Anna Tsuchiya (土屋アンナ, Tsuchiya Anna, born March 11, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, model, and actress. She was born to a Russian-American father and Japanese mother.
Modelling Career
Tsuchiya was scouted by Seventeen magazine at age 14 to start a modelling career. Her demand as a model grew, and by 2002 she was doing television ads for UNIQLO, Edwin, and KOSE products. Even though she got involved in other projects afterwards, she today still remains an in-demand model for magazines like Kera, Soup, Zipper, and other youth punk fashion magazines.
Music Career
Spin Aqua
In late 2002, Tsuchiya joined with ex-Oblivion Dust member Kaz Iwaike to form Spin Aqua. The duo debuted in 2002 under Ki/oon Records and held a concert in December at the Tokyo Bay NHK Hall. They released three singles, one album, and a video collection, but didn't fare well commercially. They later slipped into hiatus before permanently disbanding in 2004, due to Tsuchiya's pregnancy and engagement to fellow model Joshua. On November 19, 2004, Anna's first child, Sky, was born. In early July, 2006, it was announced that Tsuchiya and Joshua were getting divorced.
Solo
Anna was quiet musically until 2005, when she announced plans to go solo for the first time. On August 24, 2005 she released her first independent mini-album, Taste My Beat under AVEX's sub-label, Mad Pray Records. She released a single called "SLAP THAT NAUGHTY BODY/MY FATE" on March 23, 2006. She also released her first remix album, Taste My xxxremixxxxxxx!!!!!!!! Beat Life! on the same day. Her third single, "Rose", (released June 28, 2006) was used as the opening theme from the NANA anime. "Rose" was her first single to reach a position in the Top 10 of the Oricon Charts and peaked at #6. On August 2, 2006, Tsuchiya released her first full-length album, "strip me?", which reached #11 position.
Acting Career
Anna made her acting debut in Novala Takemoto's adapted runaway hit Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls) in 2004 as punk yanki Ichigo Shirayuri. Tsuchiya has also appeared in The Taste of Tea and provided the voice of Lindsay Lohan's character Maggie Peyton in the Japanese dub of Herbie: Fully Loaded. Her latest film is Sakuran, opening February 2007 in Japan.
Discography:
Albums
- [2006.03.23] Taste My xxxremixxxxxxx!!!!!!!! Beat Life! (Remix album)
- [2006.08.02] strip me? [CD/CD+DVD]
- [2007.02.28] ANNA TSUCHIYA inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES)
Mini-Albums
- [2005.08.24] Taste My Beat
Singles
- [2006.01.25] Change your life
- [2006.03.23] SLAP THAT NAUGHTY BODY / MY FATE
- [2006.06.28] rose
- [2007.01.10] Kuroi Namida (黒い涙 Black Tears)
- [2007.02.14] LUCY
DVDs
- [2007.01.10] ANNA TSUCHIYA 1st Live Tour BLOOD OF ROSES
Filmography:
- Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語) (2004)
- The Taste of Tea (茶の味)(2004)
- Bashment (2005)
- Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) (Japanese Dub)
- Memories of Matsuko (2006)
- Dororo (2007)
- Sakuran (2007)
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