Singer, songwriter, and pianist Fujii Kaze infuses his chart-topping, melodic J-pop with an interest in jazz, classical, and Japanese vocal music. He went to number two in Japan in 2020 with his Universal-issued, platinum-selling debut album, Help Ever Hurt Never. It featured the viral song "Shinunoga E-Wa" ("Dying Is Awful"), which rose his profile internationally a couple of years later. After going all the way to number one in Japan with 2022's Love All Serve All and playing his first shows in the U.S., 2025's Prema marked his Republic Records debut.
Fujii Kaze grew up in...