography

Albums
Year Album name Label
1978Apricot JamFor Life Records
1979Feelin'
1981哀しみの孔雀 (Sad Peacock)
1982Heaven Beach
Last Summer Whisper[10]
1983Bi・Ki・Ni
Timely!!
1984Coool
1985Wave
1986Mystique
Trouble in Paradise
1987Summer Farewell
1988Boogie Woogie Mainland
1990Circuit of Rainbow
Mind Cruisin'
1991Neutral
1992Moana Lani
19931/2 & 1/2
1995Opus 21 (cover album)
1996Angel Whisper
1997Twin Soul
1998Moonlit Summer Tales
1999Ever Blue
2000The Beach House
2001My MusicDolphin Hearts
2002Smooth Jam: Aspasia (cover album)
Smooth Jam: Quiet Storm (cover album)
2003R134 Ocean Delights (cover album)For Life Records
2005SolColumbia Music Entertainment
2007Tears of Anri (cover album)Universal Music Japan
2008Tears of Anri 2 (cover album)
2009Anri Again – Best of Myself (cover album)
2013Surf City -Coool Breeze- (cover album)Ivy Records
2014Surf & Tears (cover album)
2015Smooth & Groove
2016Melodies: Smooth & Groove
2017Fun Time (Live)
2018ANRI

Compilations
Year Album Name Label
1980Anri the BestFor Life Records
1982Amazing American ~ I Love Poping World, Anri ~
1986ザ・杏里
1987Meditation
1988My Favorite Songs
1991My Favorite Songs 2
199416th Summer Breeze
16th Summer Breeze ORIGINAL KARAOKE
2000Anri the Best
2007a day in the summer The Best from "16th Summer Breeze" and "OPUS 21"
2011Heart to Heart 〜with you〜Warner Music Japan

References
  1. "歌手・作曲家の杏里さん　学校休んでも父の仕事に同行". Nikkei. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. Winkie, Luke. "City Pop, the optimistic disco of 1980s Japan, finds a new young crowd in the West". chicagoreader.com. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. "新曲3曲を配信しライブも 57歳・杏里「栄光と挫折」の40年". Nikkan Gendai. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. "杏里". tower.jp. Tower. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  5. Sevakis, Justin (25 July 2014). "I Am Not At SDCC". Anime News Network. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. "杏里デビュー４０周年　記念アルバム「ＡＮＲＩ」　８０年代の音楽が私の"核"". Sankei. 3 August 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. "1983年10月17日、杏里「CAT'S EYE」が4週目のオリコン1位を獲得～「CAY'S EYE」が開いた新しい時代の『扉』". Nippon Broadcasting System. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. "杏里・悲しみがとまらない秘話（中編）". daily.co.jp. Daily. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  9. "杏里　悲しみがとまらない秘話（後編）". daily.co.jp. Daily. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  10. "Anri - Last Summer Whisper (no edit) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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