Mika Nakashima 中島美嘉 | en

中島美嘉 (Mika Nakashima), born on February 19, 1983 in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, is a popular Japanese singer. Nakashima had dreamed of becoming a singer since she was a child. She decided not to attend high school or college, and pursued her dream in a musical career. She was chosen out of three thousand girls as the heroine of the 2001 fall season drama, 傷だらけのラブソング (Kizudarake no Love Song, Scarred Love Song) from Fuji TV Station. In November, she made her sensational debut under Sony Music Associated Records with the song STARS, which was also the theme song of the...

Kamikaze is the name of several artists: [1] Kamikaze is a Thai record label focussing on Teen artists. Kamikaze artists include Waii, Faye Fang Kaew, 3.2.1, Neko Jump, TimeThai and KnomJean [2] Kamikaze is a hardcore metal band from the Netherlands. [3] Kamikaze is an emcee from Jackson, Mississippi. One half of the group Crooked Lettaz. [4] Kamikaze is a hardtechno DJ. It's probably a pseudonym. [5] Kamikaze is a hardcore punk band from New Brunswick, NJ. [6]Kamikaze is a heavy metal band from Argentina. [7]Kamikaze is a rap band from Hungary. [8]Kamikaze is an experimental jazz quartet from Gent,...

There are two bands sharing the name Kamikazee. 1) Kamikazee is a Filipino pop punk band composed of five members. It includes their frontman and vocalist Jay Contreras, guitarists Jomal Linao and Led Zeppelin Tuyay and drummer Allan "Bords" Burdeos. They released their first self-titled album in 2003. The album's carrier single was a pop punk cover version of the Britney Spears song Lucky. In 2005, the band released Chiksilog as part the compilation album Rok On!. Other notable songs includes Girlfriend, Ung Tagalog, the heavy Tsinelas and their cover song of Ariel Rivera's Sana Kahit Minsan. In 2006 they...

1) After leaving the pop group Lala et les Émotions, singer Pascale Borel met Grégori Czerkinsky. In 1982 together they created the pop duo Mikado, named after the Japanese game. Borel wrote the lyrics and sang and Czerkinsky composed and arranged the music. The group acquired a fan base quickly in Japan and went on several tours in that country in the 1980's. Their first success in France was the single Naufrage en hiver in 1986. Their retro-kitsch album and single covers were designed by French artists Pierre et Gilles. Borel and Czerkinsky split up in 1991 to pursue solo...

Kan Mikami (三上寛) takes much of his inspiration from the school of singer/songwriters and blues vocalists. From the rural district of Tsugaru, Mikami's parched voice and plaintive electric guitar (sometimes the only backing) reveals the true spirit of the folkish sad blues, even though he sings in Japanese. Of course, comparisons to Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf are just as far from the truth as Bertolt Brecht or Jacques Brel, but the guitarist weaves elements of all of them to create an undeniably unique style. Quite popular in his native country during the 1970s, Mikami endured quite a dry period...