Hinouchi Emi

Hinouchi Emi (日之内エミ) is a J-Urban artist currently signed under KING RECORDS and formerly under the Tachytelic Records label. She made her debut in 2002 with the Taku (m-flo) produced single Magic / World. She has also worked with other artists such as m-flo, Heartsdales, and SOUL'd OUT.

Hinouchi Emi was born in Osaka, Japan on September 7th, 1982. She and her family moved to Taiwan when she was only four. They lived there through out most of her childhood, moving back to Japan when Emi was fourteen. After she returned to Japan she started writing music and composing music. The first track she completed was named Painful (Which later went on to be her fourth single).

She soon started performing with a local indie band. When she was 16 she entered an audition held by Takahashi Taku of m-flo and performed Painful. She was then signed to Taku's label Tachytelic Records. She debuted in 2002 with the single Magic / World, which was produced by Taku. In 2003 she went on to release three additional singles, and in November came the release of her debut album, Dramatiques. All of her singles, with the exception of Freak!, have ranked in the top 150 on the Oricon Charts.

She soon began composing music for Heartsdales and singing back up for them. Her first appearance with them was on I See You single. She continued to work with the group until their split in 2006. She has also been one of the recurring artists featured in the m-floloves... series.

O'kay was released as Emi's fifth single and signaled her comeback from a period of three years which no singles were released. Both O'kay and GOODIE MEMORIES, released after this hiatus period, charted higher than Hinouchi's previous singles. Later she released her seventh single on April 9th, entitled Ai Dake ga. It is still unknown whether an album will be released in the following months.

Categories: Artists | J-Urban | J-Pop | Blood Type O | 1982 Births | Osaka Artists