Maiko Horisawa

Maiko Horisawa / 堀澤麻衣子

Maiko Horisawa is a major recording artist, who has debuted with Yamaha Music Communications for her 3rd solo album “Kindred Spirits”. The album was produced by Steve Dorff, who has written and produced a number of songs for internationally successful artists, such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Carpenters, He has discovered Maiko in 2013 and immediately fell in love with her uniquely beautiful voice. “Kindred Spirits” became a highly acclaimed album as “one of the most iconic modern female vocal albums” and charted No.1 on Amazon Japan’s Healing/New Age category.

Maiko also has performed on many original scores for films, television and video games, such as “KIngsglaive Final Fantasy XV” and “Zone of Enders”. She has been touring all over Japan and performed many major venues, such as Blue Note. In addition, she has been performing at historically significant famous shrines, which selectively commission a very few artists to perform for celebrating the spirits.

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愛知県出身。ホイットニー・ヒューストンらを手がける巨匠スティーヴ・ドーフプロデュースのアルバム『Kindred Spirits -かけがえのないもの-』でメジャーデビュー。現在までにソロアルバムを4枚、ユニットアルバムを3枚リリース。2020年大河ドラマ『麒麟がくる』、番組後の「大河ドラマ紀行」、またこれまでに、映画『キングスグレイブ ファイナルファンタジー15』など様々な映像作品の音楽にてヴォーカル参加。日本各地や海外でのコンサート活動の他、神社にて「歌唱奉納公演」を行っている。