throughout the year at Joe's Pub at the New York Public Theater. In July 2009, she performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival along with fellow pianist Hiromi Uehara. In recent years she has appeared at the Blue Note in New York as a guest performer for Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer, and as part of a trio with Anthony Jackson on bass and Cliff Almond on drums in concerts at the Blue Note Tokyo since 2003. In 2008, New York guitarist, Marc Ribot joined Yano for sold-out shows at the Blue Note Tokyo. Yano joined with Rei Harakami to create the duo Yanokami, and in 2007 they released their first studio album Yanokami. In 2009, Will Lee and Chris Parker joined her to form the Akiko Yano Trio. Discography Solo studio albums Japanese Girl (1976) Iroha ni Konpeitō (1977) To Ki Me Ki (1978) Gohan ga Dekitayo (1980) Tadaima. (1981) Ai ga Nakuchane. (1982) Oh hisse, oh hisse (1984) Tōge No Wagaya (1986) Brooch (1986) Granola (1987) Welcome Back (1989) Love Life (1991) Super Folk Song (1992) Love Is Here (1993) Elephant Hotel (1994) Piano Nightly (1996) Oui Oui (1997) Go Girl (1999) Home Girl Journey (2000) Reverb (2002) Honto No Kimochi (2004) Akiko (2008) Ongakudo (2010) Yano Akiko, Imawano Kiyoshirō o Utau (2013) Tobashite Ikuyo (2014) Welcome to Jupiter (2015) Soft Landing (2017) Futaribocchi de Ikou (2018) Asteroid and Butterfly (2020) Music is a gift (2021) Personal life Yano married and soon after divorced Makoto Yano, the producer of her first recording. In 1975, her son Fuuta Yano was born. She later married fellow musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, with whom she had a daughter, Miu Sakamoto. Yano separated from him in 1992, and they divorced in August 2006. Yano is Christian. References External links Akiko Yano Homepage Nippop Profile of Akiko Yano Akiko Yano on Sony Music Akiko Yano on Twitter 1955 births Living people People from Aomori (city) Japanese jazz musicians Anime composers Japanese people of Russian descent Japanese electronic musicians Japanese synth-pop musicians Japanese women singer-songwriters Disco musicians Funk musicians New wave musicians Japanese women composers Japanese composers Japanese Christians Musicians from Aomori Prefecture Singers from Tokyo Tokuma Japan Communications artists Japanese women in electronic music 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers