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Bird

b. 1975

Japanese singer

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About Bird

Born 1975. Bird is a Japanese singer-songwriter.

Bird, stylized as bird (born December 9, 1975, as Yuki Kitayama (北山有紀)), is a Japanese singer.

History

Kitayama graduated from the Notre Dame Academy, a girls-only high school in the Kansai region. She then attended Kansai University and graduated with a degree in sociology. While she was in university, she was a member of the school's light music club.

After graduating, she spent a year in New York City. Returning to Osaka in the late 1990s, she started her singing career by performing at various jazz clubs. After achieving fame in the locality, she was discovered by record producer Shinichi Osawa, better known as Mondo Grosso.

In 1998, Kitayama was featured in Zeebra's Mirai e no Kagi (Osawa's Realized Mix) released in the mini-album The Rhyme Animal Remix EP.1. She came up with the alias bird around this time, because her head resembled a bird's nest during her debut. Moreover, she expressed that she wanted her music to echo the song of small birds.

On March 20, 1999, she released her first single Souls on Osawa's label RealEyes. In July of the same year, bird released her first eponymously titled album on the Sony Music Japan label, which sold over 700,000 copies and won her the award of Japan Gold Record for Newcomers.

After RealEyes became independent from Sony Records, bird was able to become the lyricist and producer for her own music.

She is married to illustrator Jun Miura.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Other albums

VHS・DVD Release date TitleVHS、DVDMarch 23, 2000 tour 1999 live!VHS、DVDMay 23, 2001 bird tour 2000+1 liveVHS、DVDSeptember 19, 2001 bird clips! #1DVDOctober 9, 2005 bird LIVE! '04-'05

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Kansai University
Also known as
Kitayama Yuki

People in Bird's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Bird's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bird?

Japanese singer

When was Bird born?

Bird was born on 9 December 1975 in Kyoto Prefecture.

What is Bird's occupation?

Bird is a singer-songwriter.

What nationality is Bird?

Bird is Japanese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bird

· Wikidata: Q4915834

· DBpedia: Bird (singer)

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