This is Angela Aki's biography, taken from her official site. (Translated by Google, smoothed out by me ^^; ) Thanks a bunch to Wiki.ThePPN for the stats and interesting facts.

Angela

The product of a mother of Italian-American descent and Japanese father, Angela was born in September of 1977. Angela began playing the piano at 3 years old, and graduated junior high school in Tokushima prefecture. When she was 15 years old, Angela moved to Hawaii, then attended George Washington University in Washington D.C., where she majored in political science and economics and music. Angela continued performing her music while in college, playing in clubs and live periodically. After the returning to Japan in March 2005, Angela released her debut mini-album 'ONE', which reached #2 on the 2005 annual pop indies chart. In September of the same year, she released her debut single HOME, followed by Kokoro no Senshi in January 2006. In March, her 3rd single, Kiss Me Good-Bye featuring the vocal theme song for the video game Final Fantasy XII, was released, and reached #6 on the Oricon charts. May 31st saw the released of her latest single, This Love, and was followed by her long-awaited first album, Home, on June 14th, which debuted at #2 on the Oricon charts.

Stats

Name: Angela K. Aki
Age: 29
Birthday: September 15, 1977
Birth Place: Tokushima, Shikoku
Family: Sister, Kyla Aki, one year younger than her
Ethnicity: Half Japanese (father), half Italian-American (mother)
First CD She Bought: Miyazawa Rie's Dream Rush
Favourite TV Show: sakusaku
Favourite Food: Tofu
Most Hated Thing: Mayonnaise
Favourite Songs to Sing in Karaoke: Georgia on My Mind, Tsugaru Kaikyou Fuyu Geshiki
Favourite Artists: Alanis Morissette, Ani DiFranco, Ben Folds, Coldplay, Fiona Apple, Janis Ian, Joni Mitchell, Kanye West, Macy Gray, Sarah McLachlan, Shiina Ringo, The Smashing Pumpkins, TLC

Interesting Facts

ť She announced that she was doing the FFXII theme on her blog in July '05
ť She currently lives with her younger sister
ť Angela's sister is also a good pianist, and was in the same a cappella group as Angela
ť She went to the same high school in Hawaii as Shen of Def Tech
ť Angela and Yuna Ito attended the same Japanese language school
ť She appeared as an extra in a documentary called Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children in 1995.

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