Discovering your "like" is the entrance of your "witchness"「好き」の発見こそ、魔女への入口 | KOYUKI | TEDxKobe

Fingerstyle guitarist KOYUKI came to be interested in "Witch" because she was impressed by a witch named "Elphaba" in the musical "Wicked."
For her, "witch" is the symbol of a way of life that allows us to believe in ourselves no matter what situation we're in. And KOYUKI herself also wants to be like that. At the TEDxKobe stage, she expresses her idea about the "magic" everyone has, using her words and music.
Let's listen to her original tunes, "Green Witch," "TIME TRAIN," and "Edelstein," choked with her messages.

フィンガースタイルギタリストのKOYUKIは、ミュージカル「ウィキッド」に登場する魔女・エルフォバに感銘を受けて「魔女」に興味を持つようになった。

彼女にとって「魔女」とは、どのような状況に置かれても自分を信じる生き方の象徴であり、KOYUKI自身もそうありたいと演奏活動をしている。

ステージでは、彼女の「魔法」に対するアイデアを言葉と音楽で発信している。演奏された楽曲「Green Witch」「TIME TRAIN」「Edelstein」には、彼女の思いが詰まっている。 Learning piano from six to twelve, she started playing guitar at ten and was interested in country music, often heard at Tokyo Disney Land in her childhood. At eleven, she first experienced a live guitar performance by Tommy Emmanuel, the "God of Acoustic Guitar." Shocked and impressed by his fantastic stage performance, she dreamed of being a guitarist.
She participated in a fingerpicking competition just ten months after she started playing guitar. After that, she participated in various competitions and won prizes at the youngest age in history.
Domestic and overseas artists highly evaluate her unique composition method and worldview, using both guitar and piano.
Her YouTube channel, which she started in 2015, now exceeds 4 million views. KOYUKI has many fans overseas as well as in Japan. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx