Melody.

Infobox musical artist

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Name = melody.
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Miyuki Melody Ishikawa
Born = birth date and age|1982|2|24
Died =
Origin = Hawaii, U.S.
Instrument = Singing
Genre = Pop
Occupation = Singer, TV host
Years_active = 2003 – present
Label = Toy's Factory
URL = [http://www.mel-mode.com www.mel-mode.com]

melody. (born February 24, 1982 in Hawaii, U.S.) is a female J-Pop singer and TV host. She debuted on February 2, 2003 with the song "Dreamin' Away", under Toy's Factory.

Biography

melody. (Melody Miyuki Ishikawa) is a Japanese-American born and raised in Hawaii, where she attended Punahou School. She moved to Japan when she was 19 years old to pursue her singing career. She has three younger sisters, one of whom (Christine, who goes by the name Kuris) is also involved with the music industry in Japan. melody became most popular in Japan when her song "Over the Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz" was used in a commercial for Mitsubishi Motors. She is also known for singing the hit single "Realize" which was the theme song for a Drama series called "Dragon Zakura", which debuted #6 on the Oricon charts.

melody.'s single "Lovin' U" was used in a Raycious commercial in 2006. The single included the B-side "Our Journey", which was the theme song for the 2006 movie "Gen Yu Den" starring Rena Tanaka, who also co-wrote the lyrics to the song. melody. made an appearance in a Japanese Subaru Forester commercial in Spring and Summer 2007, in which her single "Finding My Road", was used as promotion. In April 2007, she started hosting the English-language Japanese music show, J-Melo on NHK World TV. Her single, "Love Story", written by her sister Kuris was used in a drama series "Kodoku No Kake - Itoshikihito Yo" in Summer 2007.

melody. was casted as Yumi in Electronic Art's Need for Speed Carbon. Her song "Feel the Rush", written by her sister Kuris, was also used in the game.

It was announced in February 2008 that melody. would release her fourth album "Lei Aloha". The release came just nine months after "Ready to Go!" and had only one preceeding single "Haruka". The album was released on April 9th 2008. melody. stated that this album is about bonds. On October 8th 2008 melody. will release her first compilation album "The Best of melody. ~Timeline~". It will cover her singles from "Dreamin' Away" to "Haruka". In September 2008 it was announced that melody. will no longer be the host of J-Melo. Japanese singer May J. will take her place for the upcoming season.

melody. is friends with fellow Hawaii-born Japanese-American singer, Yuna Ito.

Discography

Albums

ingles

DVDs

* May 12, 2004 – "First Visual Issue ~clips and more~ Sincerely Yours"
* February 23, 2005 - m-flo's "ASTROMANTIC DVD" ("miss you" music video)
* February 22, 2006 - m-flo's "TOUR 2005 BEAT SPACE NINE at Nihon Budokan" ("miss you" performance)
* November 8, 2006 – "Be as one TOUR 2006 Live & Document"
* October 31, 2007 - m-flo's "TOUR 2007 COSMICOLOR @ Yokohama Arena" ("miss you" performance)

Album Appearances

* "miss you", m-flo loves melody. & Yamamoto Ryohei, "ASTROMANTIC" (2004)
* "Manatsu No Dekigoto", Tsutsumi Kyouhei tribute album, "The Popular Music" (2007)
* "Stuck In Your Love", m-flo loves melody., "Cosmicolor"(2007)

External links

* [http://www.mel-mode.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.toysfactory.co.jp/melody Label's official site]
* [http://lovin_melody.ezdn.cc/ Lovin' melody (Chinese)]

References