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Kimura Kaela (木村カエラ) is a Japanese pop/rock musician who debuted in 2004 under Columbia Records. She is a former model for the magazine Seventeen, and is famous for previously hosting the early morning TV show, Saku Saku. Her most recognised songs are Real Life Real Heart and TREE CLIMBERS.

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Kimura Kaela (2008)
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Kimura Kaela (2008)



Profile

  • Stage Name: Kimura Kaela (木村カエラ)
  • Real Name: Kimura Kaela Rie (木村カエラりえ)
  • Birthdate: October 24, 1984
  • Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
  • Blood Type: A
  • Ethnicity: Half-Japanese, Half-English
  • Hobbies: Guitar, piano, clothes making

Band Members

Information

Early Life - Saku Saku

Kimura promoting her self-titled debut
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Kimura promoting her self-titled debut

Kimura Kaela was born on October 2th 1984 to a Japanese mother and an British father. Her name 'Kaela' is Hebrew for 'beloved', though her parents picked her name due to the sound and not its meaning. When she was little she learned and spoke English, however now she no longer does as she has forgotten it. When she was six she was scouted in Harajuku to be a hair model.

In senior high school, Kaela was inspired by artist like Gwen Stefani of No Doubt and Tim Armstrong of Rancid. In school Kaela became a member of the punk/Melocore band named, animo. While in the band she went under the alias of 'Katie'. The band had two of their songs are featured on a 2005 compilation album called ...of newtypes .

In 2002, Kaela started modeling exclusively for popular Seventeen magazine. Then in March 2003 she took over from Akagi Ai to become the co-host on the early morning television show Saku Saku.

KAELA era

In 2004 Kimura announced plans to start as a musician. Her first single, Level 42 (so named as the channel which airs Saku Saku is channel 42), was first released as an indies single on 2004.05.10, with only 390 copies being made (each cost 390 yen). The single was only sold at the Shinseido store in Kanagawa. The single sold out in the first three minutes of its release after a crowd of over 2,000 turned up. The single was later released a month later as a major release on 2004.06.23 under Columbia Records, and it reached #14 on Oricon charts. Her second single, happiness!!!, was used as the CM song to the Rohto Pharmaceutical's Sesera range of lipcare products. Kimura herself featured in the commercials. This ranked slightly higher at #11, and later in the year in December her debut album KAELA struck #7 on the charts.

Circle Era

Kimura promoting her Circle album
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Kimura promoting her Circle album

Her first single post KAELA was her breakthrough hit. Real Life Real Heart was used as the Vodaphone CM song, which once again featured Kimura herself. This single reached #3 and sold over 115,000 copies. The B-side, Twinkle, was featured as a different version on the NANA-inspired LOVE for NANA ~Only 1 Tribute~ compilation album released six days after her single.

In spring Kimura stopped working as an exclusive model for Seventeen. Her first live DVD, KAELA KIMURA 1st TOUR 4YOU, was released in the summer. Kimura's next move was to the big screen as she took the lead role in the October 2005 musical comedy Custom Made 10.30 along side rock legend Okuda Tamio. Okuda also worked with her musically, composing her BEAT single. Her January 2006 single, You, was used as the Kit Kat CM song. Soon after the release of her 5th single she released her second album, Circle. On March 18th 2006 it debuted at #2, behind Koda Kumi's Best ~Second Session~. After a year on the show, Kimura finally graduated from Saku Saku on 2006.03.31.

Scratch Era

Kimura promoting her Scratch album
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Kimura promoting her Scratch album

Not long after she released her second album she was announced as the new guest vocalist for the classic Sadistic Mika Band. The group renamed themselves Sadistic Mikaela Band for the release. They covered an older song of theirs called Time Machine ni Onegai (used as the KIRIN LAGER CM song). She was also on their October 25th, 2006 album Narkissos, which is their first album in several years.

Kaela has also continued her solo career. She covered the classic Roy Orbison hit Oh, Pretty Woman, and it was used as the theme to the dorama Attention Please, which she had a guest appearance in. She also joined up with FOE and released the song Cloudy which was done in the style of Nirvana and featured on LAST DAYS - tribute to Mr.K -. In June she released her fifth single Magic Music which was used as the Toshiba Gigabeat TC-CM song. Magic Music was her third single in a row to reach #7 on the Oricon. In September she released TREE CLIMBERS which was used as the Tokyo Mode Gakuen CM song. The PV for the song also starred BEAT CRUSADERS whom Kaela would collaborate with on her Janurary 17th, 2007 single Snowdome. Snowdome was used as the JR Skiski campaign song, while fellow B-side Ground Control was used as the new Toshiba Gigabeat CM theme. Soon after her third album Scratch would be released on February 7th. It would be Kaela's first album to reach #1 on Oricon, and would go on to become the #28 album of 2007. Kaela's first photobook, titled Cheeky, would be release shortly after her third album on the 28th.

+1 Era

Kimura promoting her +1 album
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Kimura promoting her +1 album

Her ninth single, Samantha, was released on 2007.07.18 and is written about Samantha Stephens from the 1960s American show Bewitched. Her second live DVD, LIVE Scratch ~Agattemasutteba TOUR~ @ Budoukan, was released on September 19th. On October 24th, Kaela's tenth single Yellow was released. The song was used as NTV's "Sports Uru Gusu" program theme. In celebrating her tenth single, three songs (along with instrumentals) were included in the release. One of the B-sides was a cover of Farrah's song No Reason Why which was used as the Yamazaki Pan "Ranchi Pakku" CM theme.

Kaela kicked off January 2008 with the song birdie, a collaboration between herself & DEPAPEPE, for the compilation album Yamazawa Taiyou presents music tree. Kaela's eleventh single, Jasper, was released on 2008.02.06 and used as the theme song to the Japanese dub of the 2007 Hollywood film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Takkyu Ishino of Denki Groove composed/produced the song and Kaela wrote the lyrics. Starting on February 5th, a new song called Kagami yo Kagami was used as the new ending theme song for the Japanese broadcast of the American drama series The OC. Also the vinyl-only Jasper(remix ver) [Mixed by Takashi Watanabe] was released in full or Chaku-Uta thru Kaela's official website. Kaela's fourth original album, +1, was released on 2008.04.02. It reached #3 on Oricon weekly. +1 would go on to be certified platinum by the RIAJ. Kaela's first PV collection DVD, BEST VIDEO 1, will be released 2008.07.23.

Discography

Albums

Singles

DVD/Videos

Compilation / Other

Photobooks

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Movies

External Links

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