Ami Suzuki (鈴木亜美 Suzuki Ami, born February 9, 1982) is a female singer and songwriter from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Suzuki was one of the most popular female singers between 1998 and 2000 and the known rival of Ayumi Hamasaki, but in 2000 after legal problems with her management company, she was dropped from her label and fell from popularity, becoming widely unnoticed in the Japanese entertainment business for several years.
2007-present: Dolce
Ami's acting career started more seriously: she starred in the live action drama "Skull Man", and also in the Japanese-Korean movie "Magnolia no Hana no Shita de", in which she shot some scenes in New York and Korea. She was also invited for a third time at 2007's a-nation, where she was chosen as the opening act for the whole tour.
At this time she had already recorded a new single, keeping the line of the "join" project, this time with electronic producer and capsule leader Yasutaka Nakata. Her 4th "join" single, and first Avex double A-side single, "Free Free / Super Music Maker", was released on August 22, 2007. For this single's promotion Ami changed drastically her image, from a cute Pop image for a more mature and sexy-erotic style. Her new look was called as "Ero-Pop" and "Ero-Kakkoi" by Japanese tabloids, even comparing Ami to singer Kumi Koda.[1] This single did considerably better than the previous "join" singles, debuting at #32 on the Japanese charts, and achieving more than 8 thousand copies sold, little less than the three previous singles sales together.
Suzuki's "join" single was released on November 28 2007. It is a collaboration with Aly & AJ on their song "Potential Breakup Song", produced by Japanese DJ and musician Sugiurmn.
On February 6, 2008, Ami will release her 3rd Avex studio album (6th overall), Dolce.
