is a Japanese pop singer and idol.

Life and career

Chiai Fujikawa was born on 6 June 1995 in

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. At the age of three years she was inspired by her grandfather, who was an Enka musician, to become a musician. After graduating from

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she worked in a factory until 2015 when she won a vocal audition to become a member of Idol music group Maneki Kecak. Along with the group she released six singles, a live DVD and a studio album which entered the Japanese music charts. She left Maneki Kecak in September 2018 to focus on her solo music career. Chiai Fujikawa had a guest role in the first episode of the Japanese TV series '' Kizoku Tantei''. She released three singles ''Katte ni Hitori de Dokidoki Sunna yo'', ''Yume Nankaja Meshi wa Kuenai to Dareka no Sei ni Shite'' and ''Kimi no Namae'' in 2018. The latter was used as the outro song for the first 12 episodes of The Rising of the Shield Hero anime. Her fourth single ''Atashi ga Tonari ni Iru Uchi ni'' was used as second outro theme in the same series. Her solo debut album ''Raika'' was released on 7 May 2019 and peaked at no. 10 at the Japanese albums charts. She is featured on a cover of

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reboot. On September 3, 2020 Fujikawa announced the release of her third studio album called ''

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'' for November 24 of the same year. During a concert held on August 22, 2021 at

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Fujikawa announced to start a new musical project named ''PhatSlimNevaeh'' as well as performing under the pseudonym ''Roku'' in the future.

Discography

Maneki Kecak

* 2015: ''Kokohaku no Susume/Ai Kotoba'' (Single) * 2015: ''Jōdan ja Nai ne/Monster to Kecak'' (Single) * 2016: ''Kimi Wazurai/Mōsō Sakura'' (Single) * 2016: ''Time Machine/SPLASH!'' (Single) * 2017: ''Dōdemo Iiya/Arikitari na Kotoba de'' (Single) * 2018: ''Kagami no Naka kara/Atashi no Nokori Zenbu Ageru'' (Single) * 2018: ''Kimi Wazurai'' (Album,

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)

Solo

;as Chiai Fujikawa * 2018: ''Katte ni Hitori de Dokidoki Sunna yo'' (Single) * 2018: ''Yume Nankaja Meshi wa Kuenai to Dareka no Sei ni Shite'' (Single) * 2018: ''Kimi no Namae'' (Single) * 2019: ''Atashi ga Tonari ni Iru Uchi ni'' (Single) * 2019: ''

Raika Raika may refer to : * Rayka Mehwa, a village and former princely state in Gujarat, western India * the Rabari The Rabari people (also known as Desai, Rabari, Raika, and Dewasi people) are an ethnic group from the Rajasthan also found in Gujarat ...

'' (Album,

) * 2020: '' Ai wa Headphones kara'' (Album, Nippon Columbia) * 2020: ''

'' (Album, Nippon Columbia) * 2020: ''Bakemono to Yobare'' (Single) * 2022: ''Tashikana kototte'' (Single) * 2022: ''Chantoshitahito Futekigousha'' (Single) * 2023: ''Nanimo Wasureru Wakejanai'' (Single)

Accolades

* 2020: Anime Trending Awards for ''Best Ending Theme'' (Kimi no namae, nominated)

References

External links

Official website
(Japanese)
Artist profile
at

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fujikawa, Chiai 1996 births Living people 21st-century Japanese singers Singers from Okayama Prefecture Japanese women pop singers Japanese idols J-pop singers 21st-century Japanese women singers