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Maika（舞花-MAIKA-, まいか, born August 31, 1990） is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Kumamoto. 

Maika (舞花, まいか)
Maika recording at HUITS, LLC with producer Edwin Huits in 2018
基本情報
原語名 舞花-MAIKA-
生誕 August 31, 1990 (age 27)
Kumamoto, Japan
ジャンル J-POP
職業 Singer-songwriter
担当楽器 Vocals, guitar
レーベル Universal Music Japan (2010 - 2013)
共同作業者 Motoki Matsuoka, YUMI
公式サイト www.maikaofficial.com

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 junior high 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[1]. Maika was especially grabbed by the directness of lyrics in Western pop music and she decided that she, too, would want to write these kinds 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.[2]

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[3].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. [4]

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 Japanese movie “Laio”. For Maika this was the first time that her music was used in a movie. Film director, Ryuichi Hiroki, 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

Songwriting and inspiration[編集]

Inspiration[編集]

Maike's idols are 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”[5]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.”[6]。

Discography[編集]

Singles[編集]

# Release date Title Peak chart positions
Album
Oricon[7] Hot 100
[8] 		RIAJ
DL[9]
Independent release
1st 27 January 2010
 Never Never Never Give Up － － － Possible
Released through Universal Music Japan
1st 14 April 2010
 Never Cry 14 4 － Possible
2nd 23 June 2010
 Oshiete yo〜Miseducation〜 105 － －
3rd 20 October 2010
 Kokoro 20 9 11 n.a.
4th 5 September 2012 Yada Yo...
 176 n.a.

Digital releases (singles)[編集]

Release date
 Title Type
8 December 2010 Kokoro - Anata He 〜[10] Music download
23 July 2014 Loser Music download
23 July 2014 Tsubuyaku...
 Music download
21 September 2015 Suizokukan Music download
21 September 2015 Maybe Music download
14 February 2017 Shinsekai Music download
3 January 2018 Survivor Music download
14 February 2018 I Know Music download
6 June 2018
 Aitai Nante Iwanai Music download

Album(s)[編集]

# Release date Title
1st 30 June 2010 Possible

Collaborations[編集]

Single(s)
Release date Title Peak chart positions
Album
Oricon Hot 100
 RIAJ
DL
8 December 2010 Kyokasuigetsu (miCKun feat. Maika) 120 － － D.N.A

Collaborations (album tracks not released as singles)
Releasedate Title Peak chart positions
Album
Hot 100 RIAJ
DL
26 October 2011 LiAR LiAR feat. Maika BEHIND the TRUTH（NERDHEAD）
15 February 2012 Close To You feat. Maika GO! GO! LGYankees!!!（LGYankees）
18 April 2012 Kimi Ga Inai feat. Maika SO-TA（SO-TA）
8 August 2012 Hey Baby feat. Maika Colorful Love（PURPLE REVEL）
12 September 2012 Love & Music Power feat. Maika HIGH ROLLER（NO DOUBT FLASH）
24 October 2012 Christmas Carol No Kokomo Ni Ha feat. Maika GUILTY PLEASURES CHRISTMAS（Scott Murphy (musician)）

Music Videos[編集]

Year Video Directed by
2010 Never Cry Yasuhiro Wada[11][12]
Oshiete yo - Miseducation -
Kokoro (Movie Ver.) Ryuichi Hiroki
[13][14]
Kokoro (Short Ver.)
Kyokasuigetsu (miCKun feat. Maika) Takuya Tada[15]
2012 Yada Yo... Kenji Kubo[16]
2016 Maybe unknown
2017 Shinsekai unknown
2018 Survivor unknown
2018 I Know unknown

References[編集]

Comments[編集]

Links[編集]

  1. ^ “繊細だけど､変な子!?”. Music Mobile Magazine (2010年4月). 2013年1月7日閲覧。
  2. ^ 2010年9月30日号『熊本日日新聞』号外「変わる2010 熊本ブランド」18面より
  3. ^ “Power Push 舞花”. ナタリー. (2010年). http://natalie.mu/music/pp/maika 
  4. ^ “3/1　舞花　卒業CDリリース記念LIVE!【蔦屋書店 熊本三年坂】” (日本語). tsutaya info. マチカラマチノイロイロ (2009年2月14日). 2010年10月4日閲覧。
  5. ^ “メジャーデビュー前にiTunesチャート５位、期待の新人「舞花」とは?” (日本語). 音楽ニュース. リッスンジャパン (2010年4月2日). 2010年10月4日閲覧。
  6. ^ “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). http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20100712/1032345/?ST=life&P=2 2010年9月30日閲覧。 
  7. ^ “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。
  8. ^ “JAPAN Hot 100” (日本語). ビルボード. 2011年2月23日閲覧。
  9. ^ “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。
  10. ^ シングル「心」のアナザーテイク。
  11. ^ “never cry” (日本語). 楽曲関連情報. スペースシャワーTV (2010年4月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
  12. ^ “教えてよ〜miseducation〜” (日本語). 楽曲関連情報. スペースシャワーTV (2010年6月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
  13. ^ “心 (Movie Ver.)” (日本語). 楽曲関連情報. スペースシャワーTV (2010年10月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
  14. ^ “心 (Movie Ver.)(Short Ver.)” (日本語). 楽曲関連情報. スペースシャワーTV (2010年10月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
  15. ^ “鏡花水月feat.舞花” (日本語). 楽曲関連情報. スペースシャワーTV (2010年12月). 2011年5月1日閲覧。
  16. ^ “やだよ...” (日本語). 楽曲関連情報. スペースシャワーTV (2010年4月). 2014年7月17日閲覧。

External links[編集]

[[Category:1990 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese female singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Japanese female pop singers]] [[Category:Japanese female rock singers]] [[Category:People from Kumamoto Prefecture]]

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