Hikaru Utada was born on January 19, 1983 in New York City, New York.
Although born in the US, she is one of the biggest singer-songwriter, arranger and record producers in Japan.
Known by her friends as Hikki, she is internationally known for her two theme song contributions to the Kingdom Hearts video game series, "Simple and Clean" and "Sanctuary",
Utada's first album, First Love, became Japan's biggest selling album of all time with over 7.65 million copies sold in Japan alone.
