Akiko Yano

Personal Info

Birthday

February 13, 1955

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Akiko Yano

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

My Neighbors the Yamadas

Mon Mon the Water Spider

House Hunting

Filmography

2024
Akiko Yano × Hiromi – Step Into Paradise -Live In Tokyo-
as Self
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
as Self
2008
Ponyo
as Ponyo's Sister (voice)
2006
Mon Mon the Water Spider
as Mon Mon / Miss Pond Skater / Water flea (voice)
House Hunting
as (Voice)
1999
Complete Hurrah
as Self
My Neighbors the Yamadas
as Fujihara Sensei (voice)
1993
TV-YMO
as Self
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
as self
1985
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Self