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Toshiko Ezaki is a singer, songwriter,
and composer from Kyoto, Japan.
As a child, Toshiko mastered the electronic organ,
and as a high school student she entered the AN Kyoto music school,
subsequently renamed The School of Music Planning,
where she studied under Yuka Kamebuchi, Tsutomu Sasaki, and Makoto Yano.
After high school, Toshiko pursued her music career as a singer
and later began making radio and television commercials.
In 2001, she recorded her first album, "Apple tea",
which was released on her recently established indies label, Moss Green Records.
She also performed in several commercial productions while living in Kyoto.
After moving to Tokyo in 1999, Ms. Ezaki performed
background, scat, and other vocals on albums such as Image
and Gaiyano Yoake and with artists such
as Chihiro Onitsuka andMika Nakashoma.
She also composed music and performed vocal work
on many well-known television and radio commercials.
Finally, in 2002, Ms. Ezaki was put in charge of composing the music
and singing the ending theme song for the animated cartoon series
"Pocket Monster".
Discography
Released "Apple tea" on Blow Wind Records in 2001.
Released "Spices" on Moss Green Records in 2004.
Released collaborative album "Musk" with composer and pianist Ryuji Iuchi in 2005.
In the past few years, Ms. Ezaki has composed several musical pieces
for Kosuke Atari
and other Japanese artists, while continuing to perform live at concerts
and do vocal work for commercials.
She is also currently conducting classes as a vocal trainer
with a Tokyo vocal institute.
Ms. Ezaki will be releasing her fourth CD,
entitled Eight Children, in the spring of 2008. [ CD BABY SITE ]
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