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Aiko Yanai, who goes by just her first name, is a J-pop singer-songwriter from Osaka who started out as a radio DJ and released her debut EP Astral Box in 1997. Her 1999 single "Hanabi" was a hit and she released her first album, Chiisana Marui Kojitsu, that year. Sakura No Ki No Shita (2000) topped the Japan albums chart and the track "Boyfriend"(2000) went to number two on the Japan singles chart. Follow-up albums Natsufuku (2001), Aki, Soba Ni Iru Yo (2002), Akatsuki No Love Letter (2003), Yume No Naka No Massugu Na Michi (2005) and Kanojo (2006) also were chart-toppers. Album...