She is a singer-songwriter, who is completely bilingual in English and Japanese because she was raised in Japan but moved to Hawaii at the age of fifteen where she graduated from Iolani School. From there, she moved on to George Washington University where she graduated with majors in politics and music.
She originally released an indie album in the United States in 2000, called These Words, which received much critical acclaim. In 2002, she composed two tracks for Let It Fall by Dianne Eclar, a teenage pop singer from the Philippines. In 2005, in Japan, she released an indie mini-album under Virgo Music entitled One, which alerted 植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu) to her music. Angela Aki is now signed under Sony Music Associated Records Inc. . In 2005 she was announced as the singer of the FINAL FANTASY XII theme song, "Kiss Me Good-Bye".
On March 9, 2007, she revealed in her official blog that she is married to a music director who has been supporting her before her debut. She also revealed that while she was in Washington D.C., she had married once before but the marriage ended in a divorce.
She is good friends with JPOP star 伊藤由奈. Both singers attended the same Japanese language school.
Angela Aki is the daughter of Kiyoshi Aki, the owner/co-founder of AEON Institute of Language Education. This is one of the "Big Four" Eikaiwa (English conversation) schools in Japan.
In May 2006, Angela signed with Tofu Records in order to release English singles and albums. Her first release with Tofu was releasing Kiss Me Good-Bye as a digital single in the USA with a slightly altered track list. Later that month she performed the FINAL FANTASY XII theme song, "Kiss Me Good-Bye" at the premiere PLAY! A Video Game Symphony concert in Chicago on May 27, 2006. With orchestral backup, she played piano and sang the English lyrics, which she had written herself. She also performed her own version of "Eyes On Me," the theme song of FINAL FANTASY VIII with only the piano and her voice.
On Aki's blog, dated March 9, 2007, she announced her marriage to Japanese music producer, Hide Sanjougi. She also mentioned that it will be the second marriage for her. Her first marriage was to engineer, producer, and artist Tony Alany who coproduced her first album in Vienna, VA.
On November 29, 2013, Aki announced on her blog that she would be taking an indefinite hiatus beginning in the fall of 2014, stopping her music activities in Japan in order to attend school in the United States and study music. The subsequent TAPESTRY OF SONGS -THE BEST OF ANGELA AKI compilation and "アンジェラ・アキ Concert Tour 2014 TAPESTRY OF SONGS -THE BEST OF ANGELA AKI" tour are her final respective events prior to this hiatus.
We're All Alone
アンジェラ・アキ Lyrics
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色々身に付けて来たが
未だに一人だ
気を許して笑う事が
出来なくなったのは
信じる事を恐れているから
人間は皆一人だから
境の無い自由な世界目指し
誰かと過ごす熱い夜は
必ず冷たい朝が待っている
結局一人だ
人間は皆一人だから
闇を掻き分け共に歩く人求めてる
We're all alone, all alone
Close the window calm the light
And it will be alright,
no need to bother now
共に歩く人求め続ける
We're all alone
人間は皆一人だから
境の無い自由な世界目指す
二人で行けば
届くよ
悲しみから自分を守る方法
The ways to protect oneself from sadness
色々身に付けて来たが
I have learned various methods
未だに一人だ
Yet, I am still alone
気を許して笑う事が
Being able to trust and laugh
出来なくなったのは
Becoming unable to do so
信じる事を恐れているから
Because I am afraid of believing
人間は皆一人だから
Because humans are all alone
境の無い自由な世界目指し
Aiming for a limitless and free world
踏み出すの
I will step forward
誰かと過ごす熱い夜は
The passionate nights spent with someone
必ず冷たい朝が待っている
Will always be followed by cold mornings
結局一人だ
In the end, I am alone
人間は皆一人だから
Because humans are all alone
闇を掻き分け共に歩く人求めてる
Searching for someone to walk with and overcome the darkness
We're all alone, all alone
We are all alone
Close the window calm the light
Close the window and dim the light
And it will be alright, no need to bother now
And everything will be alright, no need to worry now
共に歩く人求め続ける
Continuing to search for someone to walk with
We're all alone
We are all alone
人間は皆一人だから
Because humans are all alone
境の無い自由な世界目指す
Aiming for a limitless and free world
二人で行けば
If we go together
届くよ
We will reach it
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: SCAGGS BOZ / anjeraaki
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Marcoconutty
Kanashimi kara jibun wo mamoru houhou
Iroiro mi ni tsukete kita ga
Ima da ni hitori da
Ki wo yurushite warau koto ga
Deki naku natta no wa
Shinjiru koto wo osorete iru kara
Ningen wa mina hitori dakara
Sakai no nai jiyuu na sekai mezashi
Fumidasu no
Dare ka to sugosu atsui yoru wa
Kanarazu tsumetai asa ga matte iru
Kekkyoku hitori da
Ningen wa mina hitori dakara
Yami wo kakiwake tomoni aruku hito
Motomeru, we're all alone, all alone
Close the window calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Tomoni aruku hito motome tsudukeru
We're all alone
Ningen wa mina hitori dakara
Sakai no nai jiyuu na sekai mezashi
Futari de yukeba
Todoku yo
ExplainRequest
水瀬士郎
悲しみから 自分を守る
方法 色々 身に
付けて来たが
未だに 一人だ
気を許して 笑う事が
出来なく なったのは
信じる事を
恐れて いるから
人間は皆 一人だから
境の無い 自由な 世界目指し
踏み出すの
誰かと過ごす 熱い夜は
必ず 冷たい朝 が待っている
結局 一人だ
人間は皆 一人だから
闇を掻き分け 共に歩く人
求めてる
We're all alone, all alone
Close the window calm the light
and it will be alright, no need to bother now
共に歩く人 求め続ける
We're all alone
人間は皆 一人だから
境の無い 自由な 世界目指す
二人で行けば
届くよ
silvia quiñones
Creo que es una canción desde el alma , es maravillosa
Tenganu Crooner
This is simply awesome, thank you Boz Scaggs for creating this tune, and Angela for this breathtaking heartfelt version.
水瀬士郎
“誰かと過ごす 熱い夜は
必ず 冷たい朝 が待っている
結局 一人だ”
この部分が超絶に好き
Satria Satria
She is still very amazing singer
airfabio
Very lovely song sung in japanese. Angela Aki has a nice voice. Congrats to her.
LisaPapa Piano
素晴らしすぎる！！震えました～ 酔いました～ 日本語の歌詞もすごくいい！ ピアノの伴奏もピカイチ！
Max Ng
great feeling, passion and truthfulness sip out from her voice ... so naive you will never speak any bad to hurt her ... but hope her all the best in her singing career
Rogério Arêas
Linda voz e arranjo !!!
MY MG
Very nice rendition in Japanese language. Nice piano rendition too . Very Great!
MiaSqueaky
Beautiful...I grew up with the Rita Coolidge version playing on the radio in the '70's, but this is gorgeous!