Kirari (singer) explained

Kirari
Native Name:希良梨
Native Name Lang:ja
Background:solo_singer
Birth Date:October 23, 1980
Birth Place:Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Years Active:1997–present
Associated Acts:There
Website:http://ameblo.jp/aksgod23/

is a Japanese actress, singer, and songwriter.

Career

In 1997 she debuted as an actress in the television drama .[1] The next year she played the role of Chisa Noda in the Hideaki Anno film Love & Pop.[2] Kirari wrote "Last Piece" as the end theme for the anime series Great Teacher Onizuka, and she played Nanako in the first live TV version of GTO.[3] Her cover of Martika's Toy Soldiers reached number 18 on the Oricon charts in May 2000.

Shortly afterward she put her career on hold and withdrew from Japanese public life.

Personal life

Fifteen years later she revealed that she had been ill with cervical cancer, and after recovery had moved to Taiwan, married her husband, and had a child.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 反町「GTO」生徒役・希良梨の現在 引退後の海外生活、結婚・出産…10年ぶり復帰の思いを語る. japanese. Modelpress. January 8, 2015. August 18, 2018.
  2. Book: Schilling, Mark. Contemporary Japanese Film. Weatherhill. 1999. 9780834804159.
  3. News: https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2059376/full/. ja:希良梨、活動再開後初公の場で笑顔「身も心もリセット」. Oricon News. September 18, 2015. August 18, 2018. japanese.
  4. News: 『GTO』生徒役・希良梨、15年ぶり歌手活動再開 闘病・国際結婚経て. japanese. Oricon News. June 19, 2015. August 18, 2018.