The first time I ever heard a Utada Hikaru song was when I played Kingdom Hearts in 2002, but I didn't start actually listening to her music until 2004 when Exodus came out. My friend burned me a copy of it and I listened to it non-stop. She was the first Japanese artist I ever was a fan of. I think she introduced a lot of Americans and Europeans to Japanese music.

I think it was 2003. I didn't like her much that time, she slowly grew on me.

2003, discovered her from Kingdom Hearts. :D

2007 I believe it was...My friend used to play her music a lot back in '06, but it took me awhile to get into her R&B stuff.

2002. Kingdom Hearts started it all and I've been a fan ever since. I jumped into the world of Asian music because of Hikki. :yes

hard to believe it was so long ago. First Love was the very first japanese song I ever heard. Must have been in 1999 or 2000.

2002, very typical I think, I expected to see more votes for that year lol. Naturally, as soon as I started the greatest game ever, Kingdom Hearts, I fell in love with the song playing, even more so when I heard the regular version upon the game's ending.

To those who know me well, the rest is History. She opened me up to a whole new world of music, though I listened to just her for a while, then I started listening to other Japanese artists.

2004... same time as Ayumi.
needless to say, i like ayumi better... hehe

2012...

I think it was 2006 through Kindgom Hearts:luv2