UA (singer)

Kaori Murakami (born March 11, 1972 in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan), simply known by the stage name UA (IPA: /u:a/), is a Japanese singer.

Her unusual stage name is a Swahili word that means "flower" or "kill".

[edit] Discography

"HORIZON" (6/21/1995)
"COLONY" (9/21/1995)
"Taiyō Te ni Tsuki ha Kokoro no Ryote ni" (2/21/1996)
"Jonetsu" (6/21/1996)
"Rhythm" (9/24/1996)
"Kumo ga Chigireru Toki" (11/21/1996)
"Amai Unmei" (2/21/1997)
"Kanashimi Joni" (10/22/1996)
"Milk Tea" (2/25/1998)
"Yuganda Taiyō" (5/21/1998)
"Kazoetarinai Yoru no Ashioto" (11/25/1998)
"Skirt no Suna" (4/28/1999)
"Private Surfer" (9/22/1999)
"Senko" (7/24/2002)
"DOROBON" (12/18/2002)
"Lightning" (3/3/2004)
"Odoru Tori to Kin no Ame" (5/25/2004)

PETIT (10/21/1995) - A mini-album with six songs
11 (10/23/1996)
FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS (4/23/1997) - A live album
AMETORA (4/22/1998)
turbo (10/27/1999)
Dorobou (9/19/2002)
Sora no Koya (4/23/2003) - A live album
Illuminate "the very best songs" (9/17/2003)
Uta UUA UUA (3/13/2004)- contains her songs for NHK's Do Re Mi children's program
SUN (3/24/2004)
Breathe (3/30/2005)
la (9/22/2005) - A live album
Nephews (10/26/2005) - contains UA's collaborations with other artists, including Towa Tei, Mondo Grosso and Hiroshi Fujiwara
cure jazz (7/26/2006) - collaborative album of jazz standards with 菊地成孔 (Naruyoshi Kikuchi)

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