I. Introduction
Mai Kuraki (倉木 麻衣, Kuraki Mai) (born October 28, 1982) is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single "Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single "Love, Day After Tomorrow" in 1999. In 2000, she released her debut album, Delicious Way, which debuted at number-one and sold over 2.2 million copies in its first week. The album has spawned four top-three singles, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", "Stay by My Side", "Secret of My Heart", and "Never Gonna Give You Up". Eventually, the album sold over 3.5 million copies nationwide and became the best-selling album in Japan in 2000, and has been the ninth best-selling album in Japan of all-time. Her second album, Perfect Crime (2001) debuted atop in Japan and has sold over 1.3 million copies nationwide. After the success in Japan, Kuraki targeted the American market again, with the English-language studio album Secret of My Heart (2002), however it failed to enter any charts in the United States. Her third Japanese album, Fairy Tale was released in 2002 and topped the Oricon albums chart. The album has spawned one number-one song, "Winter Bells". Her fourth album, If I Believe become her fourth consecutive number-one album in Japan. Her first compilation album, Wish You the Best (2004) sold nearly a million copies and became the seventh best-selling album of 2004 in Japan. Kuraki's succeeding albums, Fuse of Love (2005), Diamond Wave (2006), and One Life (2008) were released to less commercial success. In 2009, Kuraki saw a revival in her popularity with the increased television appearances and the promotion. Her eighth studio album, Touch Me!, debuted atop in Japan, becoming her first number-one album in five years. Her second compilation album, All My Best (2009) topped the chart in Japan, making her one of the two artists who sent two albums at the top spot on the chart in the year. Her next studio albums, Future Kiss (2010) and Over the Rainbow (2012) both reached top three in Japan. Her third compilation album, Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope (2014) managed to peak at number two in Japan and became the ninety-fifth best-selling album in Japan of the year. Her eleventh studio album, Smile (2017) sold less than her previous albums, partly due to the lack of the promotion. Released in 2017, the single "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" peaked at number two in Japan and became the best-selling single for a solo female artist in 2017. The single marked Kuraki's second revival in charts, succeeded by the compilation album, Mai Kuraki x Meitantei Conan Collaboration Best 21: Shinjitsu wa Itsumo Uta ni Aru! (2017), which peaked at number four in Japan and charted on the year-end album chart in 2017 and 2018. Her twelfth and thirteenth albums, Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō (2018) and Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei (2019) were both moderate success, reaching top three in Japan. Her fifth compilation album, Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You was released in 2019, in celebration of her 20th anniversary. Kuraki is best known for singing the theme songs for the Japanese television anime series, Case Closed. As of October 2020, she has recorded twenty-three songs for the series and earning her a Guinness World Record for singing the most theme songs for the same television series. Kuraki also holds the record for being the only female artist to have all of her singles consecutively debut in the Top 10 since her debut in 1999, and is the 38th best-selling Japanese music artist of all time.
II. Career
III. 1999–2001: American Debut and Return To Japan
While in high school, with the help of her father, who was a friend of the music label, Giza Studio, Kuraki sent a demo tape to the label and contracted a record deal with them. However, before Kuraki made her debut in Japan, she made her American debut. Under Giza USA and Bip! Records, Kuraki released the single, "Baby I Like" under the stage name Mai K. The cover of Yoko Black. Stone song, even impressed executives from the major label East West Records, prompting the label to distribute it. However, the song failed to chart on the Billboard charts and Giza sent her back to Japan.
