Aya Nakano

Aya Nakano
Background information
Born May 7, 1985
Origin Kyoto, Japan
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Years active 2010–present
Labels Vivid Sound & High Contrast
Universal Music Japan
Website www.nakanoaya.com

Aya Nakano (なかの 綾 Nakano Aya, born May 7, 1985) is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto. She is a daughter of a traditional Japanese fabric weaver in Nishijin, Kyoto. At the age of 10, she joined the Kyoto City Junior Children’s Choir, where she studied the foundations of music and collaborated with the renowned conductor Yutaka Sado as well as the Vienna Boys' Choir. At 18, she began singing exclusively at “Respos”, a Jazz Club in Kyoto, broadening her repertoire from Jazz and 'oldies' to Showa-Kayou (Japanese folk music). Nakano debuted in 2010 with the album Zurui Hito.

In 2011, she co-starred with Katsuya Kobayashi and Masatou Ibu in “R60 Snake Man Show”, put together by Moichi Kuwahara. The show aired on the cable TV channel WOWOW. In 2012, the limited edition of Nakano’s debut, “Zurui Hito” was released as an LP album. In April, she made a guest appearance on the timbales player Willy Nagasaki’s album Midnight Rumba, in which the song she was featured on, “Wakare no Mambo”, reached number 1 in the USEN Weekly Indie Chart.

Nakano appeared on NHK's Kayou Concert in June 2013, followed by the release of the album Hetana Uso - the first by her newly signed major record label, Universal Sigma. Nakano became the cover girl of Jazz Japan magazine in 2014 New Year’s edition. She released yet another 7-inch single, "Chotto Matte Kudasai".

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