is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter. Her 1995 debut single "Tomorrow" peaked at number 1 on the

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...

weekly single charts. She released her greatest hits album ''Rise 1'' in 2000. The album topped the Oricon weekly album charts. Her song "Itsuka Kitto" is the Japanese theme song for the dub of Chicken Little.

Expo 2010 Shanghai China theme song plagiarism

It was alleged that the promotional song for Expo 2010 Shanghai China, " Right Here Waiting for You 2010", was

plagiarized Plagiarism is the representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.From the 1995 '' Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary'': use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of anothe ...

from Okamoto's 1997 song "Sonomama no Kimi de Ite". Okamoto's agency later announced that the Expo Committee subsequently requested permission to use the song, to which Okamoto's agency agreed.Mainichi
"岡本真夜：上海万博PR曲に盗作された疑いの「そのままの君でいて」が正式決定" (April 19, 2010)
. Retrieved April 22, 2010.

Discography

Albums

* Sun&Moon (1995/6/10) * Pureness (1996/3/16) * Smile (1997/3/5) * Hello (1998/4/29) * Crystal Scenery (1998/12/9) (mini-album) * Mahō no Ring ni Kiss o Shite (魔法のリングにkissをして) (1999/8/4) * Dear... (2002/3/20) * Saikai (Kimi ni Tsuzuru) (再会〜君に綴る〜) (2005/5/18) * Wonderful Colors (2006/1/25) (mini-album) * Soul Love (2006/12/6) * seasons (2008/10/29) * Crystal Scenery II (2009/05/27)

Compilations

* Mayo Okamoto Best Rise 1 (2000/5/31) * Mō Ichido Ano Koro no Sora o (もう一度あの頃の空を) (2003/10/22)

Singles

* Tomorrow (1995/5/10) * Forever (1996/2/12) * Alone (1996/11/5) * Sonomama no Kimi de Ite (そのままの君でいて) (1997/1/16) * Nakechauhodo Setsunaikedo (泣けちゃうほどせつないけど) (1997/3/5) * Sayonara/Hoshizora no Sanpomichi (サヨナラ/星空の散歩道) (1997/11/19) * Daijōbudayo (大丈夫だよ) (1998/2/25) * Omoide ni Dekinakute (想い出にできなくて) (1998/4/16) * Everlasting (1998/11/18) * Takaramono (宝物) (1999/2/10) * Kono Hoshizora no Kanata (この星空の彼方) (1999/7/7) * Hapihapi Birthday/Itoshii Hito yo (Remember Me) (ハピハピバースデイ/愛しい人よ～remember me～) (2001/12/21) * Dear... (2002/3/13) * Life (2003/1/22) * Ai to Iu Na no Hana (愛という名の花) (2003/3/19) * Kakegae nai Hito yo (かけがえない人よ) (2005/1/13) * Utsukushiki Hito (美しき人) (2005/4/20) * Itsuka Kitto (いつかきっと) (2005/11/30) * Dōsōkai (Dear My Friends) (同窓会～Dear My Friends～) (2006/10/25) * Destiny (2008/8/6)

Videos

* Pureness '96 (1996/8/21) * Mayo Okamoto Smile Tour '97(VHS) (1997/9/19) * Mayo Okamoto Smile Tour '97(DVD) (2000/6/28) * Mayo Okamoto Hello Tour '98(VHS) (1998/10/21) * Mayo Okamoto Hello Tour '98(DVD) (2000/6/28) * Mayo Okamoto Tour '99 – Maho no Ring (2000/4/5) * Mayo Okamoto Tour 2000 -RISE- (2001/11/8) * Mayo Okamoto Clip 1995–1998 (2002/4/3) * Mayo Okamoto Clip 1998–2002 (2002/4/3)

References

External links

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Mayo Okamoto
at Oricon {{DEFAULTSORT:Okamoto, Mayo Japanese women singer-songwriters Japanese women pop singers 1974 births Living people Musicians from Kōchi Prefecture Singers from Kōchi Prefecture 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singer-songwriters Nippon Crown artists