Ai Otsuka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ai Otsuka
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Sep 9, 1982(1982-09-09)
Age	42
Birthplace	?saka
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ai Otsuka Biography

Ai Otsuka is one of the most popular and richest Singer-Songwriter who was born on September 9, 1982 in ?saka, Japan. Ai Otsuka (大塚 愛 , Ōtsuka Ai, born September 9, 1982) is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She 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.

Love Cook, her third studio album, came out on December 14, 2005. In its first week, it sold 335,000 copies. The promotional videos for this album were filmed as mini-dramas. She also hosts a radio show on JOQR Recomen!! AM1134hHz called Otsuka Ai no ai-r jack.

Otsuka released her tenth single in 2005, “Neko ni Fūsen” in middle of the year in July. “Neko ni Fūsen” was her lowest single that year, only reaching third on the chart and selling 111,324 copies. It placed ninety-second on the 2005 yearly charts.

It was during this time, in June 2005, that Otsuka made her acting debut with the drama Tokyo Friends. Unlike most dramas, the series was directly released on DVD and never aired on TV. The drama used three songs as its theme song, Boo Bee Benz’s “To Me” and “Kimi to Iu Hana,” as well the coupling song to her sixth single, “Friends: Sabakan Ver.” All three tracks would eventually be included in the soundtrack for the drama’s movie sequel.

Otsuka released her second studio album a month later in November 2004. Love Jam debuted at the number one position and sold 224,381 units in its first week. In total, 656,700 units were sold. Love Jam became her first album to top the chart, but at the same time it was her lowest selling studio album. Love Jam was released in two different versions including a CD and a CD+DVD version. Following the release of Love Jam, Ai Otsuka released the recut single “Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen” in February 2005. It was a different version of the “Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 735 Yen” track on Love Jam. “Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen” is arranged differently in terms of music and vocals. This single sold 149,134 units and debuted third on the Oricon weekly chart and was the sixty-eighth single of 2005. It was the first ending theme song for the anime Black Jack.

Ai Otsuka Net Worth

Ai Otsuka is one of the richest Singer-Songwriter from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ai Otsuka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Otsuka started to play piano at the age of four. She composed her first track at 15, as a homework given by her piano teacher. After graduating from high school she entered to the Osaka University of Arts Nursery College, where she got her degree as a nursery teacher. For a short period of time -around late 2001- she was part of a duo called HimawaRi, along with classmate Mami Nishida. They released only the song “Sakuranbo” on the Internet, and were active for a little time. She sent demo tapes to record labels with no positive results, until she got a call back from Avex just before her graduation from university.

Her debut single, entitled “Momo no Hanabira”, was released on September 10,

2003. The single was a minor hit, peaking at number 24 on the Oricon weekly singles top 100, but stayed on the charts for 21 weeks. Her second single, “Sakuranbo”, was released on December 17, 2003. The song debuted at number 20 on the Oricon charts, but managed to get into the Top 10 in February 2004 and went to peak at number five. Eventually, the single stayed on the chart for 101 weeks (almost two years), and a special “encore press” version was commissioned, which peaked at number 4, and it became the twelfth best selling single of 2004. Gradually climbing the charts to top 5, the single. In early March 2004, Otsuka released her third single, “Amaenbo”. The song peaked at the sixth position on the Japanese charts, while at the same time “Sakuranbo” was fifth. This was the first time in Japanese music history a female artist was able to have two singles in the top ten in the same week. By end of March 2004, her first album, Love Punch, was released, and peaked third on the Oricon charts selling 190,265 copies in its first week.

Otsuka’s single “Planetarium”, was released on September 20, 2005. This was her last single of that year. “Planetarium” sales of 315,669 was her second highest single second only to “Sakuranbo,” before her third studio album was released. “Planetarium” was used as the insert song for the live action version of the drama Hana Yori Dango.

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Otsuka released her 16th single “Pocket” on November 7, 2007. And two weeks later, Love-chan’s second single, “White Choco”, was released on November 21,

2007. During 2008, Otsuka embarked on her Love Piece Tour 2008, her fourth solo tour, from February to May. Her 17th single, “Rocket Sneaker/One x Time”, was released on May 21. Otsuka’s 18th single, “Kurage, Nagareboshi”, was released on September 10, 2008. The single was released in four different formats, as a commemoration of her fifth anniversary in the music industry since the release of her debut single “Momo no Hanabira”. On December 17, 2008, she released her fifth studio album, Love Letter, which peaked third on the weekly Oricon charts. It contains all of her singles since Love Piece including “Pocket”, the third track on the album. Love Letter was her lowest- selling album. On February 25, 2009, “Bye Bye” was released as her second re- cut single. “Bye Bye” was used in a commercial for the Asahi Breweries beverage, Asahi Slat. Otsuka’s second compilation album, Love Is Best, was released on November 11, 2009. The album features a collection of “love songs,” ranging from singles to album tracks and b-sides, and will feature re- recorded versions of some tracks including a duet with Su from hip-hop band Rip Slyme on the song “Aisu x Time.” On its first day of release the album charted at number one with a sales total of 22,895. As her character Love, she also released her first mini album entitled Love It (pronounced Rabitto, as rabbit), on November 18, 2009 (a week after Love Is Best). The album’s track “Magic” was used in TV commercials for Music.jp.

Facts & Trivia

Ai Ranked on the list of most popular Singer-Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Ai Otsuka celebrates birthday on September 9 of every year.

Also on September 26, Otsuka released a DVD of her Ai am Best Tour 2007, recorded at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A on July 9, 2007. The DVD is available in a single-disc edition, as well as a special two-disc edition with outtakes of the tour. The first-press of the special edition comes with a 40-page photobook.