Artist Profile
Lalaleene
Lalaleene was born in Kyoto and raised in Aichi Prefecture. After high school, she moved to Tokyo and worked as a member of a theater company, then started singing in jazz clubs in Tokyo and joined chorus groups such as LIPS and Voice of Japan. She then moved to Okinawa, where she was exposed to traditional Okinawa folk music and began writing songs in earnest. After returning to Tokyo, she started performing her solo live concerts as a singer and songwriter. Meanwhile, she has been on theatrical stages and has played leading roles such as Oyama Debuko in Shuji Terayama's stage play, The Crime of Oyama Debuko.She has also produced a girl group called Konjiki Kayo Angels (golden angels singing nostalgic popular songs).Her original albums include Himawari No Uta (A Song of Sunflower), Niji No Umareru Basho (Where Rainbows Are Born),and Koenji No Onna (Woman in Koenji).