Akiko Yano
Actor, Composer
February 13, 1955 (71 years)
Akiko Yano (矢野 顕子, Yano Akiko, born Akiko Suzuki (鈴木 顕子, Suzuki Akiko); February 13, 1955) is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s. She has been called "one of the major musical talents of the Japanese popular music world", and her vocals and singing style have been compared to English singer Kate Bush.
Filmography
| 2024 | tiny desk concerts JAPAN · as Piano･keyboard･vocal |
| 2022 | |
| 2008 | Ponyo · as Ponyo's Sister (voice) |
| 1999 | My Neighbors the Yamadas · as Teacher Fujihara (voice) |
| 2005 | Portrait of the Wind · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | My Neighbors the Yamadas · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 |
| 2007 | Bokura no jidai · as Self |
| 1985 |
| 2022 | Love Life · as Theme Song Performance |
| 2022 | Love Life · as Song |
| 2012 | Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship · as Musician |
| 2012 | Bread of Happiness · as Theme Song Performance |
| 2011 | Director Disqualified · as Music Supervisor |
| 1996 | Rebirth of Mothra · as Songs |
| 1987 | Take the X Train · as Theme Song Performance |