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Ichiko Hashimoto
Person · female · Japan · Kobe · born 1952 · recording since 1984
Japanese pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger (1952-)
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Also known as Ichiko Hashimoto · 橋本一子
Timeline
17 events▣ Album 15◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Beauty
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2020s
Biography
English biography259 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373371063
Biography
Ichiko Hashimoto (橋本 一子, Hashimoto Ichiko; born July 1, 1952 in Kobe, Japan) is a jazz pianist, composer and singer. She has also acted in television and film.
Hashimoto was born in Kobe, grew up in Tokyo and started playing the piano at the age of five. She attended Musashino Academia Musicae, where she graduated in 1975.
Ichiko sometimes performs with her sister Mayumi Hashimoto (橋本 まゆみ, Hashimoto Mayumi).
Singles
"Hold On I'm Comin'" (1988): Single track from High Exentrique.
"Far thinking" ("はるかな想い", "Haruka na omoi") (1992): Single track from Romantic Rain (ロマンティックな雨). Used in a Nissan Bluebird commercial.
"Softly..." ("そっと…", "Sotto") (1993) Single. Used in a commercial for The Tokyo Electric Power Company.
"Heartful Dream" (2003): Maxi single. Used in a commercial for Aiful.
Collaborations
Yellow Magic Orchestra: YMO domestic tour "Yellow Magic Orchestra Technopolis 2000-20" (March 21-April 15, 1980).
"フレバリー･ミュージック" (1987)
Loom (1990): Album for the PC Engine game.
RahXephon sound drama (2002): Ending theme
Movie soundtracks
Akuemon (1993) Director: Makoto Tezuka
The train ran to the plateau (高原に列車が走った, Kougen ni ressha ga hashitta) (1984) directed by Takaharu Saeki. The music were performed by Colored Music.
NUMANITE (1995) and NARAKUE (1997) short film compilations by Makoto Tezuka
Idiocy (白痴, Hakuchi) (1999) Director: Makoto Tezuka
Experimental movie (実験映画, Jikken eiga) (1999) Director: Makoto Tezuka
CLOVER (1999) Short Anime Clip, Director: Kitarou Kousaka
RahXephon Pluralitas Concentio O.S.T. (2003) Director: Tomoki Kyoda Supervising director: Yutaka Izubuchi
Filmography and TV appearances
MNEMOSYNE (1991)
Whisper of the ammonite was heard (アンモナイトのささやきを聞いた, Anmonaito no sasayaki o kī ta) (1992)
RahXephon (2002) as Maya Kamina
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (2003) as Maya Kamina
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 24 | 88.5th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (24 release groups · 15 studio albums)
Albums · 15
1984 · studio album
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A1I Love Your MusicA2Tamare KurawankaA3Sculptured BlueA4PachacmacA5Cinnamon And CloveB1Naja NajaB2PegasasB3KitsuneB4We Are Only Dancin'B5Catch Me On Merry-Go-Round1984 · studio album
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A1Echo (L'Enfant De L'Arc En Ciel)A2Crystal Of The WindA3Little AngelA4Lake Lying In A SleepA5Stillness In The AfternoonA6L'OiseauA7SentimentA8Sea Of MirrorB1Sunken StarB2Le Beau PaysageB3BalletB4Wind Of SentimentB5MermaidB6Opening The Door Of Heaven, There Overflowed The Orange Shine1986 · studio album
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A1Juke BoxA2Dreamin' AnimalsA3D.P.A4FlowerA5Izabel In FutureB1Land Of A 1000 DancesB2SeedB3La Belle ExcentriqueB4MuseumB5Fine1987 · studio album
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A1すてきなフレバリーガールA2ジャスミン 〜セピーラ〜A3風の宮殿 〜フランボア〜A4風の少年 〜イソエル〜A5しっぽに聞いてよA6SPEED & BEAT!!A7氷の中で 〜結晶の都〜B1“ピ”のテーマB2コンピューターQB3アンビエント・コロセウム 〜未来都市の夢〜B4Fの淵 〜愛の芽ばえ〜B5すこしさよならB6エピローグ1987 · studio album
