Ayaka

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About Ayaka

As a teen, Ayaka commuted from Osaka to Fukuoka every weekend to learn singing and songwriting with former music producer Yoshihiko Nishio. ∙ In 2005, Warner Music Group chairman Lyor Cohen praised Ayaka, describing her as “world class to-be.” ∙ “I Believe,” her theme song for the Japanese TV drama Rondo, was her first million-selling single. ∙ In 2006, she won Best New Artist at the Japan Record Awards. ∙ In 2015, Ayaka was the first Japanese artist to record and release an iTunes Session. ∙ For her 2020 duet with Daichi Miura, “Negaiboshi,” Ayaka solicited fans’ thoughts, photos, and voices, incorporating them into the lyrics and accompanying music video.

HOMETOWN
Moriguchi, Japan
BORN
December 18, 1987
GENRE
J-Pop

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