Japanese singer-songwriter Mai Kuraki has released twenty-five video albums and three video singles, and been featured in sixty-six music videos, two television series, and eleven commercials. Kuraki debuted in 1999, while she was still in high school, through Giza Studio. The label initially marketed Kuraki in the United States under the name Mai K, and released the single "Baby I Like" (1999). However, the single was a commercial failure which prompted the label to send her back to Japan. There, they released her single "Love, Day After Tomorrow", which peaked at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart and was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAJ). The second single, "Stay by My Side" became her first number one single on the chart. Kuraki's debut album, Delicious Way, topped the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified triple million by the RIAJ.
In 2001, her second album Perfect Crime was released, and it became another million seller, certified quadruple-platinum by the RIAJ. "Winter Bells", released in 2002 became her second number one single on the Oricon Singles Chart, and its parent album, Fairy Tale, topped the Albums Chart. It sold over 700,000 copies in Japan and earned a triple-platinum certification from the RIAJ. The albums If I Believe (2003), Wish You the Best (2004), Fuse of Love (2005), and Diamond Wave (2005) all charted within the top three of the Albums Chart. Both If I Believe and Wish You the Best peaked at number one on the Albums Chart. The former sold over 400,000 copies and was certified two-times platinum by the RIAJ while the latter sold more than 950,000 copies and was certified million by the RIAJ. Kuraki's next studio album release, One Life (2008) charted outside the top 10, peaking at number 14 on the Albums Chart. However, the follow-up to One Life titled Touch Me! (2009) peaked at number one, earning a gold certification. Her second compilation album All My Best (2009) sold over 250,000 copies in Japan and was certificated platinum. The follow-up albums Future Kiss (2010) and Over the Rainbow (2012) peaked at number 3 and 2, respectively, on the Oricon Albums Chart. Her third compilation album Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope (2014) sold over 67,000 copies and was certificated gold. Her 11th album Smile (2017) sold only 29,000 copies in Japan and failed commercially but its follow-up single Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou) become her best-selling song in 2010's.
She has also collaborated with Tak Matsumoto of B'z on the single "Imitation Gold", which peaked at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart. In 2009, she was featured on the single "Sunao ni Ienakute" by Zard, a rearranged version of the band's 1999 song of the same title. The single peaked at number five on the Oricon Singles Chart.
Music videos As lead artist Title Year Director Video album "Baby I Like" 1999 Masashi Ohishi First Cut "Love, Day After Tomorrow" First CutMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Stay by My Side" 2000 "Stay by My Side" First Cut "Secret of My Heart" First CutMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Never Gonna Give You Up" First CutMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Simply Wonderful" "Reach for the Sky"rowspan="19" My ReflectionMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Tsumetai Umi" 2001 "Stand Up" "Always" "Can't Forget Your Love" My ReflectionMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Winter Bells" 2002 My ReflectionMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Feel Fine!" My ReflectionMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Like a Star in the Night" My ReflectionMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Ride on Time"rowspan="2" "Key to My Life" "Make My Day" My ReflectionMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Time After Time (Hana Mau Machi de)" 2003 "Kiss" "Kaze no La La La" "If I Believe" My Reflection "Same" "Tonight, I Feel Close to You" "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi" 2004 Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Love, Needing" 2005 Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Dancing" Nigel Dick Making of DancingMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "P.S My Sunshine"rowspan="34" Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "I Sing a Song for You" "Growing of My Heart" Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Best of Hero" 2006 "Diamond Wave" Diamond WaveMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Diamond Wave" "Shiroi Yuki" Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Season of Love" 2007 Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Silent Love (Open My Heart)" "Be with U" "One Life" 2008 "Yume ga Saku Haru" Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You" Ichibyōgoto ni Love for YouMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "24 Xmas Time" 24 Xmas TimeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Touch Me!" 2009 "Puzzle" Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Revive" Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Beautiful" BeautifulMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Watashi no, Shiranai, Watashi." Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope "Eien Yori Nagaku" 2010 Eien Yori Nagaku/Drive me crazyMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Drive Me Crazy" Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Summer Time Gone" "1000 Mankai no Kiss" 2011 Over the RainbowMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Mou Ichido"Over the RainbowMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Your Best Friend"Your Best FriendOver the RainbowMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Brave Your Heart" 2012 Over the Rainbow "Stay the Same" "Koi ni Koishite" Koi ni Koishite/Special Morning Day to YouMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Hakanasa" Mai Kuraki Symphonic Collection in MoscowMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Try Again" 2013 Try AgainMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Wake Me Up" 2014 Wake Me UpMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Muteki na Heart" Muteki na HeartMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Stand by You" Stand by YouMai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & HopeMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Serendipity" 2015 Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Yesterday Love" 2017 Atsunori Toshi Yesterday LoveMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" Takeshi Ohno Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)Kimi Omou: ShunkashūtōMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Koyoi wa Yume wo Misasete"rowspan="5" 2018 Kimi Omou: ShunkashūtōMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Hanakotoba" Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai" 2019 Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai/Barairo no JinseiMai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You "Barairo no Jinsei" "Makenaide" "Zero kara Hajimete" 2021 Takeshi Ohno Zero kara Hajimete
As featured artist Title Year Director Video album "Imitation Gold" 2003rowspan="3" rowspan="2" "My Story, Your Song" "Sunao ni Ienakute" 2009 Zard Music Video Collection: 25th Anniversary "Doushite Suki nandaro?" 2011 Takuya Tada Doushite Suki nandaro? "Kotoba ni Dekinai Hodo Suki nanoni" Naokazu Mitsuishi
Video albums + List of media, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak positions CertificationsJPNDVDJPNBlu-rayTWN First CutReleased: November 8, 2000 Label: Giza Studio Format(s): DVD, VHS 1 — — Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live 2001 in Zepp OsakaReleased: September 19, 2001 Label: B-Vision Format(s): VHS — — — Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live Tour 2001 Eternal MomentReleased: November 21, 2001 Label: B-Vision Format(s): DVD, VHS 2 — — Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Final 2.27 in Yokohama ArenaReleased: April 3, 2002 Label: B-Vision Format(s): VHS — — — Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Complete EditionReleased: May 15, 2002 Label: B-Vision Format(s): DVD 2 — — My ReflectionReleased: January 17, 2004 Label: B-Vision Format(s): DVD 1 — —JPN: Gold Mai Kuraki 5th Anniversary Edition Grow, Step by StepReleased: January 5, 2005 Label: B-Vision Format(s): DVD 7 — — Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2005 Like a Fuse of Live and Tour Documentary of "Chance for You"Released: February 22, 2006 Label: B-Vision Format(s): DVD 6 — 2 Brilliant Cut: Mai Kuraki Live & DocumentReleased: August 22, 2007 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 6 — 4 Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2008 "Touch Me!"Released: May 6, 2009 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 4 — 3 10th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Tour "Best"Released: December 23, 2009 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 10 — 8 Happy Happy Halloween Live 2010Released: October 19, 2010 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 9 — 4 Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for All, All for OneReleased: March 14, 2012 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 9 — 5 Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2012: Over the RainbowReleased: August 15, 2012 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 6 — 3 Mai Kuraki Symphonic Collection in MoscowReleased: December 19, 2012 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD+CD, 2DVD+CD 15 — 3 Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 1Released: July 3, 2013 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 14 — 5 Mai Kuraki Live Project 2013 "Re:"Released: December 4, 2013 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 10 — — Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 2Released: March 26, 2014 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD 34 — 3 15th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2014 BEST “151A” ～Premium～Released: May 27, 2015 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray 4 30 — Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 3Released: January 27, 2016 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray 40 45 — Mai Kuraki Live Project 2017: Sawage LiveReleased: August 16, 2017 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray 9 9 — Mai Kuraki Live Project 2018 "Red It be: Kimi Omou Shunkashūtō"Released: November 27, 2019 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray 18 21 — 20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei"Released: June 24, 2020 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray 12 17 — Mai Kuraki Live Project 2021 "Unconditional Love"Released: December 8, 2022 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray 16 18 — Mai Kuraki Premium Symphonic Concert 2022Released: November 15, 2023 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD+CD, Blu-ray+CD colspan="4" "—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music chart, or items that did not chart.
Video singles + List of media, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak positions SalesJPNDVDJPNBlu-rayJPNHot 100 Strong HeartReleased: November 23, 2011 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD+CD, DVD+2CD 4 — 63 20,000 Wake Me UpReleased: February 26, 2014 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD+CD 2 — 75 12,000 Yesterday LoveReleased: February 26, 2014 Label: Northern Music Format(s): Blu-ray, DVD, Blu-ray+DVD 3 6 — 6,100 Zero kara HajimeteReleased: June 2, 2021 Label: Northern Music Format(s): DVD+CD 1 — — 8,000
Television roles Year Television show Character Description 2000-2002 Mai-K TV Host 2019 Case Closed Herself (voice role) "The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc)""The Scarlet School Trip (Crimson Love Arc)"(Episode 927, 928) Fhit Music: Mai KurakiHerself Non-fiction W: Mai Kuraki First Documentary Documentary
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