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| MAIKA (舞花(Japanese font),MAIKA,) | |
|---|---|
| 生誕 | [[Born August 31, 1990(age 27]] |
| 出身地 | Japan・Kumamoto [1] |
| 学歴 | Kumamoto Prefectural Daiichi High Schoolgraduated[2] |
| ジャンル | J-POP |
| 職業 | Singer-songwriter[3] |
| 担当楽器 | Vocal、Guitar |
| 活動期間 | 2010 - |
| レーベル | Universal Music Japan（2010 - 2013） |
| 事務所 | iChord project |
| 共同作業者 | Motoki Matsuoka、YUMI |
| 公式サイト | http://www.maikaofficial.com/ |
MAIKA（舞花[Japanese Kanji], まいか[Japanese Hiragana]、Maika、1990 August 31 - ）[1][3]is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Kumamoto.
Biography
[編集]Early career
[編集]In elementary school Maika found it difficult to communicate with other children and she could never really find the voice to express how she felt. During her first year in middle school she heard the song “We Will Rock You” (Queen), performed by Keiko Lee for a Nissan commercial. Upon hearing this song Maika became interested in music. Maika was especially grabbed by the directness of lyrics in western pop music and she decided that she too would want to write these kind of lyrics to finally convey her true feelings, as she so desperately had wanted to do ever since her days in elementary school. In an interview after her first release Maika proclaimed that this had been the driving force behind her music. As a freshman in middle school Maika was given a guitar for her birthday by her parents. Playing the guitar didn’t come naturally to her and so she left the guitar on a shelf for the first year. A year later she rediscovered the guitar and decided to take lessons together with a friend. At that time Maika was a fan of the Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne and so the first songs that Maika learned to play and sing along to were songs by Avril Lavigne. In high school Maika prepared a few cover songs and a couple of original songs and she started to perform as a street artist in the shopping district of her hometown, Kumamoto. In 2007 Maika took part in a singer-songwriter contest organised by Yamaha, called “Music Revolution”. She won the contest in the Kyushu area and became a finalist in the national competition. Through this competition she learned that she had a talent for singing and writing music. As soon as she graduated form high school she moved to Tokyo to pursue a career in music. In the summer of 2008, Maika performed at the “Last Summer Fantasy 2008 (Aso no Kaze)” festival at Aspecta. A month later, in September 2008, Maika joined Sugiyama Kiyotaka's acoustic tour as the supporting act. In October 2008 RKK, a TV Station from Kumamoto, organised a music special at the “Battle Stage” at which Maika performed together with Kaname Nemoto. This was her first TV debut. Maika’s first single “Never Cry” was released in March 2009, on the same day as her graduation from high school.
First release by a major record label
[編集]2010 • January - The digital release of the single “Never Never Never Give Up” was selected single of the week by iTunes Japan in the category “Sound of 2010”. A week later TOWER RECORDS sold out all physical copies of this single. • April 14 - Release of the single “Never Cry”. This was her first song released by a major record label. A day later she first performed this song live on TV in a TV program called “DOMO”. The single “Never Cry” reached No. 14 on the Oricon Chart. • October 20 - Release of Maika's third single “Kokoro”. This song was used as the title song for the movie “Laio”. For Maika this was the first time that her music was used in a movie. Film director, Hiroki Ryuichi, personally approached Maika for this movie, telling her that he was very moved by the sound of her voice. 2013 • April - Extermination of the contract with Yamaha • October - Start of Maika’s solo career as an unsigned artist
Maika’s idols were Keiko Lee and Avril Lavigne.
Songwriting and compositions Most of Maika’s songs are credited to YUMI and Maika. Yumi is Maika’s biological mother.
Maike’s voice Jeff Miyahara, who is engaged in several of Maika’s songs, says about Maika’s voice, “Her instinctive, wild, strong and impressive voice is hard to forget once you have heard it” [8]. In “Nikkei Entertainment!”, the online version of “Marty Friedman’s J-POP Metal Slash”, former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman gave the following comment on Maika’s voice "She has a very wide vocal range and although she is strongest in the lower frequencies she also has a very distinctive and characteristic sound in the upper frequencies, something which is rare for a Japanese artist.”
Songwriting
[編集]Inspiration
[編集]Maika’s idols were Keiko Lee and Avril Lavigne.
Songwriting and compositions
[編集]Most of Maika’s songs are credited to YUMI and Maika. Yumi is Maika’s biological mother.
