I WiSH

I WiSH is a Japanese pop group consisting of two members, Ai Kawashima and nao. Ai is responsible for the vocals and occasionally plays the piano also with nao on the keyboard or piano. Their most notable track is nihongo|"Asu e no tobira"|明日への扉 and was in the Oricon rankings for over a year. [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/500175/1/]

Nao learned the piano when he was 5 years old. He started making original music, for example nihongo|"Asu e no tobira"|明日への扉, nihongo|"Futatsu no hoshi"|二つの星, nihongo|"Yakusoku no hi"|約束の日 and so on. He won the grand prix held by YAMAHA. According to his web site, he has a perfect pitch.

Ai Kawashima father was missing before she was born, and her mother died when she was just three years old. She was adopted by the Kamashima’s family as an adopted daughter after she spent s institution. Ever since she was three years old, she learned how to play the piano. In 1999, she was debuted as an Enka singer, however, it wasn’t a hit. In 2002, they started a live on the road by singing with their own electric piano as a companiment. In 2005, March 24th, they dissolved “I WISH,” because they want to concentrate on solo activity.

External links

* [http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/IWiSH/ Official website]