Cocco
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Makishi Satoko (Japanese: 真喜志 智子), known professionally as Template:Nihongo, is a Japanese pop/folk rock singer.
Early life
Cocco attended numerous ballet auditions in pursuit of becoming a professional ballerina. To cover travel expenses for a ballet audition in Tokyo, she also participated in singing auditions. Although she did not pass the ballet audition, she impressed the judges and was later signed by Victor Entertainment.
Career
Cocco made her debut on an indie label under the name "Cocko" with a self-titled EP Cocko on November 21, 1996. A track from the EP, Sing a Song ~No Music, No Life~, was used in an advertising campaign for Tower Records Japan.
On March 21, 1997, Cocco changed the official spelling of her name to "Cocco" and released her major label debut single Countdown. A full-length album followed shortly after. It was not until 1998 when she scored a big hit in Japan with Tsuyoku Hakanaimonotachi, which sold more than 250,000.
Cocco went on to record three more albums – Kumuiuta in 1998, Rapunzel in 2000, and Sangurōzu in 2001. Before the release of Sangurōzu, Cocco announced she was retiring from the music business. Later that year, her label released a career retrospective, Best + Ura Best + Mihappyōkyokushū, which contained her singles, some b-sides and five unreleased tracks.
Her retirement did not last long. In 2002, she published her first art book, Minami no Shima no Hoshi no Suna. In August 2003, she organized a benefit concert to raise awareness about cleaning up beaches in Okinawa. A DVD documentary entitled Heaven's Hell followed in December.
2004 saw her appearance on the Yutaka Ozaki cover album "BLUE" and the publication of her second book, Minami no Shima no Koi no Uta, which was accompanied by a limited edition single, "Garnet/Celeste Blue". In 2005, Cocco collaborated with photographer/singer Nanaco on a CD/book combination titled The Bird.
In late 2004, Cocco teamed up with Shigeru Kishida of the Japanese rock group Quruli to re-record "Sing a Song" for Tower Records' 25th Anniversary in Japan. The sessions inspired the formation of Singer Songer, a band featuring Cocco, Kishida, Quruli bassist Masashi Sato, Cornelius support keyboardist Hirohisa Horie and former FEED drummer Dai Taro.
Singer Songer made its live debut as special guests at Quruli's year-end concert in December 2004, and in May 2005, the band released a single, "Shoka Rinrin". An album, Barairo Pop was released in June 2005. It contains a selection of country-flavored tracks that are much happier than Cocco's previous works.
In April 2006, she wrote a series of essays for Mainichi Shimbun. Since then, Cocco has continued to write for various newspapers and magazines.
On July 7, 2007, Cocco performed at the Japanese leg of Live Earth at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba. After releasing the album Kira Kira, she started living in the UK and went to college to learn photography.
In 2010, Cocco published her first long novel, Polomerria. She performed at the World Happiness 2010 rock festival in Tokyo on August 8 and released Emerald, her first self-produced album, on August 11. She also provided the theme song, Yagi no Sanpo, for 14-year-old director Ryugo Nakamura's debut feature film Yagi no Boken. She got a letter from the youngest film director in Japanese film history, and she decided to help the boy.
In 2011, the no-budget indie film Inspired movies produced by Cocco and her fellow video artists was released.
In 2011, Cocco made her acting debut, starring in KOTOKO, directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. She was also responsible for the art direction and music.
