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Ai Otsuka

1982 - Today

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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. A piano player since age four, Otsuka composes and co-produces her own songs, as well as writes her own lyrics. Her music ranges from upbeat pop/rock music to ballads. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Ai Otsuka is the 2,705th most popular musician (down from 2,609th in 2024), the 2,765th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,120th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ai Otsuka ranks 2,705 out of 3,175. Before her are Phoebe Snow, Tim McIlrath, Dweezil Zappa, Dillon Francis, Sergey Stepanov, and Renaud Capuçon. After her are Bob Ludwig, Flume, Slim Dusty, Brenda Russell, Martin Carthy, and Shawn Lane.

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Among people born in 1982, Ai Otsuka ranks 460. Before her are Pere Aragonès, Raquel del Rosario, Karim Ziani, Mauricio Victorino, Stephanie Okereke Linus, and Clemente Russo. After her are Koo Kyo-hwan, Kat Von D, Tatsuya Shiozawa, Jessica Sutta, Carlos Martins, and Radomir Đalović.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ai Otsuka ranks 2,765 out of 6,245. Before her are Hitomi (1976), Ryuji Michiki (1973), Hikaru Kuba (1990), Satoshi Ohno (1980), Ryōta Tsuzuki (1978), and Kenji Komata (1964). After her are Shoichi Funaki (1968), Nobuhiro Ueno (1965), Daigo (1978), Hiroshi Hayano (1955), Yoji Shinkawa (1971), and Makoto Yamazaki (1970).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Ai Otsuka ranks 45. Before her are Chisato Moritaka (1969), Cornelius (1969), Mai Kuraki (1982), Kamijo (1975), Jin Akanishi (1984), and Ryoji Ikeda (1966). After her are Sayuri (1996), Ben Shepherd (1968), Fujii Kaze (1997), Ken Ishii (1970), Takahiro Moriuchi (1988), and Nobuyuki Tsujii (1988).

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