Ritsuki Nakano (
中野律紀), born January 19, 1975, professionally known as RIKKI, is a famous
Japanese folk singer. She was born in Amami Oshima, Japan.
Amami Oshima is the main island of the
Amami Islands, an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the
Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. She began to sing traditional Japanese folk music when she was four years old. Later, at the age of 15, RIKKI was the youngest winner ever to win the "Grand Prix" of the Japanese traditional folk music awards (known as All Japan Minyo awards). She first performed in Tokyo…
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