Maki Nomiya
Born March 12, 1960 is a Japanese singer and musician. She is known as the "Queen of Shibuya-kei". Maki released her first solo album in 1981, and worked through the 1980s as the lead vocalist of the new wave band Portable Rock.
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Maki Nomiya
- Name
- Maki Nomiya
- Born
- 12 March 1960
- Birthplace
- Onbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- singer · narrator · model · designer
- Fields
- J-pop · Shibuya-kei
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born March 12, 1960 is a Japanese singer and musician. She is known as the "Queen of Shibuya-kei". Maki released her first solo album in 1981, and worked through the 1980s as the lead vocalist of the new wave band Portable Rock.
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In 1991, she became the lead singer of the band Pizzicato Five. When the group disbanded in 2001, she embarked on a solo career. She also appears singing solo on the soundtrack of the game We Love Katamari and in the 2008 Japanese version of Just One Second (Jikan Wo Tomete) by London Elektricity.
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• Name — Maki Nomiya • Born — 12 March 1960 • Birthplace — Onbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan • Genre — Shibuya-kei • Years Active — 1980–present • Label — FlyingDog Columbia Music Entertainment Rhythm Zone Sony Music Associated Records Universal Classics & Jazz Speedstar • Associated Acts — Pizzicato Five • Website — Cahier de la Mode
Solo discography
• 1981: Pink no Kokoro (Pink Heart) • 2000: Miss Maki Nomiya Sings • 2002: Lady Miss Warp • 2004: Dress Code • 2005: Big Bang Romance EP (a/k/a Maki Nomiya Loves M-Flo) (with M-Flo) • 2005: Party People • 2009: Maki-Takai No Jetlag (with Fernanda Takai) • 2012: 30 Greatest Self Covers & More!!! • 2014: Miss Maki Nomiya Sings Shibuya-kei Standards • 2015: What the World Needs Now Is Love • 2016: Un homme et une femme • 2017: Vacances Shibuya-kei wo Utau – Wonderful Summer • 2022: New Beautiful
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- 1.Yang Jeff, Dina Can, Terry Hong, (1997) Eastern Standard Time pg 277 New York: Mariner Books
- 2.Maki Nomiya Revisits J-Pop's Vibrant Shibuya-kei Sound in 40th-Anniversary Collaborative Projects. Billboard. 2021-12-20.
- 3.渋谷系の女王・野宮真貴 「いかに人と違うことするか」. The Nikkei. 2022-05-10.
- 4."渋谷系の女王"野宮真貴、『ウルトラFES』初出演. Oricon. 2018-09-11.
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