Kaela Kimura discography explained

Artist:	Kaela Kimura
Studio:	11
Compilation:	2
Tribute:	1
Video:	5
Ep:	4
Singles:	31

The discography of Japanese musician Kaela Kimura consists of eleven studio albums, two compilation albums, one cover album, four extended plays, thirty-one singles and five video albums. She debuted as a musician in 2004 under the label Columbia Music Entertainment, releasing ten albums with the company. In 2013, Kimura released Rock, an album of English language covers under her private label Ela Music. In 2014, Kimura released "Ole! Oh!", her first single under Victor Entertainment.

Kimura was originally a member of the band Amino before making her solo debut. Two of the band's songs are present on the 2005 compilation album ... of Newtypes. In 2006, Kimura collaborated with the band Sadistic Mika Band as a temporary vocalist on three of their songs on their revival album Narkissos.

Her most commercially successful singles are "Rirura Riruha" (2005), "Butterfly" (2009) and "Ring a Ding Dong" (2010), all of which have been certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

Studio albums

All release dates pertain to their release in Japan, unless stated.

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Album details	Peak positions		Sales (JPN)^[1]	Certifications
JPN ^[2]	TWN East Asian ^[3]
Kaela	Released: December 8, 2004 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CD/DVD digital download	8	—	149,000	RIAJ Gold^[4]
Circle	Released: March 8, 2006 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	2	9	197,000	RIAJ: Gold^[5]
Scratch	Released: February 7, 2007 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	1	9	360,000	RIAJ: Platinum^[6]
+1	Released: April 2, 2008 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	1	9	161,000	RIAJ: Platinum^[7]
Hocus Pocus	Released: June 24, 2009 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	3	—	221,000	RIAJ: Platinum^[8]
8Eight8	Released: October 12, 2011 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	1	—	75,000
Sync	Released: December 19, 2012 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	5	—	33,000
Mieta	Released: December 17, 2014 Label: ELA Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	6	—	16,000
Punky	Released: October 19, 2016 Label: ELA Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	9	—
Ichigo	Released: July 31, 2019 Label: ELA Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	11	—	5,170^[9]
Magnetic	Released: December 14, 2022 Label: Colourful, ELA Formats: CD, CD/Blu-ray, digital download	31	—	2,248^[10]

Compilation albums

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Album details	Peak positions	Sales (JPN)	Certifications
JPN
5 Years	Released: February 3, 2010 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, 2CD, digital download	2	473,000	RIAJ: 2× Platinum^[11]
10 Years	Released: June 25, 2014 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	6	26,000

Cover album

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Album details	Peak positions	Sales (JPN)
JPN
Rock	Released: October 30, 2013 Label: ELA Formats: CD, digital download	10	19,000

Extended plays

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EP details	Peak positions	Sales (JPN)
JPN
Live Tour 2010 "5 Tears" @ Nippon Budokan (2010.03.27/28)	Released: June 9, 2010 Label: Columbia Formats: Digital download	—
¿Who?	Released: November 21, 2018 Label: Colourful, ELA Formats: Digital download	20
Zig Zag	Released: March 4, 2020 Label: Colourful, ELA Formats: CD, digital download	21	JPN: 2,765^[12]
F(u)ntasy	Released: September 25, 2024 Label: Colourful, ELA Formats: CD, digital download	38	JPN: 1,829^[13]

