Steffanie Borges
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Steffanie Reiko Borges, best known in the years 1970-1980 under her stage name Steffanie (ステファニー) is a Japanese American born in 1961, who has worked both as model and singer.
an jazz singer Jimmy Borges and the Japanese Shizuko Yagi and she went to live in Honolulu, Hawaii soon after her birth. She began her working career in Japan
as a model for advertising and TV campaigns. Borges started her singing career recording two singles in between 1977 and 1978 and an album of pop songs in 1978. In 1982, with the name Stevany she sang the theme for the soundtrack of the anime
movie Andromeda Stories. During the 80s, she changed her image and musical style, switching over to hard rock
and melodic heavy metal
and producing two new solo albums recorded in Japan, which were released by Warner Japan. While the musicians that recorded the studio albums were all Japanese, the band accompanying her in various Japanese TV shows was composed by American performers, including her cousins Tony and David Borges and her future husband Randy Juergenson. In this period, she also worked on songs for the anime
series Urusei Yatsura
and for the movie Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love.
After a few auditions in 1991, she replaced singer Keiko Terada
within the all-female Japanese metal band Show-Ya, using her full name Steffanie Borges. She remained in the band for six years, performing a highly media covered concert in North Korea
in June 1991 and recording with Show-Ya the single "Flame of the Angels" in 1992 and the album Touch the Sun
in 1995. She left the band in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles in the United States with her husband Randy Juergenson, who had worked with her during the recording sessions of Touch the Sun. She has since retired from the scene and lives in Tarzana, California.
Biography
Steffanie is the daughter of HawaiiHawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
an jazz singer Jimmy Borges and the Japanese Shizuko Yagi and she went to live in Honolulu, Hawaii soon after her birth. She began her working career in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
as a model for advertising and TV campaigns. Borges started her singing career recording two singles in between 1977 and 1978 and an album of pop songs in 1978. In 1982, with the name Stevany she sang the theme for the soundtrack of the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
movie Andromeda Stories. During the 80s, she changed her image and musical style, switching over to hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
and melodic heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and producing two new solo albums recorded in Japan, which were released by Warner Japan. While the musicians that recorded the studio albums were all Japanese, the band accompanying her in various Japanese TV shows was composed by American performers, including her cousins Tony and David Borges and her future husband Randy Juergenson. In this period, she also worked on songs for the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series Urusei Yatsura
Urusei Yatsura
is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...
and for the movie Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love.
After a few auditions in 1991, she replaced singer Keiko Terada
Keiko Terada
is a Japanese rock singer. She was the lead singer of the Japanese female heavy metal band Show-Ya from 1982 to 1991, before going solo.Terada's trademark was a fake rose tattoo she wore above her right breast...
within the all-female Japanese metal band Show-Ya, using her full name Steffanie Borges. She remained in the band for six years, performing a highly media covered concert in North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
in June 1991 and recording with Show-Ya the single "Flame of the Angels" in 1992 and the album Touch the Sun
Touch The Sun
Touch the Sun is the ninth album of the Japanese hard rock band Show-Ya. The album was released on February 21, 1995 only in Japan. It would be their only album with singer Steffanie Borges and the only one sung entirely in English.-Track listing:...
in 1995. She left the band in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles in the United States with her husband Randy Juergenson, who had worked with her during the recording sessions of Touch the Sun. She has since retired from the scene and lives in Tarzana, California.
Singles
- "Koi no Location" / "I'm a Lucky Girl" (恋のロケーション / アイム・ア・ラッキーガール) (1977)
- "Silhouette" / "Futari no Love Song" (シルエット / ふたりのラヴ・ソング) (1978)
- "Andromeda Stories: Eien no Ichibyou" (永遠の一秒) (1982)
- as Stevany
- "Rock the Planet" / "Every Day" (1985)
- songs for the series Urusei YatsuraUrusei Yatsurais a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...
, episodes 150-165
- songs for the series Urusei Yatsura
- "Born to Be Free" / "Remember My Love" (1985)
- songs for the movie Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
- "Hideaway" / "Survival in the Streets" (1985)
- song for the Japanese TV drama Triangle Blue
- "Burnin' Up the Night" / "Breakout" (1986)
- song for the Japanese TV drama Triangle Blue 2
- "School's Out" / "Change of Heart" (1986)
- Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
cover
- Alice Cooper
- "Flame of the Angels" / "Don’t Say Goodbye" (1992)
- with Show-Ya