IYCO & KAKA FURAHA

IYCO & KAKA FURAHA

IYCO's ambition is to create music which evokes images of nature such as sky, sea, wind, rain and earth. Her aim is to incorporate African-style music in her compositions. In this way, she can create her own unique brand of Japanese-African music. She has set her sights on introducing this to the world. 2009: IYCO started to sing solo. 2010: 1st album "UTA" released in Japan. 2011: "Himawari" is used for ending theme of ABC's "Street Fighters" TV program. 2012: Performed at Fuji Rock Festival. 2013: 2nd album "MOYO" released in Japan. Formed band "IYCO & KAKA FURAHA" with Fuyuki on guitar and Tisavo & Missy as backing vocalists. 2015: Performed at the Zimbabwe's prestigious "Harare International Festival of the Arts" in May. 2016: Toured in US. Performed in NY and Boston at 'Japan Festival 2016' 2017: Performed at the Zimbabwe's prestigious "Harare International Festival of the Arts ( HIFA 2017 )" in May again.Performed 5 shows including a show with Zimbabwean national singer "Oliver Mtukudzi". It made the front page of the paper and produced a lot of reactions.