Hikaru Utada loves painting, and said that when he was a child, he originally wanted to be a manga artist, but he was repeatedly rejected by the publishing house, so he had to give up. I often take photos of my paintings and upload them on my blog, and the content of my paintings is often based on bears. He also loved literature and respected Edgar Allan Poe, who once incorporated his name and the mood of his poem The Raven into his lyrics. He also admires the Japanese poets Nakahara Nakaya and Kenji Miyazawa.

He has friendships with Kyoko Fukada, Takuya Kimura, Hiroshi Inaba, Mitsuhiro Kagawa, Kusahiko Inohara, Shuri Ueno, and Toshiaki Karasawa in the entertainment industry. once said that Takuya Kimura was an eternal brother in her eyes.

I tried hard to get my driver's license, but I finally gave up after many failures. I don't know how to ride a bicycle either, but I have been hit by a car several times in the United States, and I feel very lucky that I was safe and sound. On September 14, he mentioned on his blog that he had finally learned to ride a bicycle.

On December 9, 1998, she released her debut single "Automatic/time ill tell" in Japan under the name of Hikaru Utada, which sold only more than 40,000 copies in the first week, but eventually sold 2.06 million copies, becoming the second best-selling single by female singers in Japanese history. On February 17, 1999, the second single "Movin' on ithout you" was released, and the sales exceeded one million again.

On March 10, 1999, 16-year-old Hikaru Utada released his first Japanese album "First Love". With 2.02 million sales in the first week, it has now sold 7.65 million copies in Japan, breaking the all-time record to become the highest-selling album in Japanese history, a record that still stands to this day, and a gap of 2.5 million copies from the second-ranked B'z compilation B'z The Best "Pleasure". Judging by the current decline of physical records, no one else has been able to shake this sales record. The album sold 500,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the highest-selling Japanese album in Taiwanese music history, and First Love also became the No. 1 HitFM Top 100 Singles of the Year in 1999.

On April 1st in Osaka and 2nd in Tokyo, she held two concerts, Luv Live, which was her first live performance. On August 24, she held another concert at Nippon Budokan. On October 7th, he sang with Shiina Ringo,

In June and July, at Music Station, at HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP, STARRING IN SMAPXSMAP, SET RATINGS OF 26.5%, 28.5%, 33.5%, BREAKING THE ALL-TIME VIEWERSHIP RECORD OF THESE THREE PROGRAMS. (Among them, the 33.5% rating recorded by SMAPXSMAP was broken to become the second in history)

At the end of 1999, riding on this popularity, the following singles "Addicted To You", "ait & See ~Risk~", "For You/Time Limit", and "Can You Keep A Secret?" were all extremely successful, and all three albums sold more than 1.5 million copies except for "For You/Time Limit". Among them, "Addicted To You" achieved the highest record of 1.06 million first-week sales in Japanese history.

In July and August 2000, during the summer vacation of the school, she began her first large-scale tour "Bohemian Summer 2000", with a total of 19 performances.

In September 2000, she decided to take a break from her music career and go to Columbia University in the United States. However, she soon dropped out of school and devoted herself to her career as a singer, because college life made her feel a little bored and disappointed.

On March 28, 2001, the second Japanese album "Distance" was released. The sales volume in the first week was 3.002 million, which set a record for the highest first-week sales in history. The record was broken in 2015 by Adele's "25", but it is still the highest record in Asia. At present, it has sold 4.47 million in Japan, making it the 2001 Japanese champion of the year and the fourth best-selling album in Japanese history.

In June, at the age of 18, she was invited to sing at MTV Unplugged, becoming the youngest performer in the show's history.

In 2001, he topped the Oricon Singles Chart and Album of the Year Chart for the sixth time since Shiro Miyashiro in 1973, Pink Lady in 1978, Satoshi Terao in 1981, Hikari Genji in 1988, and DREAMS COME TRUE in 1995.

Since the end of 2001, she has released singles "Final Distance", "traveling", "Light", and "SAKURA Drops/Letters". Except for "Final Distance", the others are all number one singles. Among them, "Light" is the theme song of the Japanese version of the game masterpiece "Kingdom Hearts", and the global version is Simple And Clean, which she rewrote the lyrics in English. The game sold over 8 million copies worldwide and was a huge success, making it her most famous song in the European and American markets.

Attended the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum (Dafoss Conference) in January 2002. On 18 February, US President George W. Bush attended the meeting at the Japanese Prime Minister's Office. On June 19 of the same year, the third Japanese album "DEEP RIVER" was released. With a sales volume of 2.35 million in the first week, it is currently sold 3.6 million in Japan, making it the 2002 Japanese champion and the 8th best-selling album in Japanese history.

On January 19, 2003, on her 20th birthday, she held an online **Live singing "20 generations of the most in!", which was viewed more than 21.3 million times in one day. In February 2004, she held five concerts of "Light 5" at Nippon Budokan, and selected 50,000 attendees for five days from 1.04 million letters. On March 31, the first compilation album "Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1" was released, which sold 1.4 million in the first week, and currently sells more than 2.6 million in Japan, which is the 2004 Japanese annual champion, which is its fourth Oricon annual album chart champion, breaking the record in Japanese music history at that time, and was not equaled by the idol group Arashi until 2013. It is also the 35th best-selling album in Japanese history.

Throughout the five years since her debut, the 21-year-old has ranked first in Japan with all four albums, and has been ranked in the top 10 of Oricon's 40-year album chart, which is the most works in the top 10 (the second is B'z's second album), which is a very special phenomenon.

In a way, Hikaru Utada represents a golden age in the Japanese music scene, and her peak is unmatched.

On September 6, 2002, at the age of 19, she suddenly announced her marriage to director Kazuaki Kiriya, who was 15 years older than her, shocking the Japanese music scene. On that day alone, the official website received more than 30 million letters. On March 2, 2007, she divorced Kazuaki Kiriya, ending a four-and-a-half-year marriage, and the process was harmonious. "We've all grown and changed a lot in the last four and a half years, but we've also had disagreements about the direction of the future, and the biggest reason is the lack of communication between the two of us working around the world," she said in her blog. Although the divorce is regrettable, I am still happy to have met each other', this is the consensus of the two. As creators and friends, we hope to continue to watch each other grow. I'm looking forward to seeing Kiriya become more active in the future. ”

In fact, not long ago, Hikaru Utada's mother had just committed suicide and died, so this is why Zhu Zi was very surprised to see this music queen.

"Kimura-san, Utada-san, you're very welcome. Zhu Zi suddenly felt that he would become a giant in the Japanese music scene like Hikaru Utada in the future.

"Zhu Zisang, I'm really sorry for coming uninvited. Hikaru Utada was a little embarrassed.

"Utada-san said that this is too outward, in fact, among the guests who came today, I welcome you and Kimura-san the most. ”