Kana Nishino
Kana Nishino (Japanese西野 カナ, Nishino Kana, born March 18, 1989 in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture) is a Japanese J- pop and teen pop singer who stands at Sony Music Entertainment Japan under contract. In 2005 she was the winner of "Miss Phoenix Audition", which was organized by Sony and beat out 40,000 competitors. Their debut single I released in February 2008.
Career
From an early age learned English and Nishino already traveled early America, where she began to be interested in various types of music, including hip -hop, R & B and reggae. They also liked Japanese literature very much, which is why they began to sing Japanese folk songs. However, the dream of becoming a singer, she was only in junior high school. When she was 16, her mother sent without Kanas knowledge a demo tape to the "Miss Phoenix Audition" and won Nishino, where they prevailed over 40,000 other applicants. A year later she got a recording contract with SME Records.
As she prepared her debut in 2007, she studied English and learned the Australian duo Nervo know that Nishino presented their song I Do not Wanna Know available. Nishino wrote the song for the Japanese and called him I.
In December 2007, went Nishino official website online and the song I ~ Merry Christmas ver ~ was available on several Japanese pages for download. Shortly thereafter, two months later, on 20 February, I Apparitions as their debut single, but without much success. After another unsuccessful single she managed a first success with the song style. , Which was used for the anime Soul Eater and by the popularity of the series was their best-selling single in 2008.
Their debut album LOVE one. appeared in June 2009, contained their first six singles, and reached # 4 in the Japanese Oricon charts, which gave her the final breakthrough.