Everything about Anna Tsuchiya totally explained
is a
singer,
lyricist,
model, and
actress. Anna was born to a
Japanese mother and a
Russian American father. She has an older sister called
Angela, who is a
model as well.
Modeling career
Tsuchiya was scouted by
Seventeen magazine at age 14 to start a modelling career. Her demand as a model grew, and by 2002 she was doing television ads for
UNIQLO,
Edwin, and
KOSE products. Even though she got involved in other projects afterwards, she today still remains an in-demand model for magazines like
Kera,
Soup,
Zipper, and other youth punk fashion magazines.
Music career
In late 2002, Tsuchiya joined with former
Oblivion Dust member
K.A.Z to form
Spin Aqua. They released three singles, one album, and a video collection, but didn't fare well commercially. They later slipped into hiatus before permanently disbanding in 2004, due to Tsuchiya's pregnancy.
Tsuchiya was quiet musically until 2005, when she announced plans to go solo for the first time. She would writes the lyrics to almost all of her songs in Japanese/English, having better command of an English accent than her peers (however isn't a fluent speaker of English).
On
August 24,
2005 she released her first mini-album,
Taste My Beat under
Avex's sub-label,
Mad Pray Records. Then released her first single
Change your life and the second single called
Slap that Naughty Body / My Fate. She also released her first remix album,
Taste My Xxxremixxxxxxx!!!!!!!! Beat Life! on the same day. Her third single,
Rose was used as the opening theme from the
Nana anime, alongside fellow
Avex artist
Olivia Lufkin who would be singing the ending theme song. The hype brought from this release boosted Tsuchiya's music career a lot, as
Rose managed to reach a position of #6 on
Oricon charts (her first top 10 placement, and 21 placings above her next best placing product at the time).
Then, Tsuchiya made her first overseas appearance at the
Japan Expo in
Paris,
France in July 2006.
And to reinforce her growing popularity in Japan, Tsuchiya's debut studio album was released shortly afterwards. The album,
Strip Me? features a growing number of commercial tie-up songs (including ones for
Whiteen,
Kirin, and
Kosé Visée).
She returned in early 2007 with a new single called "
Kuroi Namida", which was used as the new ending theme song for the
Nana anime. This was followed by the third
Nana anime opening single, "
Lucy" in early February which directly preceded an album self-titled
Anna Tsuchiya Inspi' Nana (Black Stones) which contains the singles from the show and some news songs; then an album called
Nana Best which includes popular and some unreleased songs by both
Olivia Lufkin and Tsuchiya from the TV series. Both Lufkin's and Tsuchiya's songs from these albums were played at Shibuya AX in March 2007.
Then, Tsuchiya did a called "world fes tour", starting in
June 30 at
Anime Expo 2007 in
U.S., following in
July 27 at
Pentaport rock festival in
Korea and in
July 29 at
Formoz Festival in
Taiwan, then a summer tour in Japan, incluiding a performance for second time at
Summer Sonic Festival. Among that, she released the single
Bubble Trip / Sweet Sweet Song in
August 1.
The single
Cocoon was released on January 30th of 2008. In June of the same year, Tsuchiya would collaborate with Japanese artist
AI with "Crazy World".
Acting career
Tsuchiya made her acting debut in
Novala Takemoto's adapted runaway hit in 2004 as punk
yanki "Ichigo Shirayuri". Her role brought her both immediate attention and critical success; winning several awards in Japan. Tsuchiya has continued to act/voice in various movies and
dramas as
The Taste of Tea,
Dororo,
Sakuran and provided the voice of
Lindsay Lohan's character "Maggie Peyton" in the Japanese dub of . Her latest film is
Paco and the Magical Picture Book
.
Private Life
In 2004, she announced her engagement to the fellow model/actor
Joshua Niimura, the younger brother of the model
Friedia Niimura (Rin Kozue). Joshua worked in the same modelling office as her. On 2004.11.19 Anna's first child,, was born. Sky even features in a photobook with her mother,
Happy Days - Anna, Mama ni Naru!. But in early July 2006, it was announced that Tsuchiya and Joshua were getting divorced. Anna has remained undaunted by being a divorced single mother, to the adoration of her legions of mostly high school girl fans, who've taken a liking to her non-conformist approach to life.
But Anna's fame hasn't been without controversy. She has states that her deep sultry voice is the result of "boozing and smoking from an early age," and is known for speaking in "improper ways" (for example, using rude language in Japanese). Nevertheless, her mother, who is also her manager, insists that Anna didn't drink while underage, and her legions of fans seem undaunted by the rumors.
Discography
» Note: For Spin Aqua discography, please see Spin Aqua.
Albums
Singles
DVDs
| # |
Title |
Release date |
DVD type |
| 1 |
Anna³ |
2004-06-16 |
Documentary |
| 2 |
Anna Tsuchiya 1st Live Tour Blood of Roses |
2007-01-10 |
Concert |
Vinyls
| # |
Title |
Release date |
| 1 |
Taste My Xxxremixxxxxxx |
|
|
|
Beat Life! |
2006-03-23 |
| 2 |
Ah Ah (Shinichi Osawa Remix 12' Inch Version) |
2006-09-02 |
Collaborations
† This collaboration was made as a
cover version not with him.
Filmography
Dramas
2005 –
2005 –
Photobooks
† this is a compilation of her column at Flyman Postman Press
Awards
2004 – Kinema Junpo Awards (Best New Actress)
2004 – Mainichi Film Awards (Best New Actress)
2004 – Houchi Film Award (Best new Actress)
2005 – 28th Japan Academy Prize (Best New Actress, Best Supporting Actress (nominee))
2005 – 26th Yokohama Film Festival (Best New Actress)Further Information
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