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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) | |
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| 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 |
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]| Release date | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon | Hot 100 |
RIAJ DL | ||||
| 8 December 2010 | Kyokasuigetsu (miCKun feat. Maika) | 120 | － | － | D.N.A | |
| 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]- ^ “繊細だけど､変な子!?”. Music Mobile Magazine (2010年4月). 2013年1月7日閲覧。
- ^ 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
- ^ “Power Push 舞花”. ナタリー. (2010年)
- ^ “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。
- ^ “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。
- ^ “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。
- ^ “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。
- ^ “JAPAN Hot 100” (日本語). ビルボード. 2011年2月23日閲覧。
- ^ “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。
- ^ シングル「心」のアナザーテイク。
- ^ “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。
- ^ “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。
- ^ “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。
- ^ “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。
- ^ “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。
- ^ “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]- 公式ウェブサイト
- ユニバーサルJによる舞花-MAIKA-紹介ページ
- 舞花-MAIKA-オフィシャルブログ
- 舞花-MAIKA-YouTube channel
- Edwinhuits/sandbox (@maikaofficial) - X（旧Twitter）
- Edwinhuits/sandbox (maikaofficial) - Facebook
- 舞花-MAIKA-Instagram
- 舞花-MAIKA-SoundCloud
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