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Iida Kaori

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Editor's note

Iida Kaori's piano, paralysis, and quiet return

A singer-songwriter from Nara whose career was shaped by a sudden illness and a public fall.

For a sense of her early sound, try 'Sakura No Hana Ga Saku Goro'. The later 'Arifureta Kiseki' might hint at the recovery years.

Her debut single 'Sakura No Hana Ga Saku Goro' was a hit in 2001, but her story isn't just about early success. She wrote songs about her experience with Guillain-Barré syndrome after it paralyzed her in 2004, and later navigated a drug arrest and rehab. Songs like 'Downtown' and 'Mirai Yohou' from that first period feel different knowing what came after.

She started with classical piano at three and later studied shamisen and koto. After her debut hit in 2001, her life shifted with the 2004 diagnosis and the 2008 arrest, before she returned with the 2010 album 'Haru no Tsubame'.

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Iida Kaori was born in Nara Prefecture in 1977. She started classical piano lessons at three years old and later studied traditional Japanese instruments like the shamisen and koto.

Her debut single 'Sakura No Hana Ga Saku Goro' came out in 2001 and became a hit. Other songs from that period include 'Downtown' and 'Mirai Yohou.'

In 2004, she was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, which temporarily paralyzed her limbs. She wrote songs about that experience while recovering. Four years later, she was arrested for methamphetamine possession, entered rehab, and publicly apologized.

She returned with the 2010 album 'Haru no Tsubame.' Her live band has included guitarist Yosuke Fukuda, bassist Yoji Kato, drummer Naoya Yoshida, and keyboardist Yukihiro Fukutomi.

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