Minami Kizuki

rdf:langString Minami Kizuki

rdf:langString Minami Kizuki

rdf:langString Minami Kizuki

rdf:langString Minami Kizuki

rdf:langString 城 南海

rdf:langString Amami Ōshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

rdf:langString Minami Kizuki

rdf:langString 城 南海

rdf:langString Pop, Shima-uta, Folk

rdf:langString Vocals, piano, sanshin, Xiqin

rdf:langString Singer

rdf:langString Minami Kizuki (城 南海, Kizuki Minami), born on 26 December 1989, is a Japanese pop and Shima-uta folk singer. She was born in Amami Ōshima, Kagoshima, Japan.In 2006, Kizuki was recruited by Pony Canyon while performing on Kagoshima City's streets.Her debut single, "Ai Tsumugi" was released on 7 January 2009.She also writes lyrics and compositions. Her latest lyrics (in Japanese) is "Reflection" . It is the theme song of Disney's live-action movie "Mulan" (Japan version) which was released in 2020. She uses guin, a type of kobushi peculiar to traditional folk songs of Amami Ōshima.Guin used at key points in the song captivates the ears of listeners.Recognized as a skilled J-Pop singer,some people are eager to listen to her singing songs of various genres.Some say that her singing voice is like a natural god. She hopes to play a role of conveying the beauty of Japanese language to the world through music.Also, she would like to spread the charm of Amami to the world through songs.She is appointed as a tourism ambassador for some districts in Amami.She is expected to promote Amami by several local governments in Amami.She has participated in the "Uta-shima" project of Amami since May 2018.The project was organized in 2018 to support Amami to be registered as a World Heritage Site. With her 10th anniversary, she has made it a challenge to try various new attempts to further explore and establish her own music. She organized a live tour of English popular music only in July 2019.