title: Yuki Koyanagi
text: is a Japanese pop singer. She released her first single, "Anata no kisu o kazoemashô – You Were Mine" on September 15, 1999. This song was a huge hit in Japan and made the 17-year-old a sensation overnight. Her second album, Expansion, sold over 1.3 million copies, and it features her most biggest chart hit, "Aijo". She has done several albums (in English) of cover songs, including disco and movie standards.
  
  After a break of several years, her album Sunrise was released in March 2007.
  
  Life and career
  Koyanagi was born in Saitama City, Japan to a Trinbagonian-American father and a Japanese mother. She is known for singing the English version of "Cross Colors", the ending theme of Dynasty Warriors 4. Before that, she worked with Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men who wrote most of the songs on and produced her album Intimacy. She performed the songs in English, without understanding what she was singing.
  
  Yuki sang the American and Japanese National Anthems during the 2006 World Baseball Classic in Tokyo. She also sang the Japanese National Anthem for an international soccer match between Japan and Trinidad & Tobago in 2006.
  
  Discography
  
  Albums
  
  Studio albums
  
  Compilation albums
  
  Cover albums 
  
   FREEDOM  (1999/11/25)
   Koyanagi the Covers PRODUCT 1  (2000/5/24)
   EXPANSION  (2000/8/23)
   Koyanagi the Live in Japan 2000  (2001/2/28)- 2 discs
   my all...  (2001/5/30)
   KOYANAGI the BALLADS 1999～2001  (2001/11/28)
   intimacy  (2002/4/24)
   buddy (2002/8/21)
   KOYANAGI THE LIVE IN JAPAN 2001－2002  (2002/11/27)- 4 discs
   KOYANAGI the DISCO  (2003/3/26)
   KOYANAGI the COVERS PRODUCT 2  (2003/9/25)
   Type  (2003/9/25)
   Acoustic Concert at Orchard Hall  (2003/11/12)- 2 discs
   MY ALL＜YUKI KOYANAGI SINGLES 1999－2003＞  (2004/1/28)- CD+DVD
   I'll Be Travelin' Home  (2004/11/24)
   Sunrise  (2007/3/21)
   The Best Now&Then ～10th Anniversary～  (2010/2/24)
   Prelude  (2019/9/4)
  
  Singles
   あなたのキスを数えましょう ～You were mine～  (1999/9/15)- JAP #7
   fairyland (trans@k feat. 小柳ゆき) (1999/10/27)
   あなたのキスを数えましょう Opus II (with trans@k) (Anata no Kisu o Kazoemashou) (2000/1/26)
   愛情  (Aijou) (2000/4/12)- JAP #3
   be alive  (2000/7/26)
   Koyanagi the Christmas (2000/11/15)
   DEEP DEEP  (2001/4/25)
   beautiful world  (2001/4/25)
   my all...  (2001/6/13)
   remain～心の鍵～  (remain～Kokoro no Kagi) (2001/11/21)
   HIT ON  (2002/2/14)
   Endless  (2002/7/10)
   Lovin' you  (2002/10/17)
   ON THE RADIO  (2003/3/5)
   恋のフーガ／会いたい (Koi no Fuga / Aitai) (2003/8/6）- JAP #36
   Love knot～愛の絆～  (Love Knot – Ai no Kizuna) (2004/1/28)
   Crystal Days  (2004/11/24)
   最後に記憶を消して (Saigo ni Kiwoku wo Keshite) (2005/4/27)
   Fair Wind  (2006/5/10)
   誓い (Chikai) (2006/10/11)
   we can go anywhere (2008/10/15) [1'669 copies sold – 2 weeks]
  MacArthur Park (Donna Summer) / All at Once (2012.07.25)
  
  Video/DVDs
   KOYANAGI THE MOVIES PRODUCT 1 (2000/09/27)
   KOYANAGI THE BUDOKAN KOYANAGI THE LIVE IN JAPAN 2000 (2001/07/11)
   KOYANAGI THE MOVIES PRODUCT 2 (2001/09/05)
  
  References
  
  External links 
   Yuki-Koyanagi.jp – Koyanagi Yuki's official website 
   Universal Music profile 
   Warner Music profile 
   Cross Colors lyrics in English version
  
  1982 births
  Living people
  Singers from Saitama (city)
  Japanese women pop singers
  Universal Music Japan artists
  21st-century Japanese singers
  21st-century Japanese women singers