The

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of Japanese singer Kokia consists of fourteen

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, five compilations albums, four

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s and 35

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. Kokia has also released several

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, mostly centred on her

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management era with

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. Kokia has contributed to many soundtracks, mostly for games and

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. She has written several songs for other artists, most notably " Inori", a song sung by

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voice actor

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in the role of her character

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. Three of Kokia's albums and have sold over 10,000 copies, with her most successful album, 2003's ''

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'', selling 45,000 copies in Japan. Five of Kokia's singles have sold over 10,000 copies, with one of them, "

The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss "The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss" is Kokia's 10th single, released on September 24, 2003. It is currently Kokia's most commercially successful single, after being used as the Kao ''Essential Damage Care'' shampoo commercials in 2003, featuri ...

," being certified gold by the

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. Her 1999 single "Arigatō..." was a long-selling song digitally, and was certified gold in 2014.

Studio albums

Cover album

Live album

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

Video albums

Music videos

Unlike many popular musicians, Kokia does not have very many music videos. She has three main eras of music videos: her initial

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era clips (1998), videos filmed when under

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management (2000–2002) and videos filmed while working with

management (2003–2006). Since switching to her self-managed label Anco&co, Kokia has only filmed one music video, "The Woman," while in the

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. Kokia's Pony Canyon videos were featured in the DVD on '' Kokia Complete Collection 1998–1999''. Her Mother Land videos were compiled together and released as ''Jewel: The Best Video Collection'' in 2006. Her Gai Records videos have not been released to DVD.

Other appearances

Kokia has appeared on many compilation albums, either with songs performed by her (often also written by her) or as a background vocalist.

Songwriting credits

Throughout her career, Kokia has occasionally written musical pieces for other artists, either lyrics, musical composition or both.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakanaction discography Discographies of Japanese artists Pop music group discographies