826aska
826aska | |
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Born | [1] | August 26, 2001
Origin | Sabae, Fukui, Japan[1] |
Genres | popular music |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | electric organ |
Labels | Yamaha Music Communications |
826aska (はちにいろくあすか, Hachiniiroku Asuka, born August 26 2001) is a Japanese electric organist from Fukui Prefecture. Her 2019 debut album, DEPARTURES, and her 2020 follow-up, possible, have both charted on the Oricon Albums Chart.
Early life
826aska hails from Sabae, Fukui Prefecture.[2] She began to play piano at the age of five. She began to play electric organ at the age of eight and post videos of her performance on YouTube.[1]
Career
On December 31, 2015, 826aska posted a YouTube video of her performing a Star Wars theme medley on the electric organ.[3] The video went viral, earning over one million views in less than a month and garnering media attention for 826aska.[3][4][5]
After that, she appeared in Japanese TV programs Miyaneya on May 2016[6] and Nakai kun no manabu switch hosted by Masahiro Nakai on September 2018.[7]
826aska released her debut album, DEPARTURE, in March 2019.[1][5] Continuing from the previous year, she went on a nation-wide tour in 2019.[8]
Discography
Albums
Title | Release date | Label | Oricon (JPN) peak chart position |
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DEPARTURE | March 27, 2019 | Yamaha Music Communications |
33[9] |
possible | March 25, 2020 | 36[10] |
References
- ^ a b c d "826aska". Tower Records Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "826askaさん語る福井の魅力 パックンとラジオ番組に出演 | 催し・文化 | 福井のニュース". 福井新聞ONLINE (in Japanese). 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ a b "福井発の「スター・ウォーズ」演奏動画が話題 再生100万回、海外からコメントも". 福井経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Elle joue tous les instruments du thème de Star Wars seule à l'orgue". Le Nouvelliste (Valais) (in French). 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ a b "女子高生YouTuber、826askaがヤマハからメジャーデビュー". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "「情報ライブ ミヤネ屋」で紹介された情報". Kakaku.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "「なかい君の学スイッチ」で紹介された情報". Kakaku.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "826askaさんメジャーデビュー アルバム「DEPARTURE」発売 | 催し・文化 | 福井のニュース". 福井新聞ONLINE (in Japanese). 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ "826aska DEPARTURE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ "826aska possible". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-20.