We've got another singer here who doesn't have a whole lot of information forthcoming online. Mieko Aoki（青木美恵子）, who also went by her first name in full caps, MIEKO, has got some data on one site in which it's shown that she was born in Tokyo. Making her debut in 1982 through live band performances, she released her first solo album in 1990 (she released a total of five albums). Aoki has provided other singers with lyrics and melodies over the years, and even helped out as backing chorus for singers such as Kazuo Zaitsu（財津和夫）and Masaki Ueda（上田正樹）.
In 1992, Aoki released a CD single titled "Mou Ichido Merry Xmas" (Merry Xmas Once More) which was written and composed by her. As was often the case with a lot of J-Pop songs back in those early 1990s at least, "Mou Ichido Merry Xmas" has some buzzing electric guitar to go with the soft pop sounds and Aoki's mellow voice. One person online has compared her vocals with those of ZARD, but I also think that there is also some similarity with Midori Karashima's（辛島美登里）singing.
It is bewildering that Mieko Aoki had a career that lasted well over a decade or more, released 5 albums, and yet very little is known about her. In other words she was able to have her cake and eat it, too! Se had fame and privacy at the same time or so it would appear.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Aoki was lucky in that she didn't get all that much fame but was still able to enjoy entertain people.
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