The Official Hikaru Utada Thread

Favorite Hikaru Utada album?

First Love	35.9%	[ 462 ]
Distance	15.9%	[ 205 ]
Deep River	26.3%	[ 339 ]
Exodus	21.8%	[ 281 ]
Total Votes:			[ 1287 ]

[Seca]

The Official Hikaru Utada Thread

Yes, I know there are several Hikaru Utada threads already but I'm hoping this one can become a sticky and there won't be a need for anymore new ones in the future. So please post on this thread as much as possible, while keeping it in context.

Here are a list of Hikki sites that are a must for any fan.

http://www.utada.com or http://utada.com
Official English website

http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/hikki/
Official Japanese website

http://www.hikaru-online.net/
A very informative and up to date fansite.

Album Discography (only the Japanese Release dates are listed):

First Love [1999/03/10]

Distance [2001/03/28]

Deep River [2002/06/19]

Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 [2004/03/31]

Exodus [2004/09/08]

Ultra Blue [2006/06/14]

[nexgenshane]

Utada needs to hurry up and get her US Debut OVER HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[[Objurgation]]

I love Hikki with...a lot. I can't buy her CDs because..my parents wont let me spend that much money on a CD crying Grrrr scream

Ahem. I love Tokyo Nights because its just so poppy (so unlike me, I swear) and I DL a lot of her songs and have 3 CDs with her songs on them. My personal favorite song of hers is Eternally. I don't know why, I am just IN LOVE with it!! heart heart heart

[Seca]

Out of couristy has anyone listened to her singles collection yet? I heard that the songs were remastered so they don't sound exactly like the original releases. Can anybody confirm this?

Also for those looking to find out more about Utada in the U.S. here's the link to her official English page: http://www.utada.com

[wakusei]

non-official...wouldn't it be...unofficial?

...anyways...Utada Hikaru has a lovely voice...nice and pretty.

[Seca]

wakusei

non-official...wouldn't it be...unofficial?

... d'oh xp I guess I'll correct that eventually or hopefully this will become a sticky and it can be the official Hikaru Utada thread.

[Hekiko]

I hope that this can become an official thread.

And as for my favorite album by her, Distance wins by a mile. Of her three albums, that was the one to combine a strong set of singles (Wait and See ~risk~, Can you Keep A Secret, For You/Time Limit and Addicted to You) with a set of awesome original tracks (DORAMA, Parody, Distance <-- this being an original track for the album before a coupling song on Final Distance).

First Love was very enjoyable pop music, but it still had Utada Hikaru inside too much of a stylistic box. Deep River was very mature, but almost none of the songs had the same punch as the majority of songs on Distance.

[Lilac_Neko]

Seca

Out of couristy has anyone listened to her singles collection yet? I heard that the songs were remastered so they don't sound exactly like the original releases. Can anybody confirm this?

There are differences, but they are very slight.

[Seca]

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[kirei mana]

i love the distance album..but i only have the deep river album, movin' on without you single, & can you keep a secret? single.

[Lyriisi]

I think her voice is so sweet and pretty... *sigh* Wish I could sing that good! crying Meh, oh well. But I really like Hikari; that's such a beautiful song. The pv is kinda weird though... sweatdrop

[[Objurgation]]

I am in my school orchestra and my friend and I are going to get the music for Hikari and we are going to play it. Gah!!!

So excited!!

[Kiyomizu]

I own all of Hikki's albums and DVD's including the newest one. I have gone to most of her rare concerts like the last one at the Budokan. She's the greatest person and singer. biggrin

I also have met her and talked to her. She's just the way you all see her, funny and very shy. ninja

Edit: In your first post, you should include lots of information on her including images so people could know more about her. wink

[Kuroi Kenkaku]

Utada looks pretty. too bad she's married to a photographer....

[Seca]

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Come on people, let's get some more posts so we can have a Hikaru Utada sticky.