Chiai Fujikawa was born on 6 June 1995 in
Ibara,
Okayama Prefecture. At the age of three years she was inspired by her grandfather, who was an
Enka musician, to become a musician. After graduating from
high school she worked in a factory until 2015 when she won a vocal audition to become a member of Idol music group
Maneki Kecak. Along with the group she released six singles, a live DVD and a studio album which entered the Japanese music charts. She left Maneki Kecak in September 2018 to focus on her solo music career. Chiai Fujikawa had a guest role in the first episode of the Japanese TV series
Kizoku Tantei. She released three singles
Katte ni Hitori de Dokidoki Sunna yo,
Yume Nankaja Meshi wa Kuenai to Dareka no Sei ni Shite and
Kimi no Namae in 2018. The latter was used as the outro song for the first 12 episodes of
The Rising of the Shield Hero anime. Her fourth single
Atashi ga Tonari ni Iru Uchi ni was used as second outro theme in the same series. She is featured on a cover of
Buck-Tick's "
Keijijō Ryūsei" by
minus(-) for the 2020 tribute album
Parade III ~Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick~. Her second album
Ai wa Headphones kara was released on 8 April 2020 and features the track
Kuyashisa wa Tane which is used as ending theme for the 2020
Digimon Adventure reboot. On 3 September 2020 Fujikawa announced the release of her third studio album called
HiKiKoMoRi for 24 November of the same year. During a concert held on 22 August 2021 at
Shibuya O-East Fujikawa announced that she was starting a new musical project named
PhatSlimNevaeh as well as performing under the pseudonym
Roku in the future. == Discography ==