Hikaru Utada Profile

Birth Name: Iwashita Hikaru

Nickname: Hikki

Birth Date: January 19th, 1983

Birth Place: New York, New York

Genre: J-Pop, R&B, Ethereal

Nationality: Japanese American

Debut Album: Precious (1998, under Cubic U moniker); First Love (1999, 1st in Japan)

Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)

Education: Columbia University (New York)

Spouse
Kazuaki Kiriya (7 September 2002 - present)


Did You Know:
Debuted as Cubic U in the U.S, but career was largely unrecognized
Found success as Hikaru Utada when she moved to Japan
The Kingdom Hearts series features four of Utada's songs
Tabloids say her rival is J-pop star, Ayumi Hamasaki,
An avid player of the video game Tetris.
Edgar Allan poe fan, who shares the same birthday
Fluent in Japanese and English