Kyushima Misachi

Kyushima Misachi (2006)

Kyushima Misachi (久嶋美さち) is a Japanese pop/rock musician formerly on the Dreamusic label.

Profile

• Name: Kyushima Misachi (久嶋美さち)
• Real Name: Kyushima Misachi (久嶋みさち - Hiragana spelling of forename)
• Birthdate: November 26, 1980
• Birthplace: Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
• Blood Type: B
• Favorite movies: Ray, Amy
• Favorite artists: Joan Osborne, Fiona Apple, India.Arie, Ray Charles, Kelly Clarkson, Onitsuka Chihiro

Information

In her hometown of Miyazaki, Kyushima Misachi had made a promise that she would become a singer. Surprisingly, Kyushima had very weak lungs as a child due to bad asthma, but when her parents read in the paper that folk music is good for asthma, she began singing. Kyushima loved living in Miyazaki and was soon singing to the mountain by her home daily. Participating in contests throughout her school life, Misachi won first place in 6th year elementary and first year junior high. By the time she was in high school, Kyushima was fully devoted to folk music.

After high school ended, Kyushima was 18 and working as a beautician. Whenever the stress of work got to her, she would sing to herself and feel better. The one thing she wanted to do before she died was sing so that everybody could hear her voice. She quit work at 21 and became a street performer in Miyazaki.

Kyushima moved from Miyazaki to Tokyo at 23 to begin her professional solo music career. She finally debuted in winter of 2005 with the pop/rock ballad "Missing You", and three months later her first album was released. After a seven month period of no releases, Kyushima released her third single "Ihoujin", a cover of the 1979 hit by Kubota Saki. None of her releases charted the Oricon charts.

Discography

Albums

• [2006.03.08] Vibrato
• [2007.05.09] Kinu no Michi (絹の道) (mini-album)
• [2012.01.11] Nukumori wo Shinjitai... (ぬくもりを信じていたい・・・)

Singles

• [2005.12.07] Missing You
• [2006.02.01] Lita no Baai (リタの場合)
• [2006.12.20] Ihoujin (異邦人)
• [2011.12.01] Shiawase no Kagi / Youfuyou no Saka (しあわせの鍵 / 酔芙蓉の坂)
• [2012.11.11] Shining leaf story

Other / Compilations

• [2006.01.01] Muse' -Dreamusic Female Vocal Collection-

External Links

• *MisaChi* Official site
• Official blog
• MySpace Page
• In the Spotlight (English fansite/fanlisting - source for biography)