Artist Profile
Hibiki Ayanoo
Born in Tokyo. At the end of November 2003, she made her CD professional debut as Hibiki Ayano with her original song "Kotodama no Megami". From her childhood she was fond of singing and she started her vocal studies at the age of 10. In addition to her pop music, she develops a wide range of musical activities without being bound by genres such as nursery rhymes, songs, lullabies, musical numbers, and opera arias. He has a reputation for his singing method that emphasizes beautiful Japanese and his warm voice with a sense of transparency and harmonic overtones.In a music magazine, he has been praised as "the transparent and warm sound is worth listening to." It has expanded its fan base across the country, transcending age and genre. On November 29, 2014, the 11th year since her debut, she changed her artist name to "Ayano Hibiki". In July 2005, she covered Mitsuru Arai's topical song "Sen no Kaze ni Natte", ahead of the boom. The original coupling song "Towa no Kaze", which was recorded at the same time, is said to be an answer song to "Sen no Kaze ni Natte". Her Ayano Hibiki version of "Sen no Kaze ni Natte" is a persistently popular answer song, and in 2007 it won the first place in the iTunes New Age download ranking for 10 consecutive months. Even now, it continues to rise to the top of the download ranking in the music distribution iTunes New Age system. On November 8, 2022, she ranked 8th in the UK iTunes J-POP Top Song Ranking. In recent years, the album "Tomorrow's Anata e" released in December 2019 ranked 1st in the iTunes Store J-Pop Top Album Canada, and the songs included in the same album are among the top 3 iTunes Store J-Pop Top Songs. It has also expanded its fan base in overseas music distribution, such as winning in Australia, India, Sweden, etc.