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{{Infobox Musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Cocco
| Img = Replace this image female.svg
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| Img_size 150
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| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Satoko Makishi
| Born = {{birth date and age|1977|01|19}}
| Died =
| Origin = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Naha, Okinawa|Naha]], [[Japan]]
| Instrument =
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]]
| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]]
| Years_active = [[1996]]–[[2001]]</br>[[2006]]-
| Label = [[Victor Entertainment|Speedstar Records]]
| Associated_acts = [[Singer Songer]]
| URL = [http://www.cocco.co.jp// www.cocco.co.jp]
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'''Cocco''' (born [[January 19]] [[1977]] in [[Naha, Okinawa|Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] as '''Satoko Makishi''') is a female [[Ryukyuan]] J-Pop singer who debuted in [[1996]] with a self-titled [[Extended play|EP]] titled ''Cocko''. A track from the EP, "Sing a Song ~No Music, No Life~", was used in an advertising campaign for Tower Records Japan. In March [[1997]], she released her major label debut single "Kauntodaun" (lit. "Count Down") and a full-length album followed shortly after. It wasn't until 1998 when she scored a big hit in Japan with "Tsuyoku Hakanaimonotachi" ("The Strong and Ephemeral"), selling more than 250,000 copies of that single.
Cocco went on to record three more albums — ''Kumuiuta'' in [[1998]], ''Rapunzel'' in [[2000]], and ''Sanguroozu'' in [[2001]]. Before the release of ''Sanguroozu'', Cocco announced she was retiring from the music business. Later that year, her label released a career retrospective, ''Best + Ura Best + Mihappyokyokushuu'', which contained her singles, some b-sides and five unreleased tracks.
Her retirement didn't last too long. In [[2002]], she published her first art book, ''Minami no Shima no Hoshi no Suna''. In August [[2003]], she organized a [[benefit concert]] to raise awareness about cleaning up beaches in Okinawa. A DVD documentary titled ''Heaven's Hell'' followed in December.
[[2004]] saw her appearance on the [[Yutaka Ozaki]] cover album "BLUE" and the publication of her second book, ''Minami no Shima no Koi no Uta'', which was accompanied by a limited edition single, "Garnet/Celeste Blue". In [[2005]], Cocco collaborated with photographer/singer nanaco on CD/book combination titled ''The Bird''.
In late 2004, Cocco teamed up with Shigeru Kishida of the Japanese rock group [[Quruli]] to re-record "Sing a Song" for Tower Records' 25th Anniversary in Japan. The sessions inspired the formation of [[Singer Songer]], a band featuring Cocco, Kishida, [[Quruli]] bassist Masashi Sato, [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]] support keyboardist [[Hirohisa Horie]] and former FEED drummer Dai Taro.
Singer Songer made its live debut as a special guest at [[Quruli|Quruli's]] year-end concert in December 2004, and in May 2005, the band released a single, "Shoka Rinrin". An album, ''Barairo Pop'' was released in June 2005. It contains a selection of country-flavored tracks that are much happier than Cocco's previous works.
On [[July 7]], [[2007 in music|2007]], Cocco performed at the [[Live Earth concert, Tokyo|Japanese leg]] of [[Live Earth]] at the [[Makuhari Messe]], Tokyo.
== Discography ==
=== Singles ===
* "Count Down" ([[21 March]] [[1997]])
* "Tsuyoku Hakanai Monotachi' (The Strong and Ephemeral) ([[21 November]] 1997)
* "Raining" ([[21 March]] [[1998]])
* "Kumoji no Hate" (Beyond the Way Clouds Go) ([[7 October]] 1998)
* "Jukai no Ito" (Thread in the Deep Forest) ([[14 April]] [[1999]])
* "Poromeria" (Plumeria) ([[14 October]] 1999)
* "Mizukagami" (Water Mirror) ([[26 April]] [[2000]])
* "Kemonomichi" (Animal Trail) ([[28 June]] 2000)
* "Hoshi ni Negai wo" (Wish upon a Star) ([[26 July]] 2000)
* "Hane : lay down my arms" (Wings) ([[21 February]] [[2001]])
* "Yakenogahara" (Burnt Field) ([[18 April]] 2001)
* "Onsoku Punch" (Speed of sound Punch) ([[22 February]] [[2006]])
* "Hi no Terinagara Ame no Furu" (Raining while sunny) ([[24 May]] 2006)
* "Dugong no mieru Oka" (The hill of Dugongs) ([[15 Sep]] [[2007]])
=== Albums ===
* ''Bougainvillea'' ([[21 May]] [[1997]])
* ''Kumuiuta (Lullaby)'' ([[13 May]] [[1998]])
* ''Rapunzel'' ([[14 June]] [[2000]])
* ''Sangurozu (Sungu Rose)'' ([[18 April]] [[2001]])
* ''Zansaian'' ([[21 June]] [[2006]])
* ''Kirakira'' ([[25 July]] [[2007]])
=== Books===
* ''Star Sands in the South Ocean''
* ''Love Songs from the South Ocean ''([[15 August]] [[2004]])
=== Featured ===
Her song ''Raining'' can be heard at the end of [[Hideaki Anno]]'s ''[[Shiki Jitsu]]'' (''Ceremonial Day'').
==External links==
* [http://www.cocco.co.jp/ Cocco official site]
* [http://www.cocco.co.jp/english/discography.html Discography ]
* [http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-100/artist_name-cocco/ Nippop Profile | Cocco]
* [http://www.project-j.org/cocco.htm Project J Profile]
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[[Category:People from Okinawa Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese female singers]]
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