Singles

As a lead artist

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Year	Peak chart positions		Sales (JPN)	Certifications	Album
Oricon Singles Charts	Billboard Japan Hot 100 ^[14]
"Level 42"	2004	14	—	30,000		Kaela
"Happiness!!!]]"| 11 || —| 41,000||-! scope="row" | "Rirura Riruha"| rowspan="2" | 2005| 3 || 82| 117,000| RIAJ (ringtone): Million^[15] RIAJ (cellphone): Gold^[16] RIAJ (physical): Gold^[17] |rowspan=3|Circle|-! scope="row" | "Beat"| 7 || —| 36,000| RIAJ (physical): Gold^[18] |-! scope="row" | "You"| rowspan="3" | 2006| 7 || —| 39,000||-! scope="row" | "Magic Music"| 7 || —| 54,000| RIAJ (ringtone): 2× Platinum^[19] RIAJ (cellphone): Gold|rowspan=3|Scratch|-! scope="row" | "Tree Climbers"| 6 || —| 68,000| RIAJ (ringtone): 2× Platinum^[20] RIAJ (cellphone): Gold RIAJ (physical): Gold^[21] |-! scope="row" | "Snowdome"| rowspan="3" | 2007| 6 || —| 61,000| RIAJ (cellphone): Gold^[22] RIAJ (physical): Gold^[23] |-! scope="row" | "Samantha"| 8 || —| 27,000||rowspan=3|+1|-! scope="row" | "Yellow"| 5 || —| 28,000||-! scope="row" | "Jasper"| rowspan="3" | 2008| 9 || 11| 42,000| RIAJ (cellphone): Gold^[24] |-! scope="row" | | rowspan="2" | 7 || 9| rowspan="2" | 37,000|||Hocus Pocus|-! scope="row" | "Memories"| 43|||Paco and the Magical Book Original Soundtrack|-! scope="row" | | rowspan="3" | 2009| 5 || 5| 24,000||rowspan=3|Hocus Pocus|-! scope="row" | "Banzai"| 4 || 2| 31,000||-! scope="row" | "Butterfly"| — || 8| —| RIAJ (ringtone): Million^[25] RIAJ (cellphone): Million RIAJ (PC): Platinum^[26] |-! scope="row" | "Ring a Ding Dong"| rowspan="3" | 2010| 1 || 2| 92,000| RIAJ (ringtone): Million^[27] RIAJ (cellphone): Platinum^[28] RIAJ (PC): Gold RIAJ (physical): Gold^[29] |rowspan=4|8Eight8|-! scope="row" | "Deep Beep"| — || 23| —||-! scope="row" | "A Winter Fairy Is Melting a Snowman"| 4 || 1| 30,000| RIAJ (ringtone): 2× Platinum^[30] RIAJ (cellphone): Gold RIAJ (PC): Gold|-! scope="row" | "Kidoairaku Plus Ai"|| 2011| 13 || 6| 13,000||-! scope="row" | | rowspan="2" | 2012| 9 || 6| 17,000||rowspan=2|Sync|-! scope="row" | "Sun Shower"| 16 || 4| 8,000||-! scope="row" | "Ole! Oh!"| rowspan="2" | 2014| 12 || 10| 6,000||rowspan=2|Mieta|-! scope="row" | "Today Is a New Day"| 15 || 10| 8,000||-! scope="row" | "Egg"|| 2015| 17 || 7| 8,000|| Punky|-! scope="row" | "Holidays"| rowspan="2" | 2017| 23 || 55||| rowspan="2" | Non-album single|-! scope="row" | "Washi Mo no Uta"| — || —|||-! scope="row" | "Chiisana Eiyu (Modest Heroes)"| 2018| — || —||| ¿Who?|-! scope="row" | "Tokeino Hari (Aishite Mo Anata ga Tooku Naru no)"| 2020| — || —||| Zig Zag|-! scope="row" | "Color Me" (featuring Mahi to the People)| rowspan="2" | 2022| — || —||| rowspan="2" | Magnetic|-! scope="row" | "Magnetic" (featuring Ai)| — || —|||-! scope="row" | | 2023| — || —||| rowspan="3" | F(u)ntasy|-! scope="row" | "Dahlia"| rowspan="2" |2024| — || —|||-! scope="row" | | — || —|||} As a featured artist List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album Oricon