Akiko Yano discography

The discography of a Japanese singer-songwriter Akiko Yano. The list includes materials recorded with other artists.

Albums

Studio albums

Solo albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
			JPN [1][2]
1976	Japanese Girl	Released: July 25, 1976 Label: Nippon Phonogram	35
1977	Irohanikonpeitō (いろはにこんぺいとう)	Released: August 5, 1977 Label: Nippon Phonogram	35
1978	To Ki Me Ki (ト･キ･メ･キ)	Released: September 5, 1978 Label: Nippon Phonogram	46
1980	Gohan ga Dekitayo (ごはんができたよ)	Released: November 20, 1980 Label: Japan	31
1981	Tadaima. (ただいま｡)	Released: May 1, 1981 Label: Japan	20
1982	Ai ga Nakucha ne. (愛がなくちゃね｡)	Released: June 25, 1982 Label: Japan	29
1984	OSOS (オーエス オーエス, Ōesu Ōesu)	Released: June 25, 1984 Label: Tokuma Japan	23
1986	Tōge no Wagaya (峠のわが家)	Released: February 21, 1986 Label: Midi	20
	Brooch	Solo Piano and Vocal Album Released: September 5, 1986 Label: Midi/Yano Music	57
1987	Granola	Released: November 21, 1987 Label: Midi	36
1989	Welcome Back	Released: April 21, 1989 Label: Midi	27
1991	Love Life	Released: October 25, 1991 Label: Epic/Sony	21
1992	Super Folk Song	Solo Piano and Vocal Album Released: June 1, 1992 Label: Epic/Sony	10
1993	Love Is Here	Released: June 2, 1993 Label: Epic/Sony	12
1994	Elephant Hotel	Released: October 1, 1994 Label: Epic/Sony	16
1995	Piano Nightly	Solo Piano and Vocal Album Released: October 21, 1995 Label: Epic/Sony	21
1997	Oui Oui	Released: July 1, 1997 Label: Epic/Sony	21
1999	Go Girl	Released: August 4, 1999 Label: Epic/Sony	29
2000	Home Girl Journey	Solo Piano and Vocal Album Released: November 1, 2000 Label: Epic/Sony	38
2002	Reverb	Released: March 20, 2002 Label: Epic/Sony	64
2004	Honto no Kimochi (ホントのきもち)	Released: October 27, 2004 Label: Yamaha Music Communications	34
2008	Akiko	Released: October 22, 2008 (simultaneously issued with English Version) Label: Yamaha Music Communications	28
2010	Ongakudō (音楽堂)	Solo Piano and Vocal Album Released: February 10, 2010 Label: Yamaha Music Communications	30
2013	Yano Akiko, Imawano Kiyoshirō o Utau (矢野顕子、忌野清志郎を歌う)	Released: February 6, 2013 Label: Yamaha Music Communications	34
2014	Tobashite Ikuyo (飛ばしていくよ)	Released: March 26, 2014 Label: Speedstar Records	34
2015	Welcome to Jupiter	Released: September 16, 2015 Label: Speedstar Records	28
2017	Soft Landing	Solo Piano and Vocal Album Released: November 29, 2017 Label: Speedstar Records	26
2018	Futari Bocchi de Ikou (ふたりぼっちで行こう)	Released: November 28, 2018 Label: Speedstar Records	27
2021	Ongaku wa Okurimono (音楽はおくりもの)	Released: August 25, 2021 Label: Speedstar Records

Collaborative albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
			JPN [1][2]
1997	Life Behind TV (with Jeff Bova)	Artist: The Hammonds Released: July 1, 1997 (simultaneously issued with English Version) Label: Epic/Sony	87
2006	Hajimete no Yano Akiko (はじめてのやのあきこ) (feat. Yosui Inoue, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Hiromi Uehara, Kazumasa Oda, Noriyuki Makihara, Yuki)	Artist: Akiko Yano Released: March 8, 2006 Label: Yamaha Music Communications	42
2007	Yanokami (with Rei Harakami)	Artist: yanokami Released: August 8, 2007 Label: Yamaha Music Communications	24
2010	Anata to Utaō (あなたと歌おう) (with Ryoko Moriyama)	Artist: YaMori Released: July 14, 2010 Label: Yamaha Music Communications	83
2011	Tōku wa Chikai (遠くは近い) (with Rei Harakami)	Artist: yanokami Released: December 14, 2011 (simultaneously issued with Instrumental Version) Label: Yamaha Music Communications	58
2020	Asteroid and Butterfly (with Hiromitsu Agatsuma)[3]	Artist: Akiko Yano Released: March 4, 2020 Label: Nippon Columbia

