Help identifying a Japanese singer?

Well, I don't think she's actually Japanese, but...

I was in Japan earlier this month. I was watching a top 50 music charts show on television there when I came across this singer. She appeared to be Caucasian and had curly black, shoulder-lengthed hair. She wore black-rimmed glasses and played a piano as she sang.

Her name was shown in katakana for a brief moment before she disappeared from the screen, so I couldn't catch it in time. Does anyone know who this is?

Joriental2007-08-26T15:43:01Z

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Angela Aki?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ZQuEd3Q6c

Her daddy is the president of famous language school called Aeon.

Anonymous2007-08-27T15:00:54Z

Yep, definitely Angela Aki. And yes, she is Japanese. But she is also American. Her English is really good because her mother is American (Italian-American, not Italian). That's why she sounds awesome when she sings in both languages :)

BTW, I just found out her REAL name is 安芸聖世美 (Kiyomi Aki)! I wonder why she goes by Angela...it appears to simply be a nickname.

Reaper2007-08-26T23:09:21Z

The second guy is right.
That's Angela Aki. She's half Japanese.

Sajiko2007-08-26T23:11:19Z

She's Angela Aki.... She always play the piano when she performs.... She is half-Japnese and half-italian.... she also always wears sporty clothes with numbers on it...

Koumidiator WRW VLR OS2007-08-26T21:43:41Z

Alicia Keys??Dunno anyway..