Miki Furukawa フルカワミキ | |
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| Born | (1979-02-19)19 February 1979 (age 46) |
| Origin | Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan |
| Genres | Rock, pop,electropop |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | BMG Japan (2006–2008) Ki/oon Records (2009–2014) Heartfast (2009, 2014–present) |
Miki Furukawa (古川 美季,Furukawa Miki; professionally written as フルカワミキ) (born February 19, 1979) is a Japanese musician. From 1995 to 2005 she was thebass player and vocalist of the indie rock bandSupercar.[1] She released her first solo record in 2006.
Originating fromAomori Prefecture, Miki Furukawa placed an advertisement in a local magazine seeking fellow musicians in 1995, leading to the formation of the rock band Supercar.[2] Supercar, which released its influential debut albumThree Out Change in 1998,[3] has been characterized as having "almost foundational importance to 21st century Japanese indie rock".[4] After a successful, ten-year career, Supercar disbanded in 2005 in order for the members to pursue different interests.
In 2006 Furukawa released her first solo album,Mirrors, featuring a mixture of guitar-based rock songs and electronic dance-pop.Bondage Heart (2008) pointed in a new direction, with heavy influences frompost-punk,psychedelic rock and noise, whereasVery (2010) was a mostly electropop-oriented record. In December 2009, software developerAH Software used voice samples from Furukawa to create theVocaloid voice librarySF-A2 Miki. In 2011, Miki Furukawa and former Supercar bandmateKoji Nakamura formed the band calledLama. Lama jump-started their formation with a single entitled "Spell", which has been used as an opening theme for the animeNo. 6. The single "Fantasy" was used as the ending theme for the animeUn-Go.