Akiko Yano
Sound
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Acting Credits
Biography
Akiko Yano (矢野 顕子, Yano Akiko, born Akiko Suzuki (鈴木 顕子, Suzuki Akiko); February 13, 1955) is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s. She has been called "one of the major musical talents of the Japanese popular music world", and her vocals and singing style have been compared to English singer Kate Bush.
Known For
Ponyo
Ponyo's Sister (voice)
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Teacher Fujihara (voice)
tiny desk concerts JAPAN
Piano･Keyboard･Vocal
Mon Mon the Water Spider
Mon Mon / Miss Pond Skater / Water flea (voice)
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
Self
House Hunting
(Voice)
Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
Self
Filmography
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
2024
as Self
Akiko Yano × Hiromi – Step Into Paradise -Live In Tokyo-
2024
as Self
tiny desk concerts JAPAN
2024
as Piano･Keyboard･Vocal
ELLEGARDEN: Lost & Found
2022
Ponyo
2008
as Ponyo's Sister (voice)
House Hunting
2006
as (Voice)
Mon Mon the Water Spider
2006
as Mon Mon / Miss Pond Skater / Water flea (voice)
Complete Hurrah
1999
as Self
My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999
as Teacher Fujihara (voice)
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
1993
as self
TV-YMO
1993
as Self
Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna
1992
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985
as Self