J-Pop Artist of the Week #56 [Pop/Rock]: Shishido Kavka (Week of May 27th-June 2nd)

[Mandilinn]

The J-Pop Artist of the Week threads are back and suggestions are open! Please PM me if you have an artist you'd like to see featured next week or in the future!

 

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This Week's Artist:
Shishido Kavka
 

 

 

Shishido Kavka (whose real name is Shishido Yuuna) is a pop-rock singer, drummer, model, and actress under IMPERIAL RECORDS. She was born to Japanese parents in Mexico and lived there until the age of two, later going to Japan for elementary school. Because of her father's work, she also lived in Argentina. She took up the drums at the age of 14 after seeing a performance on TV. She was attracted to the drums despite the fact that drummers aren't usually the ones in the spotlight, and she wanted to become someone who could shine and stand out. Her parents bought her a drum set and she was taught by Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla, grandson of tango musician Astor Piazzolla. Once back in Japan, she began playing with bands through high school and by the time she entered university, she was a part of 8 different bands.

 

Shishido began using her own vocals at the age of 20, and in 2005, she started collaborating with THE HIGH-LOWS' drummer Ohshima Kenji and UVERworld producer Hiraide Satoru. She formed a band called eddy12 with them. During this time, she performed with her signature style, playing the drums and singing simultaneously. Later on that year, she was approched by music producers when she accompanied a friend to an audition. She started a modeling career in 2009 while still playing the drums for different artists. It wasn't until 2012 that she released her first single "Day Dream Rider" after signing to major record label IMPERIAL RECORDS. She continues to work with her eddy 12 bandmates, who now act as her producers.

 

 

Music

 

Day Dream Rider (Debut Single)

Aisuru Kakugo (Ready to Love)

Survival

Countdown

music

Recovery

Muteki no ROCK STAR (Invincible ROCK STAR)

Kiken na Futari (Dangerous Us)

Tsuki no Kagayaki Kata (The Way the Moon Shines)

WONDER GIRL

HungerxAnger

Love Corrida

Engine

Shinkaigyo (Deep Sea Fish)

Makenai Game (Unbeatable Game)

Futastu no Taiyou (Two Suns)

Gunjou (Ultramarine)

100 Nen Beer (100 Years Bear)

Tobenai Tori (A Bird That Can't Fly

The outsiders (feat. Dohzi-T)

 

Recent Releases

 

[single] Wagamama/Miss.Miss Me

Release Date: January 19th, 2014

Editions: CD-Only, CD+DVD

 

 

1. Wagamama (Selfishness)

2. Miss.Miss Me

3. Yakiniku Princess (Grilled Meat Princess)

 

The combined music videos for Miss.Miss Me and Wagamama are here.

 

Please make sure to support Shishido Kavka by purchasing her music at CD Japan, HMV, or Yesasia!

 

Websites and Social Media

 

Official Website

IMPERIAL RECORDS Website

Official Blog

 

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If you like this, please visit the K-Pop Artist of the Week and the C-Pop Artist of the Week!

 

[Mandilinn]

Previous Weeks

 

 

Female Soloists

 

 

Kana Nishino

Miliyah Kato

Yuka Masaki

Jasmine

MiChi

Seiko Matsuda

Lecca

AI

AISHA

MISIA

Akina Nakamori

JUJU

Mika Nakashima

alan

ALI PROJECT

Hitomi Shimatani

Kanon Wakeshima

Rihwa

hitomi

 

 

Male Soloists

 

 

Daichi Miura

Yuya Matsushita

Tetsuya Komuro

Ken Hirai

Keisuke Kuwata

Naoto Inti Raymi

KOHH

 

 

Duos

 

 

CHEMISTRY

m-flo

BREATHE

 

 

Dance/Vocal Units

 

 

EXILE

E-Girls

w-inds.

BRIGHT

AAA

J Soul Brothers

TRF

LEAD

 

 

Non-Dance Groups

 

 

Kalafina

ROOT FIVE

 

 

Idols

 

 

Kanjani8

ARASHI

Fairies

 

 

Bands

 

 

Sakanaction

SPYAIR

ONE OK ROCK

GIRL NEXT DOOR

BACK-ON

NEGOTO

YMO

 

 

Special Weeks and Features

 

 

Zainichi Korean Artists

Top 3 Highest-Selling Japanese Rock Bands

The Queens of J-Pop

Artists Who Used to Be Idols

 

 

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Could not find half of the old threads, so I'll have to completely re-do some of these. Please be patient!

[Kuu-sus]

queen of my heart â¤

 

can't wait for her sophomore album â¤

 

her newest single sucked tho but I still lover her â¤

[wiz109]

been meaning to dig further into her stuff, the singles Ive heard so far are for the most part pretty good

[SLEEP TALK]

Queen Kavka deserves more recognition. 

[Mir4]

YASSSS. She's my favorite female soloist after ayaka 

[✴✧SeoulYoon✧✴]

I was watching some j-music mvs last month and then I came across her mv. I was attracted because she's such a talented drummer. I didn't know who she was and her mvs were titled in Japanese and I couldn't read Japanese. So, I was wondering what her name was for awhile. 

 

But now suddenly, I just noticed the latest banner for j-pop music recommendation, and I was like, "that girl looks familiar", so I clicked  and here I am. Now I know what her name is   . I'm glad I found this thread. I wanna know more about her music.

[Midna]

Music and Love Corrida are my jammmms

[bangminahs]

A female soloist that drums??? Wicked af!!