There is more than one artist under this name: 1. aki is a Japanese female vocalist who often collaborates with CYTOKINE's arranger ?? (Linjin) on many doujin music releases. 2. Aki is a MC from Gottsunda and Alby in Sweden. 3. AKI is a former singer for Japan based I've Sound. 4. aki is the former vocalist of visual band Laputa that lasted from 1993-2004. After Laputa disbanded, aki began working on his solo career and released his first single, COME INTO CONFLICT, on 8/3/2005. This was to be followed up by his debut album, CONFLICT, on 9/7/2005. He then released the maxi-single THE CELL MIXES on 3/1/2006. Following releases would include another single, FORGET ME NOT/GO AHEAD, on 8/11/2006, followed by a live album entitled aki OFFICIAL BOOTLEG LIVE INTO CONFLICT FINAL. aki then released his second album, RESONANCE, on 3/7/2007, which would be followed by two more singles later in the year. The first, entitled FOOLISH DANCE FLOOR/LANDSCAPE, would be released on 10/17/2007 in three "types" (A, B, and C). Less than a month later, his fifth and latest single, ???/NO REASON (Chizuke/NO REASON), would be released on 11/14/2007 in three "types" (A, B, and C) as well. 5. AKi (born ????, Ichiki Akihito) is japanese singer, songwriter and bassist. He is known for his work with the band ?? (SID) which he founded with vocalist ?? (Mao). In ?? AKi uses the stage name ?? (Aki). AKi var born in Tokyo on February 3rd in 1981. His first band was RAM?REM. RAM?REM practiced in the same place as the band SHULA and AKi and SHULA's vocalist, ??, became good friends. They often talk about how unhappy they where in their present band and they decided to leave their band and formed ?? in 2003 with the help of former Uranus guitarist, Shinji, and former SHULA drummer, ??? (Yuuya) as support members. In 2004 Shinji and ??? became full band members after the very successful first one-man live. In 2015 AKi started his solo work with the album ARISE and changed his stage name to AKi. He announced his solo album with short notice and it took many by surprise. Because of his sudden announcement that album got a lot of attention ranked at number 1 as the most pre-ordered album at Tower Records. Trivia: His blood type is B. AKi used to smoke but quit. His brand was Marlboro lights. His favorite bands are BUCK-TICK, Linkin Park, Oasis, LUNA SEA just to name a few. When he was a kid he wanted to become a doctor, but a TV appearance by LUNA SEA changed his mind. He is a kick boxer. He hates traveling with train. He has two animals. The dog Neru and the cat Gin. Discography: ARISE (2015)