Mika Nakashima/Best (2002-2005)

A female singer/actress who was born in Kagoshima Pref. in 1983. She is known for her husky, low voice and impressive ballad songs. She debuted as a singer with the single "Stars" (#3 on Japanese pop charts), the theme song for the TV drama in which she played the heroine, "Kizudarake no Love Song (Love Song Covered with Wounds)" in 2001. Her first best-compilation album that features 14 single tracks such as "Amazing Grace" (American gospel song. The 2005 new version produced and arranged by jazz singer Chie Ayado), "Stars" (the 2005 new vocal version), "Will" (the theme song for the TV drama "Tentai Kansoku/Star Watching"), "Find the Way" (the ending theme song for the TV anime "Mobile Suit Gundam Seed"), "Yuki no Hana (Snow Flores)", and "Glamorous Sky" (the theme song for the movie starring herself, "Nana". #1 on Japanese pop charts).