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lead=y is a Japanese singer-songwriter, under the Fearless Records label on Sony Music Associated Records. She currently resides in Tokyo.
Through the audition, she attracted the interest of Shinichi Osawa. She received numerous label offers, but ultimately signed with Sony Music, and teamed up with Osawa. With Nobuchika on his label, Fearless Records, Osawa would go on primarily to produce her music as he did with fellow label artist bird.
Months later, on April 6, 2005, Nobuchika's second single, "Voice" was released. The song carries a Latin atmosphere with the use of Spanish guitars and carries more of Osawa's club sound. Along with the title song are a studio live version, a karaoke version, and a remix of "I hear the music in my soul." On Oricon's Top 100 chart, the single reached a peak of No. 94 and stayed on the charts for 3 weeks.
On June 29, 2005, "Sketch for Summer" was released, a very different genre compared to the previous singles. It was a mellow ballad with some hints of jazz. The single comes with a studio live version, a karaoke version, and a remix of "Voice." The music video was the first to show Nobuchika in color, rather than black and white. The single scored even lower on Oricon. It charted at No. 175 for just one week.
Eri's fourth single, "鼓動" ( Kodou, meaning "heartbeat") was released on December 7, 2005, another ballad containing elements of acid jazz, with Eri accompanied by piano and horns. The song appeared in a TV commercial for the mobilecast mLink. "Kodou" is accompanied by a remix, a karaoke version, and a remix of "Sketch for Summer". The single was re-released two weeks later, replacing the karaoke version with an instrumental version with no background vocals.
Her debut album, nobuchikaeri, was released on December 21, 2005. It contained her four singles, as well as "I hear the music in my soul," and five new tracks. One of the tracks was Nobuchika's first recorded entirely in English. "Yume no Kakera" and "SING A SONG" were released as her first DVD single on March 1, 2006. The video for "Yume no Kakera" was created by Studio 4C, who also created animations for The Animatrix.
A 7-track album of remixes titled nobuchikaeri.rx was released on May 10, 2006. The album includes remixes of Nobuchika's singles by artists such as Röyksopp, Akufen, and more.
Nobuchika was featured in a radio program on the now-defunct bi-weekly Sony Music Japan vodcast "the swallowtail radio," in which she talked about her career, and read messages from fans.
An update on her blog told of a studio recording in Okinawa during the summer; this was eventually revealed as her collaboration with Naoto Hiroyama, the leader of Japanese band Orange Range, in his solo project, delofamilia.
delofamilia's first album, quiet life, was released on December 5, 2007, featuring Nobuchika and AIR as guest vocalists, although Eri appears on the majority of the songs singing in mostly English and some Japanese. Nobuchika, NAOTO, and AIR all shared lyric-writing duties for the album.
In April 2009, Nobuchika announced that her second album, Hands, would be released on June 3, 2009, more than three years after her debut album. Nobuchika also launched her mixi account and a Myspace page with song samples, along with a live concert on release day to coincide with the new album.
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