Acting
Sep 8, 1982
Osaka, Japan
Ai Otsuka
Acting
Biography
Ai Otsuka (大塚愛), nicknamed LOVE (愛) or Ai-Chan, is a Japanese singer born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan on September 9, 1982. She was part of the group HimawaRi from 2000 to 2003. Her debut solo album LOVE PUNCH was released in March 2004. Her second album, LOVE JAM, was released only 8 months after her first in November 2004. Her first tour, JAM PUNCH Tour 2005, began on April 24, 2005 and ended in June 2005. LOVE COOK, her 3rd album was released on December 14, 2005. On June 25th, 2010, it was announced on her official site that she got married to SU of the band RIP SLYME. On March 24, 2011, Otsuka gave birth to a healthy baby girl. She came back in 2012 while announcing a [LOVE IS BORN] ~9th Anniversary 2012~ concert in September. Then, she announced a new musical project, a band named Rabbit (バンド). Their debut album Rabito was released December 12, 2012. In other works, Otsuka has acted in the Tokyo Friends drama. She also has a radio show called "Otsuka Ai ai-r Jack" and has appeared in various CMs. Furthermore, Otsuka pens column in two Japanese magazines; "Love Column" in Zipper and "Love World ~ Eye Love Pictures" in B-Pass. "Kimi Iro Omoi", Otsuka's first photobook, was released on March 1st, 2005. A talented graphic artist as well, the first pressings of her albums and some singles have included a limited edition picture book illustrated by Otsuka herself.
Feature Films (25)
Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company (also known as Sabakan). The two started a relationship but then broke off when Rei wanted to write her own songs. Rei met other girls also working in the restaurant, Hirono, Ryoko and Maki, all in pursuit of their own dreams, and became good friends with all of them. One day, Rei receives news that Takashi was seen in New York and she decides to go look for him...
Tokyo Friends: The Movie
Concert film featuring Ai Otsuka's LOVE IS BORN ~6th Anniversary 2009~ filmed at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall on September 12, 2009. This is a yearly celebration where Ai Otsuka celebrates her debut in the music industry. This year comes a ROCK arrangement is used which based on "99LIVE = 69=ROCK."
Ai Otsuka LOVE IS BORN ~6th Anniversary 2009~
Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.
Kyrie
Concert film featuring Ai Otsuka's LOVE PiECE Tour in support of her LOVE PiECE album performed on May 1, 2008 at Pacifico Yokohama.
LOVE PiECE Tour 2008 - Megane Kakenakya Yume ga Nee! - at Pacifico Yokohama on 1st of May 2008
Concert film featuring footage from the final show of her JAM PUNCH TOUR 2015 at Tokyo International Forum A on June 1st 2005, the supporting tour for her first two records LOVE PUNCH and LOVE JAM.
JAM PUNCH Tour 2005 ~Kondoru no Pantsu ga Kui Kondoro~
Concert film celebrating Otsuka Ai's birthday held on September 9, 2021 at LINE CUBE in Tokyo.
LOVE IS BORN ～18th Anniversary 2021～
Concert film featuring the 15th anniversary concert held at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall on September 9, 2018.
LOVE IS BORN～15th Anniversary 2018～
Concert film celebrating Otsuka Ai's 5th Anniversary since debut in the music industry. This was held at Osaka-jo Yagai Ongaku-do on September 10th, 2008.
Ai Otsuka "Love Is Born" - 5th Anniversary 2008 - at Osaka - Jo Yagai Ongaku-Do on 10th of September 2008
Ai Otsuka performs at Zepp Tokyo on August 23, 2014 during the LOVE FANTASTIC TOUR 2014～おぉーつかあいはまほぉーつかぁい～ tour.
Ai Otsuka - Love Fantastic Tour
Television & Series (3)
Tokyo Friends is a Japanese television drama released on June 3, 2005. Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on TV but released as a set of 3 DVDs. Volumes one and two contain the first 4 episodes while volume three contains the last episode. Each episode is approximately 70 minutes. The Tokyo Friends Premium Box was also released which includes all 5 episodes, a bonus DVD, and 12 postcards. Although this is a very typical Tokyo-story and was never aired on TV, it was quite successful probably because it was Ai Otsuka's debut as an actress.
Tokyo Friends
A young girl named Ruka, who had been living a wandering life in Osaka, is taken in by Fumi, an elementary school teacher. Later, Ruka spends time in Obihiro, Hokkaido, with Natsuhiko, who was her sister's lover, and forms a friendship with a high school girl named Maori. However, the fate that awaits her is always harsh. After arriving in Tokyo, Ruka becomes a musician and begins singing on the streets under the name Kyrie. There, she reunites with Maori, who now goes by the name Ikko and survives in Tokyo through her ever-changing cosplay and relationships with men. From Ishinomaki, Osaka, and Obihiro to Tokyo—Ruka, while being tossed about by fate, weaves a grand lyrical poem through her determined life.
Luca on the Road
Yusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment was mistakenly sent to GFL, a local infrastructure company involved in a solar energy plant to be built in the Balkan Republic in Central Asia. Suspected of involvement, he heads to the Balkan Republic to collect the difference of $90 million. With the cooperation of his CIA friend Sam, Nogi obtained information that the terrorist al-Zaer had laundered the full amount of the contract money into diamonds and brought it out.