Ai Otsuka is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan.
30 Facts About Ai Otsuka
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Ai Otsuka is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks.
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On Love is Born 5th Anniversary in 2008, Ai Otsuka held a leg of the concert in Taiwan, where she performed a Chinese version of her song "Planetarium".
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In 2009, Ai Otsuka held 3 Love is Born 6th Anniversary concerts in Japan, as well as two concerts in Taiwan.
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In 2012, Ai Otsuka debuted as the vocalist of the band Rabbit.
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Ai Otsuka composed her first track at 15, as a homework given by her piano teacher.
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Ai Otsuka sent demo tapes to record labels with no positive results, until she got a call back from Avex just before her graduation from university.
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In early March 2004, Ai Otsuka released her third single, "Amaenbo".
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Two months later, Ai Otsuka released another single, "Daisuki da Yo".
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Ai Otsuka released her second studio album a month later in November 2004.
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Ai Otsuka released her tenth single in 2005, "Neko ni Fusen" in middle of the year in July.
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Ai Otsuka sang the opening theme for Tokyo Friends, "Yumekui", which was released as a new single on August 2,2006.
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Two months after "Yumekui", Ai Otsuka released another single titled "Renai Shashin" on October 25,2006, which was used as the opening theme song for the movie Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru.
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Ai Otsuka released her fourteenth single, "Chu-Lip," on February 21,2007.
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Ai Otsuka released her first best hits compilation album, titled Ai am Best, on March 28,2007, which features 13 pre-2006 songs and their respective promotional videos.
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Ai am Best sold 64,396 copies on the first day and topped the Oricon charts, making it Ai Otsuka's best selling album.
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Ai Otsuka went on a tour titled Ai am Best Tour that featured songs from Ai am Best and more.
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On September 26,2007, Ai Otsuka released two CDs and a DVD.
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Also on September 26, Ai Otsuka released a DVD of her Ai am Best Tour 2007, recorded at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A on July 9,2007.
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Ai Otsuka performed at Makuhari Messe on July 7,2007, for one of Japan's two Live Earth concerts, alongside contemporaries Kumi Koda and Ayaka.
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Ai Otsuka released her 16th single "Pocket" on November 7,2007.
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In January 2010, Ai Otsuka performed a song for Fuji Television titled "Lucky Star" which the network used as the theme song for its coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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In October 2012, Ai Otsuka announced that she would be debuting as the vocalist of a new band called Rabbit.
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In July 2013, it was announced that Ai Otsuka would be releasing her first solo single in three years, entitled "Re:Name", to celebrate her tenth anniversary.
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On March 26,2014, Ai Otsuka released an EP entitled AIO Punch, which included other self-covers from previously released songs.
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Ai Otsuka released her seventh album, Love Tricky, on April 22,2015.
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In February 2010, it was reported by Josei Seven magazine that Ai Otsuka was dating rapper Kazuto Otsuki, with whom she collaborated in October 2009 for her song "Aisu x Time".
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On June 26,2010, Ai Otsuka announced via a message on her official Web site that she and Su had gotten married on the previous day.
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Su posted an announcement on Rip Slyme's website, confirming what Ai Otsuka wrote on her website.
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On November 22,2018, Ai Otsuka announced that she had filed for divorce.