Izumi Hayakawa is a native of Yokohama, Japan. She began playing bass with local bands in high school.  An early influence was the bassist Sting but she was soon composing her own music, branching out from rock and pop into jazz, R&B, and Brazilian music. Listening and immersing herself in a wide range of music and honing her vocal chops with the premier R&B chorus group in Tokyo, Izumi soon found her own voice as a performer and began singing in major clubs in Tokyo and throughout Japan. 

 

 Izumi’s music crosses over boundaries of nationality and genre. She sings because it is in the essence of her nature, and she reaches out and touches the hearts of those fortunate to hear her.. 

 

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