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MC Mariko (real name Mari Liisa Pajalahti, b. March 15, 1979) is one of two lead singers of Kwan. Her solo career debut album, Fabulous Tonight, was released on April 2, 2008. The first single is Unstoppable. time has come and still baby were released as second and third singles. In April 2011 it was rumoured that Mariko is recording a new album in New York.
In 2007, Mariko was chosen to dance in season 2 of the Finnish version of Dancing with the Stars (Tanssii tähtien kanssa). Together with her partner Aleksi Seppänen, she went on to win the...
Mariko Nanba is a Japanese Sound Composer working for Wave Master Inc. first working on Knuckles' Chaotix. She has since worked on games such as Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, Space Channel 5: Part 2 and Sonic 2006, Sonic Rush Adventure, Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, among many others. .
YUKIE NAGAI was born in Tokyo and started playing the piano at the age of six. Her academic piano studies took place in her home city during the years 1964-73. She completed her studies with Hans Leygraf at the Salzburg Mozarteum and with Wilhelm Kempff at his Beethoven courses at positano.
An important step in her artistic career was winning a prize at the Geneva International Piano Competition in 1977 together with a special prize for the best Debussy interpretation. Since then she has received invitations to give piano recitals and orchestral concerts, as well as broadcasts and television recordings,...
