Nanase Aikawa Quotes & Trivia

Trivia

Aikawa's 1999 release, I.D., was her fourth consecutive album to have debuted at number one on the rock charts.

By the release of Aikawa's 12th single, Cosmic Love, she had drastically changed her image. One of the most noticable things she did was cut her long hair short and dyed it blonde.

Aikawa's 2 singles Midnight Blue and Seven Seas were produced by Tomoyasu Hotei, instead of Tetsuro Oda who had produced all of her preceeding albums/singles. It wasn't until the release of her single ~dandelion~ that she had returned to Oda as her producer.

Aikawa owns 2 cats. One is named Risky, which is also the name of her fanclub, and the other is Tonakai, which one of Aikawa's radio shows is named after.

Other artists that Aikawa is friends with are Yumi from the duo Puffy, Inoran from Luna Sea, and Takuro from Glay.

The first single that Aikawa released on November 8, 1995 that also began her singing career is called "Yumemiru Shoujo jairarenai".

Aikawa's 1st album, "Red", was voted the best Japanese Rock & Folk music under the Female Vocalist category at the 11th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards.

Aikawa weighs in at approximately 41 kilograms(90 lbs).

Aikawa has been touring with Marty Friedman, the former guitarist from band Megadeth.

On Aikawa's website, she often writes hand-written letters and posts them online.

As of February 2006, Aikawa has released 8 albums, 3 mini albums, and 28 singles(12 mini singles and 16 maxi singles).

Aikawa wrote and sang the opening song of the anime Samurai 7 entitled "Unlimited".

Aikawa stands at 157 centimeters(5 feet 2 inches) tall .

Aikawa's song "Owaranai Yume"(Unending Dreams) is the third opening song of the hit anime InuYasha.

Rumors also has it that Nanase was bullied in school, causing her to skip an entire year.

The majority of Aikawa's most popular songs fall firmly under the Rock category.

With the divorce of her parents, Aikawa developed into a bit of a troublemaker (which also happens to be the title of one of her best songs) when she was younger.

Cats are Aikawa's favorite things to keep as pets.