Maika’s voice
[編集]Jeff Miyahara, who is engaged in several of Maika’s songs, says about Maika’s voice, “Her instinctive, wild, strong and impressive voice is hard to forget once you have heard it” [8]. In “Nikkei Entertainment!”, the online version of “Marty Friedman’s J-POP Metal Slash”, former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman gave the following comment on Maika’s voice "She has a very wide vocal range and although she is strongest in the lower frequencies she also has a very distinctive and characteristic sound in the upper frequencies, something which is rare for a Japanese artist.”[4]。
Discography
[編集]singles
[編集]| # | Release date | Title | Peak chart positions | certification | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon[5] | Hot 100 [6] |
RIAJ DL[7] | ||||||||
| Indies | ||||||||||
| 1st | 2010 January 27 | Never Never Never give up | － | － | － | Possible | ||||
| Major label | ||||||||||
| 1st | 2010 April 14 | Never cry | 14 | 4 | － | Possible | ||||
| 2nd | 2010 June 23 | Oshiete yo〜miseducation〜 | 105 | － | － | |||||
| 3rd | 2010 October 20 | 心(Heart) | 20 | 9 | 11 | To be determined | ||||
| 4th | 2012 May 9 | Yadayo... | 176 | To be determined | ||||||
| "—"- means either out of the chart zone or outside the chart. | ||||||||||
Digital Release date
[編集]| Release date | Title | format |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 December 8 | Kokoro〜For You〜[8] | Digital download |
| 2014 July 23 | LoserLoser | Digital download |
| 2014 July 23 | I tweet...I tweet... | Digital download |
| 2015 September 21 | Aquarium | Digital download |
| 2015 September 21 | maybe | Digital download |
| 2017 February 14 | New World New World | Digital download |
| 2018 January 03 | Survivor | Digital download |
| 2018 February 14 | I Know | Digital download |
| 2018 June 6 | I won't say I miss you I won't say I miss you | Digital download |
Album
[編集]| Sales | Release date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2010 June 30 | Possible |
Guest appearance
[編集]| Release date | Title | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon[5] | Hot 100 [6] |
RIAJ DL[7] | ||||
| 2010 December 8 | 鏡花水月(Kyoka Suigetsu)(miCKun feat.MAIKA) | 120 | － | － | D.N.A | |
| "—"- means either out of the chart zone or outside the chart. | ||||||
| Release date | Title | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot 100 | RIAJ DL | ||||
| 2011 October 26 | LiAR LiAR feat.MAIKA | BEHIND the TRUTH（NERDHEAD） | |||
| 2012 February 15 | Close To You feat.MAIKA | GO! GO! LGYankees!!!（LGYankees） | |||
| 2012 April 18 | 君がいない(you're not here) feat.MAIKA | SO-TA（SO-TA） | |||
| 2012 August 8 | Hey Baby feat.MAIKA | Colorful Love（PURPLE REVEL） | |||
| 2012 September 12 | Love & Music Power feat.MAIKA | HIGH ROLLER（NO DOUBT FLASH） | |||
| 2012 October 24 | クリスマスキャロルの頃には(When Christmas Carol) feat.MAIKA | GUILTY PLEASURES CHRISTMAS（Scott Murphy） | |||
| "—"- means either out of the chart zone or outside the chart. | |||||
Music videos
[編集]| Year | Video | Directed by |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Never cry | Yasuhiro Wada[9][10] |
| Oshiete yo〜Miseducation〜 | ||
| Kokoro(Heart) (Movie Ver.) | Hiroki Ryuichi[11][12] | |
| Kokoro(Heart)(Movie Ver.)(Short Ver.) | ||
| 鏡花水月(Kyoka Suigetsu)miCKun feat.MAIKA | Takuya Tada[13] | |
| 2012 | Yada Yo... | Kenji Kubo[14] |
| 2016 | maybe | Unknown |
| 2017 | New World | Unknown |
| 2018 | Survivor | Unknown |
| 2018 | I know | Unknown |
| 2018 | I won't say I miss you | Unknown |
footnotes
[編集]Annotation
[編集]Source
[編集]- ^ a b “profile”. MAIKA Official Site
- ^ 十字街『熊本日日新聞』2010,August Page 24 of the 2nd issue.
- ^ a b “BIOGRAPHY”. universal J
- ^ “マーティ・フリードマンのJ-POPメタル斬り／延長戦 メープルシロップのような甘い松田聖子のボーカルにメロメロ”. 日経トレンディ. (2010年7月23日) 2010年9月30日閲覧。
- ^ a b “舞花のCDシングルランキング” (日本語). オリコン芸能人事典. オリコン. 2011年5月1日閲覧。
- ^ a b “JAPAN Hot 100” (日本語). ビルボード. 2011年2月23日閲覧。
- ^ a b “最新の音楽配信チャート” (日本語). RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート. 日本レコード協会. 2011年4月18日閲覧。
- ^ Single「心(Heart)」Another take of "Kokoro(heart)".
- ^ “never cry” (Japanese). Music related information. Space Shower TV (2010年4月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
- ^ “Oshiete yo〜Miseducation〜” (Japanese). Music related information. Space Shower TV (2010年6月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
- ^ “心 (Movie Ver.)” (Japanese). Music related information. Space Shower TV (2010年10月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
- ^ “心 (Movie Ver.)(Short Ver.)” (Japanese). Music related information. Space Shower TV (2010年10月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
- ^ “鏡花水月(Kyoka Suigetsu)miCKun feat.MAIKA” (Japanese). Music related information. Space Shower TV (2010年12月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
- ^ “Yada Yo...” (Japanese). Music related information. Space Shower TV (2010年4月). 2014年7月17日閲覧。
External link
[編集]* MAIKA Official website
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