After coming back to Japan, Kuraki began working on her J-pop materials. She released her Japan debut single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", on December 8, 1999. The single entered the Oricon single chart at number 18, and eventually peaked at number 2, selling 1.4 million copies and becoming the fourth best-selling single of 2000 in Japan. In June 2000, Kuraki's debut studio album, Delicious Way was released to a commercial success, debuting at number one in Japan and selling 2,210,000 copies in its first week, which still has been the biggest first week sales for the debut album in Japan as of 2020. Delicious Way has sold over three million copies and was certified 3x million as well as won "Rock album of the Year" at the 16th annual Japan Gold Disc Awards. As of 2020, the album remains as the ninth best-selling album in Japan. The album has spawned three other singles, "Stay by My Side", "Secret of My Heart", and "Never Gonna Give You Up", all of which reached top three in Japan. "Secret of My Heart" won a Japan Gold Disc Award for "Song of the Year" and was chosen as the theme song to the television anime series, Case Closed, for which Kuraki would be known for singing the multiple theme songs. In 2000, Kuraki sent six singles inside the top 100 on the Oricon Yearly Singles chart. In July 2001, Kuraki released her second album, Perfect Crime. The album sold over 800,000 copies in its first week and debuted atop on the Oricon chart. The album has sold over 1.3 million copies and been certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). Perfect Crime won "Rock album of the Year". The album has spawned six singles, including platinum-certified singles, "Reach for the Sky", "Tsumetai Umi"/"Start in My Life", and "Stand Up". In August 2000, Kuraki embarked on her first promotional tour, Sokenbicha Natural Breeze 2001 Happy Live, supported by Coca-Cola, as their advertising campaign for their brand, Sokenbicha.
IIII. 2002-2006: Launch into Greater Success
In January 2002, Kuraki released her first English-language album, Secret of My Heart in the United States. The album included the English versions of her hit songs as well as her US single, "Baby I Like". Like the single, Secret of My Heart commercially failed in the US market. In the same month, Kuraki embarked on her first nationwide headlining tour, Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002. The fourteen-show tour was attended by approximately 150,000 audience. In April, Kuraki signed a promotional deal with Shiseido for their brand, Sea Breeze. her song, "Feel Fine!" was used for their television commercial, in which Kuraki herself appeared. In June 2002, Kuraki made her television appearance, performing at the 2002 FIFA World Cut Official Concert Korea/Japan Day with the other artists such as Lauryn Hill and Ken Hirai. Her third studio album, Fairy Tale was released in October 2002. The album debuted at number one in Japan, and has sold over 730,000 copies nationwide. The album has spawned four top-three singles, "Can't Forget Your Love", "Feel Fine!", "Like a Star in the Night", and "Winter Bells", which peaked at number one in Japan. Fairy Tale won the "Rock & Pop album of the Year" award at the Japan Gold Disc Awards. In the same month, Kuraki embarked on the Mai Kuraki Fairy Tale Tour 02–03 in support of the album. In December 2002, Kuraki published her first autobiographical book, Myself Music. Kuraki released her fourth studio album, If I Believe, in July 2003. The album debuted at number one in Japan and has sold over 445,000 copies nationwide. If I Believe has yielded four singles, "Make My Day", "Time After Time: Hana Mau Machi de", "Kiss" and "Kaze no La La La", all of which reached number three in Japan. In October 2003, Kuraki was featured as a guest vocalist for Tak Matsumoto's single, "Imitation Gold", the cover of Momoe Yamaguchi. The single debuted at number one and has sold over 80,000 copies, earning Matsumoto his first number one single. The song was included on his eighth studio album, The Hit Parade (2003). In December 2003, Kuraki made her first appearance at the Kōhaku Uta Gassen and performed "Stay by My Side" at Tō-ji in Kyoto.
Wish You the Best, her first compilation album was released on the New Year's Day of 2004. The album became her fifth consecutive number-one album and has been certified million by RIAJ, although the album entirely consisted of previously released songs. In April 2004, Kuraki embarked on the Mai Kuraki 2004 Live Tour Wish You the Best: Grow, Step by Step. The tour was attended by the audience of 117,000. In December 2004, Kuraki performed her single, ""Ashita e Kakeru Hashi" (明日へ架ける橋) at the Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
Her fifth studio album, Fuse of Love was released in August 2005. The album failed to match the success of her previous albums, only peaking at number three on the Oricon chart, while it managed to enter the Taiwan's newly established G-Music chart at number thirteen.
Fuse of Love has spawned four singles, including three top five singles: "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi", "Love, Needing" and "Dancing". The music video of "Dancing" was directed by Nigel Dick, who also directed the music video of the artists like Britney Spears, Guns N' Roses, and Backstreet Boys. The album was later certified gold by the RIAJ and has sold over 185,000 copies nationwide. Kuraki embarked on the Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2005 Like a Fuse of Love, in September 2005. In December 2005, Kuraki made her third appearance at the Kōhaku Uta Gassen, perfotming her debut single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow". In August 2006, Kuraki released her sixth studio album, Diamond Wave. The album was a moderate success, peaking at number three in Japan and number thirteen in Taiwan. It has sold over 132,000 copies and has certified gold by the RIAJ. Diamond Wave has spawned three top ten singles: "Growing of My Heart", "Best of Hero" (ベスト オブ ヒーロー), and "Diamond Wave". From August 2006 to November 2006, Kuraki embarked on the Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2006 Diamond Wave to promote the album.
