About IYCO
IYCO’s ambition is to create music which evokes images of nature such as sky, sea, wind, rain and earth.
Her aim is to incorporate African-style music in her
compositions. In this way, she can create her own unique
brand of Japanese-African music. She has set her sights
on introducing this to the world.
2009: IYCO started to sing solo.
2010: 1st album “UTA” released in Japan.
2011: “Himawari” is used for ending theme of ABC’s “Street Fighters” TV program.
2012: Performed at Fuji Rock Festival.
2013: 2nd album “MOYO” released in Japan.
Formed band “IYCO & KAKA FURAHA” with Fuyuki on guitar and Tisavo & Missy as backing vocalists.
2015: Performed at the Zimbabwe’s prestigious “Harare International Festival of the Arts” in May.
2016: Toured in US. Performed in NY and Boston at ‘Japan Festival 2016’
2017: Performed at the Zimbabwe’s prestigious “Harare International Festival of the Arts ( HIFA 2017 )” in May again.Performed 5 shows including a show with Zimbabwean national singer “Oliver Mtukudzi”. It made the front page of the paper and produced a lot of reactions.