Majiko

majiko (まじ娘) is a female Japanese singer and songwriter. She was born on October 28th, 1992 in Tokyo, Japan. Her mother Eri Kojima was a singer and vocal trainer, which let her grow up in a constant environment of rock, soul, and jazz music. majiko's music could simply be specified as "J-Rock". To be more precise are the songs on all of her albums a blend of several musical genres and styles, like alternative rock and pop music as well as jazz, fusion, and even punk rock - partly within one single song. Her voice is very versatile; she reaches very high notes without losing power and intensity in her singing, at the same time she sings some soulful ballads with a really sensitive, sometimes even fragile voice. All the musicians on her albums are indepentent professionals, which implicates numerous changes in her band's line-up. Whenever possible she tries to get her favorite musicians again for upcoming productions (e.g. are guitarist Tetsu Kinoshita and drummer Camacho part of majiko's band in the five sequently studio albums AUBE (2018) to 世界一幸せなひとりぼっち (2020), as well as in this three years concert tours). majiko composes and writes the lyrics for many of the songs she sings. However, some additional songs are written by different producers and musicians she works with. She plays the piano when composing; on stage she never uses any instrument.