Aiuchi Rina

Name: Aiuchi Rina
Birth Date: 7-31, 1980
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height: 158cm
Bust: 83cm
Waist: 57cm
Hips: 83cm
Hobbies: Creation cooking, nail art
Favourite Artists: Madonna, Britney Spears, Minnie Riperton, Brigitte Bardot

Aiuchi Rina Trivia Info

Speaks in Kansai dialect. Although she has a tiny, high-pitched voice while speaking, her voice becomes deep and powerful when singing.
She was produced by Nagato Daikou and KANONJI until a few years ago when she began self-producing.
On the CD extras for her third album, Rina says A.I.R stands for "Aiuchi Infinity Rina".
Several of Rina's songs have been covered in English by fellow GIZA artist Ohno Aika.
Discography
Aiuchi Rina & Saegusa U-ka Albums
[2001.01.24] Be Happy
[2002.05.15] POWER OF WORDS
[2003.07.30] RINA AIUCHI REMIXES Cool City Production vol.5
[2003.10.15] A.I.R
[2003.12.17] Single Collection
[2004.12.15] PLAYGIRL



Aiuchi Rina has always enjoyed singing and her ability to play piano had made her the class pianist during her elementary school years. Before her debut, she modelled for a magazine in a short period of time.
Dream x Dream was released the following year in April and was used as the theme for the Conan movie, making it her first movie theme. Again in 2004, "Rina Matsuri 2004" was held on her birthday and August 3rd with guests Saegusa Yuuka, Kitahara Aiko, Shizukusa Yumi and Kishimoto Hayami. Later that year in December, her fourth album PLAYGIRL was released and charted at #7 on the Oricon; this was her lowest charting album yet.

Despite her minor setbacks, Rina remains a prominent name in the Japanese music scene and is one of GIZA's most popular artists.

Rina's next album, POWER OF WORDS, became her highest selling record to date and reached #1 on the Oricon. Its sales totaled over 475,000 copies. She also began her national tour "Rina Aiuchi Live Tour 2002 'Power of Words'" and had eight performances.

2003 was a big year for Rina. When FULL JUMP was released, it became the theme song of Nippon Television's baseball broadcasts. She also appeared as a guest for the Yomiuri Giants vs. Yokohama BayStars game, but admitted to being a Hanshin Tigers fan instead. The same year, the "Rina Matsuri" concert was held on July 31st in Osaka as a special performance for her birthday. Guests included fellow GIZA artists Saegusa Yuuka, Uehara Azumi, Shizukusa Yumi, and Utoku Keiko.Aiuchi Rina is a Japanese pop artist on the GIZA label. In later years she has also focused on songwriting. Rina made her musical debut in 2000 with the single Close To Your Heart at the age of 19. It became a club hit. Her fourth single Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense was used as the opening theme for the anime Meitantei Conan, in which the characters danced parapara to the music. This single was also her first time breaking the Oricon Top 10, as the song reached #5. (Since this, all of her singles aside from three have reached the Top 10.) Months later, her first album Be Happy was released; it reached #3 on the Oricon and sold over 325,000 copies.