Izayoi Makeup(十六夜化粧 Izayoi Geshō) by Yamamoto Aki(山本あき)

歌名: 十六夜化粧

唄: 山本あき

作詞: 田久保真見

作曲: 四方章人

編曲: 南郷達也

発売日: 2015年02月04日

レコード会社: キングレコード

来ない男（ひと）だと　知りながら

あなた待ちわび　薄化粧

月は十六夜（いざよい）　満月は

たった一夜（ひとよ）で　欠けてゆく

恋に　よく似た　よく似たさだめです...

蝶々結びで　もういちど

切れたきずなを　結びたい

月は十六夜　逢いたくて

女ごころも　痩せてゆく

あなた　お願い　お願い抱きしめて...

ひとり泣きたく　なるときは

紅が濃くなる　赤くなる

月は十六夜　一人寝の

夜の長さを　さみしさを

月よ　わかって わかってくれますか...

Utamei: Izayoi Geshō
Uta: Yamamoto Aki
Kashi: Takubo Mami
Sakkyoku: Yomo Akito
Henkyoku: Nangō Tatsuya
Hatsubaibi: 2/4/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Kingu Reko-do

Konai hitodato shirinagara
Anata machiwabi usugeshō
Tsukiwa izayoi mangetsuwa
Tatta hitoyode kaketeyuku
Koini yoku nita yoku nita sadamedesu...

Chōchōmusubide mō ichido
Kireta kizunawo musubitai
Tsukiwa izayoi aitakute
On'nagokoromo yaseteyuku
Anata onegai onegai dakishimete...

Hitori nakitakunaru tokiwa
Beniga kokunaru akakunaru
Tsukiwa izayoi hitorineno
Yoruno nagasawo samishisawo
Tsukiyo wakatte wakattekuremasuka...

Song Name: Izayoi* Makeup

Singer: Yamamoto Aki

Lyrics: Takubo Mami

Composer: Yomo Akito

Arrangement: Nango Tatsuya

Release Date: 2/4/2015

Record Label: King Record Co., Ltd.

Knowing he won't come

I eagerly waited for you with light make up

The moon on izayoi* the full moon is

Going to start breaking apart after just one night

It's fate is just like, just like love...

With a shoelace knot once more

I want to tie the broken bond back together

The moon on izayoi* I want to see you

A woman's heart starts to wither

Anata**, please, please, hold me...

When alone, I want to cry

The lipstick turns darker, becomes red

The moon on izayoi* sleeping alone

The unending night's loneliness

Moon, will you, will you understand...

* Izayoi is the night on the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar.

**Anata is the Japanese word for "you" used by a woman to refer to her significant other.

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Yamamoto Aki(山本あき)

Yamamoto Aki(山本あき) was born to a family with both parents heavily involved in the entertainment industry. Her father, although not a professional, performed magic tricks in public and gave lectures about magic tricks. Her mother was a local enka singer. A middle child with an elder sister and a younger brother, she and her brother would also end up going into the entertainment industry. Her brother, though self-published, sung and released JPOP songs and she herself would become a professional enka singer.

When she was a child, she appeared on various shows such as Ishikawa TV's "The Song's Homerun(歌のホームラン Utano Hōmuran)." She was also a part of a band, but it broke up after the members' interests and work schedules made it difficult for them to get together.

In 2000, she sung at an event hosted by Kanazawa City(金沢市 Kanazawashi)'s  city hall, and started taking singing lessons the following year. She continued to work and save up money as she honed her skills entering various singing competitions.

Eventually, she won the King Record's new artist's competition and in 2006, while the record was celebrating the company's 75th anniversary she made a debut as composer Hijirikawa Yū(聖川湧)'s student with the song "A Pattern of Sorrows(哀しみ模様 Kanashimi Moyō)." Though this work did not sell well, she received that year's New Artist Award at the 48th Annual Japan Record Awards.

She is interested in watching movies and exercising. She does like PC's or any recent technological devices.

She was a member of the basketball club in high school.

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 山本あき which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.