User:Thewebnerd/Kiyomi (singer)

Kiyomi Kobayashi (born March 25, 1978) is a Japanese/American musician, singer and songwriter known under the mononym Kiyomi.

Life and career
Kiyomi was born to Masahisa and Yoko Kobayashi in Queens, New York. Kiyomi attended Irvington High School (New York) in Westchester, New York, where she won the "Best Musician's Award". After high school she attended New York University as a classical voice major, and State University of New York at Purchase for composition. In the spring of 2008, her EP "A Part of Me" was featured in an interview by J-Pop World, and she later went on to perform the title track from the EP on The Rhythms of New York.

Discography

 * 2008: A Part of Me
 * 2011: Child In Me