Hanako Oku

Hanako Oku
Oku in 2019
Background information
Born
奥華子 Oku Hanako

(1978-03-20) March 20, 1978
OriginFunabashi, Chiba, Japan
GenresPop
OccupationsSinger, songwriter
InstrumentsSinging, piano
Years active2004–present (solo)
LabelPony Canyon
Websiteokuhanako.com

Hanako Oku (奥 華子, Oku Hanako; born March 20, 1978, in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan) is a pop singer famous in her native Japan for her piano ballads. She rose to fame after performing the end-title track "Garnet" for the Madhouse film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in 2006. She was signed to a major record label the preceding year.