Fujii Kaze is a Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist.
15 Facts About Fujii Kaze
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Fujii Kaze was born in 1997 in Satosho in Okayama, Japan, and has one older brother and two older sisters.
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Fujii Kaze released his first studio album Help Ever Hurt Never on May 20,2020, and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart.
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Fujii Kaze announced his first national hall tour, which consists of 12 performances in 11 cities from December 25,2020, to January 31,2021.
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On March 8, Fujii Kaze won the Best Breakthrough Artist award at Space Shower Music Awards 2021.
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On December 31,2021, Fujii Kaze performed on the prestigious year-end music program, NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, for the first time.
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Fujii Kaze performed "Kirari" first, which was pre-recorded at his parents' home in Okayama, Japan.
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Fujii Kaze then made a surprise live appearance at Kohaku venue at the Tokyo International Forum, where he performed "Mo-E-Yo" live with piano on stage.
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On January 14,2022, Fujii Kaze released the EP Kirari Remixes.
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On January 21,2022, Fujii Kaze announced that his second studio album, Love All Serve All, would be released on March 23,2022.
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Since July 2022, Fujii Kaze was brought to the attention of a global audience due to one of his songs from Help Ever Hurt Never, "Shinunoga E-Wa", going viral on TikTok.
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On October 10,2022, Fujii Kaze released the digital single "Grace".
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In preparation for the production of this song, Fujii Kaze visited and watched the B-League and Japan's national team matches, as well as NBA games in the US.
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Fujii Kaze then stayed in Los Angeles to create a demo of the song.
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Fujii Kaze's music has been described as "fresh yet familiar", with clear influence stemming from the western music he grew up with.