# Sugar Soul

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**Sugar Soul** (シュガー・ソウル, *Shugā So'uru*) was a Japanese three-member [R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B) group which formed in 1996. They soon made their debut in January 1997 on the [Flava Records](/source/Flava_Records) label. The members featured DJ Hasebe (programming), Aiko Machida (vocals) and Kawabe (composer).[1] The band achieved success with the single "Garden" in 1999, which featured Kenji Furuya of [Dragon Ash](/source/Dragon_Ash). The band was seen as one of the prominent *new R&B*-style musicians in Japan in the late 1990s.[2]

In 2001, the band went on a permanent hiatus after the release of the single "Soulmate." Vocalist Aiko went on to become the vocalist of [drum and bass](/source/Drum_and_bass) band [Kam](/source/Kam_(band)) in 2010.[3]

[Kumi Koda](/source/Kumi_Koda) covered the Sugar Soul song "[Ima Sugu Hoshii](/source/Ima_Sugu_Hoshii)" in 2006, and in 2009 [May J.](/source/May_J.) covered "Garden."

## Discography

### Original albums

Year Album Information Oricon Albums Charts [4] Reported sales [5] 1999 On Released: February 24, 1999 Label: Warner (WPC6-10006) Formats: CD, rental CD 10 139,000 2000 Uzu (うず, "Swirl") Released: May 24, 2000 Label: Warner (WPC6-10083) Formats: CD, rental CD 3 340,000

### Other albums

Year Album Information Oricon Albums Charts [4] Reported sales [5] 2001 Sugar Soul Live: Balance Live album Released: January 24, 2001 Label: Warner (WPC6-10117/8) Formats: 2CD, rental CD 12 44,000 2002 Soul Jam Remix album Released: May 22, 2002 Label: Warner (WPC6-10117/8) Formats: CD, rental CD 97 3,000 Soul Mix Remix album Released: October 23, 2002 Label: Warner (WPC6-10220) Formats: CD, rental CD — — 2003 Sugar Soul Greatest hits album Released: October 29, 2003 Label: Warner (WPCL-10016) Formats: CD, CD+DVD, rental CD 20 24,000

### Singles

Release Title Notes Oricon singles charts [4] Oricon sales [5] Album 1997 "Those Days" Re-released in 1999, sales pertain to re-release 34 30,000 — 1998 "Kanashimi no Hana ni" (悲しみの花に, "To a Flower of Sadness") Debut single under Warner 75 11,000 On "Sauce" Produced by Shinichi Osawa 51 33,000 1999 "Namibia" (ナミビア) Produced by Hirofumi Asamoto 50 13,000 "Garden" feat. Kenji 2 923,000 Uzu "Siva 1999" feat. Zeebra 10 152,000 2000 "Respectyourself" 15 76,000 "Ii yo" (いいよ, "It's Good") 79 2,600 2001 "Soulmate" Final release as a band 46 7,000 —

## References

1. ["Sugar Soul"](http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sugar+Soul). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-04.

1. Condry, Ian. *Hip Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization.* Durham, NC: [Duke University Press](/source/Duke_University_Press), 2006

1. ["Sugar Soulが10年ぶりに復活"](http://www.rbbtoday.com/article/2010/06/22/68578.html). *RBB TODAY*. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2011-02-09.

1. ["アーティスト： Sugar Soul"](http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/search.asp?artcd=277448&artist=%82r%82%95%82%87%82%81%82%92%81%40%82r%82%8F%82%95%82%8C&ordt=sle&bs=all&bs2=1). *[Oricon](/source/Oricon)*. Retrieved June 6, 2011.

1. ["オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」"](http://ranking.oricon.co.jp). *[Oricon](/source/Oricon)*. Retrieved June 6, 2011. (subscription only)

## External links

- [Web archive of official site](https://web.archive.org/web/20080315140710/http://www.nwp.co.jp/sugarsoul/) (in Japanese)
- [Warner Music Japan label site](http://www.wmg.jp/artist/sugarsoul/) (in Japanese)

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