is a Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality, philanthropist and goodwill ambassador for Bandai Plateau in Kita-Shiobara Village, Yama District, Fukushima. She is originally from Nakagusuku village, in Nakagami county, Okinawa, Japan.
Kaori Futenma was born into a bloodline of the royal family of the Ryà «kyà « Kingdom. She started her singing career at the age of 3 and used to be acclaimed in local music competitions in Okinawa. In 1991, Futenma signed with King Records and rose to prominence singing mostly anime songs under her stage name "Kaori Honma," but 6 years later changed her stage name to the real one to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter. In 1999 she signed with Teichiku records and since then CDs have been released by the label. In most of songs she penned she expresses her emotions about her home, Okinawa, on the lyrics.
In addition to her career as a singer, she performs as the host of radio shows e.g. she podcasts a show "Kaori Futenma's Summer Wind Letters (Japanese:æ®天éÂÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂã®çÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ風便ãÂÂ|Futenma Kaori no MafàDayori)" on Radio Fukushima. Futenma appears on radio shows and TV commercials mainly on local broadcast stations in Fukushima.
On 11 March 2011, she encountered the 2011 Tà Âhoku earthquake while performing on a live radio show on Radio Fukushima. In the wake of the disasters, she founded a project called "Smile Again 0311" to benefit victims and started performing charity concerts for people who live in evacuation shelters and conducting benefit concerts to raise funds, also, penned a charity song called "Smile Again" and released it on the Internet and donated proceeds to those who suffered the disasters. Additionally, Futenma's since participated in another project called "Smile Books(Japanese:ã¹ãÂÂã¤ã«æÂÂ庫|sumairu bunko)" hand in hand with local people and champions for the project in Jinbà Âchà Â, Tokyo, the most famous bookstore street in JapanâÂÂthe aim of the project is book donation to children in FukushimaâÂÂshe also tours round evacuation shelters and reads books and performs concerts for them as a member of the project. On this activity, she gains support for the project and builds bridges between philanthropists from various different fields.
Kaori Futenma
Kaori Honma
Kaori Futenma