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826aska (はちにいろくあすか, Hachiniiroku Asuka, born August 26, 2001) is a Japanese electric organist from Fukui Prefecture. Her 2019 debut album, DEPARTURE, and her 2020 follow-up, possible, have both charted on the Oricon Albums Chart.

Early life

826aska hails from Sabae, Fukui Prefecture. She began to play piano at the age of five. 826aska began to play electric organ at the age of eight and post videos of her performance on YouTube.

Career

On December 31, 2015, 826aska posted a YouTube video of her performing a Star Wars theme medley on the electric organ. The video went viral, earning over one million views in less than a month and garnering media attention for 826aska.

After that, she appeared in Japanese TV programs Miyaneya in May 2016 and Nakai kun no manabu switch hosted by Masahiro Nakai in September 2018.

826aska released her debut album, DEPARTURE, in March 2019. Continuing from the previous year, she went on a nation-wide tour in 2019.

Discography

Albums

Videography

References

1. ^ "826aska". Tower Records Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
2. "826askaさん語る福井の魅力 パックンとラジオ番組に出演 | 催し・文化 | 福井のニュース". 福井新聞ONLINE (in Japanese). 2020-01-21. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. ^ "福井発の「スター・ウォーズ」演奏動画が話題 再生100万回、海外からコメントも". 福井経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2016-01-28. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
4. "Elle joue tous les instruments du thème de Star Wars seule à l'orgue". Le Nouvelliste (Valais) (in French). 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
5. ^ "女子高生YouTuber、826askaがヤマハからメジャーデビュー". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). 2019-02-20. Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
6. "「情報ライブ ミヤネ屋」で紹介された情報". Kakaku.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-18.
7. "「なかい君の学スイッチ」で紹介された情報". Kakaku.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
8. "826askaさんメジャーデビュー アルバム「DEPARTURE」発売 | 催し・文化 | 福井のニュース". 福井新聞ONLINE (in Japanese). 2019-03-20. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
9. ^ "826aska". Oricon. September 2018. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
10. "オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2023年05月22日～2023年05月28日" [Oricon Weekly Album Ranking May 22, 2023 – May 28, 2023] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Official website (Yamaha Music Communications)
• 826aska discography at MusicBrainz
• 826aska discography at Discogs
• 826aska's channel on YouTube
• 826aska on Twitter
• 826aska STAFF (official) on Twitter
• 826aska on Instagram

• Japanese women organists
• People from Sabae, Fukui
• Musicians from Fukui Prefecture
• 2001 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Japanese women musicians
• Japanese YouTubers