Kiho is a 19-year-old Indie folk singer songwriter from Hokkaido, Japan. She started writing songs since high school and won the first prize in the YAMAHA music audition Hokkaido, in 2016.

Her self-released first album got buzz at local; and one of the songs from the album “What We Had Was Real” was featured in monthly Heavy Rotation at FM North Wave. The song peaked at No.4 on the SAPPORO HOT 100.

Kiho performed at RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2017 in EZO which is one of the largest music festivals in Japan.

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