柿原朱美 (Akemi Kakihara) / now known as AK is singer, songwriter, and producer from Japan, living in New York City since 2001. Akemi grew up listening to various styles of music like jazz, film music and crossover, and started writing songs as she was inspired by Eumir Deodato. She released 8 original albums on Polystar label under her former name "柿原朱美 (Akemi Kakihara)" while writing songs for other Japanese artists such as 今井美樹 (Miki Imai) and 原田知世 (Tomoyo Harada). She then signed to TOSHIBA-EMI (now EMI Music Japan) in 1998 and changed name to "AK". Having releas… read more
柿原朱美 (Akemi Kakihara) / now known as AK is singer, songwriter, and producer from Japan, living in New York City since 2001. Akemi grew up listening to various styles of music like jazz, film music and crossover, and started writing songs as she was inspired by Eumir Deodato. She released 8 or… read more
柿原朱美 (Akemi Kakihara) / now known as AK is singer, songwriter, and producer from Japan, living in New York City since 2001. Akemi grew up listening to various styles of music like jazz, film music and crossover, and started writing songs as she was inspired by Eumir Deodato. She released 8 original albums on Polystar label under her former name "柿原朱美 (Akemi … read more