Born in October 2009. She started playing drums at the age of 1, started live performances at the age of 4, and formed a family band “Kaneai Yoyoka” at the age of 5. She released her 1st CD at the age of 6 while she was in kindergarten.
In addition to drums, she also writes lyrics, vocals, guitar, and piano.
In 2018, she became the youngest weekly champion at the age of 8 in the under 18 division of the global female drummer contest “Hit Like A Girl”.
Her cover performance of Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” was featured on NBC, NPR, Rolling Stone magazine and Billboard in the United States and spread all over the world. Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, Deep Purple’s Ian Pace, Queen’s Roger Taylor, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Rage Against the Machine’s Brad Wilk, Sheryl Crow, KISS Eric Singer of Sonic Youth, Haley of Paramore, Billy Sheehan of Mr. Big, Derrick of Jamiroquai, Sass Jordan, Tony Royster Jr., Tony Franklin and many others praise her talent. In 2018, she made the youngest appearance in the history of “RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL in EZO”, and in addition to original songs, she welcomed guests such as Char and Tamio Okuda, and performed Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times”.
In 2019, ahe made a surprise appearance on the stage of Fall Out Boy, Tori on the Mountain Stage at “Summer Sonic Tokyo”. Performed with them and excited the audience of 20,000.
Also, after receiving an offer from Cyndi Lauper, she performed two songs as a guest drummer at the Tokyo Orchard Hall on the final day of the Japan tour, and performed with Cindy. In Japan, in 2019, she performed at the “Hibiya Music Festival” hosted by Seiji Kameda. She has performed with Godiego, JUJU, KREVA, Rei and others. She has also appeared in “MUSIC FAIR”, “TBS Ongaku no Hi”, and “Daimei no Nai Ongakukai” with many artists such as Daichi Miura, Kumi Koda, Maki Ohguro, Sunplaza Nakano-kun, ROLLY, and Masato Honda. In addition, she has been selected for commercials for global brands such as Nike, Moncler, and UNIQLO. Filming was also done in Thailand and New York, and received a great response from all over the world. In January and May 2019, she made two appearances on “The Ellen Show” in Los Angeles. She also completed her first overseas live at the long-established live house “Whiskey A Go Go” in Los Angeles with great success.
In April 2019, she was the youngest ever to be selected as one of Newsweek Japan’s “100 Japanese People respected by the World”.
At the age of eight, she became the youngest endorser in history with drum makers Pearl and VIC FIRTH, and also endorsed with Zildjian, CYMPAD, and DW.
Performed as the youngest, female, and only Japanese drummer at the Pearl booth of the world’s largest musical instrument show “NAMM Show” held in Los Angeles in 2020.
In “Utopia” released in 2020, B’z on guitar, Kyosuke Himuro’s support guitarist and arranger YT, and Mr. Big’s bassist Billy Sheehan participated.
Favorite drummers include John Bonham, Chris Coleman, Nate Smith, Chad Smith, Dave Grohl and Hideo Yamaki.