IIIII. 2007-2012: Change in Record Labels/Numerous Releases and Charity Events
In June 2007, Kuraki left Giza Studio in Osaka and made a new record contract with the newly founded record label, Northern Music in Tokyo, although the labels are both under the Being Inc, group. On 7 June 2007, Kuraki performed "Born to Be Free" at the A3 Champions Cup 2007 in Shandong, China. On 16 June 2007, she performed "Secret of My Heart" at the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan as the representative artist from Japan. In September 2007, Kuraki made her first appearance at the Asia Song Festival in Seoul, South Korea. Kuraki embarked on the promotional tour, Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2007 Be With U in December 2007. In January 2008, Kuraki released her seventh studio album, One Life. In October 2008, Kuraki embarked on the Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2008 "Touch Me!" to promote her then unreleased eighth studio album, Touch Me!. The album was released in January 2009. Kuraki made her first appearance on the music television program, Music Station, where she performed the album's title track, "Touch Me!", to promote the album. This performance became Kuraki's first performance on the television program, aside the Kōhaku Uta Gassen. The album was a commercial success, the album debuted at number one in Japan, earning her first number one album in five years, since the release of Wish You the Best (2004). In July 2009, Kuraki embarked on the Asia tour, titled 10th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Tour 2009 "Best", in celebration of her tenth debut. Her second compilation album, All My Best was released to a commercial success, debuting atop on the Oricon chart, making her among the two artists who sent two albums atop on the chart in 2009, the other being Greeeen. The album has sold over 250,000 copies nationwide and been certified platinum by the RIAJ, as well as enter the year-end album chart at number twenty-five. The album has spawned two top three singles, "Puzzle" and "Beautiful".
In March 2010, Kuraki released the double A-side single, "Eien Yori Nagaku"/"Drive Me Crazy". The former was used in the television commercial for Kosé, while the latter was used as the Japanese theme song to the American television series, Heroes Season 3. The single peaked at number four in Japan and fifteen in Taiwan. In March 2011, Kuraki sang the national anthem at the soccer charity match, titled "The Tohoku Earthquake recovery support charity match Ganbarou Nippon!", at Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka. The match was held again in August 2011, where Kuraki performed the anthem. In April 2011, she released a single titled "Anata ga Irukara", which she dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The song was re-released in August as a video single, featuring the performance by a professional figure skater, Shizuka Arakawa. The proceeds from all versions of the song were donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society to benefit the victims and the reconstruction in the disaster area. In June 2011, Kuraki was featured on Nerdhead's single, "Doushite Suki nandaro?" under the name, Mai-K. The song peaked at number fifteen in Japan. In August 2011, Sanrio announced their collaboration with Northern Music for the creation of one of the characters of Wish me mell, Maimai.
In October 2011, Kuraki held a charity concert titled Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for All, All for One at Nippon Budokan. The concert was supported by the musicians such as Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Alex Ru, and Nerdhead. In November 2011, Kuraki released her first video single, "Strong Heart". The single peaked at number seven and three in Japan and Taiwan respectively. The part of the proceeds were donated to reconstract the disaster area of 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In January 2012, her tenth studio album Over the Rainbow was released. Over the Rainbow was preceded by four top ten singles, "1000 Mankai no Kiss", "Mou Ichido", "Your Best Friend", and "Strong Heart". From the same month, she embarked on the Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2012: Over the Rainbow in support of the album. In April 2012, Kuraki won The Most Popular Asian Influential Japanese Singer at the 2012 Channel V "Migu" Chinese Music Award, which was held in Macau.
