Rioka Kanda
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality, and actress
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Rioka Kanda (神田 莉緒香 Kanda Rioka, born 26 March 1992) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality, and actress from Urayasu City in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Rioka Kanda 神田莉緒香 | |
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| Also known as | Kandari |
| Born | 26 March 1992 Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Genres | J-POP |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, radio personality, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, keyboard |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | ハイレゾミュージック(2013–2016),
UNIVERSAL GEAR (2017), bluesofa MUSIC (2018–) |
| Website | http://www.kandarioka.com/index.html |
Career
After moving on from Goose house (former PlayYou.house) on 31 March 2013,[1] she started her solo musician career.[2] On 26 March 2019, she had a live solo concert at ZeppDiverCity in Tokyo, which was the largest performance for her at that time.[3][4] She started her own radio programme "KANDAFUL RADIO" as its radio personality in October 2015.[5] This programme "KANDAFUL RADIO" is broadcast from 0:50 to 1:00 (JST) by Nippon Broadcasting System on Mondays.[6] She broadcasts a live online video streaming "KANDAFUL TV" by herself through her official TwitCasting page[7] and YouTube channel[8] from around 22:00 (JST) for one hour or so every other Wednesday as well.[9] Sometimes, randomly she plays keyboard and sings on the live streaming of her Instagram story.[10]
She composed songs for TV and radio commercials, and sings them: "Bathclin no Uta (「バスクリンのうた」) : Happy Bath Time" for BATHCLIN CORPORATION (2018),[11][12] "Kono Ie de, Isshoni.(「この家で、いっしょに。」)" for 株式会社ジェイウッド (2017),[13] "Haha no Hambun (「母の半分」)" for MEGMILK SNOW BRAND Co., Ltd. (2017),[14][15][16] "Sekai no Nejigeji (「世界のねじゲージ」)" and "Kimi ga Irukara (「きみがいるから」)" for SOKUHANSHA Co., Ltd. (2016).[17][18][19]
She has written her serial articles "Kanda Rioka no Kanjitari, Manandari (「神田莉緒香の感じたり、学んだり」)" in the magazine BARFOUT! every other month since June 2017.[20][21][22]
Discography
Single
1st "boyfriend?" on 12 April 2013
2nd "Twilight" on 10 July 2013
3rd "SetsuNatsu" on 6 August 2014
4th "Hoshi / Ippai Ippai / Welcome to the music (「星 / いっぱいいっぱい / Welcome to music」)" on 19 August 2015
5th "Ai to Sakebitainda (「愛と叫びたいんだ」)" on 23 August 2017
6th "Meguri (「めぐり」)" on 7 February 2018
7th "Kokokara (「ここから」)" on 15 November 2018
8th "Utakata Circus (「うたかたcircus」)" on 16 May 2020
Album
1st "Wonderful World" on 16 April 2014
2nd "Ohkikute Chihsai Sekai (「大きくて小さい世界」)" on 9 November 2016
Self-Produced Album
1st "I like it." on 26 March 2012
Mini-Album
1st "TOKYO / OSAKA" on 27 March 2015
2nd "ACCELERATOR" on 7 June 2017
3rd "Harinezumi no Shinro (「ハリネズミの針路」)" on 27 June 2018
4th "Shujinko ni Narenakutemo (「主人公になれなくても」)" on 27 March 2019
5th "Haru nishite Kimi ni Utau (「春にして君にうたう」)" on 15 April 2020[23]
Best-Album
1st "Itsudatte Best! (「いつだってベスト！」) " on 23 December 2015
DVD
1st "KANDAFUL WORLD Vol.5 TOKYO / OSAKA TOUR 3.26 TOKYO OFFICIAL DVD" on 9 November 2015
2nd "KANDAFUL WORLD Vol.6 ITSUDATTE BEST! 12.21 TOKYO OFFICIAL DVD" on 13 March 2016
3rd "KANDAFUL WORLD Vol.7 BIG AND SMALL WORLD" on 1 February 2017
4th "KANDAFUL WORLD Vol.8" on 27 March 2018