Thelma Aoyama (青山テルマ), born on October 27, 1987 in Nara, Nara Prefecture, J… Read Full Bio ↴Thelma Aoyama (青山テルマ), born on October 27, 1987 in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese.

She is famous for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo", and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne". In September 2008, the Guinness World Records certified that "Soba ni Iru ne" became the best-selling digital download single in Japan with over two million "full-track" downloads (Chaku Uta Full). However, the record of the Guinness World Records was replaced by Greeeen's song "Kiseki" in June of 2009. Including various forms of digital downloads, it sold over 8.7 million downloads by November 2008. Both of the songs are similar, and both share the same chorus. However, the song "Soba ni Iru ne" proved to be more popular than the song "Koko ni Iru yo", debuting at #3 in its first week on the Oricon charts, and in its second week, reaching #1 on the charts. "Soba ni Iru ne" stayed in the Top 5 ranking for 7 consecutive weeks. It became the highest-selling female single (strictly a duet song) on the Oricon 2008 yearly charts

When she was ten years old when she began to sing and discovered gospel music. She spent six years at Osaka International School as an elementary school student. At age 12, her family moved to Torrance, California, and she attended Calle Mayor Middle School. She lived there for two years. She returned to Japan in the winter of 2002. Her family moved to Tokyo; this time moving to Tokyo where she attended the American School in Japan and received voice training. Currently, Aoyama is studying at Sophia University in Tokyo.

Aoyama's first release in the music industry was a collaboration single with DS455 in June 2007, which broke the top fifty. She debuted with ONE WAY three months later, which peaked in the top one hundred of the Oricon chart. A few weeks later she was featured on a single by SoulJa called ここにいるよ feat. 青山テルマ. The single was a long charting hit despite only reaching #6. It has sold over 100,000 copies.

Her debut album, Diary, was released in Japan on March 26, 2008. And released a concert album and DVD titled: Aoyama Thelma Tour 2009 "Diary"

Party Party: Thelma Remix is a remix album by Japanese Pop/R&B singer Thelma Aoyama. It was released on December 10, 2008.

On February 11, 2009, she released album Love!: Thelma Love Song Collection, which debuted at the number-one position on the Oricon weekly charts.

Emotions is Thelma Aoyama's second studio album, and her third album overall. It was released on September 9, 2009.

In late December, it was announced that Aoyama collaborated with Big Bang's Taeyang for her single, "Fall in Love", which was released on January 27, 2010.

In early February, right after the release of her new single "Fall in Love", Aoyama announced on her official blog that she released a single called "Kaeru Basho" that was out on March 3, 2010.The first song called "Kaeru basho" is the ending song in the movie Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King. This single features SoulJa, once again, as they have before with Soba ni Iru ne and has a B side called "Anata ga Kiechaisode".

My dear friend
青山テルマ Lyrics

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It happened in Vienna
If you were there you'd see
Two lovers in the moonlight beneath the linden tree
Sweet violins are playing
And to his love forever saying

Come let us go down lovers lane
Once more to sing love's own refrain

Though we must say auf wiedersehen
Auf wiedersehen, my dear

Here in your arms I can't remain,
So let me kiss you once again
Soon we must say auf wiedersehen
Auf wiedersehen, my dear

Your love will cling to me through the lonely daytime
Each night will bring to me the magic memory of May-time

I know my heart won't beat again
Until the day we meet again
Sweetheart, goodbye, auf wiedersehen,
Auf wiedersehen, my dear

Your love will cling to me through the lonely daytime
Each night will bring to me the magic memory of May-time

I know my heart won't beat again
Until the day we meet again

Sweetheart, goodbye, auf wiedersehen
Auf wiedersehen, my dear

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to 青山テルマ's song "My dear friend" depict a romantic encounter between two lovers in Vienna under a linden tree illuminated by moonlight. The music of sweet violins adds to their passionate embrace and the lover professes his endless love for his companion, suggesting they take a walk down lover's lane to continue singing of their love before they must bid farewell with auf wiedersehen. Despite a lingering and unforgettable memory of May-time, they must part ways and their love will cling to each other through the lonely daytime until they meet again someday, with the lyrics conveying a bittersweet feeling of goodbye to each other.

Line by Line Meaning

It happened in Vienna
This story took place in Vienna

If you were there you'd see
If you were present, you would have witnessed this beautiful scene

Two lovers in the moonlight beneath the linden tree
Underneath the linden tree, two lovers are enjoying the moonlight

Sweet violins are playing
Violins are playing a sweet tune in the background

And to his love forever saying
The man is proclaiming his love to his partner, promising to love them forever

Come let us go down lovers lane
Let us take a walk down the romantic path of love

Once more to sing love's own refrain
Let's sing the tune of love once again

Though we must say auf wiedersehen
Even though we have to say goodbye for now

Auf wiedersehen, my dear
Goodbye, my love

Here in your arms I can't remain,
I don't want to leave your embrace right now

So let me kiss you once again
Let me show my affection for you one more time