From when she was little, Nishino (西野カナ) learned English from English conversation schools, and went to America twice. She then was interested in various genres of music, including hip-hop, R&B and reggae. On the other hand, she also enjoyed traditional Japanese literature, and started singing Japanese folk songs. Her dream of becoming a singer started from junior high school. When she was 16 her mother secretly sent a demo tape of hers to the Miss Phoenix Audition and she was rated the top singer entrant out of approximately 40,000 applicants. A year later in 2006, she was signed to SME Records. In 2007 while preparing to be a singer, she was also studying English literature a... read more