IIIV. 2013–2017: More Compilation Best of Releases, Touring and Voluntary Overseas School Building
In February 2013, Kuraki released a single "Try Again", which was used as the theme song to the anime series Case Closed. The single peaked at number seven and managed to enter G-Music J-Pop chart at number three. In June 2013, Kuraki embarked on the national tour titled Mai Kuraki Live Project 2013 "Re:". In September 2013, she held her second orchestral concert, Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live -Opus 2- in Tokyo. In March 2014, as a part of JICA's Nantokashinakya! Project, Kuraki visited Siem Reap, Cambodia to support and help education system in Cambodia. After the visit, Kuraki started the project to raise fund to found a school in Trei Nhoar, Puok District, Cambodia. In February 2016, the project was completed, and Trey Nhoar Community Learning Center was founded. From June 2014, Kuraki embarked on two tours, 15th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2014 Best "151A": Fun Fun Fun and 15th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2014 Best 151A: Muteki na Heart. During the former tour, Kuraki performed at the relatively small music venues while she performed at the music halls during the latter tour. In November 2014, Kuraki released her third compilation album Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope in celebration of her fifteenth debut anniversary. The album peaked at number two in Japan and has sold over 67,000 copies, certified gold by the RIAJ.
In November 2015, Kuraki and other musicians including Kazufumi Miyazawa, Tetsuya Takeda, and Ai Kawashima recorded the charity single "Hitori, Hitotsu" to support the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers. In April 2016, Kuraki held her first concert in Russia, at the Mariinsky Theatre. In May 2016, Kuraki signed an ambassador deal with Nihon Unisys and wrote the image song to the company, "Make That Change". In September 2016, Kuraki embarked on the China tour, Mai Kuraki "Time After Time" Chine Live Tour. n January 2017, Kuraki released "Yesterday Love" as the first VR single in Japan. In April 2017, Kuraki released the single "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)", the ending theme for the animated film Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter. The song instantly entered the major music charts in Japan, selling about 30,000 physical copies in its first week. "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" peaked at number two on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and number five on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. Finally it sold over 76,000 physical copies and became her best-selling song since her 2004 single "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi". Finally the song became the best-selling single by a solo female musician in Japan, and fifty-second overall. Also, the song sold over 250,000 digital copies and became her most downloaded song since her debut, certified as platinum by the RIAJ. On July 25, 2017 she was awarded a Guinness World Record for singing the most theme songs in a single anime series (Case Closed). Kuraki's fourth compilation album Mai Kuraki x Meitantei Conan Collaboration Best 21: Shinjitsu wa Itsumo Uta ni Aru!, a collaboration with Case Closed, was released on October 25, 2017. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number four and selling over 79,000 copies in Japan. In December 2017, Kuraki made her first appearance at the Kōhaku Uta Gassen in twelve years, performing "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)".
IIV. 2018–present: Becoming an Kyoto Ambassador, Video Game Sountracks, Return to Music Charts
In September 2018, Kuraki appeared on the television commercials of Kyoto City, as an Kyoto sightseeing ambassador. In October 2018, Kuraki was chosen as an image character for the department store chain Parco, for their Chinese New Year campaign. In the same month, Kuraki released her first concept album, Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō. The album peaked at number three and has sold approximately 30,000 copies in Japan. The album has spawned five singles, "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)", "We Are Happy Women", "Do It!", "Light Up My Life", and "Koyoi wa Yume wo Misasete". From 13 October 2018, she embarked on the Mai Kuraki Live Project 2018 "Red It Be": Kimi Omou Shunkashūtō to promote the album. "Light Up My Life" served as the theme song to the Japanese tactical role-playing game, Valkyria Chronicles IV. In March 2019, Kuraki released a double A-side single "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai"/"Barairo no Jinsei". Both songs served as the theme songs to the special episodes of Case Closed, "The Scarlet School Trip", on which Kuraki appeared as a voice actor. In August 2019, she released her thirteenth studio album Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei. The album debuted at number three and has sold over 29,000 copies in Japan.
In December 2019, Kuraki released her fifth compilation album Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You. The album peaked at number six and has sold over 29,000 copies in Japan. The four-disc single collection was mastered by the Grammy-nominated/winning engineers, Ryan Smith, Chris Gehringer, Randy Merrill, Joe LaPorta, and Ted Jensen. In October 2020, Kuraki wrote All at Once's song, "Just Believe You", which also sampled Kuraki's single, "Secret of My Heart". In March 2021, Kuraki released a first single in approximately two years, "Zero kara Hajimete". The song was written in celebration of the 1000th episode of the anime television series, Case Closed. On 6 March 2021, the songs that Kuraki wrote for the anime were released on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music.
