Born in Kagoshima Prefecture, on the island of Kyūshū, Japan, Mika Nakashima was the youngest of three children. She dreamed of pursuing a singing career from a young age. She decided not to attend high school or college in order to pursue a music career.

She was chosen from among 3000 girls to be the heroine of the 2001 fall Fuji TV drama, Kizudarake no Love Song (Tainted Love Song). In November, she made her debut with Sony Music Associated Records, with the song “Stars”, which was also the theme song of the drama.

Her second single “Crescent Moon”, an 80’s themed song, was limited to 100,000 copies. It sold out the first day of its release. In March of 2002 she released her third single “One Survive” and her first video collection, “Film Lotus”. This was followed in May by her 4th single “Helpless Rain”, and in August, by her 5th single “Will”, which went on to rack up sales of over 140,000. Both were top ten hits and sold over or near the key 100k mark, proving Nakashima’s rising star appeal.

My favourite song of Mika: Yuki no Hana


lyric
Nobita kage o hodou ni narabe
Yuuyami no naka o kimi to aruiteru
Te o tsunaide itsu mademo zutto
Soba ni ireta nara
Nakechau kurai

Kaze ga tsumetaku natte fuyu no nioi ga shita
Soro soro kono machi ni kimi to chika zukeru kisetsu ga kuru

Kotoshi saisho no yuki no hana o
Futari yori sotte
Nagameteiru kono toki ni
Shiawase ga afure dasu
Amae toka yowasa janai
Tada kimi o aishiteru kokoro kara sou omotta

Kimi ga iru to donna koto demo
Nori kireru youna kimochi ni natteru
Konna hibi ga itsu mademo kitto
Tsuzuiteku koto o inotteiru yo

Kaze ga mado o yurashita yoru wa yuri okoshite
Donna kanashii koto mo
Boku ga egao eto kaete ageru

Mai ochite kita yuki no hana ga
Mado no soto zutto
Furi yamu koto o shirazu ni
Bokura no machi o someru
Dareka no tameni nanika o shitai to omoeru no ga
Ai to iu koto o shitta

Moshi kimi o ushinatta toshita nara
Hoshi ni natte kimi o terasu darou
Egao mo namida ni nureteru yoru mo
Itsu mo itsu demo soba ni iru yo

Kotoshi saisho no yuki no hana o
Futari yori sotte
Nagameteiru kono toki ni
Shiawase ga afure dasu

Amae toka yowasa janai
Tada kimi to zutto
Kono mama issho ni itai sunao ni sou omoeru
Kono machi ni furi tsumotteku masshiro na yuki no hana
Futari no mune ni sotto omoide o egaku yo
Kore kara mo kimi to zutto

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English translate
Lyrics: Satomi Translation: Jonathan Wu

A man’s shadow lines the pavement
You walk in the twilight
Always holding my hand
If I’m by your side, I might not have to cry

The winds becomes cold
And I can smell winter
Gradually, in this city
the seasons will change as you come close to them

This year, the first snowflowers bloom
as we draw closer
As I look upon this time
the hapiness overflows in me
If we depend on each other’s love, we’re not weak
I simply, love you
These thoughts are straight from the heart

Whatever happens, as long as I’m with you;
I get the feeling that I can overcome anything
I know we can have this kind of life forever
So I pray that it will continue like this

The wind sways the window
and at night I wake up shivvering
I’ll chance any sadness
by putting a smile on my face

The snowflowers flutter down
outside the window
Though I don’t know why they stop falling
we will dye this city
We may think
“for who’s sake are we doing this?”
But we know it’s because we know love

If you ever get lost
I’ll become a star, and light your path
At night, when you smile, or get wet with tears
I’ll be by your side, always and forever

This year, the first snowflowers bloom
as we draw closer
As I look upon this time
the hapiness overflows in me
If we depend on each other’s love, we’re not weak
It’s simple, I just want to be
with you like this forever
So I can feel your gentleness

Pure white snowflowers,
pilling up in this city
In our hearts, we quickly draw our feels,
I’ll be with you forever, from this moment on…

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