Mika Hashizume
Japanese-American singer-songwriter
Mika Hashizume (Japanese: 橋爪ミカ, Hepburn: Hashizume Mika; born 21 December 1998), known mononymously as Mikah (stylized mikah), is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and model.
He was a member of the Japanese-American boy group INTERSECTION and was subsequently in the Chinese boy group Into1 after placing fourth in the hit Chinese reality competition program Chuang 2021.
In December 2023, Mikah released his digital EP “bleached” and officially launched his solo career as a singer-songwriter.
Personal life
Mikah was born on 21 December 1998, in Hawaii, to a German father and a Japanese mother. He lived in Hawaii for 16 years, and attended University Laboratory School, a charter school in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. In 2016, Mikah moved to Japan alone after being recruited by a Japanese agency Avex. He attended an international school and continued on to Temple University, Japan Campus in Tokyo, where he also began his music career.
Mikah played soccer from the ages of 9 to 15 and dreamed of becoming a professional player. He won the Hawaii state championship for his age group.
Mikah has also played violin and ukulele from a young age.
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