Monday Michiru
Acid jazz, Musical Artist
1963 –
Who is Monday Michiru?
Monday Michiru Sipiagin is a Japanese American actress, singer, and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul. She is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the early 1990s yet she has created her own unique style of music that transcends traditional definitions of the aforementioned genres.
Monday was born in Tokyo, Japan to jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and her then husband, jazz saxophonist Charlie Mariano. At an early age, she expressed an interest in music; she studied modern dance and ballet from age eight, and the classical flute for eight years. It wasn't until she went to the Interlochen Arts Academy that she discovered her true passion of singing.
In 1987, Monday appeared as a lead in the movie Hikaru Onna in which she was credited as Michiru Akiyoshi. Monday's unintentional acting career took off as she won Best New Actress awards from Kinema Junpo, The Japan Academy, and the Yokohama Film Festival. With all this success, Monday became somewhat of a celebrity and could be seen on commercial ads and as a “personality” on several major television networks.
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- Born
- Aug 19, 1963
Tokyo - Also known as
- Monday Mishiru
- Monday 満ちる Mariano
- Mariano
- Monday Michiru Sipiagin
- Michiru Mariano
- Monday Michiru Mariano
- マンデイ みちる
- 秋吉 満ちる
- あきよし みちる
- Akiyoshi Michiru
- Parents
- Spouses
- Alex Sipiagin
(1999/12/28 - )
- Alex Sipiagin
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Japanese American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Japan
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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