His ukulele-backed pop can turn even the coldest day into an island retreat.
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About HIRAIDAI
Artist Biography
Channeling a lifelong love of the ocean into his music, HIRAIDAI is a folk singer-songwriter whose ukulele-powered songs have made him one of Japan’s most unique pop stars.
∙ Inspired by his father—a surfer and guitarist—and the ukelele his grandmother gave him at age three, HIRAIDAI began playing music as a child and released his debut, My Style, in 2008.
∙ His big break came in 2011, when his song “One Love - Pacific Harmony” was selected as the official theme of that year’s Honolulu Festival, one of Hawaii’s biggest annual events.
∙ Aloha, from 2012, reached No. 19 on the Japanese charts, and he’s since landed four additional studio albums in the Top 20.
∙ In 2019, his song “The Gift” was used as the theme for the anime film Doraemon: Nobita’s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration.
Genre
J-Pop
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