Hitomi Yaida 矢井田 瞳 Also known as Yaiko Born ( 1978-07-28) July 28, 1978 (age 40), Japan Genres and Years active 1999–present Labels (1999) (2000-2009) (2000-2005) (2010-present) Associated acts (backing and production) Website Hitomi Yaida 矢井田瞳 ( Yaida Hitomi, born July 28, 1978 in ) is a Japanese /. She often goes by the nickname Yaiko. Her musical style is often called 'heart rock' by her fans. Miss no good sub indo. Yaida is an established musical artist in Japan and has also had minor club hits in the United Kingdom. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Career [ ] 2000 [ ] Yaida first became well known when her first (' which included the track 'How?'

) was released in 2000 on, an independent label pre-dominantly distributing to the area of only, and reportedly sold in excess of 10,000 copies. Widespread airplay on Osaka's local radio stations and word-of-mouth resulted in both Yaida and Aozora records becoming the focus of a bidding war between the larger record companies for both recording and distribution contracts, the final Japanese distributing rights being sold to with Aozora retaining artist control and independent label status. ' was the first single released under contract, entering the Japanese charts at number 16 in July. Through the association with Toshiba-EMI, live appearances in the UK (both and ) followed in September. This initial British exposure culminated in the release of the UK Single 'I Like 2' under her nickname Yaiko on F2Records, which created the impetus for a UK fan-base to grow.

Her second Toshiba-EMI single, 'My Sweet Darlin', released in October entered the charts at number 9 quickly followed by her first album ( ) which went straight to Number 1 in the album charts. During this time she was still attending, reading French language and literature. [ ] Yaida took a short from her musical career to prepare her for submission in the latter part of the year.

[ ] 2001 [ ] The second UK Single, ', was released on January 1, 2000 at a special live appearance in London. Building on the success of 'I Like 2', this release again featured remixes of her Japanese tracks with English lyrics to appeal to the UK club market.

Hitomi Yaida Candlize Raritan. • ' Released: January 24. Candlize is the second album by Hitomi Yaida released on 31 October 2001. The album title is the.

[ ] Between the period January 15 - February 20 she was hospitalised because of. During which, ' was released in Japan (entering at number 4) and ' reached number 1 in the UK club chart. [ ] She graduated from with a degree in French language and literature on March 19, starting her first official Japanese tour on the 21st (the seven date 'I'm Here.' Tour) followed immediately by live appearances in,,,.

On return from the UK, The First Reflection DVD was released (April 25) along with her first book release saikinnoyaiko (April 27). This was then followed by 9 additional dates for the 'I'm Here.' Tour of Japan. Her 4th single, the double A side ' was released on June 27 entering the charts at number 3. August saw the 'Hitomi Yaida Summer Festival Sound of Clover' tour (4 dates) and an appearance at the. The 5th single, ', was released in September followed by live acoustic dates in October., the 2nd album, was released in Japan on October 31.