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北海道出身。２０歳。両親が音楽好きなこともあり、常にさまざまな音楽に囲まれ育つ。
１５歳の時地元テレビに出演したことがきっかけで０６年５月、『The Rooｔs』、10月にEP『Step☆Out』を道内のみでリリース。
道内でもの凄い勢いで話題となり、2タイトル10,000枚（全国規模換算40万枚）を超すヒットとなっている。
08年2月に日本人としてはじめて、米・ＬＡの黒人教会にて「奇跡の子」と称されるパフォーマンスを披露、黒人教会
220年の歴史を変えたと、賞賛を受ける。その後、北海道Zepp Sapporoにて２，０００人を集める
初ワンマンライブを行い、4月16日に「CHANGE」でメジャーデビュー。
ゆうせんのリクエストチャート最高位4位、SSTV、MTV、M-ON TV衛星3局波にてパワープッシュアーティストとして選ばれ、
女性アーティストとして史上初FMラジオ局パワープレイ最多獲得し話題となる。
* Name: Fukuhara Miho (福原美穂)
* Birthday: June 19, 1987
* Birth Place: Sapporo, Hokkaido
* Height: 165cm
* Blood Type: O
* Favourite Movies: Blade, The Blues Brothers, The Fast and the Furious, Hardball, The Shawshank Redemption, Star Wars
* Favourite Musical Artists: 2pac, The Beatles, Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Alicia Keys, B.B. King,
Wilson Pickett, Santana, Angie Stone, Joss Stone, The Temptations, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder
Her parents enjoyed music, so from a young age she was always surrounded by a wide array of styles of music (especially Western music).
In December 2002, by chance she was featured on a Hokkaido-based TV karaoke competition and sung a cover of Mariah Carey's
All I Want for Christmas Is You, and was recognised by the show's judges for her talent.
In May 2006, after finishing high-school, she debuted as an indies artist on the Hokkaido-based Yumechika Records label with the cover single,
The Roots (the leading song from the single was a cover of Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke). The single charted in at #3 on the Sapporo HMV store's internal charts.
When holding in-store lives, she would regularly sell over 100 copies per live. Following this up in October, she released a mini-album,
Step☆Out EP, featuring original songs as well as covers. Totalled together, these two releases sold over 6,000 copies.
Fukuhara in 2007 was signed to Sony records, and prior to her debut released a cover of Céline Dion's Because You Loved Me on the compilation album
TRIBUTE TO CELINE DION. Her debut single, CHANGE, was released in April 2008, and is followed by the ballad single Himawari in July.
Fukuhara has been praised by such artists as Corrine Bailey Rae and GEO from Sweetbox.
Website:
http://www.fukuharamiho.com/
Blog:
http://playlog.jp/fukuharamiho/blog/
Oricon Profile:
http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/395005/
Discography
Mini-Album:
[2006.10.11] Step☆Out EP (indies)
1. Koi wa Rhythm -Believe My Way- (恋はリズム; Love Is Rhythm)
2. KISS THE SKY
3. Release
4. Hard to handle
5. Taemanaku (絶え間なく; Endlessly)
Singles:
[2006.05.24]
The Roots
(indies)
1. Sir Duke
2. Englishman in New York
3. A Natural Woman
[2008.04.16]
CHANGE
1. CHANGE
2. 恋はリズム～Believe My Way～
3. BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME
[2008.07.16]
Himawari
(ひまわり; Sunflower)
1. Himawari (ひまわり; Sunflower)
2. Everybody Needs Someone
3. No Warning
4. Himawari -instrumental- (ひまわり; Sunflower)
Compilation/Others:
[2007.09.26]
TRIBUTE TO CELINE DION
(セリーヌ・ディオン・トリビュート)
(Because You Loved Me)
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLe1w4jtNGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2USrC1LUI9c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvFS3n-yTj8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48zYoHFUWAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOWFpcJxF1M
credits:
wiki.theppn.org/Fukuhara_Miho
fukuharamiho.com
youtube.com