Iku (singer)

IKU
IKU
Born	January 22
Origin	Hokkaido, Japan
Genres	Pop; trance; psytrance;
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano
Years active	2008–present
Labels	NBCUniversal (2008–2011); FUCTORY Records (2014–present);
Website	www.ive.mu/artist_iku.html

Iku (stylized as IKU) is a Japanese singer who was signed to NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan.^[1] She debuted in 2008 with the single "Oto no nai Yozora ni/Ko no Me Kaze" (音のない夜空に/木の芽風),^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] produced by the music production group I've Sound.^[6]^[7] She worked with them only as a guest vocalist initially and the partnership lasted until 2009,^[8] when her first album came out, however, in 2014, she officially joined the group.^[9]^[10]

Discography

Albums

Title	Year	Formats	Label	Oricon Rank^[11]	Sales^[12]^[13]
Your Wear	2009	CD, digital download	NBCUniversal	91	1,929
ROBE	2011		NBCUniversal	193	592
TERMINAL^[14]^[15]	2018		FUCTORY Records	—	—
"—" denotes items which didn't chart on the Oricon Weekly Album Rank.

Singles

Title	Year	Formats	Label	Oricon Rank^[11]	Sales^[12]^[13]	Album
Oto no Nai Yozora ni	2008	CD, digital download	NBCUniversal	64	2,891	Your Wear
Ko no Me Kaze				64	2,891
Rimless ~Fuchinashi no Sekai~				55	3,070
Chikaigoto ~Sukoshi Dake Mou Ichido~	2009			70	2,632
Kimi no Namae^[16]^[15]	2016		FUCTORY Records	—	—	TERMINAL
"—" denotes items which didn't chart on the Oricon Weekly Single Rank.

Live performances

I've in Budokan 2009: Departed to the future (January 2, 2009)
Dengeki Geneon Music festival (September 26, 2010)
Geneon FripSide festival 2010 (December 5, 2010)
DK anime complex festival 2011 (January 23, 2011)

References

^ "IKU – official website – Profile". nbcuni-music.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "IKU – official website – Discography". nbcuni-music.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "音のない夜空に/木の芽風 | IKU". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "IKU、柔らかさと強さを兼ね備えた透明感のあるデビューシングル「音のない夜空に」大特集". BARKS (in Japanese). March 17, 2008. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "NBCUniversal ANIME×MUSIC PORTAL SITE". NBCUniversal ANIME×MUSIC PORTAL SITE (in Japanese). Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "IKU 1stシングル「音のない夜空に／木の芽風」｜I've Sound Explorer". ivesound.jp. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "GNCL-0029 | oto no nai yozora ni/ko no me kaze / IKU – VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "楽曲の検索｜I've Sound Explorer". ivesound.jp. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "IKU｜I'VE OFFICIAL PORTAL SITE". ive.mu. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "IKU｜I've Sound Explorer". ivesound.jp. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "IKU". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」－CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－". ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "アニソンCD売り上げデータ保管庫: IKU". アニソンCD売り上げデータ保管庫. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "IKU 3rd ALBUM Terminal ｜I'VE OFFICIAL PORTAL SITE". ive.mu. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "IKU : Album, Discography | TuneCore Japan". TuneCore Japan. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "Kimi no Namae". Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Official blog (in Japanese)
Official Twitter account (in Japanese)

[1] "IKU – official website – Profile". nbcuni-music.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[2] "IKU – official website – Discography". nbcuni-music.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[3] "音のない夜空に/木の芽風 | IKU". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[4] "IKU、柔らかさと強さを兼ね備えた透明感のあるデビューシングル「音のない夜空に」大特集". BARKS (in Japanese). March 17, 2008. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[5] "NBCUniversal ANIME×MUSIC PORTAL SITE". NBCUniversal ANIME×MUSIC PORTAL SITE (in Japanese). Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[6] "IKU 1stシングル「音のない夜空に／木の芽風」｜I've Sound Explorer". ivesound.jp. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[7] "GNCL-0029 | oto no nai yozora ni/ko no me kaze / IKU – VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[8] "楽曲の検索｜I've Sound Explorer". ivesound.jp. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[9] "IKU｜I'VE OFFICIAL PORTAL SITE". ive.mu. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[10] "IKU｜I've Sound Explorer". ivesound.jp. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[ORICON_NEWS_447456-11] "IKU". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[ORICON_RANKING-12] "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」－CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－". ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[anisonsinger_blogspot-13] "アニソンCD売り上げデータ保管庫: IKU". アニソンCD売り上げデータ保管庫. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[14] "IKU 3rd ALBUM Terminal ｜I'VE OFFICIAL PORTAL SITE". ive.mu. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[tunecore.co.jp-15] "IKU : Album, Discography | TuneCore Japan". TuneCore Japan. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[16] "Kimi no Namae". Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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