Ryo Chikaishi

Ryo Chikaishi

Ryo Chikaishi, born in Kobe, Japan, in the same year as the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Chikaishi learned to play piano as his first introduction to music in childhood. At the age of around 15, Chikaishi began to turning his attention to guitar and started to post videos on YouTube. Soon Chikaishi began writing music and pursuing music as a career when he was in university. His first production, "Singer" won at "COMING' KOBE 2016" audition that proven himself as an artist. Chikaishi also joined an acappella band, "sus4" as a lead vocalist and made it a final stage on 7th Acappella Spirits! After graduate university, Chikaishi released his first independent album, "Hagata" on October 2020 and soon after won a second grand-prix on one of biggest music contest in Japan "eo Music Try 19/20".