Bands, artists, and singers from Iwate Prefecture
Do you know any artists from Iwate Prefecture?
You might not immediately think of many artists who actively promote that they’re from Iwate, but in fact, the prefecture has produced a lot of outstanding musicians.
In this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of artists from Iwate all at once!
We’ve selected from a broad spectrum of ages and genres, from solo singers and bands to veteran enka performers.
Take this opportunity to give the music of artists from Iwate a listen.
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Bands, artists, and singers from Iwate Prefecture (31–40)
In silver lettersCaccinica
Koichiro Yuzawa of the unit Caccinica, which expresses a decadent, aesthetic world through classical songs, is from Iwate Prefecture.
As a countertenor vocalist, he has a strong presence.
This video shows a performance held in 2010 at MANDALA in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo.
broken braceletOikawa Hiromi
Hiromi Oikawa is from Hanaizumi, Nishi-Iwai District, Iwate Prefecture (now Ichinoseki City), and this song was released as her debut single in 1994.
It was used as the opening theme for the TBS program “Kaiketsu Dachō Sanjūshi!” and in 2000 she formed the band group SHADE’S and was active with them.
BRAND-NEW TOMORROWChiba Mika
Mika Chiba is from Kamaishi City in Iwate Prefecture, and this song was released in 1989 as her debut single.
She won the vocalist award at the 1986 HoriPro Scout Caravan, underwent about three years of vocal training, and the song was promoted mainly through live-house campaigns.
Lights of my wishShida Yūmi
Yumi Shida, who is active in various fields such as fashion modeling and acting, is from Iwate Prefecture.
This song is the theme for the 2015 original release “Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Zangetsu / Kamen Rider Baron – Zangetsu Chapter,” and it is credited under her character’s name, Mai Takatsukasa.
To those who didn’t love meHattori Yumiko
Yumiko Hattori is a singer-songwriter from Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.
She made her debut with this song in 1994 after receiving the SD Encouragement Award at Sony Music Entertainment’s 1993 audition “BREATH.” She has been on indefinite hiatus since 2010.
Bands, artists, and singers from Iwate Prefecture (41–50)
National Route 45Hamamori Eiko
Eiko Hamamori is a singer-songwriter from Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture, and this song was released in 2011 as a charity project CD for the Great East Japan Earthquake.
The song was used in commercials for the Iwate Trucking Association and For You Networks Co., Ltd., and half of the proceeds have been donated as relief funds to the cities of Rikuzentakata and Ofunato.
midnight sunMoNoLith
The visual kei rock band MoNoLith, whose members all hail from the Tohoku region, had a five-member lineup with twin vocals, guitar, bass, and drums.
One of the vocalists, the leader Ryu (Ryū/柳), is from Ninohe City in Iwate Prefecture.
This song, Byakuya (White Night), was released in 2011.