Singles Charts Billboard Japan Hot 100 (Sadistic Mika Band Revisited) 2006 — — Narkissos "Hey Hey! Alright" (Scha Dara Parr + Kaela Kimura) 2009 10 10 11 (Taiiku Okazaki featuring Kaela Kimura) 2019 — — Pokémon the Movie Promotional singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album Billboard Japan Hot 100 "Circle"^[31] 2006 — Circle "Oh Pretty Woman" — Attention Please Soundtrack "Ground Control" 2007 — Scratch "Dive Into Shallow" 2008 30 "Jasper" (single) "Stars" 26 +1 2009 — RIAJ (ringtone): 2× Platinum^[32] Non-album single "Odoru Pompokolin" 2010 48 5 Years "You Bet!!" 6 ^[33] (with Tamio Okuda) — Non-album song 2011 6 8Eight8 < --2011/9/21-->^[34] — Non-album song < --2012/4/18-->^[35] 2012 — 2355/0655 Song Best < --2012/6/20-->^[36] — "Hello, Goodbye" 43 "Sun Shower" (single) "Wonder Volt" 63 Sync "Take On Me" 2013 45 Rock "Funkytown" 70 "My Love" 2014 71 10 Years "One More" 80 Mieta "Sonic Manic" 22 Video albums List of media, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak positions JPN Kaela Kimura 1st Tour 2005 4You Released: July 6, 2005 Label: Columbia Formats: DVD 10 Released: September 19, 2007 Label: Columbia Formats: DVD 14 Best Video 1 Released: July 23, 2008 Label: Columbia Formats: DVD 6 Go 5! Kaeland Released: November 4, 2009 Label: Columbia Formats: DVD 5 Kaela Web Tour 2012 @ Nippon Budokan Released: August 1, 2012 Label: Columbia Formats: DVD 7 Other appearances List of non-studio album or guest appearances that feature Kaela Kimura Title Year Album "Twinkle (Nana Ver.)" 2005 Love for Nana: Only One Tribute "Is My Fate" (Animo) ... of Newtypes "Out of Luck" (Animo) Custom Made 10.30 Original Soundtrack "Why Are You So in a Hurry? (Tō-chan no Melody) (Dub Mix)" "Cloudy" (Kaela Kimura & Foe) 2006 Last Days: Tribute to Mr. K "The End of the Sun" (Foe featuring Kaela Kimura) Foetunes "Sadistic Twist" (Sadistic Mikaela Band) Narkissos (Sadistic Mikaela Band) "No Reason Why" (Farrah featuring Kaela Kimura) 2007 "No Reason Why" (single) Tamio Okuda Covers "Birdie" (Taiyō Yamazaki presents Kaela Kimura & Depapepe) 2008 Music Tree Detroit Metal City Tribute Album: Seinie Metal Mix "Kokuhaku]]" (Idolin!!!]])|| Petit-Petit|-!scope="row"| "Paco Medley" (Kaela Kimura with Hōtai Band)|rowspan="2"| Paco and the Magical Book Original Soundtrack|-!scope="row"| "A Song for Paco" (Kaela Kimura with Hōtai Band)|-!scope="row"| (Mo'Some Tonebender featuring Kaela Kimura)|| Sing!|-!scope="row"| "Happy?"|rowspan="4"| 2009|| Judy and Mary 15th Anniversary Tribute Album|-!scope="row"| "Mother Goose" (Rie Tomosaka)|| Toridori.|-!scope="row"| "Forbidden Fruits" (Curly Giraffe featuring Kaela Kimura)|| Thank You for Being a Friend|-!scope="row"| || Quruli Tribute|-!scope="row"| "Lyin' Ass Bitch" (Scafull King featuring Kaela Kimura)|| 2011|| Doubt!|-!scope="row"| "Ring a Ding Dong (Moonbug Remix)"|rowspan="2"| 2013|| Remix Assault|-!scope="row"| "Banzai (Remix)" (Avengers in Sci-Fi)|| Selected Ancient Works 2006-2013|} References