III. Discography
IIII. Studio Albums
[2000.06.28] delicious way
[2001.07.04] PERFECT CRIME
[2002.01.22] Secret of my heart (Mai-K)
[2002.10.23] FAIRY TALE
[2003.07.09] If I Believe
[2005.08.24] FUSE OF LOVE
[2006.08.02] DIAMOND WAVE
[2008.01.01] ONE LIFE
[2009.01.21] touch Me!
[2010.11.17] FUTURE KISS
[2012.01.11] OVER THE RAINBOW
[2017.02.15] Smile
[2019.08.14] Let's GOAL! ~Barairo no Jinsei~ (Let’s GOAL! ～薔薇色の人生～; Rose-Colored Life)
IIIII. Best Albums
[2004.01.01] Wish You The Best
[2009.09.09] ALL MY BEST
[2014.05.30] REQUEST BEST "MY & MAI" (Fanclub Only)
[2014.11.12] MAI KURAKI BEST 151A -LOVE & HOPE- (15th Anniversary)
[2017.10.25] Kuraki Mai × Meitantei Conan COLLABORATION BEST 21 -Shinjitsu wa Itsumo Uta ni Aru!- (真実はいつも歌にある！)
[2019.12.25] Mai Kuraki Single Collection ~Chance for you~
IIIIII. Other Albums
[2018.10.10] Kimi Omofu ~Shunkashuutou~ (君 想ふ ～春夏秋冬～; Thinking of You ~Four Seasons~) (Concept Album)
[2012.12.19] Mai Kuraki Symphonic Collection in Moscow
IIIIV. Singles
[1999.10.20] Baby I Like (Mai-K)
[1999.12.08] Love, Day After Tomorrow
[2000.03.15] Stay by my side
[2000.04.26] Secret of my heart
[2000.06.07] NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
[2000.09.27] Simply Wonderful
[2000.11.08] Reach for the sky
[2001.02.07] Tsumetai Umi / Start in my life (冷たい海; Cold Sea)
[2001.04.18] Stand Up
[2001.06.06] always
[2001.08.29] Can't forget your love / PERFECT CRIME -Single Edit-
[2002.01.17] Winter Bells
[2002.04.24] Feel fine!
[2002.10.04] Like a star in the night
[2002.12.04] Make my day
[2003.03.05] Time after time ~Hana Mau Machi de~ (Time after time ～花舞う街で～; In the Town of Dancing Flowers)
[2003.04.30] Kiss
[2003.05.28] Kaze no Lalala (風のららら; Lalala of the Wind)
[2004.05.19] Ashita e Kakeru Hashi (明日へ架ける橋; The Bridge to Tomorrow)
[2005.01.26] Love, needing
[2005.03.23] Dancing (ダンシング)
[2005.06.01] P.S ♡ MY SUNSHINE
[2005.11.09] Growing of my heart
[2006.02.08] Best of Hero (ベスト オブ ヒーロー)
[2006.06.21] Diamond Wave
[2006.12.20] Shiroi Yuki (白い雪; White Snow)
[2007.02.14] Season of love
[2007.11.28] Silent love ~open my heart~ / BE WITH U
[2008.03.19] Yume ga Saku Haru / You and Music and Dream (夢が咲く春; Spring of Blossoming Dreams)
[2008.07.09] Ichibyou Goto ni Love for you (一秒ごとに Love for you; Love for You Every Second)
[2008.11.26] 24 Xmas time
[2009.04.01] PUZZLE / Revive
[2009.06.10] Beautiful
[2010.03.03] Eien Yori Nagaku / Drive me crazy (永遠より ながく; Longer than Eternity)
[2010.08.31] SUMMER TIME GONE
[2011.03.09] 1000 Mankai no Kiss (1000万回のキス)
[2011.05.25] Mou Ichido (もう一度; Once More)
[2011.10.19] Your Best Friend
[2012.08.15] Koi ni Koishite / Special Morning day to you (恋に恋して; In Love with Love)
[2013.02.06] TRY AGAIN
[2014.08.27] Muteki na Heart / STAND BY YOU (無敵なハート; Unbeatable Heart)
[2017.04.12] Togetsukyou ~Kimi Omofu~ (渡月橋 ～君 想ふ～; Togetsu-kyo Bridge ~Thinking of You~)
[2019.03.20] Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai / Barairo no Jinsei (きみと恋のままで終われない いつも夢のままじゃいられない／薔薇色の人生)
[2021.06.02] ZERO Kara Hajimete (ZEROからハジメテ; Starting from ZERO) (DVD Single)
IIIV. Digital Singles
[2010.06.09] chance for you ~cinema ver.~
[2011.04.11] Anata ga Iru Kara (あなたがいるから)
[2011.09.07] Anata ga Iru Kara ~Fantasy on Ice 2011~ (あなたがいるから ～Fantasy on Ice 2011～)
[2013.08.17] Reach for the sky ~RE:GGAE Summer 2013 Ver.~
[2015.05.20] Serendipity
[2016.07.30] SAWAGE☆LIFE
[2017.01.11] YESTERDAY LOVE
[2018.03.02] WE ARE HAPPY WOMEN
[2018.03.09] Do it!
