asuca hayashi

asuca hayashi

Asuca burst onto the scene Japan at age 13 with the powerful voice and emotional range of a mature artist. She became an instant star, her hit singles appearing on major movie and TV soundtracks and commercials. Jazz legend Randy Weston says, "She is certainly one of our up and coming stars." She has already performed at some of the major jazz clubs in NYC and Japan and opened for Etta Jones. Asuca Hayashi Born and raised in Osaka, Asuca became a performer after her piano teacher sent a tape of her singing to a music producer, and that contact resulted in her being signed to Toshiba-EMI. Jaws dropped when Asuca began singing at Toshiba-EMI's Music Talks showcase event in Tokyo in late 2002. Just 13 at the time, she displayed an amazingly mature, almost husky voice and a confident, charismatic onstage persona. Among those who saw her "Music Talks" performance was EMI Southeast Asia boss Norman Cheng, who decided she would appeal to Asian music fans outside of Japan and so arranged to have her perform at the after-show concert at the ninth Channel V Chinese Music Awards in Shanghai on Jan. 19, 2003. Asuca's music is very much in the R&B/pop-fusion