Utada Hikaru™

Given name: Hikaru [hee'kaa'rlu] (ヒカル) - meaning 'shining' in Japanese

Surname: Utada [oo'ta'da] (宇多田)

Nickname: Hikki [heek'kee] (ヒッキー)

Date of Birth: January 19, 1983

Place of Birth: New York, NY, U.S.A.

Height: 158cm

Began carrer in music on / First recorded songs: 1990; as part of family musical group U3 (aka. cubic U) on the album "U*STAR" (released September, 1993; Hikki wrote lyrics of two songs, at the age of 10)

Solo Debut: 1997 - January 1998 (under the name Cubic U)

Japanese Debut (as independant artist): December, 1998 (with "Automatic" single)

International Debut: EXODUS Album - Fall 2004 (Japan: 9.08.2004; US: 10.05.2004)

Ex-Husband: Kazuaki Kiriya (Divorced 2007-Mar-2)

Father: Teruzane Utada (producer/musician who now runs U3music, the family music company; Her manager)

Mother: Junko Utada aka. Keiko Fuji (was a popular enka (Japanese ballad) singer in the 1970s; maiden name Junko Abe)

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