Caroline Lufkin (born January 9, 1981), better known

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as Caroline, is a Japanese singer and the younger sister of the Japanese pop singer

Olivia Lufkin Olivia Lufkin (born December 9, 1979), known professionally as Olivia, is a Japanese singer and songwriter.O ...

. Caroline's music been released by Temporary Residence Ltd. Caroline is also a full-time member of

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(FatCat Records).

Biography

Originally from

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, Japan, Caroline Lufkin graduated from the

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in 2003. After graduating, she moved to Tokyo and began working on an album. Before signing with her current label, she had been working on an album in the Japanese music industry where she was being groomed to be a Japanese pop singer. However, she left because of differencing in views on her music stating that "they kept on telling me to change things and I didn't want to change them... They were trying to make the music super-pop and I couldn't quite deal with it."Caroline Interview: The Red Alert
Retrieved February 2, 2016 She made ripples across the Japanese pop music scene when she famously walked away from a lucrative major label contract that virtually guaranteed the same kind of bright-light super-stardom that had made her sister Olivia a household name in

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. Instead, Caroline decided to write, perform and record her own songs and began a search for indie labels. "Where's My Love?"—her first song—was posted on her

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page in late 2004, and it quickly went viral. She sent TRL an e-mail, asking if she could submit a demo, and included a link to her MySpace page. A few days later, Jeremy deVine, the founder and co-operator of the label, expressed interest in signing her. "Where's My Love?" was officially released as a single on October 25, 2005, but was also distributed during the previous month. On March 6, 2006, Caroline released her first album, '' Murmurs'', and soon after held her first live show at the

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music festival in

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, on March 17 at the Whisky Bar.South by Southwest Festivals
Retrieved April 26, 2008 In 2007, Caroline was asked to join Mice Parade of FatCat Records. She is now a full-time and touring member of Mice Parade and appeared on their singles, "What It Means To Be Left-Handed" (2010) and "Candela" (2013). Caroline has also collaborated with many artists and bands including Saxon Shore ("This Place"), Her Space Holiday, Lite ("Arch" and "Time Machine"), DJ Baku ("Buddha Boy"), and Anamanaguchi ("Sunset by Plane"). Caroline 2nd full album released "Verdugo Hills" (2011) and "Verdugo Hills Remixes" (2012) through Temporary Residence Limited. In 2016, Caroline collaborated with relative, Masaru Shimabukuro who is one-third of Begin, the most successful band from Okinawa. They formed a group called Island Bag on the major record label Avex Trax, covering in English the number one hit song Uminokoe (written by Masaru Shimabukuro). The song played on AU commercials. Caroline was also the voice of the Uniqlo Wake Up app for

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, on which she collaborated with

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and Cornelius. Caroline is also known to lend her musicianship, whether singing, writing or both, to anime, commercials, and video games. Her clients include Netflix's Ghost in the Shell, Coded Arms Assault, Final Fantasy, Nikon, Gunze, NTT, Disney, Suntory, etc. Her work continues sometimes under different aliases.

Discography

Albums

Solo albums *'' Murmurs'' (2006,

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*''What It Means to Be Left-Handed'' (2010, FatCat) *''Live: England vs. France'' (2012, FatCat) ive album/small> *''Candela'' (2013, FatCat) *''Lapapọ'' (2022, Bubble Core)

Singles

*"Where's My Love?" (2005, Temporary Residence) *"Sunrise" (2006, Temporary Residence) *"Eisa Dancers" (2020)

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Guest appearances

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Biography

Discography

Albums

Singles

Guest appearances

Tracks appear on

References

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