Japanese singer-songwriter.She performs either solo “カネコアヤノ(Kaneko Ayano)” or with a band “kanekoayano” (vo/gt.Kaneko Ayano,gt.Hirotoshi Hayashi,ba.takuyaiizuka).
She released her first acoustic CD ‘hug’ in 2016 and her first Vinyl ‘Muretachi’ in 2017.Since the album ‘Shukusai’ released in 2018,she has released four albums recorded with the band and four acoustic albums with solo re-recordings of the same songs.In 2021, the Nippon Budokan performance, the first 10,000-person arena venue in Tokyo, was sold out.In 2023,she played a two-day show at Nippon Budokan.
In August 2024,she announced that the support members who had been performing with her would become official band members.They began their activities as the band “kanekoayano.”
Recently, the band has actively expanded its international presence, with their third UK tour scheduled for May and their first AUS tour in June.Following these tours, they plan to embark on the Japan hall tour starting in June.