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1The Girl From Ipanema2Poinciana3Night And Day4How Insensitive5Flower6Ile De Etrange7Moanin'8One Note Samba9A Stranger In Paradise10April In Paris11Je Te Veux1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:53
1Crazy People in the Secret Club3:522Excentrique Underground3:473Sweet Sweet Diamond3:574夢の羽根3:535Strange Paradise6:006The Door6:017Money3:128Hold On I’m Comin’3:099Lunatic Radicals4:3810世のおわりと世界の創造4:2711Blue Cathedral4:5312Tuesday Morning4:041989 · studio album
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1音と香りは夕暮れの大気に漂う2雪の上の足跡3亜麻色の髪の乙女4XI.聖母の初聖体拝受5XIV.天使のまなざし6XVI.予言者と羊飼いと東方の博士のまなざし7I.プロローグ-閉ざされた夢は静かにきらめく-8II.悲しみは甘く柔らかな記憶9III.銀色の光は香りの中を踊る10IV.すべての眠りと目覚めのために11V.恍惚の惑星12VI.エピローグ-終わりは始まりの始まりは終わりのために-1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:31
1D.M. NO.44:302風5:093COMMUNICATION4:174ELIXIR5:175L’ETE4:406BOSSA3:517NIGHT BIRD FLYING4:078FROZEN ECSTASY5:229île2:2510FROZEN NO.24:4011生まれた時から4:0812羽根の気持ち4:4113終わりは始まりの 始まりは終わりのために4:241997 · studio album
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1Ondine2Water Moon3Michelle4Cant Dell Ocells5Someday My Prince Will Come6Close To You7When You Wish Upon A Star8Adagio Serata9Quiet Voice10Echoes of the Birds11A Boy in the Wind12Gelsomina's Prayer13Le Vent1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:27
1Milestones4:062Green Dolphin Street4:223Blue in Green6:534E.S.P.4:215Nem Um Talvez5:466Someday My Prince Will Come5:017Freedom Jazz Dance5:188Stella by Starlight5:119Giant Steps3:3310Nefertiti4:4711Miles Away4:092000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:04
1Out of Limit4:572To the South8:053Crash‐Mete5:004Sacrifice6:395Desert Under Mars5:226Benos Aries to Paris6:177Rebirth5:418Turned Prespective7:239Phantasmagoria4:2510Nostalgia3:5811Requiem5:172001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 48:24
1All Blues5:022Sorcerer4:243Alice In Wonderland6:164Pinocchio3:215Autumn Leaves4:496Aroma4:517There Is No Greater Love5:298Fall4:059Edge Of Circle4:2810Depth5:392006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:39
1Li-mo3:322Parallel4:133Lara5:104Rin3:135Ubique4:146Monolith3:087Laiseca6:148Mars-Brasileiro4:159Entrance4:3410Lapin4:0211Bona Dea4:042007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 47:44
1Call Me6:232Nova5:213Life Is..5:174zizi4:595Aventure5:356Mais Que Nada3:447Girl From Ipanema7:158Luziluzir4:089Homeless In Home5:022021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 48:42
1blue5:212view4:193all the things you are4:504blackbird4:195giant steps4:246beijo partido5:407my foolish heart6:598good girl4:249danny boy3:5810planet4:2811before and after the introduction
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | KiraSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAKira (ピアノ・バージョン) BKira (シンセ・バージョン) | 1985 |
Album · 8
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | LoomSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 38:381Cygna's Theme5:53 2The Smiths5:26 3The Glassmakers3:31 4Overture5:33 5The Shepherds2:28 6The Clerics2:50 7The Weavers5:23 8The Chase/Finale5:19 9The Glassmakers (vocal)2:15 | Soundtrack | 13 March 1991 | |
| 2002 | RAHXEPHON O.S.T. 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:00:421ヘミソフィア4:10 2members only3:35 3avant, ren dez-vous3:12 4misty midnight3:43 5he feels uneasy3:09 6カトゥンのさだめ4:58 712years1:48 8lovely night2:18 9temptation3:34 10flew over1:56 11face lost2:45 12invisible motion1:15 13the chariot2:06 14their daily lives4:17 15bad news1:36 16winning sound of her2:44 17magic handling3:25 18murians2:17 19the tremendous egg2:07 20solitudes1:39 21夢の卵4:08 | Soundtrack | 2 May 2002 | |
