PROFILE
Name: Kyushima Misachi (久嶋美さち)
Birthdate: November 26, 1980
Birthplace: Miyazaki, Japan
Blood Type: B
Favorite movies: Ray, Amy
Favorite artists: Joan Osborne, Fiona Apple, India Arie, Ray Charles, Kelly Clarkson, Onitsuka Chihiro
In her hometown of Miyazaki, Kyushima Misachi had made a promise that she would become a singer. Surprisingly, Misachi had very weak lungs as a child due to bad asthma, but when her parents read in the paper that folk music is good for asthma, she began singing. Misachi loved living in Miyazaki and was soon singing to the mountain by her home daily. Participating in contests throughout her school life, Misachi won first place in 6th year elementary and first year junior high. By the time she was in high school, Misachi was fully devoted to folk music.
After high school ended, Misachi was 18 and working as a beautician. Whenever the stress of work got to her, she would sing to herself and feel better. The one thing she wanted to do before she died was sing so that everybody could hear her voice. She quit work at 21 and became a street performer in Miyazaki.
Misachi moved from Miyazaki to Tokyo at 23 to begin her professional solo music career. She finally debuted in winter of 2005 with the pop/rock ballad Missing You, and three months later her first album was released. After a seven month period of no releases, Misachi released her third single Ihoujin, a cover of the 1979 hit by Kubota Saki. None of her releases reached the Oricon charts.
ALBUMS
Debut Album - Vibrato [2006.03.08]
Tracklisting:
Feel like making love
Lita no Baai (リタの場合)
Midnight Child
Mienai Tsubasa (見えない翼)
Namae no nai Hoshi (名前のない星)
S.S.H -Sweet September Honeymoon-
Bara to Kurumi (薔薇と胡桃)
Gone
Lonely Dragonfly
Missing You
Toki no Nagisa ~Oshiyosetekuru Monotachi yo~ (時の渚～押しよせてくるものたちよ～)
Special Notes:
None Available
Promo Poster:
None Available
CD Booklet:
Scans
HERE.
SINGLES
Debut Single - Missing You [2005.12.07]
Tracklisting:
Missing You
Nightmare
PV Screenshots:
Special Notes:
Kyushima Misachi's debut single. There were two PVs shot for this; the images shown on this page are of one version.
Promo Poster:
Second Single - Lita No Baai (リタの場合)
Tracklisting:
Lita no Baai (リタの場合; Situation of Lita)
Gone
PV Screenshots:
Special Notes:
Lita no Baai is Kyushima Misachi's second single. In the PV for the a-side, a blog is shown that is "Lita's". This is actually
a real blog, though it only had two entries in it at the time the video was released. It is unknown if the blog was created specifically for the music video or if it was already existing.
The song itself is fairly reminiscent of Kelly Clarkson's song Behind These Hazel Eyes. One of Misachi's favorite artists is Clarkson, so this doesn't come off as surprising.
Promo Poster:
None Available
Third Single - Ihoujin (異邦人) [2006.12.20]
Tracklisting:
Ihoujin (異邦人; Stranger)
Sekai wa Hohoemi Matteiru (世界はほほえみを待っている; The World is Waiting for a Smile)
Ihoujin (Vocal-less track)
Sekai wa Hohoemi Matteiru (Vocal-less track)
PV Screenshots:
None Available
Special Notes:
Ihoujin is Kyushima Misachi's third single. The title track is a cover of the popular song by Kubota Saki released in 1979, one year before Misachi's birth. The single is Misachi's first release since her first album in March 2006.
Promo Poster:
None Available
MINI-ALBUMS
First Mini-Album - Kinu No Michi (絹の道) [2007.05.09]
Tracklisting:
Kinu no Michi (絹の道; Silky Road)
Ihoujin (異邦人; Stranger)
Namida no Fune (ナミダの舟; Boat of Tears)
Gesshoku (月蝕; Lunar Eclipse)
Sekai wa Hohoemi Matteiru (世界はほほえみを待っている; The World is Waiting for a Smile)
Ai wa Sora no Kanata (愛は空の彼方; Love is Beyond the Sky)
Special Notes:
Kinu no Michi (Silky Road) is Kyushima Misachi's first mini-album. "Ihoujin" and its bside are included on the mini-album, and the track "Ai wa Sora no Kanata" is a theme song for the film Nihon no Aozora.
Promo Poster:
None Available
VIDEOS:
Missing You - LIVE
Lita No Baai - PV
Missing You - PV [1]
Official Site
In The Spotlight - A Kyushima Misachi Fansite/Fanlisting
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