, better known as , is a Japanese pop singer from Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture. In a career spanning more than 40 years, she achieved commercial success and popularity in the city pop music scene during the 1980s.
Career
Anri's debut release was 1978's "Oribia o Kikinagara" ("While Listening to Olivia"), written by Amii Ozaki.
She achieved commercial success and popularity with her signature classic 1983 release, Timely!!, which spawned the hits "Cat's Eye" and "Kanashimi ga Tomaranai" ("I Can't Stop the Loneliness"). "Cat's Eye" was used as the first opening theme of the eponymous 1983 anime series of the same name It was one of the first J-pop songs used for an anime theme song. In 2017, she performed the song live at the opening of the touring ice show Fantasy on Ice amongst others. She appeared at the Red and White New Year's Music Special at the end of that same year, performing "Cat's Eye".
Other hit songs include: "Summer Candles" and "Dolphin Ring", both of which became standard songs played at Japanese weddings and receptions. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Anri's albums were bestsellers. She has had highly successful tours—one with an attendance of almost 100,000—and toured Hawaii for the first time in 1987. She sang Furusato, a folklore song, during the 1998 Winter Olympics closing ceremonies
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With the renewed popularity of city pop, and her songs having been sampled by many new artists of the vaporwave and future funk genres, Anri has enjoyed new success and popularity outside of Japan.
Personal life
thumb|Anri with [[Kamasami Kong at FM Cocolo.|right]]Anri lives in Los Angeles, California.
Discography
Studio albums
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN<br />Oricon<br/>
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- Released: 1978
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 51
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! scope="row" | Feelin
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- Released: 1979
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 71
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! scope="row" |
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- Released: 1981
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| -
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! scope="row" |Heaven Beach
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- Released: 1982
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 89
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! scope="row" |Bi・Ki・Ni
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- Released: 1983
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 27
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! scope="row" | Timely!!
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- Released: 1983
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 1
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! scope="row" |Coool
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- Released: 1984
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 5
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! scope="row" |Wave
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- Released: 1985
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 5
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! scope="row" |Mystique
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- Released: 1986
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 6
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! scope="row" |Trouble in Paradise
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- Released: 1986
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 9
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! scope="row" |Summer Farewells
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- Released: 1987
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 4
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! scope="row" |Boogie Woogie Mainland
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- Released: 1988
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, LP, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 2
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! scope="row" |Circuit of Rainbow
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- Released: 1990
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 1
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! scope="row" |Mind Cruisin
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- Released: 1990
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 1
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! scope="row" |Neutral
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- Released: 1991
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming
| 2
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! scope="row" |Moana Lani
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- Released: 1992
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 3
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! scope="row" |Angel Whisper
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- Released: 1996
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 4
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! scope="row" |Twin Soul
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- Released: 1997
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 9
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! scope="row" |Moonlit Summer Tales
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- Released: 1998
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 5
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! scope="row" |Ever Blue
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- Released: 1999
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 24
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! scope="row" |The Beach House
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- Released: 2000
- Label: For Life
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 20
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! scope="row" |My Music
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- Released: 2001
- Label: Dolphin Hearts
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 48
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! scope="row" |Sol
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- Released: 2005
- Label: Nippon Columbia
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 192
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! scope="row" |Smooth & Groove
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- Released: 2015
- Label: IVY Records
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 52
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! scope="row" |Anri
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- Released: 2018
- Label: IVY Records
- Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| 38
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Cover albums
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! rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Details
! colspan="1" | Peak positions
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! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" |JPN<br />Oricon<br />
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|style="text-align:left;"|"Wasurerarenai Okurimono"
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|Warner Music Japan
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|2024
|"Marine Blue Memories"
- with Tatsuya Ishii
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