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.[1]
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.[1] 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 (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.
| Title | Year | Director | Video album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Baby I Like" | 1999 | Masashi Ohishi | First Cut |
| "Love, Day After Tomorrow" | First Cut | ||
| "Stay by My Side" | 2000 | ||
| "Stay by My Side" | First Cut | ||
| "Secret of My Heart" | First Cut Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope | ||
| "Never Gonna Give You Up" | First Cut | ||
| "Simply Wonderful" | |||
| "Reach for the Sky" | My Reflection Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope | ||
| "Tsumetai Umi" | 2001 | ||
| "Stand Up" | |||
| "Always" | |||
| "Can't Forget Your Love" | My Reflection | ||
| "Winter Bells" | 2002 | My Reflection | |
| "Feel Fine!" | My Reflection Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope | ||
| "Like a Star in the Night" | My Reflection | ||
| "Ride on Time" | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Key to My Life" | |||
| "Make My Day" | My Reflection | ||
| "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 & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "Love, Needing" | 2005 | Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "Dancing" | Nigel Dick | Making of Dancing Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "P.S My Sunshine" | 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 Wave Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Diamond Wave" | |||
| "Shiroi Yuki" | Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Season of Love" | 2007 | Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai 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 You Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "24 Xmas Time" | 24 Xmas Time Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Touch Me!" | 2009 | ||
| "Puzzle" | Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Revive" | Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Beautiful" | Beautiful Mai 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 crazy Mai 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 Rainbow Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "Mou Ichido" | Over the Rainbow Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Your Best Friend" | Your Best Friend Over the Rainbow Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai 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 You Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Hakanasa" | Mai Kuraki Symphonic Collection in Moscow Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Try Again" | 2013 | Try Again Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "Wake Me Up" | 2014 | Wake Me Up Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "Muteki na Heart" | Muteki na Heart Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Stand by You" | Stand by You Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | ||
| "Serendipity" | 2015 | Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "Yesterday Love" | 2017 | Atsunori Toshi | Yesterday Love Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You |
| "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" | Takeshi Ohno | Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou) Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "Koyoi wa Yume wo Misasete" | 2018 | Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō Mai 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 Jinsei Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |
| "Barairo no Jinsei" | |||
| "Makenaide" | |||
| "Zero kara Hajimete" | 2021 | Takeshi Ohno | Zero kara Hajimete |
| Title | Year | Director | Video album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Imitation Gold" | 2003 | 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 | ||
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN DVD | JPN Blu-ray | TWN [2] | ||||||
| First Cut |
| 1 | — | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live 2001 in Zepp Osaka |
| — | — | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live Tour 2001 Eternal Moment |
| 2 | — | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Final 2.27 in Yokohama Arena |
| — | — | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Complete Edition |
| 2 | — | — | ||||
| My Reflection |
| 1 | — | — |
| |||
| Mai Kuraki 5th Anniversary Edition Grow, Step by Step |
| 7 | — | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2005 Like a Fuse of Live and Tour Documentary of "Chance for You" |
| 6 | — | 2 | ||||
| Brilliant Cut: Mai Kuraki Live & Document |
| 6 | — | 4 | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2008 "Touch Me | " |
| 4 | — | 3 | |||
| 10th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Tour "Best" |
| 10 | — | 8 | ||||
| Happy Happy Halloween Live 2010 |
| 9 | — | 4 | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for All, All for One |
| 9 | — | 5 | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2012: Over the Rainbow |
| 6 | — | 3 | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Symphonic Collection in Moscow |
| 15 | — | 3 | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 1 |
| 14 | — | 5 | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Live Project 2013 "Re:" |
| 10 | — | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 2 |
| 34 | — | 3 | ||||
| 15th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2014 BEST “151A” ～Premium～ |
| 4 | 30 | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 3 |
| 40 | 45 | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Live Project 2017: Sawage Live |
| 9 | 9 | — | ||||
| 18 | 21 | — | |||||
| 12 | 17 | — | |||||
| Mai Kuraki Live Project 2021 "Unconditional Love" |
| 16 | 18 | — | ||||
| Mai Kuraki Premium Symphonic Concert 2022 |
| colspan="4" | ||||||
| "—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music chart, or items that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN DVD | JPN Blu-ray | JPN Hot 100 | |||
| Strong Heart |
| 4 | — | 63 | 20,000 |
| Wake Me Up |
| 2 | — | 75 | 12,000 |
| Yesterday Love |
| 3 | 6 | — | 6,100 |
| Zero kara Hajimete |
| 1 | — | — | 8,000 |
| 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 Kuraki | Herself | ||
| Non-fiction W: Mai Kuraki First Documentary | Documentary | ||
| Year | Companies | Brands/products |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Coca-Cola Japan | Sokenbicha |
| 2002-2003 | Shiseido | Sea Breeze |
| 2005 | Dwango | |
| 2009 | Being Giza Studio | |
| 2009-2011 | Kosé | Esprique Precious |
| 2012 | NGW Japan | Icefield |
| 2015 | West Japan Railway Company | San'yō Shinkansen 40th anniversary campaign |
| 2016-2017 | U-Can | Speak Master |
| 2018-2019 | Parco | Chinese New Year campaign |
| 2018-2019 | Kyoto | Travel campaign |
| 2019- | Cleverlyhome | |