KiRiKo

KiRiKo

started her study of playing the erhu at 6 years old, and began her performance at 12 years old. In Mar 2008, she gave a performance with the presence of the former President of China Hu Jintao at the opening ceremony of the amity exchange by youth between Japan and China. Her 1st album released in Aug 2009, "Hare-tane the cover of Studio Ghibri songs" has been made more than 50,000 of download monthly from oversea distribution sites. She was studying abroad in Central Conservatory of Music Beijing during the year from Sep 2011.Recently, in order to discover new potential of the erhu, she has developed powerful performance creating the informality of genres.Her video, "Me playing", posted on "Nico Nico Douga (a video sharing website in Japan)" exceeded 100,000 plays in 5 days resulting in winning 1st place in the total ranking of the category.It also replayed more than 3 million times in just 3 days at BiliBili Douga (a video sharing website in China), and won 1st place in the total ranking of the category. Her record of awards includes:#1 at the World's Instruments Competition in the Jr. High Category of the Beijing area, The Golden Award of the Musical Competition of China in 2008 by Osaka Consulate,The Special Prize at the Music International Competition of China,The Golden award of the overseas category at the International Instruments Competition of China, in 2009, The Special Award at CDTV Audition 2009 by TBS,and others.She is currently the department of education at the Waseda University.