Notes and References

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2. Web site: 木村カエラのリリース一覧 . A Look at Kaela Kimura's Releases . . October 2, 2024.
3. Web site: G-Music J-Pop Chart . Chinese . G-Music . June 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110512195411/http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx . May 12, 2011 .
4. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2005年2月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (February 2005) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200502.html . . ja . March 10, 2005 . July 9, 2014.
5. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2006年3月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (March 2006) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200603.html . . ja . April 10, 2006 . December 14, 2013.
6. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2007年2月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (February 2007) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200702.html . . ja . March 10, 2007 . January 23, 2014.
7. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2008年4月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (April 2008) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200804.html . . ja . May 10, 2008 . February 9, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090820012533/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200804.html . August 20, 2009 .
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9. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2019-08-12/. ja:週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年08月12日付. Weekly CD Album Ranking on August 12, 2019. Oricon News. August 7, 2019. ja.
10. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2022-12-26/. ja:週間 CDアルバムランキング 2022年12月26日付. Weekly CD Album Ranking on December 26, 2019. Oricon. ja. December 21, 2022. December 21, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221221022656/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2022-12-26/p/4/. dead.
11. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年2月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (February 2010) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201002.html . . ja . March 10, 2010 . December 23, 2013.
12. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2020-03-16/. ja:週間 CDアルバムランキング 2020年03月16日付. Weekly CD Album Ranking on March 16, 2020. Oricon. March 11, 2020. ja.
13. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2024-10-07/p/4/. ja:オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2024年09月23日～2024年09月29日. Oricon Weekly Album Ranking September 23, 2024 – September 29, 2024. Oricon. ja. October 2, 2024. October 2, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241002043928/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2024-10-07/p/4/. dead.
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17. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2005年3月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (March 2005) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200503.html . . ja . April 10, 2005 . January 23, 2014.
18. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2005年10月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (September 2005) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200510.html . . ja . November 10, 2005 . July 9, 2014.
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21. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2006年9月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (September 2006) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200609.html . . ja . October 10, 2006 . February 13, 2014.
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23. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2007年1月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (January 2007) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200701.html . . ja . February 10, 2007 . January 26, 2014.
24. Web site: ja:レコード協会調べ 4月度有料音楽配信認定 . Record Association Investigation: April Digital Music Download Certifications . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080520_3.html . . ja . May 20, 2008 . January 23, 2014.
25. Web site: ja:レコード協会調べ 1月度有料音楽配信認定 . Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w100222.html . . ja . February 22, 2010 . July 9, 2014.
26. Web site: ja:レコード協会調べ 12月度有料音楽配信認定 . Record Association Investigation: December Digital Music Download Certifications . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w100120.html . . ja . January 20, 2010 . January 23, 2014.
27. Web site: ja:レコード協会調べ 5月度有料音楽配信認定 . Record Association Investigation: May Digital Music Download Certifications . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w100620.html . . ja . June 20, 2010 . June 10, 2014.
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29. Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年6月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (June 2010) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201006.html . . ja . July 10, 2010. February 13, 2014.
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31. Web site: 木村カエラ ニュー・シングル「Circle」キットカットCDパックで発売 . ja . Vibe-net . December 27, 2005 . July 9, 2014.
32. Web site: ja:レコード協会調べ 11月度有料音楽配信認定 . Record Association Investigation: November Digital Music Download Certifications . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w091220.html . . ja . December 20, 2009 . February 13, 2014.
33. Web site: 「息子(僕らの音楽ver.)」木村カエラ with 奥田民生 着うたフル配信決定!! . ja . Columbia . https://web.archive.org/web/20120709061151/http://columbia.jp/artist-info/kaela/info.html . July 9, 2012 . July 9, 2014.
34. Web site: 8EIGHT8 メドレー . ja . Tapnow Music . July 10, 2014.
35. Web site: http://www.sma.co.jp/news/detail/s/19402 . ja:2012/4/18（水）０時～ [木村カエラ] . ja . Sony Music Japan . June 27, 2005 . June 1, 2014.
36. Web site: http://www.tapnowmusic.jp/contents/music/single/id/29a905471907277a/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A0 . ja:アマモリズム . ja . Tapnow Music . July 10, 2014.