Sugar Soul

Sugar Soul

Industry	Music
Founded	1996
Founder	DJ Hasebe, Aiko Machida, Kawabe
Products	Music albums and singles

was a Japanese R&B trio established in 1996. Their debut occurred in January 1997 under the Flava Records label. The group consisted of DJ Hasebe (programming), vocalist Aiko Machida, and composer Kawabe. They achieved notable commercial success with the 1999 track "Garden," which featured Kenji Furuya from Dragon Ash. Sugar Soul was regarded as a prominent figure within Japan's emerging R&B movement of the late 1990s.

Following the release of the single "Soulmate" in 2001, Sugar Soul entered an indefinite hiatus. Subsequently, vocalist Aiko became a member of the drum and bass ensemble Kam in 2010.

Significantly, Kumi Koda produced a cover of their song "Ima Sugu Hoshii" in 2006, while May J. released a rendition of "Garden" in 2009.

Studio albums

Year	Album Details	Oricon Chart Position	Sales Figures
1999	On Release date: February 24, 1999 Label: Warner (WPC6-10006) Available formats: CD, rental CD	10	139,000
2000	Uzu (うず; "Swirl") Release date: May 24, 2000 Label: Warner (WPC6-10083) Available formats: CD, rental CD	3	340,000

Additional albums

Year	Album Details	Oricon Chart Position	Sales Figures
2001	Sugar Soul Live: Balance Live recording Release date: January 24, 2001 Label: Warner (WPC6-10117/8) Formats: 2CD, rental CD	12	44,000
2002	Soul Jam Remix compilation Release date: May 22, 2002 Label: Warner (WPC6-10117/8) Formats: CD, rental CD	97	3,000
	Soul Mix Remix compilation Release date: October 23, 2002 Label: Warner (WPC6-10220) Formats: CD, rental CD	—	—
2003	Sugar Soul Greatest hits collection Release date: October 29, 2003 Label: Warner (WPCL-10016) Formats: CD, CD+DVD, rental CD	20	24,000

Singles

Release Year	Title	Remarks	Oricon Chart Rank	Sales Numbers	Associated Album
1997	"Those Days"	Reissued in 1999; sales data corresponds to reissue	34	30,000	—
1998	"Kanashimi no Hana ni" (悲しみの花に; "To a Flower of Sadness")	First single released under Warner label	75	11,000	On
	"Sauce"	Produced by Shinichi Osawa	51	33,000
1999	"Namibia" (ナミビア)	Production by Hirofumi Asamoto	50	13,000
	"Garden" feat. Kenji Furuya		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"	The band's final single release	46	7,000	—