Ami Suzuki Profile (part.2):
Suzuki Ami was born February 9th, 1982 in Zama, located within the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan.
While in high school, Ami auditioned for ASAYAN, a TV talent show (think American Idol) that offered the winner a deal with Sony Music Entertainment Japan. From 13,500 contestants, only five girls were chosen to be in the final round, which Ami won thanks to 802,157 phone calls from the audience. She was only 15 years old at the time.
Sony Music signed Ami to their label and Tetsuya Komuro sponsored her to his own sub label on Sony, TRUE KiSS DISC, while being her writer and producer. In April 1998, she recorded her first song and single, love the island. Sony Music and the government of Japan made a deal for its use as the main theme of the "Guam Island Campaign Summer '98", which tried to increase Japanese tourism in Guam. Ami even traveled to Guam to promote the song live on MTV International. The single was finally released on July 1, 1998, and debuted at No. 5 on the Oricon Charts, which was good for a debut single. Her second single, Alone in my room, was also used for the Guam campaign, and it also did well, debuting at No. 3 on the charts and selling even better than her first single.