Kaya (Japanese musician)

Kaya (迦 夜, Kanryoubinka, ' a bird that sings about the world of the night ') is a Japanese singer from Tokushima, Shikoku. He is known as a soloist and with his collaboration with the former band members of Velvet Eden, Hora (with whom he formed the band Black Stone ) and KALM.

Biography

Kaya was born in Tokushima ( Shikoku ). He has two older sisters and a younger brother. By his own admission he was destined to be a singer after he sang at the age of three years in a karaoke bar at a party. For musical training from the age of 14, he took piano lessons and learned in middle school music reading and writing.

With 18 years Kaya got in the band Meties. At this time he was called Hime (姫/ Japanese for Princess ). Meties were active in the late 90s. They produced before its dissolution in 1999 and 2000 only a demo tape - " Recur to Mind ". Only her song " Gekitsuu no Sora " was released on a compilation CD.

After he had made his college degree, Kaya moved to Tokyo and joined the band ISOLA on. Still, as a member of ISOLA 2001, he met keyboardist Hora at the concert of the band Velvet Eden. With him, he shortly thereafter founded by Rudolf Steiner. Kaya was responsible for vocals and lyrics of the duo. Together they recorded two demo tapes on, 'Perfect Garden' and 'Queen of Decadence '. In 2002, she attracted the attention of Manas ( Moi dix Mois ) on you. They signed a contract with his independent record label Midi: Nette and changed their name to Schwarz Stein. At the same time took Kaya instead of ' Hime ' its current name. Black stone were now increasingly in the spotlight. They released two singles, "Queen of Decadence " and " Current", and two albums, "New Vogue Children" and "Artificial Halluciation ". Musical differences between the two band members led to separation in 2004. 2006 she teamed up once again to bring out the project 'Another Cell '. Its first live performance without Hora on the stage, was the launch of Kaya's solo career.

On 23 July 2006 he released his first solo single " Kaleidoscope", in September another, " Masquerade", and in December released his debut album " Glitter". At this time he met with bands like Wizard, UnsraW, HIZAKI grace project and Sugar on Kamijōs (Versailles) and Kanomas (now hitomi, singer of Moran ) three-day Winter Romantic Festival. February 2007 he gave his first single concert at Shibuya O -West. In April, his single Ouka " Ryouran " came out, he occurred on the Shockwave Vol.1 event. On July 11, his mini album " Hyakkiyakou " and on Halloween the single " Carmilla ", written by HIZAKI (Versailles) appeared. Together with the artists Kamijo (Versailles), HIZAKI and Juka (now Shaura, VII -Sense, formerly Moi dix Mois, crossover ), he also appeared in the rock musical "Node of Scherzo ".

In February 2008, Kaya signed a major record deal with the label Next Music. His first major single was " Chocolat ", published in April of the same year. This was followed by a re-recording of the album " Glitter" and a live DVD of his first concert as a major artist. In November, he gave his first concert abroad on the Pacific Media Expo in Los Angeles ( California ) followed by a panel discussion with fans. In December came the second major single, " Last Snow ". In early 2009 he attended a comprehensive three cities tour called Shinshun Chanson Show part and published on 18 February, the mini-album " Bonjour! Chanson ", which includes cover versions of five French songs. He wanted to make known through the CD the song in Japan and show that the style of music can also sound optimistic and cheerful. On April 22, he gave a special concert named Rose Kingdom, where he introduced a new, eponymous song. It can be found on the single " Ophelia", which appeared on July 22.

Kaya Project

Kaya - Singer

Members

YUI - Dancer (2006 - now )

良心( Ryoushin ) - Dancer (2006 - now )

HIRO - Dancer (2008 - now )

KITTY - Dancer (2008 - now )

AYANO - Dancer (2008 - now )

Veronica - Drag Queen (2008 - now )

Lil ' Grand Bitch - Drag Queen (2008 - now )

Former members

OCHI - Dancer (2006-2009)

Mint - Drag Queen (2007)

Silver - Drag Queen (2007)

Gally - Drag Queen (2007)

Amanda - Drag Queen (2007)

Scarlet - Drag Queen (2006-2007)

松 阪 牛 子- Drag Queen (2006-2007)

Discography

Singles

Kaleidoscope ( 28 June 2006)

Masquerade (6 September 2006)

Oka Ryoran ( 4 April 2007)

Carmilla (31 October 2007 )

Chocolat (23 April 2008)

Last Snow (24 December 2008)

Ophelia (22 July 2009)

Awilda (28 July 2010)

Madame Rosa (December 22, 2010)

Albums

Glitter ( 27 December 2006)

Hyakki Yagyô (11 July 2007)

Glitter ( Indies Best Of ) ( 16 July 2007)

Kaya Meikyoku Series 1: BonJour! Chanson (18 February 2009)

Queen (20 April 2011)

Node of Scherzo special live clip里 贵族( Urakizoku ) (24 December 2007)

Salón de Chocolat DVD (20 August 2008)

Cooperation

Another Cell (1st April 2006)

Node of Scherzo ( 31 October 2007)