, professionally known as , is a famous Japanese folk singer. She began to sing traditional Japanese 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, Japan, at the prestigious Festival Konda Lota in 1992. She released her first single "Maten no Hoshi" (which means "Sky Full of Stars") in December 1993, originally released in the Ky?sh? region of Japan. Shortly thereafter, she produced debut album, Kaze no Koe. RIKKI is widely known by gamers as the singer of the Final Fantasy X main theme, Suteki Da Ne, released as a single on July 18 2001. Other songs on the single include the Instrumental version of Suteki Da Ne, "Pure Heart" (a vocal arrangement of Aerith's Theme from Final Fantasy VII), and a new song entitled "Tsukisama" (which means "The

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