| 2002 | RahXephon O.S.T. 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:03:191Runnin'4:47 2L'aile5:12 3Their Secret2:37 4A Few Memories2:46 5Protocols3:26 6La, La Maladie du Sommeil5:56 7Adolescent2:16 8Quantum Corridor1:50 9Terra1:44 10Huge Suites3:03 11Her Hatching2:06 12Orchestra Stalls1:42 13Synchronic Brake Down2:29 14Vanishing Jupiter5:10 15Flying Fighter3:57 16Ramblin'3:20 17Phantom of Theatre1:47 18Perfect Noise3:08 19The Other Stranger1:54 20Yume no Tamago (Egg of the Dream)4:09 | Soundtrack | 21 June 2002 | |
| 2002 | RAHXEPHON O.S.T. 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:06:061Midday Dream7:32 2Guten Morgen4:32 3The First Explosion4:23 4Mad Wing4:11 5Brave4:24 6Tailspins1:59 7Innocent Worlds1:54 8Forbidden Ponds1:58 9Secret Seeker2:05 10Inner Take2:22 11The Door of Adolescence2:07 12Over the Senses1:45 13Dense Blue Water4:32 14Writes Herself1:41 15Reverse Point3:01 16The Second Sorrow2:34 17Object Float1:55 18Way to the Tune4:34 19My Soundscape4:23 20Before You Know3:43 21Previous Notice0:31 | Soundtrack | 21 August 2002 | |
| 2003 | RAHXEPHON pluralitas concentio O.S.T.Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:14:231yesterday,today2:31 2opening title2:43 3sleeping beauty0:50 4lost memories1:56 5tenderness2:28 6fatal request1:53 7her decision1:50 8loud conductor2:31 9words at abyss2:43 10deja vu2:33 11promised world2:58 12tune the rainbow5:33 13yume no tamago4:11 14カトゥンのさだめ4:55 15l'aile5:13 16melancholia4:16 17un rêve~夢6:42 18la,la maladie du sommeil5:56 19brave4:23 20ヘミソフィア4:10 21夢の卵4:08 | Soundtrack | 23 April 2003 | |
| 2007 | ラーゼフォン CD-BOXSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation,Soundtrack | 4 April 2007 | |
| 2013 | コードギアス 亡国のアキト O.S.T.Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:09:211Unspoken World4:19 2Mythical Heritage4:08 3Cavalry Spirit3:34 4Speculations3:18 5Euro Britannia4:36 6No Choice but to Fight3:17 7Another Story4:35 8What She Can’t Forget3:25 9Commanding Eyes3:50 10Let me introduce myself3:53 11A Man Called the Devil4:44 12It’s Purified2:46 13Lost Mind3:38 14Knightmare on the Highway1:36 15Impermanence We feel2:29 16Pale Flame2:56 17Emits No Light3:35 18Superior Knights3:37 19モアザンワーズ5:05 | Soundtrack | 11 September 2013 | |
| 2016 | コードギアス 亡国のアキト O.S.T.2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:15:061Fastest, no Enemy3:24 2AKITO, Called a Eleven2:58 3in the Deep Forest2:15 4What’s the Rush?3:30 5See the Red Light3:41 6Knight‐Errantry3:07 7They Have ADD3:29 8It’s Now or Never2:56 9You were My Brother3:22 10Romany Songs6:05 11Ambivalent2:45 12Noble Time3:23 13It may be My Fancy2:15 14Blank Mind3:49 15Gentle Flow4:40 16the Final Campaign3:08 17into Oblivion6:35 18Right to Live Freely3:57 19Promised Land4:09 20アルコ5:38 | Soundtrack | 2 March 2016 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ichiko Hashimoto head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 24 | 88.5th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiko & The Rehabilitations(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| COLORED MUSIC(band) | — | present | |
| シスターラビッツ(band) | — | present | other vocals |
| シスターラビッツ(band) | — | present | piano |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/708ba5b3-0c01-4189-925f-dd74b9d1597ediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/708ba5b3-0c01-4189-925f-dd74b9d1597ecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5986203genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5986203seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiko_Hashimoto_%28musician%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiko_Hashimoto_%28musician%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Japanese singers
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Wikidata: Q5986203 · MusicBrainz: 708ba5b3-0c01-4189-925f-dd74b9d1597e
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