Must-check Girls Band of 2015 “KANIKAPILA” to make Major Debut in February!

| Artist | Posted by TokyoGirls'Update on Jan.01.2015

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KANIKAPILA, the girl band that is being called the female Checkers, is about to make their professional recording debut. These seven girls are all from Kurume city in Fukuoka prefecture, the same hometown as the Checkers who were one of the biggest bands in Japan in the 80s and 90s.
Their average age is 15, and all are in middle school or high school. Leona (16) plays guitar, Kana (15) plays bass, and Natsuko (15) plays keyboard, while Aoi (15) and Mizuho (14) play percussion and guitar, Yoshika (16) plays ukelele and guitar and Pippi (14) is the drummer.
The girls met as members of a local Hawaiian music circle organized by their parents and decided to form a band. Kanikapila means “play music” in the Hawaiian language. Back in December, 2013 in Tokyo they won a contest as a Scandal tribute band (Scandal is a super popular girls’ group) and already are galvanizing audiences as a talented group of real musicians.

Their debut single Icchae! I Love You! that will be released on February 25 next year was written by original Checkers members, lyrics by Fumiya Fujii and music by Naoyuki Fujii. Their low-key brother act F-Blood have been doing solid back-up for their younger counterparts’ debut. It’s a bright pop song that KANIKAPILA’s Aoi says “expresses everything that Kanikapila is about.” Natsuko is pumped for success— “When people think of girl bands I want them to think Kanikapila!”

2015 looks to be shaping up as the year that Japan’s girl band music scene comes back to the “band sound”, meaning real music. Kanikapila is the most promising group within that trend. You need to hear this band!

KANIKAPILA official website : http://kani7.com/index.html
official twitter : https://twitter.com/Kanikapila_band

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