KiRiKo KiRiKo started learning the erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow) at age 6. At 12 she began the performance activities. She studied under each person of Jia peng fang, Zhou yao kun and Ma xiang hua. She studied at Central Conservatory of music in Beijing as a Chinese government in full scholarship foreign student for one year in 2011.In 2008, KiRiKo performed at the opening ceremony of "Japan-China Youth Friendship Exchange Year" in the presence of the former PRC President Hu Jintao. Her 1st album released in Aug 2009, "Hare-tane the cover of Studio Ghibri songs" has been made more than 50,000 of download monthly from oversea distribution sites. In recent years she develops performance activity in cross-genre. The video which was contributed to the popular segment "I performed" on (nico nico dough) broke through 100,000 reproduction in five days and gained the 1st place of category synthesis ranking. KiRiKo gained excellent results in many contests, such as the second China music international contest top prize award. Current Waseda University, Tokyo/Japan.