She covered "Good Bye" for the June 6, 2018 hide tribute album Tribute Impulse.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Chart positions <ref name="OriconPosit">Template:Cite web</ref> |
Total sales <ref name="Oricon">Template:Cite web (subscription only)</ref> |
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| 1997 | Template:Nihongo | 33 | 122,000 |
| 1998 | Template:Nihongo | 1 | 878,000 |
| 2000 | Template:Nihongo | 1 | 380,000 |
| 2001 | Template:Nihongo | 5 | 226,000 |
| 2006 | Template:Nihongo | 3 | 127,000 |
| 2007 | Template:Nihongo | 6 | 91,000 |
| 2010 | Template:Nihongo | 5 | 39,000 |
| 2014 | Template:Nihongo | ||
| 2014 | Template:Nihongo | ||
| 2016 | Template:Nihongo | ||
| 2019 | Template:Nihongo | 14 | 6,403<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2021 | Template:Nihongo | 9 | |
| 2022 | Template:Nihongo | 15 | |
| 2024 | Template:Nihongo | 19 | 3,375<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Chart positions <ref name="OriconPosit"/> |
Total sales <ref name="Oricon"/> |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Template:Nihongo | 1 | 504,000 |
| 2011 | Template:Nihongo | 4 | |
| 2017 | Template:Nihongo |
Singles
Indie label
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1996 | "Cokco"
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Major label
| Year | Title | Oricon singles sales chart | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| peak position <ref name="OriconPosit"/> |
total sales <ref name="Oricon"/> | |||
| 1997 | Template:Nihongo | 98 | 2,200 | Bougainvillea |
| Template:Nihongo | 18 | 361,000 | Kumuiuta | |
| 1998 | "Raining" | 17 | 128,000 | |
| Template:Nihongo | 6 | 144,000 | Rapunzel | |
| 1999 | Template:Nihongo | 3 | 182,000 | |
| Template:Nihongo | 9 | 97,000 | ||
| 2000 | Template:Nihongo | 10 | 68,000 | |
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10 | 37,000 | ||
| Template:Nihongo | 25 | 32,000 | Sangu Rose | |
| 2001 | Template:Nihongo | 16 | 38,000 | |
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12 | 55,000 | ||
| 2006 | Template:Nihongo | 5 | 80,000 | Zancyan |
| Template:Nihongo | 4 | 48,000 | ||
| 2007 | Template:Nihongo
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14 | 32,000 | — |
| 2009 | Template:Nihongo
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6 | 18,000 | Emerald |
| 2010 | "Nirai Kanai" | 20 | 12,000 | |
Others
Cocco-chan to Shigeru-kun
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| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Sing a Song (No Music, No Love Life) |
Singer Songer
Singer Songer is a musical group consists of five musicians, featuring Cocco as a lead singer.
| Year | Album details |
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| 2005 | Template:Nihongo |
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Videography
Music video compilations
| Year | Album details | Notes |
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| 2001 | Template:Nihongo |
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| 2011 | Cocco Inspired movies |
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Concert tour videos
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Template:Nihongo |
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| 2011 | Emerald Tour 2010 |
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Documentaries
| Year | Album details | Notes |
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| 2003 | Heaven's Hell |
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| 2009 | Template:Nihongo |
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Filmography
Movies
| Year | Film Name | Character Name | Film director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Template:Nihongo | (documentary) | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| 2011 | Kotoko | Template:Nihongo | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| 2016 | A Bride for Rip Van Winkle | Template:Nihongo | Shunji Iwai |
Bibliography
| Title | Original Publication Date | Publisher | Category | Book sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Lang Minami no Shima no Hoshi no Suna Star Sands in the South Ocean |
September 27, 2002 | Kawade Shobō Shinsha | Picture book | Template:ISBN |
| Template:Lang Minami no Shima no Koi no Uta Love Songs from the South Ocean |
August 15, 2004 | Kawade Shobō Shinsha | Picture book | Template:ISBN |
| 8.15 Okinawa Cocco | December 21, 2006 | The NHK publication, photographer: nanaco | Photo-book | Template:ISBN |
| Template:Lang Omoi Goto. Thoughts. |
August 15, 2007 | The Mainichi Newspapers | Essays and photos | Template:ISBN |
| Template:Lang Daijōbu de Aru Yōni: Cocco Owaranai Tabi So I Can Be Alright: Cocco's Endless Journey |
December 5, 2008 | Poplar Publishing, photographer: nanaco | Photo-book | Template:ISBN |
| Template:Lang Cocco-san no Daidokoro Miss Cocco's Kitchen |
August 15, 2009 | Gentosha | Essays and recipes | Template:ISBN |
| Template:Lang Poromeria Plumeria |
May 26, 2010 | Gentosha | Novel | Template:ISBN |
References
External links
- Cocco official site Template:Webarchive
- Discography Template:Webarchive
- Nippop Profile | Cocco Template:Webarchive
- Project J Profile
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