Real name: 倉木麻衣

Effective period / Period of releases: 1999 - 2021

Mai Kuraki (倉木 麻衣 Kuraki Mai), born October 28, 1982 as Mai Aono (青野 真衣 Aono Mai), is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and producer from Funabashi, Chiba. Kuraki debuted in 1999 with the single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow". In 2000, she released her debut album, Delicious Way, which debuted at number-one and sold over 2,210,000 copies in its first week. Kuraki is one of a few female artists in Japan to have their first four studio albums to debut at top of the Oricon album chart.