[2018.03.16] Light Up My Life
[2018.08.08] Koyoi wa Yume wo Misasete (今宵は夢を見させて)
[2019.01.06] Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai (TV Size) (きみと恋のままで終われない いつも夢のままじゃいられない)
[2019.01.13] Barairo no Jinsei (TV Size) (薔薇色の人生)
[2021.03.06] ZERO Kara Hajimete (ZEROからハジメテ; Start from zero)
[2021.04.21] Can you feel my heart
IIIVI. Vinyls
[1999.11.27] BABY I LIKE
[2000.03.08] Love, Day After Tomorrow
[2000.06.19] NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
[2000.11.22] Reach for the sky
[2001.05.03] Stand Up / YES or NO
IIIVII. Video Releases
[2000.11.08] FIRST CUT
[2001.09.19] Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live 2001 in Zepp Osaka
[2001.11.21] Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live Tour 2001 ETERNAL MOMENT
[2002.04.03] Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Final 2.27 YOKOHAMA ARENA
[2002.05.15] Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Complete Edition
[2004.01.07] My Reflection
[2005.01.05] Mai Kuraki 5th Anniversary Edition "Grow, Step by Step"
[2006.02.22] Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2005 LIKE A FUSE OF LIVE
[2007.08.22] Brilliant Cut ~Mai Kuraki Live & Document~
[2009.05.06] Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2008 "touch Me!"
[2009.12.23] 10TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE TOUR "BEST"
[2011.10.19] HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN LIVE 2010
[2011.11.23] Strong Heart
[2012.03.14] Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for all, All for one
[2012.08.15] Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2012 ~OVER THE RAINBOW~
[2013.07.03] Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live -Opus 1-
[2013.12.04] MAI KURAKI LIVE PROJECT 2013 "RE:"
[2014.03.26] Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live -Opus 2-
[2014.02.26] Wake me up
[2015.06.27] 15th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2014 BEST “Ichi-go ichi-e” ～Premium～
[2016.01.27] Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live -Opus 3-
[2017.01.11] YESTERDAY LOVE (Video Single)
[2017.08.16] Mai Kuraki Live Project 2017 “SAWAGE☆LIVE”
[2019.11.27] Mai Kuraki Live Project 2018 "Red it be ~Kimi omou Shunka Shuto~" (君想ふ 春夏秋冬)
[2020.06.24] 20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let’s GOAL！～Barairo no Jinsei～
IIIVIII. Compilations / Other
[2000.11.29] THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN (#12 Secret of my heart)
[2001.03.07] COOL CITY PRODUCTION vol.1 "PARTY IN A HOUSE"
[2001.12.05] GIZA studio R&B Respect vol.1 ~six sisters selection~ (#3 I'll Be There)
[2001.12.19] GIZA studio Masterpiece BLEND 2001 (Disc 1 #1 always; Disc 2 #3 Stand Up)
[2002.04.24] COOL CITY PRODUCTION vol.3 "Mai-K's club side"
[2002.07.17] Patapata Hikousen no Bouken Original Soundtrack (#25 WHAT CAN I DO(TV-SIZE))
[2002.07.17] GIZA studio MAI-K&FRIENDS HOTROD BEACH PARTY (#1 DON'T WORRY BABY)
[2002.10.23] COOL CITY PRODUCTION vol.4 "Mai-K 'Feel fine!' Remixes and Movie"
[2002.12.04] Ohno Aika - Secret Garden (#4 The Frozen Sea, guest vocal)
[2002.12.18] GIZA studio Masterpiece BLEND 2002 (Disc 1 #1 Feel fine!, #12 Ride on time; Disc 2 #2 Give me one more chance, #13 DON'T WORRY BABY)
[2003.01.10] Sun Yan Zi - To Be Continued... (#14 My Story, Your Song)
[2003.10.21] EXPERIENCE featuring MAI KURAKI - I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU
[2003.10.08] TAK MATSUMOTO featuring Kuraki Mai - Imitation Gold (イミテイション・ゴールド)
[2003.11.26] THE HIT PARADE (#5 Imitation Gold)
[2003.12.10] THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN 2 (#1 always, #3 Time after time ~Hana Mau Machi de~, #5 Winter Bells, #7 Kaze no Lalala, #9 Start in my life)
[2003.12.17] GIZA studio Masterpiece BLEND 2003 (Disc 1 #1 Kiss; Disc 2 #4 If I Believe)
[2004.09.29] Sport! MEMORIAL ~Sweat and Tears~ (#3 Make my day, #9 Come on! Come on!)
