Fumiya Fujii

Fumiya Fujii
Born	11 July 1962
Origin	Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Genres	J-Pop
Labels	Sony Music Associated Records
Associated acts	The Checkers F-Blood

Fumiya Fujii (藤井 フミヤ Fujii Fumiya) is a male Japanese popular music artist. He is a part of Sony Music Japan.

After leaving his job in Japanese National Railways, he started his music career in the 1980s as the vocalist of the immensely popular group The Checkers and started on his solo project after they split up.

Naoyuki Fujii, his brother, was also a part of The Checkers and is pursuing a solo career as well. Together they did the project F-Blood in the late 1990s.

His 1993 single "True Love", which was a message song to his fans, sold over 2 million copies.^[1]

On December 31, 2007, he became the second singer to have performed concerts 100 times at the Nippon Budokan, although this record included his groups' record, and his solo record was 47 times.^[2]

Next to music, Fujii Fumiya is also doing digital art, which he calls Fumiyart.

Discography

Singles

• "True Love" (10 November 1993)
• "Eros" (1 April 1994)
• "Time Machine" (21 April 1995)
• "Heart Break" (2 August 1995)
• "Get Up Boy" (17 November 1995)
• "Girl Friend" (22 April 1996)
• "Another Orion" (7 August 1996)
• "Snow Crystal" (21 November 1996)
• "Do Not" (7 May 1997)
• "Go the Distance" (18 July 1997)
• "Dog of Straw" (わらの犬 Wara no Inu) (1 August 1998)
• "Age of Wind" (風の時代 Kaze no Jidai) (12 May 1999)
• "Moonlight Magic" (20 November 1999)
• "Stay with me" (19 April 2000)
• "Inside" (10 May 2000)
• "Upside Down" (23 May 2001)
• "Please Let There Be Good Weather Tomorrow" (明日天気にしておくれ Ashita Tenki ni Shiteokure) (18 July 2001) - Japanese ending theme song to Pokemon 4Ever
• "All This Love" (12 December 2001)
• "Seven Wonders" (22 May 2002)
• "Boy's Heart" (21 May 2003)
• "Thrill up" (21 April 2004)
• "Blowing to Wind of Sunbeam" (木漏れ日の風に吹かれ Komorebi no Kaze ni Fukare) (10 November 2004)
• "To Sky of Victory" (勝利の空へ Shōri no Sora e) (27 April 2005)
• "The Night When You Think Me" (君が僕を想う夜 Kimi ga Boku o Omou Yoru) (9 November 2005)
• "Under Harajuku Above Shimokita" (下北以上　原宿未満 Shimokita Ijō Harajuku Miman) (12 July 2006)

Albums

• Rock'en Roll (7 June 1995)
• Tears (20 September 1996)
• Standard (16 December 1996, Pony Canyon)
• Pure Red (June 18, 1997)
• Soramoyō (ソラモヨウ) (1 October 1998) (Reissued in 2001 on CD by Sony Japan
• Singles (best of album) (18 November 1998)
• 2000-1 (1 July 1999)
• In and Out (5 July 2000)
• Club F (20 June 2001)
• Equal (album) (19 June 2002)
• The Party Remix (31 July 2002)
• Re Take (9 October 2002)
• My Carol (26 March 2003)
• Right Here Right Now CD (18 June 2003, Smej Associated 2348)
• Lady Sister Baby (22 October 2003)
• Cloverfield (19 May 2004)
• Pop Star (album) (29 September 2004)
• Strange Fruit (奇妙な果実 Kimyō na Kajitsu) (29 June 2005)
• With The Rawguns (20 September 2006)

References

1. 藤井フミヤ：表参道で「ＴＲＵＥ　ＬＯＶＥ」など熱唱　出だしを間違えるハプニングに苦笑い (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
2. 藤井フミヤ　100回目の武道館公演を達成も扱い小さく (in Japanese). Ameba News. 2008-01-04. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-27.

External links

• FFM official website
• official label website
• Fumiya Fujii discography at MusicBrainz