Live albums

Solo albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
			JPN [1][2]
1976	Nagatsuki Kannazuki (長月 神無月)	Released: December 30, 1976 Label: Nippon Phonogram	60
1979	Tokyo wa Yoru no Shichi-ji (東京は夜の七時)	Released: April 25, 1979 Label: Nippon Phonogram	—
1988	Good Evening Tokyo	Released: May 21, 1988 Label: Midi	30
1994	Demae Concert (出前コンサート)	Released: July 21, 1994 Label: Midi	—
2000	Twilight: the "LIVE" Best of Akiko Yano	Released: June 21, 2000 Label: Epic/Sony	84
2008	Japanese Girl: Piano Solo Live 2008 (iTunes exclusive)	Released: September 24, 2008 (download only) Released: November 26, 2014 (CD)[4] Label: Yamaha Music Communication	—
2012	Koya no Yobigoe (荒野の呼び声)	Released: August 8, 2012 Label: Yamaha Music Communication	79
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released

Collaborative albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
			JPN
2000	Live Beautiful Songs (with Taeko Onuki, Tamio Okuda, Keiichi Suzuki, Kazufumi Miyazawa)	Artist: Various artists Released: October 18, 2000 Label: Toshiba EMI	10 [5]
2011	Get Together -Live in Tokyo- (with Hiromi Uehara)	Artist: Akiko Yano × Hiromi Released: November 23, 2011 Label: Universal J	22 [6]
2017	ラーメンな女たち -Live in Tokyo- (with Hiromi Uehara)	Artist: Akiko Yano × Hiromi Released: March 8, 2017 Label: Telarc	—
2024	Step Into Paradise -Live in Tokyo- (with Hiromi Uehara)	Artist: Akiko Yano × Hiromi Released: December 6, 2024 Label: Telarc	—

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
			JPN [2]
1982	From Japan to Japan	Label: Tokuma Japan	—
1988	Home Music	Label: Yano Music	—
1989	Home Music II	Released: January 1, 1989 Label: Midi	90
1989	Asoko no Akko-chan (あそこのアッコちゃん)	Released: July 25, 1989 Label: Tokuma Japan	—
1990	Akiko Yano	Released: October 5, 1990 Label: Elektra Nonesuch	—
1992	On the Air	Released: September 21, 1992 Label: Midi	88
1995	Ai ga Tarinai (愛がたりない)	Released: January 21, 1995 Label: Midi	—
1996	Hitotsudake: The Very Best of	Released: September 23, 1996 Label: Epic/Sony	7
2003	Piyanoakiko: The Best of Solo Piano Songs	Released: October 1, 2003 Label: Epic/Sony	66
2006	Ima Made no Yano Akiko (いままでのやのあきこ)	Released: August 23, 2006 Label: Sony Music Direct	97
2016	Yano Sanmyaku (矢野山脈)	Released: November 30, 2016 Label: Victor

Singles

• "Iro wa Konpeitō" (1977)
• "Ike Yanagida" (1977)
• "Gohan ga Dekita yo" (1980)
• "Harusaki Kobeni" (February 1, 1981)
• "Tadaima" (June 1, 1981)
• "Ashita Koso, Anata" (November 25, 1981)
• "Gomennasai Oh Yeah" (1982)
• "Watashi no Nyanko" (1983)
• "Ramen Tabetai" (August 5, 1984)
• "Ai ga Tarinai" (1985)
• "Hana no Yō ni..." (November 21, 1987)
• "David" (October 21, 1990)
• "Bakabon" (January 22, 1990)
• "Super Folk Song" (June 1, 1992)
• "Children in the Summer" (May 1, 1993)
• "Subarashii Hibi" (May 1, 1994)
• "Yume no Hiyoko" (July 1, 1994)
• "Ai ga Areba? (Love Can't Be Blind)" (September 7, 1994)
• "Omoide no Sanpomichi" (October 21, 1995)
• "Harusaki Kobeni" / "Hitotsu Dake" (July 21, 1996)
• "Cream Stew (The Stew)" (May 1, 1997)
• "Home Sweet Home" (March 25, 1998)
• "Oka o Koete" (April 22, 1998)
• "Girlfriends Forever" (May 21, 1999)
• "Hitoribocchi wa Yameta" (July 1, 1999)
• "Dreaming Girl" (March 5, 2002)
• "Atashinchi" (December 3, 2003)
• "Presto" (February 1, 2006)
• "Shiawase na Bakatare" (August 30, 2011)
• "Konyara no Uta" (March 18, 2012)
• "Rilakkuma no Watashi" (August 7, 2013)
• "Ton Poo" (September 5, 2015)
• "Soft Landing" (June 23, 2017)

References

1. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
2. "矢野顕子のCDアルバムランキング" [Akiko Yano: Peak positions and weeks on chart]. Original Confidence. Retrieved February 15, 2013.Note: Reference indicates chart positions from 1988 onwards, and part of the information are currently unavailable
3. St. Michel, Patrick (26 February 2020). "Departing from tradition with Hiromitsu Agatsuma and Akiko Yano". The Japan Times LTD. The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
4. "Akiko Yano – Japanese Girl - Piano Solo Live 2008 - (2014, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
5. "LIVE Beautiful Songs オムニバス" [Chart position and weeks of "Live Beautiful Songs" by Various artists]. Original Confidence. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
6. "Get Together -LIVE in Tokyo- 矢野顕子×上原ひろみ" [Chart position and weeks of "Get Together (Live in Tokyo)" by Akiko Yano × Hiromi Uehara]. Original Confidence. Retrieved January 3, 2013.