[2005.04.14] Hills Bread Cafe Vol. 2
[2006.12.13] THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN ~The Movie Themes Collection~ (#4 Time after time ~Hana Mau Machi de~, #6 always)
[2007.07.04] The Best of Tales (#6 Key to my heart)
[2008.08.06] THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN 3 (Disc 1 #8 Growing of my heart; Disc 2 #8 Shiroi Yuki)
[2008.12.24] GIZA studio 10th Anniversary Masterpiece BLEND ~LOVE Side~ (#1 Love, Day After Tomorrow)
[2008.12.24] GIZA studio 10th Anniversary Masterpiece BLEND ~FUN Side~ (#16 Feel fine!)
[2009.05.27] ZARD - Sunao ni Ienakute ~featuring Mai Kuraki~ (素直に言えなくて)
[2011.02.10] ZARD - ZARD Single Collection ~20th Anniversary~ (Disc 6 #15 Sunao ni Ienakute ~featuring Mai Kuraki~)
[2011.03.18] Love One Another (Kuraki Mai & Michael Africk)
[2011.05.25] Kiri ni Sumu Akuma Original Soundtrack (#22 Shudaika 「Mou Ichido」 Instrumental)
[2011.06.01] NERDHEAD - Doushite Suki Nandarou featuring Mai.k (どうして好きなんだろう)
[2011.10.26] NERDHEAD - BEHIND the TRUTH (#5 Kotoba ni Dekinai Hodo ni Suki na Noni feat. Mai.K ,#11 Doushite Suki Nandarou feat. Mai.K)
[2011.10.26] NERDHEAD - Kotoba ni Dekinai Hodo ni Suki na Noni feat. Mai.K (言葉にできないほど好きなのに)
[2011.12.14] THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN 4 (DISC1:#3 PUZZLE, #4 Ichibyou Goto ni Love For You, #6 REVIVE, #10 SUMMER TIME GONE, DISC2: #7 Tomorrow is the last time)
[2012.05.30] NERDHEAD - CRUISE WITH YOU (#5 Kotoba ni Dekinai Hodo ni Suki na Noni feat. Mai.K (DJ MITSU THE BEATS Remix))
[2014.10.22] THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN 5 (#3 TRY AGAIN, #11 Koi ni Koishite, #14 Your Best Friend)
[2017.03.22] Gekijou-ban Meitantei Conan Shudaikashuu ~"20" All Songs~ (Disc 1 #5 Always, Disc 1 #7 Time after time ~Hana Mau Machi de~, Disc 2 #3 Puzzle)
[2017.10.18] BREAKERZ - X (Disc 1 #9 Hirari Mai Chiruhana no You ni feat. Kuraki Mai)
[2020.03.25] THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN 6 (CD1: #1 DYNAMITE, #11 Barairo no Jinsei, CD2: #1 Muteki na Heart, #5 SAWAGE☆LIFE, #6 YESTERDAY LOVE, #8 Togetsukyou ~Kimi Omofu~, #12 Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai)
